Scottish Parents Who Try to Stop Children Changing Gender Could Be Jailed for 7 Years

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on proposals to ban so-called “conversion therapy,” which opponents claim could lead to parents being jailed if they oppose their child’s wish to present as the opposite sex. There is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a “conversion practice,” as the document states, but the government’s Expert Advisory Group says it means “any treatment, practice or effort that aims to change, suppress and/or eliminate a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression.” The SNP has previously clashed with the UK government over issues around transgenderism and was recently forced to abandon plans to allow children aged 16 to legally change gender because equalities legislation is not a devolved matter and Westminster ruled the proposals would impact women....