Ethical & Practical Challenges - Dec 2024 report by @cwestonclark:
Analysis shows strict evidence-based criteria would exclude most patients. Includes testimonies from those harmed and explains why the study contradicts Cass Review findings.
The NHS puberty blocker trial's tragic unfolding, brilliantly covered by Carrie Clark (@cwestonclark).
Here's what you need to know 🧵
📄 Ethical & Practical Challenges
Analysis shows strict evidence-based criteria would exclude most patients. Includes testimonies from those harmed and explains why the study contradicts Cass Review findings.
Leading organizations, clinicians and psychotherapists called for the study to be paused, warning it prioritizes risky experiments over proven psychological support.
Burke wins at the Court of Appeal. Gript takes the Press Council to court.
Two cases, one message: The days of silencing dissent through institutional capture are numbered.
Here's why this matters 🧵
Burke was fired in 2023 for refusing to use a student's new name & pronouns.
Court of Appeal blocked his disciplinary panel, ruling it biased — the union rep judging him was from ASTI, which backs pronoun policies.
Even divisive cases deserve fair process. archive.ph/rmatS
@griptmedia exposed explicit content in Dublin City University’s teacher training via undercover recordings.
The Press Council censured them.
Gript’s reply? “See you in court.”
Now regulators must say why parents shouldn’t know what teachers are taught. archive.ph/5YmO6
🧵 Detransitioners face profound losses—sexual function, intimacy, fertility—and often carry the grief that follows alone.
A new paper documents these hidden struggles through stories shared with Genspect, revealing why specialized support like @BeyondTransHelp is essential.
At our 2023 Bigger Picture conference in Killarney, detransitioned lesbian Jet revealed how puberty blockers derailed her sexual development—leaving her unable to form intimate connections or access her own sexuality:
In our Detransitioners Unheard series, Forrest mourns the loss of fertility and sexual function—permanent changes that reshaped not just his body, but his entire sense of self: