Update: Although the guidance says they wanted responses by yesterday, it looks like the consult remains open until 1NOV
The NHS is holding a public consultation on the use of puberty blockers in trans kids. Please respond if you are able.
I'm not putting this under a CW because I want to ensure everyone with capacity and inclination to help sees it. But I will hold the details until further down the thread.
Bonne rentrée à tous et toutes, y compris aux mineur.es trans qui font leur rentrée cette année dans un cadre de tensions.
Pour rappel, ces mineur.es ont des droits, et il est du devoir des établissements, des équipes, et des accompagnant.es, de les respecter. On vous a préparé une petite session de rattrapage si vous n'avez pas tout suivi.
It’s like this: my sib Tidy just called and told me that a significant portion of the population of Austin is up in arms because Dell Children’s Hospital just shut down its entire adolescent medicine dept over fallout from this anti-gender-affirming care crap.
The only MD in the city doing trans youth medicine also happens to be, by all accounts, the best MD in the city for cis girls with other complex stuff. Both of my cis nieces with weird issues are among her patients. This poor doc just said “fuck it” and quit, she couldn’t take the relentless bashing. My nieces and countless other Austin girls are now without the medical care they need and deserve. And for what? The governor’s MAGA street cred?
My point is this: even if your kids aren’t trans, this anti-trans bullshit can and will still fuck them up.
Hey Europe! Are we going to get involved, or just stand idly by and let these atrocities play out?
This is fascism, which we have ample knowledge of through history aswell as today. Remember that poem by Niemöller? Well it's happening right now in Florida... among other US states.
So The Atlantic is shilling a book by Helen Lewis regarding gender affirming care, and even though they make it sound "fair and balanced", it set off some red flags to me. Which isn't surprising given things she's said about trans people in the past, and that she's opposed bills to make it easier for people to change their gender in the UK (sound familiar?). But she also works for The Atlantic apparently, so no surprise they're pushing her book.
Anyway, she points out that countries that previously supported things like puberty blockers for trans youths who reach the age where they'd be helpful are now "backtracking" because of "new concerns over how much they help/harm", and republicans in America are using this as evidence that they were right all along.
Except...if you look at this article and its sources, an organization in Sweden (for example) only advised that puberty blockers should only be given out in "extreme cases". This is a suggestion to medical professionals, not a rule or a law. And their "evidence" for these concerns is actually debunked junk science from the US . So US is using Sweden as evidence they're right, and Sweden is using the US as evidence they should be cautious. Sounds pretty circular, doesn't it?
Every study that looks into trans affirming healthcare finds that it's overwhelmingly helpful. Less people regret it than those who get knee replacement surgery.
About to get my craft on. Sign-making for tomorrow’s rally at the #Saskatchewan Legislature opposing the dangerous new “parents rights” policy forcing schools to inform parents when #TransKids change their names or pronouns. #ProtectTransKids
This is so frustrating and I am so upset for the kids impacted by this. If they felt safe telling their parents, or if their parents would allow them to live as themselves, the parents would already know! This only does anything when the kid is being repressed or is unsafe to tell their parents. Calling using a name or pronoun of your choice a “life-changing decision” is both stupid, they are just words, and so extremely cis-normative.
my kid is doing a skate-a-thon for their roller derby team! derby is super queer and a super safe space for LGBT kids to build an awesome support network. sponsor them to help cover rent, equipment costs for new players, and event hosting. you can donate per lap or a flat amount and they're a non profit so it's tax deductable. every donation counts!
Nex was beaten unconscious and then suspended from school for using the bathroom that conservatives wanted him to use. He then took his life in response, likely realizing that he would get no support from a school system ran by ghouls who support a radical right wing agenda that wants to exterminate trans people.
I love how the fascists go on and on that gender-affirming care is “experimenting” on kids when it’s actually based on decades of clinical research and evidence, while meanwhile they’re all-in on conducting the largest experiment ever on children. One with devastating, potentially lifelong consequences:
Join us in supporting our trans community by standing up for them!
On Wednesday, Sep 20, anti-trans groups are marching across the country to spread their hateful rhetoric. In #Vancouver, they are meeting at 969 Robson Street at 1pm, then gathering at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Let’s show them that love is louder, that we won’t let hate win 🏳️⚧️
So now the TERFs want to make it illegal for my 10yo daughter to wear trousers, or for my 6yo to go by the shortened version of his own name without parental consent.
Gee. Who could have seen this coming.
Also their catchphrase, "This witch doesn't burn" is laughable considering that the witches were just normal, harmless humans trying to live their lives before everyone started killing them for no reason. You know, like trans people.
Here's today's #dragqueen#lovefest 👑💄💋 (# 153) This #fabulous#Queen is Eve 6000, @alsoabouteve & she's giving me BEAUTIFUL Rare Blue Frog (Hyla meridionalis) vibes 🐸😍