UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW AND JOINT CENTRE FOR BIOETHICS, TORONTO, CANADA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2022;50(3):425-442. doi: 10.1017/jme.2022.85.
Transgender conversion practices involve attempts to alter, discourage, or suppress a person's gender identity and/or desired gender presentation, including by delaying or preventing gender transition. Proponents of the practices have argued that they should be allowed until proven to be harmful. Drawing on the notion of expressive equality, I argue that conversion practices are prima facie unethical because they do not fulfill a legitimate clinical purpose and conflict with the self-understanding of trans communities.
跨性别转变实践涉及试图改变、抑制或压制一个人的性别认同和/或期望的性别表达,包括延迟或阻止性别转变。这些实践的支持者认为,应该允许这些实践,直到证明它们是有害的。我依据表现平等的概念,认为转变实践在表面上是不道德的,因为它们没有满足合法的临床目的,并且与跨性别群体的自我理解相冲突。