1/ In a criminal trial a jury can ask questions by sending notes to the Judge. Here are 10 jury notes that would derail a Conversion Practices trial:
"I am gender critical and do not believe in transgender identity which is just really gender identity, can I sit on this case?"
2/
"The Prosecution say the Defendant mother caused her daughter serious distress by not sending her to gender GP and this was controlling and economic pressure. I think she was just a good mum doing her best, can I acquit on that basis?"
3/
"How do the Prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt the daughter in this case had a gender identity, can they call evidence and can we hear from someone like Helen Joyce?"
4/
"The Prosecution say the child in this case "identified as neither male or female". I do not believe in this sex category and it does not exist in law. Can I disregard the prosecution "evidence" as frivolous nonsense?"
5/
"The Prosecution say the Defendant was controlling by refusing to purchase cross sex hormones, but I think responsible parents do have to take control of important things like a child taking irreversible medicines. Can I take that into account as evidence?
6/
"Can I take into account that gender critical speech is legally protected under the Equality Act or can a belief simultaneously be a protected characteristic and a crime?"
7/
"Do the prosecution have to prove as a matter of objective fact that the daughter had a gender identity or is enough they prove the defendant thought they did and intended for them not to have it?"
8/
"We have been told that having a transgender identity is "not limited to" the protected characteristic. What is the limit and where do we draw the line? Is the Complainant saying they had one enough?"
9/
"Serious alarm or distress to the individual which has a substantial adverse effect on their usual day-to-day activities is not unusual when a teenager is told "no". Can we take that into account as a normal part of family life?
10/
"We have been told a conversion practice can be "any conduct", is there a lower limit on this or can it be literally anything, even a normal conversation?"
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