Banning Transgender Conversion Practices

Download or read book Banning Transgender Conversion Practices written by Florence Ashley and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survivors of conversion practices – interventions meant to stop gender transition – have likened the process to torture. Florence Ashley rethinks and pushes forward the banning of these practices by surveying these bans in different jurisdictions, and addressing key issues around their legal regulation. Ashley also investigates the advantages and disadvantages of legislative approaches to regulating conversion therapies, and provides guidance for how prohibitions can be improved. Finally, Ashley offers a carefully annotated model law that provides detailed guidance for legislatures and policymakers. Most importantly, this book centres the experiences of trans people themselves in its analysis and recommendations.