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My question on the government's statement for the dangerously drafted Conversion Practices draft bill. The Labour minister presents it as fighting against serious abuse, but actually it threatens to criminalise parents for refusing to affirm gender identity (ie trying to 'convert' so-called trans kids). So if Mum insists you... show more

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The Government has announced a Bill to ban conversion practices that is so poorly and broadly drafted that it could see parents, therapists and religious leaders locked up for up to five years if they engage in well-intentioned conversations with gender-confused children or dare to share their faith’s teachings on sex, gender and marriage. On this week’s episode of the FSU Podcast, FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw sits down with therapist James Esses. The Minister for Equalities, Olivia Bailey MP, claims the Bill will not stop parents and therapists from talking openly to children with identity issues. She says it only criminalises conversion practices that are abusive and cause serious harm. However, James Esses, who works with children who believe they are “trapped in the wrong body”, argues that the proposed new law puts him at risk of imprisonment. Watch the full episode below 👇

The Government has announced a Bill to ban conversion practices that is so poorly and broadly drafted that it could see parents, therapists and religious leaders locked up for up to five years if they engage in well-intentioned conversations with gender-confused children or dare to share their faith’s teachings on sex, gender and marriage. On this week’s episode of the FSU Podcast, FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw sits down with therapist James Esses. The Minister for Equalities, Olivia Bailey MP, claims the Bill will not stop parents and therapists from talking openly to children with identity issues. She says it only criminalises conversion practices that are abusive and cause serious harm. However, James Esses, who works with children who believe they are “trapped in the wrong body”, argues that the proposed new law puts him at risk of imprisonment. Watch the full episode below 👇

The Free Speech Union

48,085 views • 2 months ago

“It’s actually just very badly worded legislation.” On the latest episode of the FSU Podcast, FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw speaks with therapist James Esses about the Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill and how it could infringe people’s rights — particularly the right to free speech. James argues that the Bill will criminalise parents who refuse to affirm their gender-confused child’s decision to embark on an irreversible medical pathway. He says they could be reported to the police or their local council, hauled before a judge and, in effect, made subject to a restraining order. The threat of being reported to the police for well-intentioned conversations with their children will have a chilling effect on parents. Watch the full episode on the FSU YouTube channel 👇

“It’s actually just very badly worded legislation.” On the latest episode of the FSU Podcast, FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw speaks with therapist James Esses about the Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill and how it could infringe people’s rights — particularly the right to free speech. James argues that the Bill will criminalise parents who refuse to affirm their gender-confused child’s decision to embark on an irreversible medical pathway. He says they could be reported to the police or their local council, hauled before a judge and, in effect, made subject to a restraining order. The threat of being reported to the police for well-intentioned conversations with their children will have a chilling effect on parents. Watch the full episode on the FSU YouTube channel 👇

The Free Speech Union

11,578 views • 2 months ago

Tremendous turnout today in Ottawa. Thank you to Maxime Bernier for speaking so boldly against the abuse of child transition. Canada’s MPs unanimously passed a bill which made it a crime of ‘conversion therapy’ to object to your own child transitioning, but the real conversion therapy is telling children that they were born in the wrong body. There is no such thing as a transgender child. They’re called girls and boys and they are perfect just as they are! No drugs or scalpels needed!

Tremendous turnout today in Ottawa. Thank you to Maxime Bernier for speaking so boldly against the abuse of child transition. Canada’s MPs unanimously passed a bill which made it a crime of ‘conversion therapy’ to object to your own child transitioning, but the real conversion therapy is telling children that they were born in the wrong body. There is no such thing as a transgender child. They’re called girls and boys and they are perfect just as they are! No drugs or scalpels needed!

Billboard Chris 🌎

80,806 views • 1 year ago

⁉️💥WATCH: Ban on conversion practices in Northern Ireland to be debated at Stormont 🎥🎤Chief Reporter James with this report as a demonstration takes place ahead of the debate on legislation aimed at banning conversion practices. 👥Sometimes referred to as “gay cure therapy”, the practices aim to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Alliance Party deputy leader Eóin Tennyson MLA brought forward the Bill, which could see those carrying out the practices jailed for up to two years. DUP Leader Gavin Robinson has described it as “dangerous legislation”. We hear from Alexa Moore from The Rainbow Project.

