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This short thread shares two peer reviewed articles on what actually happens when trans kids come out at school in the UK.
Neither article has had any press coverage in a media that is both obsessed with, & ignorant about trans children in UK schools.
Pls read and share 1/6
Neither article has had any press coverage in a media that is both obsessed with, & ignorant about trans children in UK schools.
Pls read and share 1/6
The first article evidences the harms that are caused in UK schools that fail to protect trans children.
Trans children are often unsafe, suffering trauma at school, leading to school drop-out, & children losing out on their right to an education 2/6
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bj…
Trans children are often unsafe, suffering trauma at school, leading to school drop-out, & children losing out on their right to an education 2/6
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The second article examines the stress that trans children experience in UK schools.
It highlights trans inclusion as an essential component of a school's duty of care. Schools have a responsibility to safeguard the mental health of trans children. 3/6
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
It highlights trans inclusion as an essential component of a school's duty of care. Schools have a responsibility to safeguard the mental health of trans children. 3/6
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
We can think of a million reasons why Ron DeSantis is not the "Great American Comeback" that he thinks he is. A thread ⬇️ #DeSaster
On Abortion: DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban bill into law earlier this year: #DeSaster #BansOffOurBodies politico.com/news/2023/04/1…
On Book Bans: The state of Florida banned 357 books between July and December 2022. #DeSaster #ReadBannedBooks pen.org/report/banned-…
I do not believe that Missouri Republicans are done with their vile, cynical targeting of trans kids for their own political gain after this legislative session. I'm convinced it's going to get worse. A lot worse. A shortish thread on why🧵 #ProtectTransKids
So the first thing to say is that this isn't just in Missouri. The demonization of trans kids is a national movement being pushed by shady conservative thinktanks that have realized that hurting my child & my family is good politics for them (More on this later) 2/
I'm a parent of a trans kid, and I've been down to Jeff City to testify/lobby/beg my government 12x this year alone. In years past there were basically 3 parties in the Missouri Capitol: the Dems, & the supermajority GOP divided into "Republicans" and the "Conservative Caucus" 3/
CN Transfeindlichkeit
Aus der unsäglichen ~Trans Kinder Deprogrammieren~ Broschüre. Ein Trauerspiel.
Vielen Dank an @DrJoelina für den Hinweis!
Aus der unsäglichen ~Trans Kinder Deprogrammieren~ Broschüre. Ein Trauerspiel.
Vielen Dank an @DrJoelina für den Hinweis!
Ich reproduziere mal möglichst wenig. Klar, da steht mega viel transfeindlicher Kram drin, aber den will ich nichtmal breittreten.
Stattdessen will ich eher die Beziehungsebene beleuchten.
Stattdessen will ich eher die Beziehungsebene beleuchten.
„Übe deine Autorität aus:
Du kannst deine Tochter von der Schule abmelden, mit ihr umziehen, ihr Internet/Handynutzung verbieten, sie aus dem Sportverein abmelden.“
Ziel ist mit aller Macht Kinder und Jugendliche zu isolieren, ihnen Netzwerke zu nehmen, zu kontrollieren.
Du kannst deine Tochter von der Schule abmelden, mit ihr umziehen, ihr Internet/Handynutzung verbieten, sie aus dem Sportverein abmelden.“
Ziel ist mit aller Macht Kinder und Jugendliche zu isolieren, ihnen Netzwerke zu nehmen, zu kontrollieren.
🧵 In response to MO Attorney General Bailey’s latest attack on gender-affirming care, we are having pop-up clinics for new gender-affirming care patients in Springfield (MO), STL, & Fairview Heights, IL, starting Monday, 4/17. Learn more: plannedparenthood.org/planned-parent…. #NoMOTransBans 
MO Attorney General Bailey is abusing his power to attack trans Missourians. We sued to stop his sham investigation into our gender-affirming health care program, which serves patients 16 & older.
On Thursday, 4/13, AG Bailey issued an emergency rule that would effectively ban gender-affirming care in MO for adults & young people. We encourage any Missourian interested in starting gender-affirming care to make an appointment before the regulation takes effect on 4/27.
