@_lliesl_ @sharrond62 @cajardineMP
1. The clinical treatment of children & adolescents is not relevant to the need to reduce the growing harassment, discrimination & hate crime targeted at individuals trans people.
A key tenet of GC theory & ideology is…
1. The clinical treatment of children & adolescents is not relevant to the need to reduce the growing harassment, discrimination & hate crime targeted at individuals trans people.
A key tenet of GC theory & ideology is…
https://twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1935644300072673352
2. … that Trans people should not face discrimination
@Docstockk & @MForstater of @SexMattersOrg have both reiterated that point
A call by @cajardineMP for action on growing anti-trans hate crime should therefore be welcomed by GC activists as well as by Trans people. …
@Docstockk & @MForstater of @SexMattersOrg have both reiterated that point
A call by @cajardineMP for action on growing anti-trans hate crime should therefore be welcomed by GC activists as well as by Trans people. …
3. But to respond to the claims made by @_lliesl_ & @sharrond62
Only 8% of GIDS clinic attendees received PBs. Yes, 97-99% went on to take cross sex hormones & transition as adults
That demonstrates the exceptional abilities of clinicians to determine which children are trans.
Only 8% of GIDS clinic attendees received PBs. Yes, 97-99% went on to take cross sex hormones & transition as adults
That demonstrates the exceptional abilities of clinicians to determine which children are trans.
4. To reiterate, >50% of trans adults do not identify as heterosexual.
Our self understanding as we wait many years for genital reconstruction, often means we conclude, as do many disabled people, that some aspects of body shape has little to do with how we are accepted .,,.
Our self understanding as we wait many years for genital reconstruction, often means we conclude, as do many disabled people, that some aspects of body shape has little to do with how we are accepted .,,.
5. … by friends & colleagues, and least of all by partners & lovers
Many TP learn to live for years with a body, particularly, genitals, which do not match how we identify
Unfortunately the exceptionally long NHS waiting lists for assessment, & the minimal numbers…
Many TP learn to live for years with a body, particularly, genitals, which do not match how we identify
Unfortunately the exceptionally long NHS waiting lists for assessment, & the minimal numbers…
6. … of surgical teams providing genital reconstruction in the UK, is now being weaponised against TP.
Further I encourage TP to apply for gender recognition- but that cannot be done until after assessment & diagnosis. The lists are so long that most service clients …
Further I encourage TP to apply for gender recognition- but that cannot be done until after assessment & diagnosis. The lists are so long that most service clients …
7. .,. will have been socially transitioned (& also medically albeit with unsafe, occasional, access to hormones) for several years before diagnosis
Our right to be, is now being constantly undermined.
In the end TP ask why go through the hard work of …
Our right to be, is now being constantly undermined.
In the end TP ask why go through the hard work of …
8. … applying for a GRC thar might end up being a useless paper, all about our right to privacy, when our rights to privacy are being stripped by Senior Courts & Government agencies who claim an ability to ride roughshod over out rights
We’ve fought this battle once already.
We’ve fought this battle once already.
9. We will again
Government is failing us, & those failings are then weaponised eg. GCs claim the non-surgical status of many TP invalidated their lives
Not requiring genital reconstruction in both the Gender Recognition Act & the Equality Act, was the…
Government is failing us, & those failings are then weaponised eg. GCs claim the non-surgical status of many TP invalidated their lives
Not requiring genital reconstruction in both the Gender Recognition Act & the Equality Act, was the…
10. … Labour government (in 2004 & 2020) acknowledgment of
a) Excessive NHS waiting lists for assessment, diagnosis & surgery
.b) Those TP with disabilities or clinical conditions who were unable to under major surgical reconstruction
c) That in the UK we have too …
a) Excessive NHS waiting lists for assessment, diagnosis & surgery
.b) Those TP with disabilities or clinical conditions who were unable to under major surgical reconstruction
c) That in the UK we have too …
11. … few surgical teams to meet need, & that is unlikely to change
The weaponisation of these issues is grossly misleading
The issues raised about PBs are gross ignorance, or lies
GCs say they cannot have a discussion with us
Of course we can’t, not until GCs read…
The weaponisation of these issues is grossly misleading
The issues raised about PBs are gross ignorance, or lies
GCs say they cannot have a discussion with us
Of course we can’t, not until GCs read…
12…., alternative views, & try stepping into our shoes.
Being trans is an experience that is very difficult to understand if you haven’t personally had it or known a TP as a very close friend
Since the Supreme Ct judgment, like most TP I have given extensive thought to...
Being trans is an experience that is very difficult to understand if you haven’t personally had it or known a TP as a very close friend
Since the Supreme Ct judgment, like most TP I have given extensive thought to...
13. … who/what I am
I knew as a 4yr old that there had been a ‘serious mistake’. Something had gone wrong in the mix, for I had no doubt that people should see me as the boy I was
Transitioned for 50yrs, i have extensively questioned, I realise that some will never ….
I knew as a 4yr old that there had been a ‘serious mistake’. Something had gone wrong in the mix, for I had no doubt that people should see me as the boy I was
Transitioned for 50yrs, i have extensively questioned, I realise that some will never ….
14. … accept my word for it, but I have absolutely no doubt that I am a man, & am recognised as such, by those who work with me. know. & love me
I cannot in anyway think of myself other than as a man who has lived a long, and good life with my wife and family …
I cannot in anyway think of myself other than as a man who has lived a long, and good life with my wife and family …
15. I recognise that is a stretch for some, but it never is for those who meet me.
I want to go out & neither be questioned as I go to the loo, or see my friends questioned, or heat someone complaining because all the loos have. ‘Anyone’ signs on the doors.
I want to go out & neither be questioned as I go to the loo, or see my friends questioned, or heat someone complaining because all the loos have. ‘Anyone’ signs on the doors.
16. We want constructive discussion, not about our right to exist, our treatment, or our medical status, but how we can work towards accessibility safe from predators in all facilities
But 1st accept us as fellow humans, be respectful & most T people will respond with the same
But 1st accept us as fellow humans, be respectful & most T people will respond with the same
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