Joanne Lockwood

Constructive Desistance

What the draft Conversion Practices Bill cannot see — and why the gap is an institutional question

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Joanne Lockwood
Jun 26, 2026
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By Joanne Lockwood (she/her) FIEDP FRSA FPSA – Written from lived experience, not from the sidelines.

Part two of two. In part one — Broad Door, High Bar — I read the bill on its own terms. This piece reads the world it lands in.

I write as an inclusion specialist working from lived experience, not as a lawyer. This is commentary on a draft law and the wo…

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