Conversion practices are based on the falsehood that a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression can and should be changed. They are discriminatory, harmful, and outdated, and they have no place in modern Aotearoa New Zealand. It also shifts the conversation about sexuality, gender identity, and gender expression this evening. It has become apparent through the consideration of this particular bill that we are no longer talking about whether we should support people to live authentically, but to a far more healthy and loving conversation about how we do that. 