Beware leaked government plans on gender ID and ‘conversion therapy’ ban
by Carys Moseley, Christian Concern:
Last weekend, The Sunday Times reported that a leaked government report said that the government has decided to scrap its previous plans to allow gender self-identification. Liz Truss, the Minister for Equalities, is due to publish the new plans on sex and gender at the end of July, just before MPs have their summer break. At the same time, a government source said there would be “a total ban on ‘gay cure therapies’.”
Medical checks to stay
The Sunday Times claims that it knows of the government’s new proposals. It speaks of the continuance of so-called ‘medical checks’, or as it puts it ‘medical approval’ by doctors for a person to be allowed legal recognition as a member of their chosen gender. The paper says that “at present that means two doctors have to sign off a gender change.”
Does this hint that in future only the signature of one doctor will be required? In the current situation we need to be vigilant about any policy that allows only one doctor to sign things off. For example, the Coronavirus Act has temporarily required only one medical certificate rather than two for a deceased person’s cremation, in case there aren’t enough doctors available.
Ironic crackdown on ‘quack’ doctors
It is astonishing how it is reported that the government promises a ‘crackdown’ on ‘quack’ doctors. The Sunday Times says that this is “to ensure that only reputable medics can give approvals.” At present a person who wants to change gender needs two doctors’ signatures to be granted a Gender Recognition Certificate by the Gender Recognition Panel. The Panel is part of HM Courts and Tribunals, which is run by the Ministry of Justice.
It makes little sense to distinguish between ‘quack doctors’ and ‘reputable medics’ here. For as I have previously explained, all gender reassignment amounts to quack medicine. The plain truth of the matter is that only quack doctors would ever approve patients for gender recognition in the first place!
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