penwing (they/them)

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2024-07-05 11:46:14

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There's this about what Cass is measuring when it says no evidence puberty blockers work and what they mean by "work"
Tl;Dr is puberty blockers block puberty to buy time for thinking further, they do nothing for the underlying dysphoria and aren't intended to
https://growinguptransgender.com/2024/06/28/gender-dysphoria-and-puberty-blockers/
#UKPol #Cass

2024-07-05 11:31:27

Conversation in our group chat has turned to "who will replace Sunak?"
Badenoch, Patel, Braverman all feel like they may put their hats in the ring... Hunt as an outsider trying to rein them in? Tugendhat?
Given that a damp towel could run rings round Braverman I'd almost be tempted to rule her out, but then I remember the voter base...
You thought the barrel was bad before...
#UKPol #Tory

2024-07-05 07:31:22

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Also, remember that trans healthcare ban Atkins put in place just before Parliament dissolved? That is due to run out in September - this should definitely be something we're mentioning in the letter as something for them to *not* renew/extend
#UKPol #Labour #Cass

2024-07-05 07:26:17

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The most recent thing I've seen is this Yale review - "An Evidence-Based Critique of the Cass Review"
(Sorry, I only have a PDF link and it's 39 pages, but the exec summary may help...)
https://law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/documents/integrity-project_cass-response.pdf
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2024-07-05 07:06:14

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I think that Starmer's commitment to the Cass Review needs to be the first u-turn.
I think this weekend, we need to put pens to paper to our new Labour MPs and bombard them with information about the Cass Review failings. I'm going to try and put some helpful articles (and peer reviewed critiques etc.) in this 'ere thread (feel free to add others)
#UKPol #Queer #Starmer #Labour #UTurn #Cass

2024-07-05 07:03:09

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It's also worth remembering that, in among all the election news, they slipped out the Dissolution Peerages list last night just in time for it to be utterly ignored by the press.
Failing Grayling is getting a peerage.
As is Dr Hillary Cass. Only 30 hours after #TransKidsDeserveBetter ended their protest, the "government" managed to sneak out a peerage for Cass.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dissolution-peerages-2024
(I will start CWing next toot)
#UKPol #Labour #'Starmer #Trans #Queer

2024-07-05 06:55:59

Hmm... not entirely sure what came over me in that last toot*.
Your normal grumpy penwing is back!
So, um... how about this - what do we all think Starmer's first Manifesto-U-Turn will be?
(*hint, sarcasm and bitterness may have been involved)
#UKPol #Starmer #Labour

2024-07-04 20:25:32

fucking hell... Dissolution Honours list has been released - as well as Failing Grayling, Brady and May, the list also includes...
Dr. Hilary Cass
Fucking Fucking Fuckers!
#UKPol #Transphobia

2024-07-04 12:33:39

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I swear, this election would've been so much easier if Starmer hadn't spent the whole campaign and build up persuading me he's a Tory and a socially right wing at that...
#UKPol #GE2024

2024-07-04 07:22:19

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And I'm done!
Where's my democracy sausage? I need something after this shit show and cursed choice...
#UKPol #GE2024 #IveVoted

2024-07-04 07:11:35

Votey votey time!
Was just hunting for the "safe place" I put my voting card (I know it's unnecessary) - found it ✅
Passport ✅
If only I could find a palatable candidate as easily... ❌
#UKPol #GE2024

2024-07-03 15:55:17

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And... wow... Attitude essentially saying Keir Starmer's open-letter for them needs additional context because he's turned his transphobia up substantially since it was originally presented to them (and stopped responding to them about it) and is - "now" - misleading at best (utter bullshit I say)
https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/keir-starmer-attitude-letter-469078/
#UKPol #GE2024 #Starmer # Labour #Transphobia

2024-07-03 15:40:57

So, #Starmer thinks he can hit a big red reset button on Trans discourse...
While not apologising for attacking trans people's ability to pee (and therefore exist) in public places (and undermining the Equality Act)
While still promising to implement the appalling Cass Review in full
While generally not understanding a fucking thing
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/03/keir-starmer-labour-2024-general-election-lgbtq/
#UKPol #GE2024 #Labour

2024-07-01 11:55:50

#TransKidsDeserveBetter on on Day 3 of a protest at NHS HQ - https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support-grows-as-teenage-trans-activists-enter-their-third-day-of-protest-at-nhs-englands-headquarters
You can support them at
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/transkidsdeservebetter
If you're lucky you can also vote on Thursday for a party which might actually support them...
#UKPol #Queer #Trans #GE2024
#queer

2024-06-20 08:17:20

Oooooh, the cheek... after Kemi Badenoch admitted stuffing equality bodies with anti-trans people, Gove is now threatening that Labour could stuff public bodies with people sympathetic to Starmer's "Labour" ideals...
That's what having a majority of any kind allows you to do because we have a broken democratic system...
#UKPol #GE2024

2024-06-01 09:28:30

The Telegraph asked Sunak a, presumably intended to be friendly warm up curve all question, about the drenched election announcement suit - where is it? Ruined or at the dry cleaners?
Sunak doesn't know... He's lost track of a whole suit... Probably an expensive one at that...
In an election where Cost of Living is on our minds...
#Sunak #UKPol #GE2024

2024-04-15 11:27:55

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