Helen Joyce speaks to Tess Hackett, an Australian mother estranged from her trans-identifying daughter. Tess set up Australia’s first support group for parents of children who identify as trans, now a nationwide network she still runs.
She describes life under conversion-practices bans in Australian states: detransitioners in Victoria having to go interstate for medical help; psychologists turning away teenagers; and parents too scared to seek help.
As the UK’s draft Conversion Practices Bill goes through pre-legislative scrutiny, this is a look at what such laws mean in practice.
Read our briefing, Who will be criminalised
