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So to summarize: the downside of the policy is that trans people will be disadvantaged, with worse care and worse health outcomes. The upside is that bigots will be happier.

Were the GC movement really based in "legitimate concerns", people like Murray would be cast out, not embraced and celebrated. This kind of naked bigotry is accepted because there is no moderate GC position; it's an extremist, eliminationist movement to its core. Some are just better at hiding it.

I'm sure it will come as no surprise that this petition has been signed by a number of transphobes - J Michael Bailey, Michael Biggs, Jo Phoenix, Helen Joyce, Holly Lawford-Smith, Jerry Coyne, and Colin Wight. Those are just the names that jumped out on a quick scan; there may be others.

Every interview with an actor from the new Harry Potter series youtube.com/shorts/QVyIw...

The UN's logic here applies equally to the blanket ban on trans women from all "gender-affected" sports under the supreme court's rewrite of the equality act. The nuanced, evidence-based framework they advocate is what we had pre-FWS, and which the court demolished.

Well, isn't that interesting? Regardless of financial security, Labour's support amongst social conservatives is in the single figures. It's almost as if their rabid transphobia is driving away decent human beings in droves while bringing in basically no votes at all. Who'd have guessed?

Hammer-beating row "took over my life", whines person who beat coworkers with hammer.

I just marked this year's Trans Awareness Week in the best way I could think of.

This is a) terrible, and b) hugely better than the UK. Not sure what the % is over here - @hleehurley.com probably has a rough idea, at least - but we would kill for fully 30% of all stories about trans rights quoting trans people. And 30% is abysmal! It ought to be 100%!

This is more than just denial of reality; it's an accusation. It's claiming that trans adults are lying about their own childhoods, in order to trick children into transitioning. It's why glinner loves the "groomer" lie. It's a blood libel intended to portray us as a threat that needs to be stopped.

"I am not competent to continue a prescription provided by a specialist, order 1-2 blood tests a year, and compare some numbers to reference ranges" is the kind of admission that should lead to a GP being struck off for gross incompetence. And yet!

Some good news for trans people for once. Reid is the UN Independent Expert on protection from violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. He was one of the UN experts who criticised the supreme court ruling and urged parliament to act to protect trans rights.

Even if it were true that reducing suicidal ideation did not reduce actual suicides, having experienced suicidal ideation, I can confirm that it fucking sucks! Reducing it is still very obviously a strongly positive outcome in and of itself.

It's also just plain wrong. Three studies found statistically significant reduction in suicidality. The fourth, and smallest, with only 19 subjects in the treatment group, found reductions that fell just short of significance. No competent statistician would describe that as "inconsistent".

IOW, the government thinks it's right and proper that trans people be excluded from "hospitals, refuges and sports clubs", and intend to make sure that stays the case. But don't worry, everyone, they hear our concerns! They're just not going to address them in any substantive way. Fuck Labour.

More of this tone please 😏

Excellent statement. I particularly liked the fact that they were willing to clearly call out the ruling as transphobic, as well as highlighting the part allowing us to be excluded from both men's and women's spaces simultaneously. And, of course, referencing the ever-fantastic @jessothomson.co.uk

"My view is that despite the law being very clear, actually, a few very determined transphobes have crawled their way to the heart of the law like maggots in an apple. A system that has been working perfectly well since 2010 has now been unnecessarily tampered with..." Hell yes.

Losing ground to transphobes would hurt ever so slightly less if they weren't all so fucking STUPID.

Just imagine if an MP or a political party were willing to speak this clearly and forcefully in defence of our rights.

I gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the Supreme Court judgment, and the surrounding context. I think it's possibly the best thing I've ever done (?) so give it a listen. youtu.be/dhRKIZi60NI?...

More frequent?! PIP reassessments are already every two years, which is a colossally stressful waste of time and energy for most claimants. Assessments also cost money, so this isn't likely to make savings, except by making the process even more miserable and driving people away. Fuck Labour.

This is a great poem by Danielle Coffyn. IF ADAM PICKED THE APPLE

One obvious problem Republicans have here is that many of the arguments SciAm make against Trump apply more or less equally to the party as a whole. They can't very well say "yes, we should absolutely reject candidates who are climate deniers", can they?

That last screenshot is...just...I'm losing my fucking mind here. "No doubt this hospital is held to a lower standard - but this is largely because they so frequently kill their own patients". THAT'S WORSE, YOU CLOWN.

Oh so now a woman has been done the injustice of being called trans suddenly there is mainstream pushback against gender policing in sport ey now its undeniably affecting ~Real People~

Me trying to fall asleep every night

More than four months in the making, a story I've been calling my "Big Finland Piece" is finally here. It describes the efforts of Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala to export Finland's deeply dystopic version of transgender healthcare to the wider world.

May Hillary Cass not know a moment peace as long as she walks this earth. Blood on her hands. Blood on her hands. Blood on her hands.