Stop the Conversion Practices Bill. Free speech, safeguarding, religious freedom and the right of LGB people to choose are all under threat.
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The Quran is clear: there must be no compulsion in religion.
No Muslim should be arrested for praying that lesbians and gay men find peace, or preaching to those who choose to hear.
The Conversion Practices Bill threatens the very foundation of religious freedom and tolerance.
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I spoke with the Telegraph about the conversion practice bill and my concerns surrounding this. You can read it here:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11…
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Drew Dalton, Chair of #Hidayah, speaks about the challenges of being an LGBT+ Muslim
Our campaign #LGBTMuslimSolidarity challenges both Muslim homophobia & anti-Muslim prejudice. We support victimised LGBT+ Muslims against straight Muslim queerphobia
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Although the ‘Gay Ban’ on those serving in our armed forces was finally lifted in 2000, it
took until 2023 for the Government to formally apologise to those affected.
The Financial Recognition Scheme was rolled out in December 2024 and there have now been over 1,500 claims for financial and non-financial reparations. But time is running out. The scheme closes at midnight on the 12th of December.
This is a one time offer and any applications received after this date will not be accepted. If you were affected in any way, make your application now:
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Wendy is a veteran who served in the army and was dismissed for being a lesbian. She had this to say about the gay ban:
“In 1982 at the age of eighteen, I signed up for 22 years’ service in the regular army. It was
then the Women’s Royal Army Corps. I had hoped for a long and exciting career, but due to the ‘Gay Ban’ (which naively I did not know about on joining) I was soon being questioned
about my sexuality and after just two years’ service I was ‘found out and thrown out.’ A
career and a life of adventure ended. Although, luckily I went on to do many exciting things
with my life. The nature of my dismissal however, had a profound effect on me.
I have been able to achieve a small sense of justice with the non-financial restorative
measures (a ceremony with an apology letter, an Etheron Pin and other items.) I was also
successful in being awarded a ‘Dismissed and Discharged’ payment and an ‘Impact Award.’
It does not cover the years of lost income and career, but it has helped a little to get me
settled in a new home.
I would urge anyone who was dismissed/discharged against their will on the basis of their sexuality to make a claim. Also anyone who is Lesbian or Gay can claim for an Impact Award even if you were not dismissed but you were affected by The Ban whilst serving. It is of course re-living the trauma to fill in these forms, but hopefully you too will be successful and feel a little better in time.”
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@LGBTLabour Calling serious legal concerns “disinformation” is so very Trumpian.
Instead of virtue signalling, LGBT+ Labour should be telling their own Government to scrap this dreadful legislation and start again.
Parents, free speech and LGBT people’s rights deserve better.
This is ‘Visit My Mosque’, an excellent initiative. Disappointed no mosques here in Staffordshire took part, but will be making the trip to Manchester or Birmingham for the next round.
My DMs are open re any similar initiatives or one-to-one podcasts or private meetings.
This is a mosque open day in UK. British police in uniform are sitting on the carpet, listening to the sermon. Next to women in burqa. A white visitor says he had an amazing day. The imam tells him: "The next thing you need to do is become Muslim." Now ask yourself one question. Do British police sit in uniform inside churches on Sundays to listen to sermons? Or do they only do it in mosques to show us how wonderful Islam is?
Lia Thomas is not all trans athletes.
Russell Brand is not all sex addicts.
Westboro Baptists are not all churches.
Islamist bombers are not all Muslims.
Forming political opinions and legislation requires collation of a wide range of case studies, not inferences from extremes.
If “the proposed legislation does not threaten conversations between parents and their children”, then nothing would be lost by explicitly ensuring that with protection clauses.
There is a precedent here in the belt-and-braces approach taken to introduce same-sex marriage. Churches set red lines which the legislation reflected to get it through.
The reason campaigners reject this approach is because the scope is unreasonably broad by intent. Merely asserting something would not happen is not sufficient — put the guardrails in, or drop the bill entirely.
Calling serious legal concerns “disinformation” is very Trumpian.
@LGBTLabour should spend less time virtue signalling and more time challenging their own Government over this dreadful Conversion Practices Bill.
The potential consequences are enormous. Parents could face uncertainty about how far they can challenge their child’s decisions on gender identity. Freedom of speech could be chilled by fears of complaints and investigations. And LGBT people themselves deserve better than legislation whose safeguards are still being seriously questioned.
These aren’t trivial concerns. They go to the heart of family life, individual liberty and the protections our society depends upon.
Rather than dismissing a serious legal report with a cheap slogan, LGBT+ Labour should be demanding that their Government scraps this dreadful piece of legislation.
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Opposition to the Government’s draft Conversion Practices Bill is getting louder by the day.
The Church of England has voiced concerns – despite the Government claiming its support for the Bill.
