
英國組織治療和諮詢選擇國際聯合會(International Federation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice, IFTCC)在2022年2月就更正治療及治療選擇發表了一份國際宣言(An International Declaration on ‘Conversion Therapy’ and Therapeutic Choice)。內容要點:
1.禁制「更正治療」侵犯人權及自由,危害治療選擇權,及牧者、專業人士及家長權利。
1.Banning ‘conversion therapy’ infringes human rights and freedoms, imperilling both therapeutic choice and pastoral, professional and parental rights.
2. 專業團體正在推動歧視性的一元文化觀點, 窒礙意識形態的多元性及批評空間。
2. Professional bodies promoting discriminatory monocultural viewpoints prevent ideological diversity and critique.
3.「大程度異性戀組織」—最大型的非異性戀小眾群體,被阻礙得到治療支援以肯定他們的異性傾向。
3. ‘Mostly-heterosexuals’, the largest non-heterosexual minority group, are being denied therapeutic support to affirm their heterosexual aspirations.
4.性傾向流動可以雙向發生的,但這常常被忽略。
4. Sexual fluidity happens in both directions but this is being ignored.
5.禁制「更正治療」會延展「取消文化」,把異議噤聲及限制自由言論。
5. Banning ‘conversion therapy’ will extend ‘cancel culture’, silence dissent and inhibit free speech.
6.政治取向犧牲了對性別感苦惱的孩子和成人所需要的治療。
6. Political aspirations sacrifice much needed therapy for children and adults who feel distress about their sex.
7.禁制「更正治療」是不安全的,尤其是創傷和同性性吸引和「性別焦躁」之間的潛在連繫仍未被好好研究。
7. ‘Conversion therapy’ bans are unsafe while potential causal links between trauma and same-sex attractions and ‘gender dysphoria’ remain unexamined.
8.根據已通過同行評議的研究,容許改變的治療其實不會造成「傷害」或提升自殺機會。
8. Change-allowing therapies do not actually cause ‘harm’ or increase suicidality according to peer-reviewed research.
9.對「更正治療」扭曲的聲稱是未經證實的,旨在壓制異議。
9. Torture claims in ‘conversion therapy’ are unsubstantiated and are designed to silence dissent.
10.教會領袖對不安全的「更正治療」讓步是在誹謗和破壞教牧和專業輔導之間的潛在互補作用。
10. Church leaders conceding to unsafe ‘conversion therapy’ bans defame and undermine the potentially complementary roles of pastoral and professional counselling.