🧵Yesterday at the Missouri Capitol, pride was loud. There were tears of joy, tears of sadness, there was hope, anger, love, family, power, community, compassion, organizing, solidarity, learning, frustration… every emotion was felt. But we felt it together. #MoLeg
The MO GOP and the lies, hate, and fear they spread is loud, but their view of the world isn’t reality. They know this. We’re moving forward, whether they want to join us or not. This is why they’re spiraling. This is why they hid inside that building all day. #MoLeg twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“What I want to say to you all is that we’re all here for the long haul. We’re not going anywhere. And whether we’re termed out or not, we’re going to keep running, for whatever the next office is, until this state looks like a state we are proud of.” @crystal_quade #MoLeg twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Gender neutral/all user washrooms in #onted schools.
They've become the latest talking point in the attack on inclusive policies in schools.
If you'll be watching the #OCDSB meeting on Tuesday, you'll hear some things about them.
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So let's talk about this, shall we?
They've become the latest talking point in the attack on inclusive policies in schools.
If you'll be watching the #OCDSB meeting on Tuesday, you'll hear some things about them.
(1/15)
So let's talk about this, shall we?
First, for those who are unfamiliar with what "gender neutral" (I prefer "all user") washrooms look like in schools, for most schools they are repurposed staff/adult washrooms.
Single-user, separate from the existing multi-user washrooms, locking doors, sink in the room.
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Single-user, separate from the existing multi-user washrooms, locking doors, sink in the room.
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Who has permission to use an all user washroom?
> Anyone.
Who must use an all user washroom, by policy?
> No one.
All user washrooms are available for those who want them, but are not intended for one specific group of people.
(3/15)
> Anyone.
Who must use an all user washroom, by policy?
> No one.
All user washrooms are available for those who want them, but are not intended for one specific group of people.
(3/15)
Livethread: Here we go! About to start hearings on three awful, bigoted, racist bills in the Missouri House. #DontSayGay #AntiCRT #WhiteChristianNationalism #MOLeg
I'm here today with 5 amazing teenagers from @CRCStLouis, as well as dozens and dozens of clergy, activists, and educators. All drove 2+h here, leaving at 530am, to testify against these racist, homophobic bills.
We're starting with a bill to better support deaf and hearing impaired kids here in Missouri. It's kind of wild listening to testimony on a bill that would make Missourians lives better, rather than legislated bigotry. Not used to it in #MOLeg!
I have a trans kid. At 5yo, he told us his correct pronouns and gender. Transition at that point was communicating that to everyone so he wasnt misgendered.
At 6, transition was a haircut and letting him go shopping.
That's all the transitioning any young child is doing. 🧵
At 6, transition was a haircut and letting him go shopping.
That's all the transitioning any young child is doing. 🧵
Now he's ten. We've educated him on puberty and what will happen to his body. He wants his voice to drop and a chance to have a beard; he does not want breasts, and he doesn't want to menstruate. We're going to get him on puberty blockers soon.
We aren't going to force him to deal with dysphoria when there is a safe, reversible way to avoid it. There is no surgery; no doctor would do it, and we don't want it. The blockers will allow him to develop safely and happily, and that's all any transition is supposed to do.
Missouri Republicans aren't letting the parents, doctors, friends, and allies of trans kids into the hearing room where they are debating criminalizing gender affirming care. So I'm going to tweet out my testimony instead 🧵 #ProtectTransKids #moleg 1/
My name is Daniel Bogard, I’m a rabbi at Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis, MO, I’m a 6th generation Missourian, and I’m the parent of a trans 9 year old boy. 2/
He’s 9, so “gender affirming care” at his age involves haircuts, boys clothes, and not much more than that. We checked in with a counselor when he first transitioned, but we haven’t needed much support as he’s a really well adjusted kid. 3/
There's a lot to say about South Dakota, but mostly that my heart breaks for trans kids throughout the state, who now join Utah in having had their healthcare brutally and pointlessly ripped away by theocrats. To them: please know we will continue to fight for you. We love you.