The Catholic Church has also warned that the legislation could challenge its freedom to pray, preach and provide pastoral care, and has called on the Government to abandon the proposals.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11…
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“This doesn’t make sense to anyone!”
Philippa Roberts joins @Nanaakua1 to discuss Labour’s conversion bill controversy, amid warnings that sharing gender experiences could become illegal.
📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
Starting in 15 minutes on GB News 👇🏻
I am looking forward to appearing on Free Speech Nation @GBNews this evening at 7 pm UK time, together with the amazing @DeniseFahmy, to discuss the gay rights history exhibition that erases founding members like myself who are still supporting the rights of homosexuals today — and how the Conversion Practices bill could do still more damage to the wellbeing of LGB people, especially distressed teens.
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Update on the appeal in the Upper Tribunal against the DBS decision:
On the 6th November we submitted Dr. Anna Loutfi’s skeleton argument and my impact statement to the Upper Tribunal as per the agreed dates.
I am delighted with the skeleton argument. As always, Anna Loutfi has done an amazing job of charting a course through this legal minefield.
The hearing in the Upper Tribunal will be on the 14th/15th December.
The panel will be comprised of a judge and 2 safeguarding professionals, so the focus will be on child harm.
The government’s Conversion Therapy bill gives this case increased importance. Had this legislation been in force when I raised my safeguarding concerns and did not refer to Student A as a male, then I could have suffered a 5-year jail sentence.
We are awaiting the judgement from the EAT. This should be delivered within the next couple of weeks. The basis of the argument presented is that New College Swindon’s Gender Reassignment Policy was unlawful under Article 9 – the absolute right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
The hearing in the Upper Tribunal will test the arguement that safeguarding should have precedence over political orthodoxy. If these hearings are successful, it is my view that the government’s proposed Conversation Therapy legislation will be almost impossible to implement.
I have been asked to comment on the Conversion Therapy bill by various journalists but have not done so for fear of prejudicing my hearings. Other than the above statement, that is all I can say on this matter at this time.
Thank you again for your support.
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Very positive day engaging in conversations with members of the public about the #ConversionPracticesDraftBill
Those who had heard about it were against it, others were happy to discuss the harms and many took our leaflets to find out more.
#BinTheBill
I can't go because I'm not a woman 😭
If you are, great panel on the Conversion Practices Bill worth checking out. Best of luck to you all.
One week to go before NILIA.
We are getting quite excited to see you all and listen to some great panels, working groups and engaging in activity sessions.
#FreeSpeech
#WomenOnly
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It’s clear that @SimonCalvert14 has assiduously read the bill.
It’s well worth listening to what he has to say, here.
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The list of people lying about the #ConversionPracticesDraftBill continues to grow:
@oliviabaileymp
@bphillipsonMP
@RachelTaylorMP
@simonlightwood
And now @PeterTatchell
Why lie? It can only be because the Draft Bill will make a bad law.
#BinTheBill
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Good grief @PeterTatchell will you PLEASE stop making things up. The Bill does NOT say ANYTHING about assumptions that the victim is “damaged, broken, perverted, abnormal, sick or immoral”. You say here that's an actual criterion in the Bill. It is not. You have to stop this.
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This was such a telling moment in Ms Ozanne’s evidence. The psychiatrist’s question is surely a reasonable one. But she rejected it.
She seems to want to win a *theological* argument with evangelical Christianity: and is using *criminal law* to do this
In evidence, Jayne Ozanne who appears to believe that her own internal battles with her faith could have been sorted with legislation, was clear that she wants prayer criminalised, including any help sought by the individual in question.
She records a counsellor telling her that she would just have to change her religion if she felt her sexuality was incompatible. But she didn't want that.
Ozanne once told the Guardian that “gentle, non-coercive prayer” should be outlawed. She also wants to ban ‘praying alone’ - who the criminal is in this circumstance is not explained!
Ozanne has admitted she was not open about her sexuality and did not discuss it with her pastoral support group. Later she asked for supportive prayers from "kind and loving" people to ask that she find someone to settle down with and have a family. She claims that at this point she was confused about her sexuality and had boyfriends.
So what does she really want? Ozanne claims to remain an Evangelical Christian so she clearly wasn't kicked out. She wasn't held in a cult or subject to abuse, she simply asked others in a religion she claims she wishes to belong to, to pray for her to achieve happiness.
Freedom of religion is an important human right. The state has a duty to ensure that harm, terror, or abuse is not carried out in the name of faith, but it has no business interfering in anyone's inner life.
The Church of England is right to be concerned.
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Tom, this bill goes far far far further than everything you outline below. It goes so far that it fundamentally alters the sanctity and privacy of a family.
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A joint committee made up of members of the House of Lords and House of Commons has been set up to consider the government’s Draft Conversion Practices Bill.
The committee seeks views on how the draft bill could be improved. Get involved by 16 November ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/com…