Conor McKeever

A Ben Ryan tweet, complaining about Michael Hobbes claim that therapists are able to tell gay from trans: I can assure you, having spoken to child psychologists at length about this very question, that they are not the bearers of some sort of cosmic intuition that discerns gay from trans in children. Nor has the field of pediatric medicine sought to systematically grapple with this question of how to separate one child from another. Some of the biggest names in the field simply leave the matter up to the kid, asserting that kids "know who they are."

How does Benjamin Ryan think therapy works?

Here he’s challenging @michaelhobbes.bsky.social claim that therapists know the difference between gay kids and kids who are trans.

How do therapists know a kid is depressed other than “trusting the kid?”

Mmmmm, stracciatella

Labour MP's husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Joani Reid who suggested Corbyn was a Russian asset despite zero evidence? Her husband? Ah fuck, she's gonna be LIVID.

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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

Her License Was Invalidated For Being Trans — Assigned “I wish I could convey to them that the people they’re hurting are real human beings,” says Juniper, 24, of Witchita Kansas.

Many news outlets are reporting that some trans Kansans received letters warning that their licenses were being invalidated overnight.

This morning, Evan Urquhart spoke with a trans woman who found out on Bluesky that it would be illegal to drive her car.

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Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work making change for LGBTQ+ people in STEM?

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Who's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction? He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?

London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work making change for LGBTQ+ people in STEM?

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Can't stop laughing at Keir Starmer's defence being "I asked the Prince of Darkness 'are you telling me the truth?' and he said 'yes' and now I have discovered that I was LIED to by the Prince of Darkness! The Prince of Darkness LIED to me!"

Oh my goodness Anson, this is amazing news! I'm so happy for you and David ❤️

Just a reminder that we have a new newsletter (and there's some fun stuff coming out tomorrow)! #PrideinSTEM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📧

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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.

Excellent article!

I posted a @zoebread.bsky.social video yesterday to underline the rot of the Labour party control of Manchester yesterday and I'm posting another today. Fuck Andy Burnham, and Labour collectively.

- Princess Diana, 1995

Transphobes will never be content with excluding trans people from public life, they demand that everyone hate us as much as they do, that everyone should be elated by our absence and furious at our presence. They are utterly obsessed with us.

Their lives are so difficult 😔

A black and white tuxedo cat (Nyota) sits on a fluffy beige rug in the foreground, while a calico cat (Nebula) sits behind her on the wooden floor of our living room. Both are staring intently at the camera as if to convey their desire for food.

"Honestly, we haven't been fed in yeeeears 🥺" #caturday

Just a few days left to get your (free!) tickets to the 2025 #LGBTQ+ #STEM Day celebration in London! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The most wonderful time of the year!

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At least you can bring two friends with you for reassurance

Have a great time! 🎉

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

And why call it 'golden ticket'?

Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?

A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.

4,671.

Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?

Sure, why not? They've already betrayed their voters, members and values, they might as well betray their very name as well.

Maybe the driver is delivering a different kind of package to that person 👀

Boris Johnson says these are just common sense and reasonable statements

She's right though, the connections are often a little bit rubbish