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Title: UK Lawmaker Slammed for Comparing Gay 'Conversion Therapy' to Sex Change Operati
Post by: Shana A on January 19, 2011, 08:22:00 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 19, 2011, 08:22:00 AM
UK Lawmaker Slammed for Comparing Gay 'Conversion Therapy' to Sex Change Operation
Posted 9:35 AM EST by Andy Towle
http://www.towleroad.com/2011/01/uk-lawmaker-slammed-for-comparing-gay-conversion-therapy-to-sex-change-operation.html (http://www.towleroad.com/2011/01/uk-lawmaker-slammed-for-comparing-gay-conversion-therapy-to-sex-change-operation.html)
Roger Helmer, of East Midlands, UK, tweeted on Sunday: "Why is it OK for a surgeon to perform a sex-change operation, but not OK for a psychiatrist to try to 'turn' a consenting homosexual?"
A Conservative Party spokesman said: "We do not condone this sort of language."
Stonewall spokesman Jonathan Finney said: "It's disappointing that an elected representative seems to be supporting so-called gay therapy treatments, which are entirely discredited.
Posted 9:35 AM EST by Andy Towle
http://www.towleroad.com/2011/01/uk-lawmaker-slammed-for-comparing-gay-conversion-therapy-to-sex-change-operation.html (http://www.towleroad.com/2011/01/uk-lawmaker-slammed-for-comparing-gay-conversion-therapy-to-sex-change-operation.html)
Roger Helmer, of East Midlands, UK, tweeted on Sunday: "Why is it OK for a surgeon to perform a sex-change operation, but not OK for a psychiatrist to try to 'turn' a consenting homosexual?"
A Conservative Party spokesman said: "We do not condone this sort of language."
Stonewall spokesman Jonathan Finney said: "It's disappointing that an elected representative seems to be supporting so-called gay therapy treatments, which are entirely discredited.
Title: Re: UK Lawmaker Slammed for Comparing Gay 'Conversion Therapy' to Sex Change Operati
Post by: VeryGnawty on January 19, 2011, 11:29:14 AM
Post by: VeryGnawty on January 19, 2011, 11:29:14 AM
Roger needs to do his research on the methods. Conversion Therapy and SRS have absolutely nothing in common. Conversion Therapy is an attempt to change the mind, and SRS is a surgical procedure to alter the body.
There is no comparison to be made.
There is no comparison to be made.