A mother who was twice reported to social services for raising concerns when her daughter’s schools facilitated ‘social transitioning’ has spoken against plans to ban ‘conversion practices’.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, the anonymous mother explained that she encountered problems at multiple schools after her daughter revealed her gender confusion at 13 years old. Other parents accused the mother of ‘being evil’ while one school believed she was an “abuser committing what they thought should have been a crime”.
Despite being reported to the authorities, she emphasised that they “felt like the only sane people I spoke to”. It was “obvious to them that we were a normal family providing a safe and loving home. But if this bill becomes law, they won’t be allowed to apply such a common-sense approach.”
‘Terrified’
The first school started referring to her daughter with a new name without parental consent, and when she inquired why, she was accused of not being “supportive”. Soon after, her daughter claimed that she was committing hate crimes and abuse.
After moving schools the next year, teachers explained that it was a “Stonewall champion” school that backed gender self-identification. Eventually, the mother found a school that “didn’t actively promote policies on transgender issues and gave her the space she needed to grow up”.
The mother said: “If the Conversion Practices Bill becomes law, I’m terrified it will criminalise normal parenting, which involves saying no to things teenagers want in the moment.”
“I’m concerned that could lead to a situation where children like mine are denied reconciliation with their parents. I don’t blame my daughter for any of it – she was a child failed by the institutions that were meant to protect her. But having your parents sent to jail would stay with you for the rest of your life. How are you meant to come back from that?”
If the Conversion Practices Bill becomes law, I’m terrified it will criminalise normal parenting, which involves saying no to things teenagers want in the moment.
Jail sentence
Writing in The Times, gender-critical campaigner Kathleen Stock OBE also highlighted how the Draft Conversion Practices Bill for England and Wales threatens to exacerbate family tensions.
She warned that the proposals will encourage teens “to think of loving parents as monsters”, with “thermonuclear” results.
Under the Bill, a person could face up to five years in prison for expressing “emotional pressure” that causes a person to believe they do or do not have a particular “identity” or “sexual orientation”.
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