Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Ms Emma Sheerin on .
- MLA
- Ms Emma Sheerin
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 15 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5706247
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I appreciate what you are saying about practicalities, and I would understand it if those practicalities were the concern, but none of that is of concern if nobody wants to suppress or change someone's gender identity. Only if it is your intention to change a person's sexuality or gender identity would this come into play. If there is no homophobia or transphobia, it is not a live concern. You could have a million definitions of what it means to try to "suppress" or "change", but, if you do not want to suppress or change somebody else's identity or sexual orientation, it is not an issue.
105 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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