⁉️💥WATCH: Ban on conversion practices in Northern Ireland to be debated at Stormont 🎥🎤Chief Reporter James with this report as a demonstration takes place ahead of the debate on legislation aimed at banning conversion practices. 👥Sometimes referred to as “gay cure therapy”, the practices aim to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Alliance Party deputy leader Eóin Tennyson MLA brought forward the Bill, which could see those carrying out the practices jailed for up to two years. DUP Leader Gavin Robinson has described it as “dangerous legislation”. We hear from Alexa Moore from The Rainbow Project.

Cool FM News

19,641 views • 18 days ago

When the Government says it is banning something to ‘protect’ people, more often than not it is not about safety but about clamping down on free speech. FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw was on Talk to discuss the Government’s new draft Bill to ban conversion practices and the chilling effect it could have on free speech — particularly on conversations between parents and gender-confused children. You can easily imagine a situation in which a vulnerable child, having been radicalised into believing their parents are evil for not affirming their gender identity, reports them to the police. Even the threat of being reported could deter parents from having well-intentioned conversations with their children for fear of prosecution. Under the draft Bill, they could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Watch Connie’s interview below and sign the FSU’s petition 👇

When the Government says it is banning something to ‘protect’ people, more often than not it is not about safety but about clamping down on free speech. FSU External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw was on Talk to discuss the Government’s new draft Bill to ban conversion practices and the chilling effect it could have on free speech — particularly on conversations between parents and gender-confused children. You can easily imagine a situation in which a vulnerable child, having been radicalised into believing their parents are evil for not affirming their gender identity, reports them to the police. Even the threat of being reported could deter parents from having well-intentioned conversations with their children for fear of prosecution. Under the draft Bill, they could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Watch Connie’s interview below and sign the FSU’s petition 👇

The Free Speech Union

12,471 views • 3 months ago

Forty-six Queensland kindergarten children have been nominated as ‘non-binary’ by their parents this year. Kids do not think or question if they’ve been born in the wrong body unless it's been suggested to them. It is reprehensible that adults are imposing gender ideology on kids and inflicting them with gender distress. I spoke to Peta Credlin on Akeem this week about this and my concerns about QLD kindergartens normalising gender ideology by asking for pronouns and gender identity on enrolment forms. #qldpol

Forty-six Queensland kindergarten children have been nominated as ‘non-binary’ by their parents this year. Kids do not think or question if they’ve been born in the wrong body unless it's been suggested to them. It is reprehensible that adults are imposing gender ideology on kids and inflicting them with gender distress. I spoke to Peta Credlin on Akeem this week about this and my concerns about QLD kindergartens normalising gender ideology by asking for pronouns and gender identity on enrolment forms. #qldpol

Stephanie Bastiaan

54,670 views • 10 months ago

📣🚨CONVERSION THERAPY BAN PETITION The Government has announced it intends to press ahead with a ban on conversion therapy. Like most 'bans', this sounds benign. How could anyone not want to ban giving electric shocks to gay kids? But the fact is, that's already against the law, as are all the other coercive practices conjured up by the phrase 'conversion therapy'. So what is it the Government wants to ban, exactly? The answer is 'converting' children who think they're trans to being 'cisgendered'. That's where the impetus for this ban has come from — well-funded pro-trans lobby groups like Stonewall and Mermaids. So any parent who 'misgenders' their confused adolescent daughter, or tries to talk them out of embarking on an irreversible medical pathway, could face criminal charges for trying to 'convert' them. And we're not talking about out a slap on the wrist. In the state of Victoria, Australia, which brought in a conversion therapy ban in 2021, the maximum penalty for trying to 'convert' someone is 10 years in prison. It won't just be parents and medical professionals who will risk imprisonment for trying to talk gender-confused children out of mutilating themselves. Any religious leader who shares the teachings of their faith on issues like homosexuality and gay marriage, could also face prosecution. That's what this authoritarian Government wants to ban — any dissent from radical progressive orthodoxy when it comes to sex and gender. So please do sign our petition and let Andy Burnham know how you feel about this anti-free speech measure. Speech is always curtailed in the name of preventing 'harm'. But stopping parents talking honestly to their children about the risks of irreversible medical procedures will cause actual, real world harm. This is a fight we have to win. ✍️ Sign our petition below 👇

