# Labour’s new law banning conversion therapy will make it illegal to tell someone who identifies as ‘catgender’ that they are human, report warns

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/labours-new-law-banning-conversion-therapy-will-make-it-illegal-to-tell-someone-who-identifies-as-catgender-that-they-are-human-report-warns/
- Published: 2026-11-02T22:01:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T22:13:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259597/Labours-new-law-banning-conversion-therapy-make-illegal-tell-identifies-catgender-human-report-warns.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Research, Science, World

## Key points

- Policy Exchange says the draft conversion practices bill is too broadly worded.
- It warns parents and children could face prosecution.
- The bill aims to protect gay and transgender people from conversion practices.

## Summary

A Policy Exchange report warns that the Labour Government’s draft bill to ban conversion practices is so broadly worded it could criminalise ordinary conversations about gender identity. The report argues that the proposal risks restricting free expression and family life, and could have consequences for parents and children.

The bill is intended to protect gay and transgender people from attempts to change their identity or sexuality. The report says its definition of transgender identity could extend to people who describe themselves as “catgender”, and warns that parents could face up to five years in prison for certain actions, including refusing to fund gender reassignment. It also says there is no minimum age for prosecution, while noting that some practices cited as evidence of the problem are already illegal; the article does not include the Government’s full response.

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