And it’s not just at the initial stage. We’re 9 years down the line, estranged by medicalised daughter who insists her safety and wellbeing is at risk if we contact her. All we said was please don’t rush into anything permanent. This bill would allow no chance for reconciliation.

what is bizarre is that this seemingly highly intelligent woman trusted a machine whose "wisdom" is hewn together with the overall authority of a vacuum cleaner bag into which every sort of bit of dust & grit have been sucked over the authority of her specialist-doctor. what most baffles about these cases in which a ChatGPT device gives lethal advice to credulous people is the credulity of people who certainly should know better. it is hard to protect such credulous people from being harmed in some way but certainly restricting ChatGPT from giving medical advice thwarting a patient's doctor would be an obvious start.

“We are gay men and we consider this legislation to be anti-gay. It is transing the gay away.” Jeff Dudgeon played a vital role in the campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Northern Ireland. He now opposes the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill, which is before the Northern Ireland Assembly. A founding member of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association, Jeff brought the first successful challenge to the criminalisation of homosexuality at the European Court of Human Rights. On 22 October 1981, the Court ruled that Northern Ireland’s law violated his right to respect for private life. The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 followed, bringing the law in line with the rest of the UK. Forty-five years later, he is campaigning against a Bill presented as necessary to protect LGBT people. As he points out, those who oppose it are routinely smeared as homophobes. “Conversion practices” conjures up electric shock treatment and corrective rape — horrific practices that are already illegal. So what would this Bill criminalise? It would expose parents to prosecution, and up to two years in prison, for having honest conversations with children who are confused about their gender identity. Gender identity issues can cause great turmoil within families. Many parents already feel pressured to affirm their child’s belief that they were born in the wrong body, for fear of damaging their relationship. The Bill would add the threat of prosecution for parents who wish to guide their child away from life-changing, irreversible medicalisation. It would rip families apart. This is of particular concern to gay rights campaigners such as Jeff, because the vast majority of gender-confused children are same-sex attracted, and same-sex attraction often goes hand in hand with gender non-conformity in childhood. Watch @JeffDudgeon👇

So Stonewall want a registry of Stonewall-approved therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists to be set up? What could possibly go wrong? Stephen Kiely from Stonewall is giving *very* strong Matthew Hopkins “Witchfinder General” vibes

Watching this, and can't quite believe the sheer irresponsible INSANITY of this proposed new law: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde…

Words Matter. petition.parliament.uk/petit…