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Dr Hilary Cass, former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has been commissioned to complete an independent report into the impact of the new legislation on therapists helping people dealing with gender dysphoria
Ministers must delay a controversial ban on conversion therapy for trans people until it is changed to protect families, teachers and doctors, the equalities watchdog said last night.
In a major intervention, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the current proposals would have a ‘chilling effect’ on therapists who want to help people dealing with ‘gender dysphoria’.
The condition means someone does not feel happy with their biological sex. The watchdog said the proposals must be changed to ensure parents and teachers are not criminalised for questioning whether a child really wants to change their gender. The EHRC said doctors and therapists must be able to ‘reconcile’ children to their biological sex if that is in their best interests.
It stressed the law must not prevent priests and other religious leaders advising congregations on sexual matters.
The EHRC said that, while uncontroversial proposals to ban
