The call to ban all gender transition treatments is built on the idea that being trans is a “choice.” But that’s just wrong

As a gay person, I know from lived experience - you don’t choose your sexuality or your identity. It’s simply who you are. The same is true for trans people. Every major medical body, from the NHS to the World Health Organization, recognises that gender-affirming care is evidence-based, effective, and often lifesaving. Studies show it reduces depression and suicide risk. To ban it would be like saying, “We know this treatment works, but we’ll forbid it because we don’t like what it means.”