10 December deadline looms for conversion therapy input
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 1 Dec 2021
The consultation on a conversion therapy ban in England and Wales has been published, but raises many questions that have yet to be clarified.
The government has proposed a two-pronged approach to a ban. Firstly, giving sentencing courts power to impose tougher sentences for physically violent criminal acts that are motivated by conversion therapy.
Parents to sue over school trans guidance
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 1 Nov 2021
The Christian parents of two boys are seeking a judicial review in connection with the Cornwall Schools Transgender Guidelines, which encourage children to dress as they choose to reflect their 'true gender'.
The document – first published in 2015 – defines 'true gender' as 'the gender that a person truly feels they are inside'.
Expelled gender-critical ex-barrister is backed
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 1 Sep 2021
An ex-barrister turned trainee therapist who publicly expressed his gender critical beliefs – that sex is biological and immutable – has been expelled by the Metanoia Institute three years into a five-year university degree.
James Esses was attempting to safeguard therapy and counselling for vulnerable children with gender dysphoria, lodging a public petition which has garnered more than 10,000 signatures. Speaking out also cost him his role as a Childline volunteer.