Debate contribution: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage

Debate contribution by Mr Brian Kingston on 22 September 2026.

MLA: Mr Brian Kingston
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 22 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Private Members' Business
Heading: Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill: Second Stage
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5740791

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I hope that the Bill sponsor will address that point when he makes his winding-up speech. This evening, I looked up the number of gender types that have been claimed. There is a list of 72. I do not know whether there are more than that. Quite frankly, when you look down the list, you can only describe it as nonsense. I do not mean offence to anyone. I could read some of them. One is:
"based on the person’s mood swings or fluctuations."
I will not try to pronounce what they are called, because I will only do so incorrectly. One is described as being when:
"Frequent bursts of intense feelings quickly move to the initial calm stage."
Another gender is described as being when:
"The individual has partial traits of one gender and the rest of the other gender."
Another one is described as:
"Changing one’s gender type based on the people surrounding."
Another is:
"A gender-fluid identity where a person changes their gender depending on the friends they have."
Those are more like personality types, not genders. They are characteristics; they are not genders.
Yes.

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