As to my knowledge, SD has made the audio but not yet made a transcript available: here is a link to an AI-generated transcription that I'm cleaning up now. otter.ai/u/wHSfvFnyGBE1…. The audio will play along with the transcript.
#ProtectTransKids
#ProtectTransKids
A handful of observations:
At one point, Novstrup claims children "as young as 8 are struggling down the path of medical transition". This is patently false. We call them "puberty blockers" for a reason. 8 year olds in GnRHa studies are experiencing harmful precocious puberty.
At one point, Novstrup claims children "as young as 8 are struggling down the path of medical transition". This is patently false. We call them "puberty blockers" for a reason. 8 year olds in GnRHa studies are experiencing harmful precocious puberty.
Live thread for Missouri's #SB14, a bill that would make it impossible for trans folk to change the gender marker on their birth certificates. #MOLeg #ProtectTransKids 🧵
The bill sponsor starts by talking about how "this bill isn't about trans people, it's about records of birth!" Senator @gregrazer isn't having it: "it's not ok for this assembly to legislate on issues that they don't understand."
Senator Cierpiot, the bill sponsor: "I'm not sure about the whole trans thing, but I think that once a Dr. looks at a baby and makes a decision, that should be how it is!"
Good morning! Here are today's agendas and reading calendars!
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First up is SB34, which would encourage public schools to offer electives in High School on the "Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, and New Testament"
I thought about testifying on this bill, and encouraging an expanded version, which would promote the study of religious traditions from around the world that are found in Missouri (eg, the Quran, Hindu texts, etc...).
I’m grateful that my father never traveled to the state Capitol to put on public record that he thought I was less of an athlete than my male counterparts. Just love, support, and my biggest cheering section. That’s what he gave me. #ProtectTransKids #MoLeg #MoSen
A few things: these bills do not force boys into girls sports, biblical values have no place in our laws, Jesus didn’t mention what team kids can play on, a transgender child is not a mental illness, putting hate, fear, and lack of knowledge makes for terrible policy.
Deadnaming a transgender woman to prove that you are supportive of trans people isn’t the win you think it is. Neither is using the wrong pronoun.
A reflection thread on yet another traumatic, inspiring, bigotry-fueled, and gratitude-filled day spent in the Missouri Capitol 🧵 #ProtectTransKids #OmnibusBillOfHate #MOLeg
Tuesday in the Missouri Capitol was awful. We left our homes at 5am to testify at an 8am hearing on the #OmnibusBillOfHate. But dozens and dozens of us (myself and a whole bunch of students included) were prevented from testifying by the Committee Chair, who shut off testimony
The afternoon was much, much worse. We had hearings on EIGHT bills targeting trans kids, with testimony starting at 4:30pm and going past midnight (and for those in STL/KC, that means a 2h drive after that.)
Bei der Behandlung von trans Kindern gibt es in Deutschland keine feste Altersgrenzen! Die Behandlung ist ausschließlich Abhängig von Reife, Wissen und Erfahrung der minderjährigen Person, ihrer Einwilligungsfähigkeit.
Unter Einwilligungsfähigkeit wird die Fähigkeit
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Unter Einwilligungsfähigkeit wird die Fähigkeit
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einer Person verstanden, Wesen, Bedeutung und Tragweite einer Handlung zu verstehen und ihren Willen danach zu bestimmen. Sie umfasst Einsichts-, Urteils- und Steuerungsfähigkeit.
