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A Naomi C Fisher tweet: "Last month we interviewed @FrithUta for our new podcast, Let's Talk Neurosense: the psychology of neurodiversity. She touched on many of the themes in her @tes interview, in particular should we be dividing the autism spectrum into subgroups and how masking has affected the way that we understand autism. Here's our interview. @helenlewis @Docstockk @jon_severs Why we need to rethink the autism spectrum with Dame Uta Frith" [Substack URL omitted]

Daaaaamn. Of all the people I once admired who've ended up disappointing, Naomi Fisher appears determined to displace Judy Singer in the Most Disappointing stakes.

Here she is tagging Kathleen Stock and Helen Lewis in a tweet about her supportive interview with Uta Frith for her new podcast.

Oh, oh no. That is horribly disappointing.

Former Chief Medical Officer calls out Streeting’s highly politicised ‘trial’ of puberty blockers. Meanwhile @goodlawproject.org have uncovered a spike in trans youth ending their own lives because they can’t access appropriate care. This is a national scandal.

‘Rising anti-trans hatred’ in the UK creating ‘hostile environment’, report suggests 99 per cent of trans people say media coverage of issue has harmed their mental health

A new report and survey of trans people reports that 99% of them have had their mental health negatively affected by the barrage of anti trans stories in the UK media. 64% avoided medical care due to discrimination. This is a crisis.

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New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth.

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If the puberty blockers ban isn't about TRANSPHOBIA then why are they still prescribed to those who suffer from early puberty & certain cancers?

As the whole U.K. trial on puberty blockers is paused, it’s important to remember this is a culture war being pursued by those who claim to care about children & young people as they’re fine with kids who aren’t questioning their gender to get them. Solidarity with our trans community ✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️

Yeah important point here too that studies of children given puberty blockers for precocious puberty show no indication of increased trans youth or health problems.

In Northern Ireland, where the Equality Act does not apply, the DUP Education Minister has unilaterally banned trans kids in schoools and the UUP Health Minister has unilaterally stopped participation in the puberty blocker trials, both citing legal cases they can't be arsed waiting on.

Graphic in the colours of the transgender pride flag reading: “We are going nowhere. We will fight until the battle is won.”

We’re appealing to the High Court.

But we can’t do it without you.

Support our appeal here: https://goodlaw.social/m3oe

You need to be listening to @sexabolition.blog

Our government is actively choosing to spend money hounding minority groups rather than funding...literally anything else: medical care, housing, childcare, education, transport, public buildings, environmental initiatives, culture. ANYTHING.

FAQ: Trans inclusion after the High Court decision on the EHRC’s interim guidance | Good Law Project An explanation of where things stand for services and workplaces

Anti-trans campaigners will try to spin the High Court’s decision into an absolute victory.

But that’s far from the truth – the findings in this case will require the EHRC’s code of practice to be rewritten.

Read our FAQs on where this judgment leaves us:
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Nick Tenconi and his turning point gang launched multiple violent raids targeting LGBT events in the UK. My friend Ada got her nose broken by his Nazi buddies brought in from Romford to attack a Lewisham pub in 2023.

Photos/reporting here by @jessothomson.co.uk

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Absolutely insane to me that in this day and age this is up for debate.

I had the option of skirt or trousers over 20 years ago. Why would anyone object to this?

That Northern Ireland is still so backwards on this issue is baffling to me.

Why the War on Trans Girls Is a War on Girlhood Excluding trans girls is controlling who can be girls, and who can't, further dividing children and causing harm

Written by the father of a trans girl…

“When society tries to police and exclude trans girls, it ends up policing all girls.

Because transmisogyny does not just say, “Trans girls aren’t real girls.” It also says, “There is only one correct way to be a girl.””

Transgender and nonbinary youth whose pronouns are respected attempt suicide less: report "It's about effort, and just attempting to be respectful and kind to people," lead author Steven Hobaica tells The Advocate.

