The fabulous Alasdair Gunn (aka "Angus") welcomes the crowd & introduces his best friend- our brilliant Director, @stellaomalley3
. @stellaomalley3 describes the critical need to lift the voices of families & individuals being harmed by "gender-affirming care" & gender ideology---& the poor evidence behind @wpath's "standards of care". We're here to promote civil, honest discussion, disagreement & debate in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Next up is @HJoyceGender, who describes the vulnerability of kids- especially gay teens- to new, destabilizing cultural beliefs about sex & gender. She mentions the fragility of today's youth, refers to @JonHaidt's book/concepts, describes shifts in language, the concept of self… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
. @HJoyceGender: At gender clinics, people think they are getting a real "diagnosis" & "evidence-based" treatments. But longterm follow-ups & controlled studies aren't being conducted. It's just, "Who are you?" This isn't medicine! #TimesUpWPATH#BeyondWPATH… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
. @MForstater: Drs have been mis-selling things which are objectively harmful. @HJoyceGender: You can't actually change sex, & if you DO transition, you should be warned that there are some things you simply can't do, like be housed in a womens' prison (if you are male).… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Stella calls a coffee break for 15 min, informs the attendees that several international documentaries are being filmed here today. #GenspectBiggerPicture#BeyondWPATH @TimesUpWPATH #ADifferentPATH
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🧵Today a stunning message was sent to @wpath members by the org’s president, the plastic surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers- who operated on Jazz Jennings ⤵️ listloop.com/wpath/mail.cgi…
The message outlined the org’s strategy for “damage control” of its Standards of Care v.8 & “gender-affirming care” in general, in light of increased criticism by the public as well as republican bills restricting medical transition for minors across the US.
The letter insists SOC8 was “based on the best available scientific evidence & weighing all risks & benefits to arrive at the recommendations”. But the “evidence” is all low-quality studies. economist.com/briefing/2023/…
🧵1/While @EuropeanPATH is busy removing the words "mens" & "womens" from all the toilets at the Killarney, Ireland venue for their 3 day conference next week, we're preparing for our own #GenspectBiggerPicture conference- just down the road! independent.ie/regionals/kerr…
2/Quotes from the Independent (paywall): "A rival group called Genspect will also stage what it calls a ‘counter-conference’ over 3 days from April 27-29." "Genspect will stage its 3-day conference in Killarney to coincide with the @EuropeanPATH event."
3/"Genspect say it is an international organisation providing support for individuals & families ‘impacted by gender distress’."
"It's aim is to challenge what it claims is ‘the narrow, medicalised model’ of gender care. The theme of the conference is ‘The Bigger Picture’"
🧵1/Here's the program for @EuropeanPATH's conference next week in Killarney, Ireland👇. It's sponsored by Facial Team, a European plastic surgery clinic specializing in "facial feminization." epath.eu/2023-conferenc….
2/@EuropeanPATH President Joz Motmans & hosts TENI-Irish transactivists-will welcome. Then, a plenary session by Prof. Dr. Jon Arcelus (UK/ES): on COMPARING [WPATH's new Standards of Care v 8] SOC-8 TO OTHER CLINICAL GUIDELINES: An in-depth exploration of the SOC-8 methodology.
3/Lest anyone need reminding, @wpath's SOC-8 has no minimum age guidelines for "gender affirming" hormonal & surgical interventions (aside from Phalloplasty: 18.) Oh, & a new chapter on EUNUCHS. Will medical providers consider this extreme fetish a legitimate "gender identity"?
🧵1/ “Suicide is an ever-present topic at the Transgender Center…Reed said clinicians at the center commonly warned parents—in front of their child—that refusing to give consent for gender transition could lead to that child’s suicide.” thefp.com/p/i-felt-bulli…
2/ “Normalizing, even glorifying suicide by saying it is a common outcome for young people who are not allowed to medically transition, violates all established rules for how to talk safely about a subject known to have a substantial element of social contagion.”
3/ “Meanwhile, evidence shows that the threat of suicide in these circumstances is exaggerated. [A] medical journal article by Oxford University sociologist Michael Biggs illustrates how hyperbolic this threat is.”
🧵1/Clymer, 36, came out as trans about 5 yrs ago- after 7 yrs in the army, & then a brief stunt as a male "feminist blogger"- one who drew attention in rad fems circles for bullying women. huffpost.com/archive/ca/ent…
2/In 2018, Clymer wrote a twitter thread about how wearing stereotypically "feminine" (&, dare we say, fetishistic) items such as a "gold lamé pocketbook", red lipstick, heels, etc "immediately evaporates" any confusion people have about his sex.