📣🚨CONVERSION THERAPY BAN PETITION The Government has announced it intends to press ahead with a ban on conversion therapy. Like most 'bans', this sounds benign. How could anyone not want to ban giving electric shocks to gay kids? But the fact is, that's already against the law, as are all the other coercive practices conjured up by the phrase 'conversion therapy'. So what is it the Government wants to ban, exactly? The answer is 'converting' children who think they're trans to being 'cisgendered'. That's where the impetus for this ban has come from — well-funded pro-trans lobby groups like Stonewall and Mermaids. So any parent who 'misgenders' their confused adolescent daughter, or tries to talk them out of embarking on an irreversible medical pathway, could face criminal charges for trying to 'convert' them. And we're not talking about out a slap on the wrist. In the state of Victoria, Australia, which brought in a conversion therapy ban in 2021, the maximum penalty for trying to 'convert' someone is 10 years in prison. It won't just be parents and medical professionals who will risk imprisonment for trying to talk gender-confused children out of mutilating themselves. Any religious leader who shares the teachings of their faith on issues like homosexuality and gay marriage, could also face prosecution. That's what this authoritarian Government wants to ban — any dissent from radical progressive orthodoxy when it comes to sex and gender. So please do sign our petition and let Andy Burnham know how you feel about this anti-free speech measure. Speech is always curtailed in the name of preventing 'harm'. But stopping parents talking honestly to their children about the risks of irreversible medical procedures will cause actual, real world harm. This is a fight we have to win. ✍️ Sign our petition below 👇

The Free Speech Union

93,902 views • 3 months ago

I’m afraid I have some terrible news. The governor of America’s largest and richest state has just signed a law that puts 10 million children and adolescents in grave danger of medical mistreatment. The media headlines have it wrong. They claim that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new law protects children by stopping public schools from outing their new gender to their parents. It does just the opposite. It makes children vulnerable to irreversible and lifelong medical abuse and mistreatment. And it is all based on the pseudoscientific idea that some children are born into the wrong bodies and that we can change a person’s sex through drugs and surgery. For any of this to make sense, you have to understand what’s happening in Britain. Several years ago, the government appointed a well-respected pediatrician named Hillary Cass to investigate whether it was ethical to block the puberty of children, give them opposite-sex hormones, and perform surgeries on their bodies to make them feel better about their gender. Dr. Cass came back a few weeks ago and said no, absolutely not. Around the same time, the British government banned puberty blockers nationwide. And, just a few days ago, the new Labor Party government affirmed that it would maintain the former government’s ban. In her report, Cass said that the so-called “social transition,” whereby a child adopts the identity of the opposite sex, is not a neutral act and has psychological consequences. This means it is the first step toward medical intervention. What Gavin Newsom has done is actively prevented schools from informing parents that their children have been put on a medical pathway. This is an outrageous attack on the rights of children and parents. Children have a right to go through puberty. No adult should be able to block their puberty. And parents have a right to know if their child thinks that they are the opposite sex or were born into the wrong body. We have seen with leaked internal documents of the leading gender medicine group, WPATH, that these medical interventions, namely puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery, are not only irreversible but result in sterilization and loss of sexual function. Children or adolescents are simply not mature enough to understand the effects of so-called “gender-affirming care.” They cannot, in other words, give their informed consent. The new law creates the grave risk that activist teachers, students, and outside groups will convince their children that they were born into the wrong body, and hide their “social transition” from parents, which will lead to harmful medical mistreatment. As such, the law that Newsom just signed is the opposite of what both children and their parents need. We need schools to immediately warn parents if their children think they are the opposite sex. After all, this is a diagnosable psychiatric condition known as “gender dysphoria.” And if your child has a psychiatric disorder, whether anxiety, depression, an eating disorder, or gender dysphoria, you have a right to know. And schools must stop teaching children, or allowing other people to teach children, the pseudoscientific and dehumanizing ideas that it’s possible to be born into the wrong body and possible to change one’s sex. As such, either the legislature, the courts, or a ballot initiative will be required to nullify Newsom’s law. Until then, it is important to spread the word to parents that California public schools are fundamentally unsafe for the millions of children who attend them.

I’m afraid I have some terrible news. The governor of America’s largest and richest state has just signed a law that puts 10 million children and adolescents in grave danger of medical mistreatment. The media headlines have it wrong. They claim that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new law protects children by stopping public schools from outing their new gender to their parents. It does just the opposite. It makes children vulnerable to irreversible and lifelong medical abuse and mistreatment. And it is all based on the pseudoscientific idea that some children are born into the wrong bodies and that we can change a person’s sex through drugs and surgery. For any of this to make sense, you have to understand what’s happening in Britain. Several years ago, the government appointed a well-respected pediatrician named Hillary Cass to investigate whether it was ethical to block the puberty of children, give them opposite-sex hormones, and perform surgeries on their bodies to make them feel better about their gender. Dr. Cass came back a few weeks ago and said no, absolutely not. Around the same time, the British government banned puberty blockers nationwide. And, just a few days ago, the new Labor Party government affirmed that it would maintain the former government’s ban. In her report, Cass said that the so-called “social transition,” whereby a child adopts the identity of the opposite sex, is not a neutral act and has psychological consequences. This means it is the first step toward medical intervention. What Gavin Newsom has done is actively prevented schools from informing parents that their children have been put on a medical pathway. This is an outrageous attack on the rights of children and parents. Children have a right to go through puberty. No adult should be able to block their puberty. And parents have a right to know if their child thinks that they are the opposite sex or were born into the wrong body. We have seen with leaked internal documents of the leading gender medicine group, WPATH, that these medical interventions, namely puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery, are not only irreversible but result in sterilization and loss of sexual function. Children or adolescents are simply not mature enough to understand the effects of so-called “gender-affirming care.” They cannot, in other words, give their informed consent. The new law creates the grave risk that activist teachers, students, and outside groups will convince their children that they were born into the wrong body, and hide their “social transition” from parents, which will lead to harmful medical mistreatment. As such, the law that Newsom just signed is the opposite of what both children and their parents need. We need schools to immediately warn parents if their children think they are the opposite sex. After all, this is a diagnosable psychiatric condition known as “gender dysphoria.” And if your child has a psychiatric disorder, whether anxiety, depression, an eating disorder, or gender dysphoria, you have a right to know. And schools must stop teaching children, or allowing other people to teach children, the pseudoscientific and dehumanizing ideas that it’s possible to be born into the wrong body and possible to change one’s sex. As such, either the legislature, the courts, or a ballot initiative will be required to nullify Newsom’s law. Until then, it is important to spread the word to parents that California public schools are fundamentally unsafe for the millions of children who attend them.

Michael Shellenberger

28,547,650 views • 2 years ago

It's wrong for parents to send their kids off to daycare just so they can "live their life" or work and not see them for the whole day. Children need at least one parent looking after them. Working is necessary, so one thing I would propose is for employers to offer in-office daycare services that will allow parents to attend to their children several times a day, and for work to mandate an hour-long break, only for parents and separate from their lunchbreak, so they can be with their kids. If more workplaces offered this, people would be more inclined to have children because the current system makes it very difficult for parents to be attentive and raise their kids and hold a good job at the same time.

It's wrong for parents to send their kids off to daycare just so they can "live their life" or work and not see them for the whole day. Children need at least one parent looking after them. Working is necessary, so one thing I would propose is for employers to offer in-office daycare services that will allow parents to attend to their children several times a day, and for work to mandate an hour-long break, only for parents and separate from their lunchbreak, so they can be with their kids. If more workplaces offered this, people would be more inclined to have children because the current system makes it very difficult for parents to be attentive and raise their kids and hold a good job at the same time.

Ian Miles

4,985,235 views • 2 years ago

This family was going out to dinner as a family of 5. After their meal they were contemplating on dessert. But the dad refuses to pay for it since he claims he can make it for free. He then asks the server for cinnamon. And he mixes it with the sugar packets at the table. He spreads butter on tortillas and coats them with the cinnamon sugar mixture and gives them to his kids as their dessert. I know people try to find ways to save money when dining out, but is this a good way to do it or can it be viewed as being cheap and tacky?

This family was going out to dinner as a family of 5. After their meal they were contemplating on dessert. But the dad refuses to pay for it since he claims he can make it for free. He then asks the server for cinnamon. And he mixes it with the sugar packets at the table. He spreads butter on tortillas and coats them with the cinnamon sugar mixture and gives them to his kids as their dessert. I know people try to find ways to save money when dining out, but is this a good way to do it or can it be viewed as being cheap and tacky?

