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

Debate contribution by Mrs Pam Cameron on 22 September 2026.

MLA: Mrs Pam Cameron
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 5740896

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Thank you for taking an intervention. Does the Member recognise the following? I have not yet had the chance to speak, so he may not, but I inform the Chamber that I have been contacted by a member of the trans community, a trans woman — a man who transitioned into a woman many years ago. That trans woman is very supportive of the DUP position on the legislation and said to me that she wants parents and children to be protected. It is wrong to mischaracterise this party as homophobic and transphobic when it is not.
I have very dear and close gay friends. I went to their wedding. I love them as they are. There is nothing wrong with them, and I have never tried to change them or had a conversation about changing them. I resent the implication that we are all homophobes because of something that someone said many moons ago, which is not in any way relevant to today. My point is that there are people out there who are not socially conservative but do not agree with the Bill.

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