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Great post. The issue isn't being given an airing in Irish media. I contacted different programmes about Helen Joyce's book - an Irish born author - but no one wants to review it or know about it.

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Nice Trojan Horse. When constructing a survey it's a good idea to identify what it is you refer to, and any terms and their context. And not lead your respondents. What is conversion therapy again exactly?

Do you not hate fluffy bunny rabbits, Y or N?

Well I like fluffy bunny rabbits, so therefore I answer Y.

Oh by fluffy bunny rabbits, we really mean rubbish bins, but you'll have to guess that's what we're inferring as were keeping this vague for a reason.

So were people seeking help, for whatever issues they had, and the help they received, was that called 'conversion therapy' at the time, might be a more useful question. What do you know 'conversion therapy' to mean? Where did you first hear the term? Who delivered it? And the conversion was from what to what - gay to straight, non-believing to believing, dysphoric to trans? Gay man to transwoman who is then 'heteronormative' or lesbian to transman who is then 'heteronormative'? Straight, heteronormative man, changing his sex to female, to become a transwoman, and a lesbian? Identity blurring. Are you finding that lesbians are not wanting to date you as they are so nasty and bigoted they keep wrongly telling you that you are not a woman, and they do not wish to have a sexual relationship with an intact man, no matter what you call your girldick?

Using the loaded term 'survivor' suggests the experience of therapy was not helpful, but assumed to be damaging. This smells like more online grooming with potentially vulnerable and confused people handing over their details.

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So...how many trans people killed themselves?

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