“Transgender and nonbinary youth (ages 13 to 24) whose pronouns are respected were 31 percent less likely to attempt suicide in the past year than those whose pronouns are not respected, according to a new report from The Trevor Project”

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When people talk about Auntie Beeb with misty eyed fondness, the lilting tones of Wogan echoing in their heads, I want them to consider this - my aunt told my mother not to believe my allegations about an uncle sexually molesting me. Little girls make things up, she said.

The BBC is that auntie.

This is horrendous and hard to listen to even as an outsider - I cannot imagine being the patient in this situation.

Incredibly creepy and invasive questions and such an abuse of power.

Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.

There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50

I am - and always will be - proud of my time as a Girlguiding ambassador. As a former Rainbow and Brownie myself, I know first hand what a difference these spaces make to girls. I've seen it in the faces of the young people I met on site visits - including trans girls, who were every bit as bright, joyful and deserving as any other child. Which is why the organisation's decision to exclude trans girls has devastated me. Some of those girls and their families have now found themselves caught in the crossfire of culture wars they never asked to be part of. I am truly heartbroken for the trans community who simply want to live their lives, be included, and have access to safe, supportive spaces. Trans girls experience the same threats as other women and girls - they are not a threat to us. They are our sisters. And so, with a very heavy heart, I will be stepping down as a Girlguiding ambassador with immediate effect. I stand with my trans sisters today and always. Inclusion makes us all stronger, and I will continue to use my voice to fight for a world where every girl - cis or trans - grows up knowing she ngs. N - Ashley x

Ashley James, celebrity star of Good Morning has resigned from Girl Guides in response to their exclusion of trans girls.

It's not all money though is it?

Would they really be allowed to clog up the courts with this. Between time, admin, lengthy court processes, public sentiment, cis children being affected etc? I do wonder what the breaking point would be.

And as I said, cis complacency is the real problem here.

I also was looking into girl guides for my daughter.

As a girl who had already been forced out of school due to their toilet policies, I had hoped it would be a great way for her to meet other kids her age.

And now that option has been ripped away from us too.

This is not an abstract debate.

Still, if they ALL stood by their supposed principle and said no, how many court cases could sex matters et al really take on? How many closures before people start thinking hmm this isn't right? There is support on the ground for trans people, but cis people's complacency is the problem here.

I’m furious. Girlguiding yesterday. The Women’s Institute today. Organisations rushing to ban trans people before the government has even published its guidance.

This isn’t caution or fear, it’s capitulation to bullies with money, influence, and an agenda. It’s the weaponisation of hate. 1/4🏳️‍🌈🫶🏳️‍⚧️

Girl Guides: How to radicalise hate against trans children in 10 easy steps Tomorrow, following a short but successful propaganda campaign, a UK Newspaper will publish an open letter asking Girl Guiding UK to suspend their policy of inclusion for All Girls, including those…

8 years ago, 'gender critical' transphobes launched a campaign against the Girl Guides, because they refused to exclude trans girls.

A devastated mum of a young trans girl wrote this...

Today, the bullying, braying, bigots got their wish! 😪
They are NOT "protecting girls" - it's bigotry and hate!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else.

Sign the petition... 👇

Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley

An extraordinary thing, this.

A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.

Register now for tickets.
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Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.

Waited all day to read this and it was even better than promised. And comments that anti-trans panics -- and moral panics in general -- are a way to avoid dealing with the far more endemic sexual abuse of girls and women are spot-on.

I still don't understand how a piece of legislation that allows exclusion if a service wanted on a case by case basis has become forced exclusion whether or not the service wants to, or be sued by anti trans fanatics

I've been to a number of official queer events since the DUP's Tracy Kelly became Lord Mayor of Belfast, pledging to be a Lord Mayor for everybody, and she hasn't been at a single one of them. Every event it has been the deputy Lord Mayor.