Einwilligungsfähig ist eine Person, die in der Lage ist
- „a) den Zweck, die Notwendigkeit
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Einwilligungsfähig ist eine Person, die in der Lage ist
- „a) den Zweck, die Notwendigkeit
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und die Dringlichkeit, den voraussichtlichen Verlauf, die möglichen Folgen, die potentiellen Risiken und den potentiellen Nutzen des Eingriffs und seiner Nichtvornahme zu verstehen,
- b) zu erfassen, welchen Wert die betroffenen Rechtsgüter für [sie] haben und unter welchen
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- b) zu erfassen, welchen Wert die betroffenen Rechtsgüter für [sie] haben und unter welchen
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Hey there, this is Chloe, live tweeting the SB 99 hearing this morning: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00309/Harmony/… #protecttranskids #mtleg
We've been following SB 99 closely, as it would have major impacts on trans youth and their families, doctors, teachers, and counselors - blocking minors' access to not only medical transition, but ALSO support with social transition
We've been hearing from proponents of the bill so far this morning, spewing stock nonsense about "protecting children" from..... being trans?
*Live thread* for the EIGHT anti-trans bills that the Missouri Legislature is about to hear (with 25h of notice). 3 trans athletics bans; 3 medical bans (the scary ones); & two attempts to classify drag shows as pornography. 🧵
We just had a moving, powerful rally with @PROMOMissouri in the Capitol Rotunda. Some superheroes there: @crystal_quade @MoRepMackey @gregrazer @Manlove4M and so many others. And it was noticeably a less optimistic, less hopeful tenor than in past years.
The feeling in the room--from parents of trans kids, in particular--is exhausted, terrified, and dreading what is about to come. These hearings are truly awful & traumatizing. I have a panic attack almost every night before coming to Jeff City now.
Here we go! The Missouri House is hearing a series of bills that would gut the Citizen Initiative Petition process, a process that has frequently been used by Missourians to override our "they know better than us" members of the #MOLeg 🧵
Missourians wanted to expand Medicaid, but our @MissouriGOP #immoralmajority was opposed; so we passed it via Initiative Petition (and they still tried to defund it afterwards). Missourians legalized medical (and now recreational) marijuana through I.P.
The chair is starting out this hearing by having every member introduce themselves, say a little about who they are, and what party they represent. It's actually kinda touching in a Parks & Recs way.
Here we go! Follow this thread for live coverage of Missouri #SB42, an anti-CRT, don't say gay, anti-trans kids, anti-DEI bill that I'm calling the #OmnibusBillOfHate #MOLeg
Committee chair says "since this bill is almost identical to so man other bills" they're going to try to keep it under an hour. Audible laughter in the galley from the room full of folks who woke up at 5am to be here to testify.
Now they're looking for witnesses out in the hallway who are testifying in support of this bill...because so so so many people are here to oppose Missouri's #OmnibusBillOfHate
I'm sitting here pulling out my hair, trying to think of the words to say in my 2-minutes of testimony tomorrow that might make a shred of difference, and it's hard not to wonder if any of this really matters; if any of these (GOP) legislators really care. #ProtectTransKids #SB42
Here's the bill if anyone wants to read it: legiscan.com/MO/text/SB42/i…
Live tweeting as I read this. On page 1 and reading the definitions, and like, these are the same people who call *us* snowflakes?
-(8) Any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on
account of his or her race or sex;
-(8) Any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on
account of his or her race or sex;
Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Today gives us nineteen bills, most of which are targeted at healthcare and trans youth. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates 🧵 ⬇️
Today's birth certificate bills: 1. Mississippi HB1074 was introduced and sent to the House Judiciary Committee 2. Alaska SB27 was sent to the Senate Health & Social Services Committee.
Birth certificate bills try to make it harder for trans folks to have ID match their gender identity. They tend to force a male or female designation based upon sex assigned at birth. Some ban a non-binary “X” marker or require surgery to update a birth certificate.
Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Today, there are 5 moved bills, 6 new anti-trans bills, and 3 GOOD bills! Here's a thread of today's updates 🧵 ⬇️
Today's birth certificate bills: 1. North Dakota HB1474 was introduced. 2. Oklahoma SB731 pre-filed an abortion bill & sex definition bill. 3. New Hampshire HB396 has a hearing on the 26th (Link -> gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committe…).
Birth certificate bills try to make it harder for trans folks to have ID match their gender identity. They tend to force a male or female designation based upon sex assigned at birth. Some ban a non-binary “X” marker or require surgery to update a birth certificate.
