🇮🇪 Ireland is having its legal awakening moment.

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.
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🧵 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:

🚨 MAJOR NEW STUDY raises the alarm on estrogen use in trans-identified males: blood clots, brain changes, cancer, infertility, and more.

Great to see real cross-org collaboration, with contributors from Genspect's Killarney Group (M. Lal) and @donoharm (Lauren Schwartz).

🧵 This comprehensive review documents devastating risks of estrogen use in trans-identified males:
⚠️ 5x blood clots (VTE)
⚠️ 10x stroke risk
⚠️ Brain structure changes
⚠️ Permanent infertility
⚠️ Cancer: 26x testicular, 40x breast
⚠️ Autoimmune diseases
⚠️ Cognitive decline

THE BIGGER PICTURE is coming to Albuquerque!

Join us Sept 27-28 for "LIVE NOT BY LIES—Conversations for a Culture in Crisis"

Two days of bold conversations challenging the status quo. Groundbreaking research, legal strategies, clinical insights, and cultural analysis.

Tickets selling fast! genspect.org/the-bigger-pic…

Here's a taste of what's coming 👇 SATURDAY brings expert clinicians, legal strategists, and fearless thinkers.

From @LisaLittman1 to Lionel Shriver, @JDHaltigan to @ErinFriday75490—expect bold takes on lawfare, therapy, digital identity, and cultural capture.

🚨 The long-suppressed Olson-Kennedy puberty blocker study is finally out.

After 2 years on blockers, youth showed no significant improvement in depression, emotional health, or parent-reported behavior.

Once again, the Dutch study results failed to replicate. Olson-Kennedy admitted it herself:
The study showed no mental health benefit, so they held it back — afraid it would be “weaponized.”
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🧵 Puberty blockers are fueling an unprecedented medical experiment on children. Genspect UK's powerful new briefing examines the alarming evidence and detransitioner testimony that challenge the NHS's reckless trial. Thanks to @cwestonclark for leading this critical work. Our briefing systematically debunks key myths about puberty blockers, including their reversibility, mental health benefits, and supposed suicide prevention effects—all claims contradicted by the Cass Review's findings.

🧵The Gender Soul

In the 1860s, German lawyer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs invented the concept of the gender soul to explain his own erotic interest in men. He could never possibly have imagined the far-reaching ramifications of his idea.1/10 Believing his attraction to men was caused by having a female soul in a male body, he wrote, “nature developed the physical male germ in us, yet mentally, the feminine one.” This distinction between the sex of the mind and the sex of the body has endured to the present day. 2/10

🧵The Trans Atlantic Crossing

In 1931, German physician Felix Abraham wrote the first scientific report on what he referred to as the “genitalumwandlung,” meaning genital transformation, of two “homosexual transvestites.” One of the men in the paper was Dora Richter. 1/9 The report is a detailed description, complete with photos, of the procedure which involved carving a cavity, lining it with skin grafts from the thigh, and inserting a sponge to prevent wound closure. Abraham strangely described it as “very easy” and only taking a short time.2/9

We're pleased that so many news outlets are reporting on the @thecassreview. It makes the #WPATHFiles even more relevant and considerably more damning.
The following thread contains a selection of articles and discussions on the report.
1// The Times- Nine Key Findings From the Cass Review into gender transition.



2// thetimes.co.uk/article/cass-r…
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A great morning session at @CanSG_org .
Beginning with Keynote speaker Prof. Riittakerttu Kaltiala and moving swiftly through talks by Prof. Michael Biggs, Prof. Susan Bewley, Dr Margaret McCartney, Dr Anna Hutchinson and Prof. Richard Byng.
Some slides from the talks. The recording will be available after the conference.
@CanSG_org The 2nd panel, Chaired by Dr Louise Irvine will cover 'Safeguarding gender-questioning children & young people in healthcare and education'.
It begins with GIDs whistleblower Sonia Appleby.
#FirstDoNoHarm

“Do we have to stick to penis & vagina norms? Can we have genitalia that looks like flowers or abstract sculpture? Can we have multiple? Can they be interchangeable?” -WPATH certified clinician Laura Jacobs, LCSW- WPATH SOC revision committee. Credit: posted by @Jonnywsbell

The #WPATHFiles Daily Disclosures: Surgeons discuss performing surgery on a 14-year-old kid. Their concerns are about being sued, dilation issues and what consent looks like. Marci Bowers, the President of WPATH, advises against it because the tissue is too immature. They KNOW that consent is a murky area. In this clip, part of a different discussion, a WPATH member acknowledges kids' and parents' lack of understanding of the implications of these surgeries.

