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Ep. 65: The [So-Called] Equality Act

Bioethics on Air

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Are You Barred From Talking Therapy Under the Equality Act?

Mental health professionals will be barred from one, exploring the reasons for a patient's perception that he or she is the quote unquote, wrong gender. And they will also be barred from determining any underlying mental health conditions that these people may be suffering from. Under the law, if you're including this expansive definition of gender identity under the Equality Act, their purpose is to say that you cannot try to help a child integrate their feelings to accept the body that they have.

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