Random Note — Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy is defined as “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬”

Conversion therapy is illegal across Australia.

Gender affirming care is defined as 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲.

The euphemistically called, gender affirming care is legal across Australia.

To the mind of the average person, BOTH are conversion therapy. One legal the other illegal.

This is the kind of double standard that slips by and goes unnotice