Here is the Transgender Trend submission to WESC. From Director @cwknews on behalf of all our supporters: "I argue that education and policy for children and young people must be grounded in objective reality as a matter of children’s human rights." committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
Other submissions show why our role is so important. Across the board, an adult activist model has been unquestioningly transferred onto children and young people. The lack of curiosity as to why so many children are suddenly identifying as 'transgender' is astounding.
Bernado's wants children under the age of 16 to be able 'self determine their gender' so they can be supported to live as 'who they are.' They want mandatory training in 'gender identity' for children’s social care, health professionals & school staff. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
The British Youth Council says age for gender recognition should be lowered to 16 and trans young people under 16 should be 'supported', with or without parental approval. Wants legal recognition of 'non binary' identities (as do all these submissions). committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
And schools? The NEU wants to create a teaching and learning environment that allows all children and young people to 'be themselves.' No diagnosis of gender dysphoria required, just 'self-identification.' Children just *are* 'trans' it seems. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
NASWUT wants self-declaration of one's "chosen gender," no diagnosis of gender dysphoria: "not experienced by all trans and gender diverse individuals." Trans is not an illness. Says the delay has fuelled the 'toxicity of debate' in 'some areas.' committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
And Universities? The NUS wants self-identification, non-assessment-based model & legal gender recognition process for under-18s. "There is no universal way of ‘proving’ a person’s gender." Says it should be possible to change one's gender more than once. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
UCU, representing over 110,000 academics & lecturers, says UK should consider Norway, where children between 6 - 16 can change legal gender with parental consent. Process should be to 'confirm' gender as different to 'sex assigned at birth.' committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
And the NHS? The Sussex Partnership NHS Trust says no need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. On lowering the age for a GRC: "the criteria should be adapted to encompass a range of factors; it should be about the individual rather than their age." committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
Child protection agencies, youth organisations, schools, universities & health services, all are pushing an adult activist agenda onto children & young people.
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A judicial review is a legal course of action whereby someone can challenge a decision of a public body on the grounds that it is unfair, illegal or irrational. Court doesn't look at the merits, but the process and legality of the policy.
Issue at heart of the case was consent, whether informed consent in the legal sense can be given. Court found children under the age of 18 do not have capacity to give informed consent, children under 13 never, older children need to apply to court of protection.
Now it's time for Feminist Perspectives. We have Susan Matthews chairing and speakers Selina Todd @selina_todd, Vaishnavi Sundar talking about erosion of women's rights in India, and Ziggy Melamed. #DoNotAdjustYourSet2021
Selina Todd now on Ideology and Academia. We are in a state where there is a great deal of fear around raising questions in UK universities, in relation to women as a sex. Threats, de-platforming, accusations of transphobia. Institutional policies strengthen their hand.
The attack is mainly on women, reflecting the misogyny of the movement and this can be interpreted as an attack on 2nd wave feminism, a backlash. How did those attacks come about and what does it mean for women in academia?
We require a shared sense of reality. What happens when we abandon this shared sense of reality? When we become unmoored from reality?
Lisa tells the story of Maya, a detransitioner. At 14 Maya announced to her mother she was trans, after looking online. It's a fairly typical story. Testosterone was offered at first appt, Maya dropped out of college, mental health deteriorated, hospitalised twice. Stopped T.
David Bell in his introduction is talking about the difficulty of talking about this subject because of accusations of transphobia and how this culture of silencing has impacted children. Highly politicised groups have managed to influence the GIDS.
500 attendees at this conference today. David Pilgrim introduces @brunskellevans. Brunskell-Evans is talking about the institutional capture of the medical profession: the CQC and Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust are both members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme.
On what evidential grounds can a barrister in court claim that a 10 year old can consent to treatment that will leave her infertile with life-long consequences she cannot possibly understand?
"Research showed that teenagers with autism or anorexia as well as those who had endured difficult childhoods were more likely to say they wanted to change sex." Some of the evidence presented in court from our side has been published in @thetimes today. thetimes.co.uk/article/autist…
Prof Gillberg said "teenagers were finding online transgender sites that suggested their problems would be solved if they changed sex. Autistic teenagers, he said, were particularly vulnerable to seizing on a single answer “to the lifelong identity problems they have suffered”.
“Thousands of adolescents are being offered ‘treatment’ with puberty blockers, sex-contrary hormones, and then, finally for some, with a variety of surgical procedures." But "non-existent research evidence that these treatments are of any long-term benefit to the young people."
The funding was due to come to an end in March 2020, it hasn't been 'axed.' These 'anti bullying' schemes have been a means to instigate a re-education programme for teachers & children, complete with a whole new lexicon of words and 'correct' language. bbc.co.uk/news/education…
Under the guise of 'anti bullying', same sex attraction has been erased and replaced with 'same gender' orientation. Lesbians can now be defined as male people with a penis. Lesbians who don't accept this are 'transphobic.' So much for 'anti bullying'.
Young people who don't conform to sex stereotypes are given a 'gender identity' model of understanding themselves which means a girl who is not 'feminine' must identify as Not a Girl. She becomes 'non-binary' or 'trans.' Otherwise she is 'cisgender' which means 'conforming.'