Conversion Therapy Bill - Act Now!
Consultation closes on 10 December!
RESOURCES
1. Send an email to your MP – Press pause on conversion therapy law
Sex Matters
The Government is trying to rush through a ban on “conversion therapy”. But the proposed legislation risks criminalising parents, teachers, therapists, social workers and others, if they don’t affirm a child’s gender self identity.
It only takes a minute to send this message to your MP: tell the government to #presspause.
sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-your-mp-press-pause-on-legislation-on-conversion-therapy/
2. Letter to MPs re proposed conversion therapy ban
GCritical
gcritical.org/2021/09/20/letter-to-mps-re-proposed-conversion-therapy-ban/
3. Consultation on Conversion Therapy Bill
Women’s Rights Network (WRN)
"If you do nothing else, respond to Q2 of the consultation only, specifying that you disagree with the draft Bill – see 4 in this document"
www.canva.com/design/DAEwoc7pt0M/view
4. Guide to responding to the government Conversion Therapy consultation
Transgender Trend
www.transgendertrend.com/guide-government-conversion-therapy-consultation/
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FURTHER READING - IF YOU HAVE TIME - OTHERWISE, SEE ABOVE
5. GEO research finds no evidence for banning transgender “conversion therapy”
Sex Matters
3 Nov 2021
"The UK government is proposing making it an offence for therapists to question the gender self-identity of children or vulnerable people. They asked a research team from Coventry University to study the evidence on “conversion therapy”. This is our rapid review of that evidence."
sex-matters.org/posts/updates/geo-research/
6. Conversion therapy: calling for legislation without evidence
Sex Matters
22 Nov 2021
sex-matters.org/posts/sex/legislating-with-out-evidence/
7. Conversion therapy: the path to good law
Legal Feminist - Naomi Cunningham
four things I say we need:
- evidence of harm
- a convincing case that the harm is amenable to legislation
- clear proposals
- open public debate
legalfeminist.org.uk/2021/11/17/conversion-therapy-the-path-to-good-law/
8. Conversion therapy ban – a legal opinion
Transgender Trend
www.transgendertrend.com/conversion-therapy-legal-opinion/
9. Prevalence of conversion therapy by therapists in the UK
Transgender Trend
www.transgendertrend.com/conversion-therapy-therapists-uk/
10. Government proposals for banning conversion therapy
Thoughtful Therapists
This is a summary of the key points from the government proposals to bring in a legal ban on conversion therapy. The material is taken from the consultation document, with relevant page numbers indicated, plus tables presenting summaries of more extensive material.
thoughtfultherapists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PJ-Summary-of-HMG-CT-Proposals-1121-2-1.pdf
11. Scoping Survey For Government Equalities Office Consultation On Conversion Therapy
Thoughtful Therapists
thoughtfultherapists.org/scoping-survey-pdf/
12. A proposed bill on conversion therapy could do more harm than good
The Economist
4 Dec 2021
By conflating sexual orientation and gender identity, the government risks children’s health
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