Thread by @GenderReportCA

#BillC6 is likely to move ahead without amendments.

The definition in C6 comes from this CPATH lobbying document to the Cdn federal government in 2019. The real intent of the Bill becomes obvious in this doc. Thread

ourcommons.ca/Content/Commit…

The “one-way” definition in #BillC6 is Recommendation 2 on p4.

"Gender conversion practice is an intervention aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual and/or a person’s gender to cisgender" /2

Page 3 is most interesting - WPATH SOCv7 is viewed as too restrictive because it advocates for the involvement of mental health professionals.

We wrote about the limitations of WPATH SOCv7 here /3 genderreport.ca/bias-not-evide…

CPATH declares that informed consent has emerged as the preferred alternative because “personal autonomy in choosing care options without the required involvement of a mental health professional” is the most important factor /4

No differentiation is made in this CPATH document between adults and children or any difference in their ability to exercise “personal autonomy” over these kinds of decisions /5

“The informed consent model offers less dependence on health professionals in a "gate-keeping" role that has been perceived as unnecessarily pathologizing and may limit access to care.”

The only valid care option is medical transition /6

#BillC6 is the Cdn government executing on CPATH’s plan to remove any and all forms of psychotherapy to manage gender dysphoria because these services create a “barrier” to medical transition, including for children /7

It is already verboten for clinicians to discuss the risk of transition regret or the fact that many children desist from feelings of gender dysphoria and become comfortable in their natal sex. /8

We wonder how informed consent is possible if children are not being given full information about the risks of treatment. The affirming philosophy of care considers such information "transphobic arguments" and thereby suppresses evidence and objectivity /end