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58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
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Why not? Kids are dumb, so when they say they want to change gender it doesn't mean they really need that. Some do, others just "have the phase". Like with goth clothes, reading poetry, etc.
So the book might be useful if written well.
About the author...
(The space-lizards guy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_O'Malley
But I don't think her books should be banned or anything like that, even if she was malicious. And there's certainly an ounce of truth in her therapeutic work: there's a whole lot of people who are gender-questioning, nonbinary, or nonconforming, and they should be encouraged to explore those possibilities rather than just be smacked with the trans label. In that sense, I'm of the opinion that clinical psychology has broadly made an overcorrection (understandably...) and can be too eager to see patients as having GD. But for every person sharing a story about feeling like they were influenced into seeing themselves thru a trans lens by providers, there are many more who felt oppressed or denied or disbelieved when they sought care... So it's a difficult subject with a wide range of experiences.
Having space and time for exploration and deconstruction is important. The problem is that there are lots of bad actors who hedge their bigotry with the same language as this to disguise their prejudice and push an agenda informed by nothing but fundamentalism or essentialism...
Wait what? What does David Icke have to do with the KKK? Did I miss something?
Edit: LOL I think you might be confusing David Icke and David Duke?
Oh you're probably right! Thanks
The problem is that it is probably written like shit and at best it’s a « gateway drug » for Christian Facsist rethoric
It might be. We have too many fanatical religious people around. But it also might be written by a specialist psychologist who has experience working with people wishing transition and who actually knows the situation.
But one thing is for sure -- nobody here will read it to figure out what kind of book it really is.
You're making assumptions here. It would need to be a specific book/author who's doing this in order to discredit it. And even then, some people erroneously label pro-lifers as "christofascism". A product of the American culture war we have no need of importing over here to Blighty.