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The Conversion Practices Bill could not be more sinister. You may be used to freedom of speech being suppressed in the public square. But under this bill, your conversations at home with your children will be policed and subject to criminal law. Sex Matters’ Director of Advocacy @HJoyceGender explains how a frank conversation with your daughter who says she is nonbinary, for example, could fulfil the criminal threshold under the bill. You may tell her that she is unable to change her biological sex and that she will go through female puberty whether she likes it or not, regardless of her identity. This conversation could easily be considered an attempt to change your daughter’s gender identity, which is considered a conversion practice under the bill. If you then decided to limit her time on social media or stop her from spending time with people who you think are bad influences, that could be considered as psychological or emotional pressure and therefore “abusive” under the bill. If she refuses to go to school as a result of feeling anxious, her teachers might flag her absences to the police, who then open an investigation. They may decide that you have met the criminal threshold for conversion practice. Helen says that due to the vagueness of the bill, it could take multiple cases being heard before courts settle on the boundaries of the law. Countless people, who are just trying to do the best for their children, may be put through police investigations and prosecutions. Even if found not guilty, the process is the punishment. This is bound to create a chilling effect at the very least – not just in the public square this time, but inside people's homes and within families. Gender identity issues already cause huge emotional turmoil for families without the looming threat of the criminal law. Read Helen’s piece and sign our petition to stop the Conversion Practices Bill 👇