Yeah, the comparison doesn't stand up to the slightest bit of examination. The condition of being trans is pretty much defined by wanting to be the other gender: the condition of being gay is not defined by wanting to be straight!
Anyway, isn't there supposed to be a "talking cure" for trans people, the aim of which is to make you Not Trans? Isn't that what Bindel is always advocating, and rightly being shot down because it's the exact equivalent of "Ex-Gay" ministries?
If anyone does have links to any proper studies into the long-term success rates of ex-gay therapy, I'd be very interested to see them.
ETA: It's not the case that there are no gay people out looking for a "cure" for being gay, by any means. The analogy doesn't work, but that's not WHY the analogy doesn't work.
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Date: 2011-01-17 02:41 pm (UTC)Anyway, isn't there supposed to be a "talking cure" for trans people, the aim of which is to make you Not Trans? Isn't that what Bindel is always advocating, and rightly being shot down because it's the exact equivalent of "Ex-Gay" ministries?
If anyone does have links to any proper studies into the long-term success rates of ex-gay therapy, I'd be very interested to see them.
ETA: It's not the case that there are no gay people out looking for a "cure" for being gay, by any means. The analogy doesn't work, but that's not WHY the analogy doesn't work.