Of course, this is not the first time @wearequeeraf.com has made government ministers aware of these allegations, as we did in this reporting by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

[CN: descriptions of emotional and psychological abuse] I think this behaviour would be pretty clearly recognised as abusive if it were directed at cis children and young adults. Do it to trans CYP and @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social will sit down to have a chat about policy with you.

Excellent reporting by @sasha98.bsky.social and ‪‪‪@vrocca.bsky.social here for @transsafety.network It has a number of first-hand accounts that detail the vile behaviour of parents in the Bayswater group 👇 transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

I had the opportunity with @sasha98.bsky.social and @transsafety.network to speak to young trans people whose parents joined the Bayswater Support Group. Their stories show the negative impact that the kind of advice promoted by the group had on their lives transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

Devastating details of the everyday harms of anti-trans parent 'support' group Bayswater, both on LGBTQ+ children and young people themselves and the parents who become embroiled. Important continued work from @vrocca.bsky.social & @sasha98.bsky.social for @transsafety.network

The young people who @vrocca.bsky.social and @sasha98.bsky.social spoke to, detailed how their parents tactics became increasingly controlling and abusive the more time that they spent on Bayswater forums.

transsafety.network/posts/my-par... @sasha98.bsky.social and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide. Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

As the political influence of pro-conversion therapy parents continues unabated, @vrocca.bsky.social and I spoke to some of the children and young adults who have been victimised by Bayswater members. CW: child abuse.

🆕 Following the exclusive @wearequeeraf.com scoop by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social - a cross party selection of LGBTQIA+ political groups have called for the health secretary's resignation 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

🆕 Health Secretary Wes Streeting met with and expressed sympathy for members of a parents’ group that promotes conversion therapy and has been found to engage in child abuse against trans children, QueerAF can reveal. www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

So @tbij.bsky.social with @sasha98.bsky.social & @vrocca.bsky.social exposed Bayswater support group promoting conversion therapy & abusing behaviour. THEN Wes Streeting thought it was a good idea to meet with them & get their advice on the puberty blocker ban. www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

🚨Exclusive: QueerAF has uncovered video of Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying he’d met with Bayswater parents, and expressed his sympathy for the “traumatic experiences” families. Earlier this year the group were exposed as one that abuses trans children 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

The ministerial meetings records released on Thursday (after we filed copy) show Streeting met with Bayswater again in government, less than a month after we revealed the extent of their abuse and links to Tory politicians.

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Real trans kids demanding autonomy take a sledgehammer to this carefully constructed image. No wonder Streeting refuses to listen to them. www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

When he professes his empathy for trans youth, he frames it around his having wrestled with his own sexuality. In doing so, Streeting reveals that he conceives of trans youth as abject, in need of sympathetic authority figures to guide them towards the right decisions.

14/ Our take: @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social Not giving agency to, or legitimising the opinions of, the children whose rights are at stake suits Streeting’s agenda.

Bayswater’s access to power relies on rendering their children as political pawns. Its status as a parents’ group lends it authority, even though most members would never admit to their children that they are part of the group.

Streeting has met with trans children, but only alongside their parents or adult campaigners. Their presence helps Streeting to maintain the belief that trans kids lack the agency and maturity to make consequential decisions.

13/ Analysis First, it emphasises the reluctance of UK institutions to recognise trans and young people as victims of a climate of hate that has pervaded British society. But it is also telling that Streeting refuses to meet with one of the only groups of trans kids organising on their own.

12/ Analysis by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social Bayswater being invited to participate in the puberty blocker ban consultation so shortly after the extent of their abuse towards trans children was exposed in the press reveals two things:

11/ Community Reaction: A spokesperson for Trans Kids Deserve Better, told QueerAF they were “absolutely appalled” by Streeting's actions. They were not invited to participate in consultation despite being one of the only organised groups made up of people directly impacted by the ban.

10/ A DHSC spokesperson: Declined to respond to any of our questions about Streeting or the department's relationship with Bayswater Support Group, but insisted the government's approach to trans healthcare was "putting young people's safety first".

9/ Wes Streeting banned Puberty Blockers Eight explicitly anti-transgender groups were featured in the consultation, and despite 59% of groups opposing making the order permanent - Streeting sided with the 27% who supported it. www.wearequeeraf.com/puberty-bloc...

8/ The group took part in the Puberty Blocker consultation Just a month after the TBIJ investigation, Bayswater was invited to take part in a consultation on an indefinite ban on puberty blockers for trans kids by the Department for Health and Social Care. www.wearequeeraf.com/puberty-bloc...

7/ Examples of the abuse Bayswater Parents do They spoke about sending their children to non-affirming therapists, cutting them off from supportive friends and teachers, removing their internet access and destroying their gender-affirming medications, clothing and pride flags.

I Wrote about Wes Streeting's relationship with Bayswater Support Group, a conversion therapy advocacy group, for @wearequeeraf.com with @vrocca.bsky.social www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

🚨I wrote a piece about Wes Streeting meeting with Bayswater Support Group, a parents group lobbying to pass legislation harming trans people, and promoting anti-trans conversion practices - for @wearequeeraf.com and with @sasha98.bsky.social www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

Critical scoop by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social here for @wearequeeraf.com And the reaction I've seen so far is clear: Outrage that a group that advocates so openly for abuse towards children, has such influence over the health secretary 👇

Parents in the group were also engaged in anti-trans conversion practices on their children, as detailed in their private online forum. One parent was observed recognising their actions as "abuse" and proudly proclaiming what they did. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

6/ Who are Bayswater? In July 2024, @tbij.bsky.social revealed that Bayswater parents, which presents itself as a support group for the parents of trans and nonbinary children, engaged in extensive lobbying. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

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Despite committing the party to an “inclusive” conversion therapy ban in the interview, he added that “having met with Bayswater Parents, I think that's been a – I'd go so far as to say – traumatic experience for some of those families, and that's really stuck with me.”

5/ What exactly did Streeting say? In response to a question about ensuring relatives are not held accountable for their actions by Labour’s proposed ban on conversion therapy, the health secretary states that families often felt “cut out of the conversation” about their children’s healthcare.

4/ When did Streeting say this? Streeting made the comments when he was interviewed by a representative of the ‘What is a Woman’ campaign. Championed by former olympic swimmer Sharon Davies, it was created to ask MPs about their stances on sex and gender in the lead up to the election.

3/ Why did meeting the group matter? The following month, the Bayswater Parents group was the subject of an exposé revealing that they encouraged abuse towards trans children and advocated for conversion therapy.

2/ What have we uncovered? In a newly-surfaced interview clip from June 2024, Streeting said he’d met with Bayswater parents and expressed his sympathy for the “traumatic experiences” families with trans children had been through.

1/ Topline Health Secretary Wes Streeting met with and expressed sympathy for a parents’ group that promotes conversion therapy and engages in child abuse against trans children, QueerAF can reveal. Story by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

🚨 Revealed: Wes Streeting met with and expressed sympathy for pro-conversion therapy parents group Bayswater Earlier this year, an investigation exposed how the parents in the group conduct abuse towards their children. This is what we've uncovered 🧵👇