Won't someone think of the children? Expelled from Girlguiding. Gender critical, developmental psychologist, mum, views my own NOT my employer's, politics/chat
Mar 25 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
So let's break down the timeline:🧵
2016 - I start to read mutterings in Guiding groups about girls who are "now boys" and people asking if they can stay in Guiding. No, say the mods, they are boys now, why would they want to?
Early 2018 - I am now aware that this is policy and
I try to bring it up in larger groups, but discussion is shut down. I am blocked from a group I've been in for 5 years over the Easter weekend.
I set up a small private group for about 10 leaders and we start to discuss strategy. Someone screenshots a post where I say I think
Aug 2, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Hi @kooth_plc, we got information about your service for our 10 year old through a local link as it's provided in our area.
I was able to sign up with his real name.
It asks for his "gender" and suggests "male, female, agender, gender fluid". He has no clue what those are.
@kooth_plc I'm pretty sure he won't know what "ethnicity" is either.
It states in your privacy and safety policy that you might have to pass on information given by a child for safeguarding reasons. But you'd have no way to get my child's information from his signup as there are no checks.
Dec 8, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Want to know about puberty blockers for precocious puberty? 1. They are mainly give to girls. 2. They are ideally given before the age of 8. However the drug manufacturers are promoting them to parents (where have we heard this before)
and they are sometimes given after the age of 8. Outcomes that are usually measured are ultimate height attained and bone density.
Height is increased if they are given early enough and bone density (after stopping the blockers) is usually OK academic.oup.com/jes/article/3/…
