Hadley Freeman skewers conversion bill

Hadley Freeman who's repeatedly defended Woody Allen and called the woman who accused him of child abuse a fabulist, right.

That Hadley Freeman.

Anyway, she's spectacularly inaccurate and knows it. This Bill closes a loophole in child abuse law which allows 'Christian' groups to cause kids lifelong cPTSD by offering fake cures for being LGBTQIA+.

And makes sure abusive parents can't call harming their queer kids a 'belief '. While reminding those kids that all child abuse is illegal and can never be excused.

It is already illegal to verbally terrorise your child and harm them.

Anyone opposing this, is part of the grifting, abusive 'cure' scene (i.e. rich Christian groups) or an abusive parent. Or a terf whose conscience about how they treat trans children is being pricked.

It does not criminalise parents for conversation. Police and social services will still only turn up when a child is being terrorised - and still likely do absolutely nothing.

They will still look stern, fill in forms and do absolutely f*ck-all to remove children from abusive homes in the vast majority of cases, because they prioritise keeping families together.

Terf parents on here are being reminded that treating their trans child like s*it for being trans is a form of abuse. And that they were meant to respect, protect and nurture the kids they rejected and now furiously post about for clicks. Good.

Hadley Freeman who's repeatedly defended Woody Allen and called the woman who accused him of child abuse a fabulist, right.

That Hadley Freeman.

Anyway, she's spectacularly inaccurate and knows it. This Bill closes a loophole in child abuse law which allows 'Christian' groups to cause kids lifelong cPTSD by offering fake cures for being LGBTQIA+.

And makes sure abusive parents can't call harming their queer kids a 'belief '. While reminding those kids that all child abuse is illegal and can never be excused.

It is already illegal to verbally terrorise your child and harm them.

Anyone opposing this, is part of the grifting, abusive 'cure' scene (i.e. rich Christian groups) or an abusive parent. Or a terf whose conscience about how they treat trans children is being pricked.

It does not criminalise parents for conversation. Police and social services will still only turn up when a child is being terrorised - and still likely do absolutely nothing.

They will still look stern, fill in forms and do absolutely f*ck-all to remove children from abusive homes in the vast majority of cases, because they prioritise keeping families together.

Terf parents on here are being reminded that treating their trans child like s*it for being trans is a form of abuse. And that they were meant to respect, protect and nurture the kids they rejected and now furiously post about for clicks. Good.

This bill is the best example of 'they didnt think it through did they?'

A bit like the Gender Recognition Act, then.

I find it really scary that these disastrously written bills are being taken seriously. Where are the legal guys here? Why is there no due diligence?

I get that Stonewall has shaped this utter mess, but what happened to the oversight? Surely it’s someone’s job to ensure these bills are workable?

I find it really scary that these disastrously written bills are being taken seriously. Where are the legal guys here? Why is there no due diligence?

I get that Stonewall has shaped this utter mess, but what happened to the oversight? Surely it’s someone’s job to ensure these bills are workable?

I find it really scary that these disastrously written bills are being taken seriously. Where are the legal guys here? Why is there no due diligence?

I get that Stonewall has shaped this utter mess, but what happened to the oversight? Surely it’s someone’s job to ensure these bills are workable?

There’s some potentially massive unintended consequences with the proposed bill, that I doubt it’s vociferous supporters, busy dreaming of ways they can weaponise it, haven’t considered. A glaring one is discussed on the most recent This Isn’t Working podcast, which relates to the section on corporate responsibility. Sounds great to the short sighted, but there’s a very real possibility that it’ll make trans people and their more obnoxious allies virtually unemployable.
No sensible company would want to risk potential trouble, especially as the proposed bill in its current form creates a clash between the recent single sex space legal clarification and the new bill. How do you balance, for instance, telling a trans employee they can’t use the opposite sex changing room as per the Equality Act clarification, with the same employee’s new ability to report their employer to the police because the exchange made them feel like it denied their gender identity?
HR nightmare. Best to shuffle them out in the next wave of redundancies or just not take them on the first place with a nice, bland, boilerplate rejection letter that provides no potential ammunition, or go with the awful new trend of just ghosting them altogether.
In light of recent studies showing CVs with declared pronouns are already more likely to be filed into the bin, it could be a big own goal for trans activists.

It is already illegal to verbally terrorise your child and harm them.

So what is the loophole that needs to be closed?