梁海欣(項目幹事)
如果有一天,你發現你喜歡了同性,你會怎樣做?
有些人會決定從此以後就順著情慾,隨感覺而行。
但也有些人會希望這種感覺可以減弱,不受它轄制。
又或是你發現你無法接受生來的性別,你會希望得到怎樣的幫助?
有些人會希望服用異性荷爾蒙藥,甚至是做變性手術。
但也有些人會希望可以嘗試接納自己的原生性別。
不論是怎樣的選擇,我們都應該尊重,就是應該讓有不同想法的性小眾皆可以自由地選擇他們認為正確的路。
但很可惜,在同志運動的壓力下,英國政府有意立法全面禁制「更正治療」(conversion therapy),這法例將剝奪LGBT們尋求改變的自由。同志運動人士希望所有人都認同同性戀傾向及跨性別狀況是正確的、完全沒有問題的,如果有人發現自己有這些狀況,都應當接受,不應該尋求改變,如果接受不了,可以尋求「牢固治療」(affirmative therapy),以牢固自己的思想,告訴自己這些感覺都是正確的。
原本人人皆有尋求不同輔導服務的自由,但一旦禁令通過,一眾尋求改變的LGBT將求助無門,只能孤單地獨自面對。
有見及此,幾位LGBT的過來人同心拍片,簡述自己的故事及力證改變是有可能的。為何他們有如此的勇氣,向世界公開自己如此政治不正確的經歷呢?就是為了守護人們可以繼續有選擇改變的自由,不用被強逼接受同志運動的思想。
以下是該片段 (附中英字幕,已獲授權翻譯及轉載):
改變了!前LGBT向基督徒發出的請求 (Something changed: An ex-LGBT plea to Christians)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4tv28ORUE
法案的進展:
「基督徒關注組」(Christian Concern) 同工於2月28日回覆電郵時表示,當地政府的諮詢期已結束將近一個月,不肯定政府何時會將法案提交到議會。他們之前常常提到想在今年春天立法。
現時有愈多愈多人,包括政客,開始留意到這法例所帶來的種種問題。不能確定政府需要多少時間才再作回應──尤其是現時需優先關注烏克蘭問題。
原文:
The government consultation has been closed for nearly a month, but it’s not clear when the government will try to bring legislation before Parliament. They’ve repeatedly said they want the law in place this Spring.
In the meantime, more people, including politicians, are waking up to the problems of these laws. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes for the government to act – particularly given all that’s happening in Ukraine.
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有關法案的爭議性內容:
5.2 談話更正治療 Talking conversion therapy ( 節錄)
政府的看法是成年人擁有尋求輔導的自由。但是,求助人必須充分知情,得到所有相關的潛在影響的恰當資訊,不論是短期的或是長期的,不然即觸犯刑事罪行。政府的看法是任何18歲以下人士有最高風險受害於該輔導 (「談話更正治療」),我們的提案將保護年青人,不論他們是否自願接受該輔導。如有人向18歲或以下,或弱勢成人提供該輔導,均屬犯法。
我們的提案是為了提出一項新的刑事罪行,以阻止「談話更正治療」。我們認為求助人提供「談話更正治療」,就是不論求助人為18歲以下,或18歲或以上而沒有得到知情同意人士,若意圖改變其性傾向或跨性別狀況,便可構成刑事罪行。與現行法例相符, 18歲或以上的弱勢人士,就是欠缺能力作出同意者,亦應看為無法表示同意參與「談話更正治療」。
從字面看來,提案非常尊重求助者的知情同意權。但實際上,這樣的法例將會大大限制求助者的選擇:
1. 欲尋求改變的18歲以下人士將求助無門。他們只可以選擇繼續同性戀、繼續跨性別的輔導服務。(must stay gay, must stay trans)
2. 「得到所有相關的潛在影響的恰當資訊」的定義含糊。要提供多少才算為已讓求助人充份地知情?要講述這幾十年來的所有大大小小研究報告的具體內容及數字嗎?如有人提供更正治療,起訴人指控他沒有提供充分資訊,他便有機會入罪了。
3. 「談話更正治療」的定義含糊。它具體是指什麼?基督徒關注組(Christian Concern)表示,牧養關懷(pastoral care)及禱告都有機會觸犯法例,這將會對牧者及羊群造成極大傷害。
法例將嚴重打擊「談話更正治療」,容易造成寒蟬效應,限制了服務提供者的協助模式,令求助者無法尋求適切的幫助。
進深閱讀的連結:
【反更正治療】德國擬訂「反更正治療法」 多國相繼立法有何原因?
