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Clare was a star in the interview! We also cover the Guild of Angry Transsexuals, TKDB, obviously the dreaded Guidance ambush from NHS, Civil Service, DWP and MOD, AND #justiceforjoelle It's chocka!

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And for anyone assuming it's more doctor who content... It not... But it does involve someone who was in some very memorable episodes 🤖

I don't post my dog enough. Here is my dog.

It me! Am here. Alongside fantastically talented wordsmiths, photographers, researchers and editors

I've eaten three slices of cake today and I feel like I'm living life right

My audio editing debut! With the biggest of thanks to @tincanaudio.co.uk for providing endless advice and resources

I hope people have been enjoying the thumbnails I've been making recently, this one is a favourite ngl I especially love how I put so much care into it and then didn't spot the typo in the literal first line of the post 🥲 Thankfully you can't hear typos in podcasts

Sports Science is becoming the modern phrenology. Find out why here, don't let em hack us to bits to build their straw man whatthetrans.com/ep155/

This losers corner is something different, I know I keep saying this but is one of my favourite things I've written for WTT so far 🙊

Who needs travel when you've got British weather cycling between 15 different seasons in any given hour? Feel like I've been through continents and it was only a dog walk

Trans women are biological women. Trans men are biological men. Please stop using the phrase “biological” to distinguish cis from trans people. Cis does just fine and you’re also revealing your own ignorance of how biology works, as well as underlying inherent transphobia, even if unintentionally.

This interview has been one of my favourites to do for WTT, it's definitely not one to miss 🙌

If anyone needs me I'll be in the corner juggling until next year 🤡

So thankful for the people that turned up and advocated and those who made the amendment, wins are possible 🙌

I am home now and a whole wave of emotion washes over me. We did it.We defeated this. We weaponised a motion against those who wished to use it against us. I just wanted to scream on the way back home. I don't even live in Darlington, but I feel something good has happened today, for all of us.

Don't ignore this. They did the same thing in Bassetlaw this kind of motion may become more and more common if we don't stop it NOW.

Apologies about the stream not going ahead my internet was down and my back/arms have not gotten better. Internet now back up tho so silver linings ig 🥲

In a rare event, this episode clocks in just under an hour lmao we did actually finally write a short one 😌

Before I joined WTT, I used to stream, including a longer charity stream on mother's day cus it's a struggle for some (also for me lol) and we're trying to bring it back I'd also buy this guy some treats and feed him when we hit goals... You wouldn't want him to get no treats right? 😥

I mention my tattoo in this ep, so here it is (as much as I'll show publicly 👀) It's the path of my chronic pain (one of), the tat is a reclamation of sorts/honouring that. Also spot the all bruises that's a hEDS thing, the finally known cause of said pains lmao #disability #ehlersdanlos

The pressure on the EHRC is continuing to mount as more and more organisations speak out...

Fun fact, the script for this episode was nearly 11,000 words (that's not including notes beforehand and previous drafts) This is still shorter than Levy, and dare I say a smidgen more fun to listen to 🤭

Wdym you can always tell when I've authored a post on WTT?

🆕 The Darlington Nurses were not harassed by a trans colleague but a court rules trans women in single-sex spaces "violates dignity" It goes against two rulings that say otherwise 🤔 Understand what this means for Trans+ rights in tomorrow's QueerAF newsletter 📩 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

Still not seen the full judgment, but notably the ET dismissed the harassment claim against Rose Henderson, the trans woman in the Darlington Nurses case. Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.

@ashleigh.whatthetrans.com asked me to do something silly, and of course I obliged 😇 So if you dodge the kings speech like I do here's your alternative lmao

There's nothing quite like a silly little side project to remind you why you do the things you do 🥲

5/ What do the experts say? “At its heart, it maintains and reinforces a system built on clinical control of and power over trans communities,” Dr Horton tells QueerAF. “There is no effort to improve accountability. No recognition of institutional transphobia. No recognition of clinical violence”

The Levy Review: A scathing audit of NHS Trans+ healthcare that isn’t radical enough to fix the problems. @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com take a first look at the long-awaited review into adult gender services in the UK 🧵 Reporting by @vic-parsons.bsky.social

It is a sign of how fundamentally abused and traumatised trans communities are in the UK that many folks are responding to Levy with relief and cautious welcome. It could have been a lot worse. But it fundamentally fails to deliver meaningful improvements to trans healthcare. 1/4

We're on it 🫡

Saw bad spin, made a meme about it lol

Did you know a study found prostate tissue can develop in some trans men when on HRT? Cus I didn't! This ep is particularly cool because I got a chance to speak with Zine maker Dion Nolan about his Zine "Sex with Trans Men" a topic not spoken about enough! Go learn!

PHAHAHAA They printed the quiet part out loud and she started backpedaling like roadrunner

My latest article is out, a needed pause from the protesting before driving back in. Check it out!

An urgent Announcement from the Green and Black Cross If you were stopped at today's demo at Newcastle. Please get in touch with the Green And Black Cross

🖤🤍TOON FOR TRANS RIGHTS🤍🖤 Live coverage of the Newcastle Protest against the supreme court at Grey's Monument. There's hundreds!!

Flint here in Darlington. Good turnout already and it's not even started!

🏳️‍⚧️NORTH EAST PROTESTS🏳️‍⚧️ There's one in Darlington tomorrow and Newcastle on Sunday. Images for deets. If you're not NE based then find your local at the link whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

🏳️‍⚧️ "The lesson for all of us from the rave scene is that when they remove our right to exist openly and put targets on our backs, we make our own spaces." https://www.wearequeeraf.com/raves-reflect-my-transness-back-at-me-theyre-joy-as-a-form-of-rebellion/

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: A Poorly Judged Decision In this episode: The supreme court judgement, where we talk to @jessothomson.co.uk about the ruling. The NHS's new service specs and GPs guidance. And more! whatthetrans.com/ep129/

For those in the North East, there is this today in Boro at 1pm!

If anyone is organising for Newcastle/Durham area let me know as I can't see any in the North East yet

From a BBC article this morning, the head of the EHRC is already releasing public statements that trans people should beg for their own toilet if they want to piss

Planned action! Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.

Gender Outlaw Taken at Trans Pride Brighton 2023

Breaking just now: Trans delegates at a Unison health conference event attended by Wes Streeting, have put up trans flags and banners attacking Wes streeting. We are trying to get details as soon as we can.