The ‘Gay and Transgender Pride’ march in London earlier this year demonstrated the right of a section of our society to exhibit publicly their wish to pursue minority sexual preferences. This is important as people with preferences different from the norm do not deserve to be persecuted. It does not mean, however, that these groups themselves have the right to deny other points of view using the argument that certain theories are biased and excluding and so deserve to be excluded. This is, if nothing else, an ironic position to take. It is a pity therefore that Dr Socarides, an American psychoanalyst, was prevented from