1/🔍📣 "The WPATH Files" have been released 📂: Leaked discussions from WPATH key figures. Find out what they really think about what’s happening in “gender medicine.”💡 2/ WHO’S WHO IN THE WPATH FILES 🔍: Meet Dr Marci Bowers, a surgeon and the President of WPATH. Bowers has said that puberty blockers are “fully reversible.” But evidence suggests otherwise and Bowers knows this. 💥#WPATHFiles

🧵1/ Genspect's Director @stellaomalley3 & Dr Carrie Mendoza of @FAIRinMedicine were proud to work alongside Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger, Mia Hughes @_CryMiaRiver, & the Environmental Progress @envprogress team on the #WPATHFiles that have just been released. 2/ The World Professional Association of Transgender Health @wpath is considered the "global authority" on transgender health. In fact, @wpath is a reckless promoter of pseudoscientific hormonal & surgical experiments on children, adolescents & vulnerable adults. #WPATHFiles

🧵1/ US- NYC: "Rose Doe", a former prisoner in the women's prison on Riker's Island, is suing NYC, claiming it failed to respond to her complaints about her former trans-identified male roommate's sexual aggression, which escalated to rape. LINK: nbcnewyork.com/investigations… 2/ "The legal action, claiming a heterosexual man posed as a transgender woman in order to gain access to female detainees, comes 1 yr after advocates for trans prisoners implored NYC Council & Dept of Correction to make it easier for inmates to get housing that aligns w/their gender ids."

🧵1/ IRELAND: On Monday night in Dublin, Genspect held an important meeting regarding the proposed conversion therapy bill. Genspect Director @stellaomalley3, Sheikh Dr Umar Al Qadri, @RonanMullen, @Toibin1, @HJoyceGender, Prof Patricia Casey & many others convened, representing women’s rights groups, Christian & Islamic faith groups, educators, politicians, detransitioners & mental health professionals. 2/ The conversion therapy bill would make it illegal for therapists to pursue a "questioning approach" with clients expressing gender dysphoria--a condition which can have many different underlying causes. The bill would create "chilling effect" for psychotherapists- and make it hard for people to get psychotherapy for gender distress. Radical & poorly evidenced social & medical transition would then be the only options on the table.

🧵1/US-IMPORTANT: @AmerAcadPeds published a shocking article today in their journal stating "withholding [gender affirming care] is harmful to children & amounts to state-sanctioned medical neglect & emotional abuse". The article's 3 authors include 2 drs at @seattlechildren 2/NOT A SURPRISE: @seattlechildren operates a gender clinic for ages 9-16 WHO HAVE ALREADY STARTED PUBERTY (& therefore can begin costly medical interventions like pediatric Lupron implants, cross hormones, monitoring & addressing subsequently escalating medical issues)

WATCH & LISTEN: At our recent #GenspectBiggerPicture conference in Denver, Michael @shellenberger announced his new project, The #WPATHfiles- a collection of documents that exposes how badly WPATH has violated the public's trust. 🧵1/4 #TimesUpWPATH #GenspectDenver WPATH's "Standards of Care" (SOC-8) has had a massive influence around the world, shaping policies, treatment protocols & legal decisions. It's being used to justify irreversible, experimental treatment on children & vulnerable young adults. 2/4 #TimesUpWPATH #WPATHfiles

US: BREAKING-🧵 1/6 A Citizen Petition has been filed with the @US_FDA regarding "Action Urgently Needed to Address Off-Label Use of Puberty Blockers in Children". Docket #: FDA-2023-P-376
LINK: regulations.gov/document/FDA-2… 2/ @Genspect is a signatory, as well as @Miriam_Grossman, @JTAllenMD, @PatrickHunterMD, @will_malone, @FAIRinMedicine, @RethinkIME, @ourduty , @ethical_care, @GETAtherapy, @Aaron_GDAC , @DetransHelp & Dr. Quentin Van Meter

🧵1/9 Today is #ROGDAwarenessDay! Five years ago today, @lisalittman's groundbreaking, peer-reviewed study, Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria (ROGD), was published. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… 2/9 The term "ROGD" describes the phenomena in which teens or young adults with no childhood history of gender dysphoria suddenly developed the condition during or after puberty. This is the dominant cohort of patients currently presenting at gender clinics. #ROGDawarenessday

🧵US: 1/ “LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, including ⁦@HRC⁩ & ⁦@TrevorProject⁩ are asking the White House to add gender-affirming care to new rules under consideration by the ⁦@HHSGov⁩ strengthening health privacy protections related to abortion.” lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/biden-… 2/ Why, you might ask, would “gender affirming care” be linked with abortion? This is strategic coat-tailing- be on the lookout for a great deal more of this.