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

468,660 views • 7 months ago

Kids cry in the car as their parent is detained by ICE agents in Austin, Texas. Serious question. How does this make you feel? Is ICE responsible for this, or are the parents who broke federal immigration law to come here responsible? Democrats scream that ICE is breaking up families. DHS says parents can choose to be removed with their children or designate a safe person for the kids. The truth is these kids are free to go back with their father to his home country. No one is forcing them to stay here. If they love him this much and it makes them this sad, it is the right thing for the other parent to do.

Kids cry in the car as their parent is detained by ICE agents in Austin, Texas. Serious question. How does this make you feel? Is ICE responsible for this, or are the parents who broke federal immigration law to come here responsible? Democrats scream that ICE is breaking up families. DHS says parents can choose to be removed with their children or designate a safe person for the kids. The truth is these kids are free to go back with their father to his home country. No one is forcing them to stay here. If they love him this much and it makes them this sad, it is the right thing for the other parent to do.

Katie K USA

123,485 views • 10 days ago

🚨WATCH: A detransitioner tells the California State Assembly how his body "fell apart" after being put on estrogen and puberty blockers at the age of 13. "Nipple leakage, brain fog, chest pain, depression. I was urinating blood and had ulcers in my bladder and was too weak to attend school," Johnny Skinner said. "When I told my doctor how sick I was, he looked at me and said, welcome to womanhood." Skinner made the comments while testifying against AB 1876, a bill that would prohibit insurers from denying or limiting coverage for so-called "gender-affirming care." "This bill forces insurance companies to fund this cruel homophobia. It continues the lie that some children are born in the wrong body. Vote no," Skinner added.

🚨WATCH: A detransitioner tells the California State Assembly how his body "fell apart" after being put on estrogen and puberty blockers at the age of 13. "Nipple leakage, brain fog, chest pain, depression. I was urinating blood and had ulcers in my bladder and was too weak to attend school," Johnny Skinner said. "When I told my doctor how sick I was, he looked at me and said, welcome to womanhood." Skinner made the comments while testifying against AB 1876, a bill that would prohibit insurers from denying or limiting coverage for so-called "gender-affirming care." "This bill forces insurance companies to fund this cruel homophobia. It continues the lie that some children are born in the wrong body. Vote no," Skinner added.

Off The Press

5,601,932 views • 6 months ago

If my 2-year-old daughter told me she identifies as monocular, and I took her to get her eye removed to "affirm" that identity, I’d be thrown in jail for child abuse. And rightfully so. My recently passed bill — H.R 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, puts an end to funding for irreversible youth* gender transition surgeries* in Medicaid.

If my 2-year-old daughter told me she identifies as monocular, and I took her to get her eye removed to "affirm" that identity, I’d be thrown in jail for child abuse. And rightfully so. My recently passed bill — H.R 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, puts an end to funding for irreversible youth* gender transition surgeries* in Medicaid.

Dan Crenshaw

473,958 views • 9 months ago

Danielle Smith is saving Canada Bringing it back to the center. She’s ALWAYS the first mover to do the things no other politician has the balls to do. She just invoked the notwithstanding clause to stop puberty blockers and gender surgery for minors. Alberta will also be the first province where parents must opt students into lessons about sexual health, gender identity or sexual orientation. Other Premiers & politicians can learn a thing or two from her.

Danielle Smith is saving Canada Bringing it back to the center. She’s ALWAYS the first mover to do the things no other politician has the balls to do. She just invoked the notwithstanding clause to stop puberty blockers and gender surgery for minors. Alberta will also be the first province where parents must opt students into lessons about sexual health, gender identity or sexual orientation. Other Premiers & politicians can learn a thing or two from her.

Mario Zelaya

67,643 views • 10 months ago

Parents shouldn’t have to pay thousands of dollars just so their kids can play sports. Youth sports change lives. It shouldn’t be a luxury only for the wealthy. That’s why I’m fighting for the Let Kids Play Act — to push back against private equity greed and bring costs down for every family.

Parents shouldn’t have to pay thousands of dollars just so their kids can play sports. Youth sports change lives. It shouldn’t be a luxury only for the wealthy. That’s why I’m fighting for the Let Kids Play Act — to push back against private equity greed and bring costs down for every family.

Cory Booker

12,250 views • 4 months ago