https://blog.scs.org.hk/2020/04/22/【反更正治療】德國擬訂「反更正治療法」%e3%80%80多國/
【後同自主】加國卡加利通過禁止更正治療 後同組織憂慮選擇權遭侵害
https://blog.scs.org.hk/2020/03/03/【後同自主】加國卡加利通過禁止更正治療%e3%80%80後同/
遭銀行取消帳戶 英「後同」組織屢遭欺凌
https://blog.scs.org.hk/2020/07/28/遭銀行取消帳戶-英後同組織屢遭欺凌-陳婉珊/
參考:
Banning conversion therapy (UK Gov)
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/banning-conversion-therapy/banning-conversion-therapy#banning-acts-of-conversion-therapy
5.2 Talking conversion therapy (Excerpt)
The view of the government is that adults should be free to choose to seek out counselling in keeping with personal freedoms. However, the person entering the arrangement must have freely consented and received all the appropriate information about the potential impacts, short and longer term, of such counselling to allow them to do so, otherwise this would amount to an offence. It is the government’s view that those who are under 18 are more at risk of being harmed by such counselling and as such, our proposals will protect young people regardless of whether they have freely entered such counselling. Providing such counselling to under 18s or vulnerable adults will be an offence.
“Our proposal is to introduce a new criminal offence that will capture talking conversion therapies. Our view is that a talking therapy delivered to either a person under 18 or a person who is 18 or over and who has not given informed consent, with the intention of changing their sexual orientation or changing them to or from being transgender, should constitute a criminal offence. In line with existing law, vulnerable people aged 18 and over who lack the capacity to consent will also be considered unable to consent to talking conversion therapies.”
What’s wrong with banning ‘conversion therapy’? (Christian Concern)
https://christianconcern.com/resource/whats-wrong-with-banning-conversion-therapy/
Pastoral care dubbed ‘conversion therapy’
Prayer dubbed ‘conversion therapy’
Free to change – say ‘no’ to a ‘conversion therapy’ ban (Christian Concern)
https://christianconcern.com/action/free-to-change-say-no-to-a-conversion-therapy-ban/
附錄 – 影片字幕文字
我的故事是真的!My story is real!
我們存在!We exist!英國政府有意禁制「更正治療」The government intends to ban “conversion therapy”.
威脅著人們離開LGBT身份的自由 This threatens the freedom of people to move away from an LGBT identity我叫彼得‧便雅憫 My name is Peter Benjamin
曾經有七年以跨性別女性身份生活 I lived as a transgender woman for 7 years我曾經與另一名女性有性關係 I was in a sexual relationship with another woman
我不喜歡我所感受到的性吸引 I was not comfortable with the sexual attractions I felt
性侵犯,使我由心對男人產生了慾望 Sexual abuse, triggered the sexual craving for men within my heart
我曾常常感受到一個男人住在女人身體內 I always felt like a man in a woman’s body
而NHS(國民保健署)告訴我唯一我可以做的,就只有跨性別程序
the NHS told me that the only solution was the transition我不喜歡我的跨性別生活方式 I wasn’t happy in my transgender lifestyle
我不能想像一個有妻子和孩子的生活 I couldn’t bear the thought of a life without a wife and children
這使我有抑鬱、焦慮、感到沉重 This led to depression, anxiety and heaviness
有些事情改變了! Something changed!
有些事情改變了! Something changed!
有些事情改變了! Something changed!我在基督裡的信仰給我盼望 My faith in Christ gave me hope
使我成為我夢想成為的男性 that I could be the man I always dreamt to be我的教會為我禱告 my church started to pray for me
那是我不知道的 which I didn’t know about
而且,我開始見基督教輔導 and also, I started to go to Christian counselling
幫助我重新成為「彼得」(男性) which helped me to change back to “Peter”耶穌尋找我 Jesus pursued me
以超自然的平安觸摸我的心 and touched my heart with supernatural peace我現在喜歡我的男性特質 I am now comfortable with my masculinity
我喜歡做女人 I love being a woman
第一次愛上了男人 for the first time I even fell in love with a man不只我的感覺減弱了 It’s not just my feelings that have diminished
我不再感到抑鬱或想自殺 I no longer feel depressed nor suicidal這兩年我重新成為彼得 (I’ve) changed back to Peter now for over 2 years
我很開心有新的生活方式 and I am happy with my new lifestyle我的故事是真的! My story is real!
我想可以自由地選擇適合我的事 I want to be free to choose what is right for me
如果這法案在議會通過了 If this bill is passed in Parliament
我的群體將會被大大邊緣化 my community would be greatly marginalized這法例將否定我的身份 This law will deny my identity
那些不想有同性感覺的人 People with unwanted same-sex feelings
將會絕望了 will be left hopeless他們會使我成為絕望的受害者 They want me to be a hopeless victim
有著不想要的性別焦躁症 with unwanted gender dysphoria我的故事是真的!My story is real!
我的故事是真的!My story is real!
我的故事是真的!My story is real!我存在! I exist!
你會為我發聲嗎?Will you stand up for me?改變的自由 Free to change
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