Even if the IOC won’t listen to the people affected by its decisions, we might at least expect it to listen to professional experts when they say that it’s got this very badly wrong.

Paused MAD MEN while Ted Chaough’s partner was in the hospital and the HBO Max interstitial ad made it look like his dying wish was for a Whopper.

Have a trans woman on, Angela, to talk specifically about the state of trans rights in the UK today and Labour’s role in demolishing them. Have on someone who has been trapped in the asylum system. Then maybe you can actually claim to be outside the bubble of your peers.

This coming Trans Day of Visibility, consider reading work by trans women! I'm hosting the bundle but not contributing, so 100% of the proceeds go to them. Get hit sci-fi horror Kimmy by @badambulist.bsky.social, award winner Rotten Girl from @jemma.bsky.social, and more! itch.io/b/3594/tdov-...

The only secure way to store data is to not collect it

Great to see Woodcraft Folk proudly sticking two fingers up to every “gender-critical” transphobe.

My issue with this Olympic stuff isn’t really about trans athletes competing - they were essentially banned anyway(although the targeting and exclusion of intersex women is hideous) It’s the blatantly ideological framework of “biological sex” that is being entrenched in institutions globally

Seeing "trans kids given deadline to segregate themselves" and "trans women banned from yet another part of society" headlines *every single day* while everyone you know and every organization stays breathtakingly silent takes such a damn toll on your heart.

The Guardian platforming Sean Ingle to talk about the Olympic trans ban demonstrates that it is still the same old transphobic hate-rag that freely platformed transphobic bigots and no-platformed trans people.

I have signed this open letter in my NEC rep capacity. I strongly urge other UCU members to sign and share, and talk about this initiative with their branches.

Sure, there's only one transfeminine olympian, but there are countless trans women around the world who need to be reminded they are not welcome in any communal space where authority on gender is officialized and policed, and that's the real point of these bans.

okay i’ll be real, i need people to stop being like “this trans sports ban isn’t going to affect any trans women, it’s going to affect mostly cis women because there’s no trans athletes…” like 1) there’s a reason for that and 2) it’s not actually about sports and yes it does affect trans women

The Guardian (Australia) notes today that the new IOC rules fly in the face both of international law, including international human rights law, and the scientific evidence on sexed bodies.

US Americans need to be excluded from the Olympics because they clearly have an unfair advantage. They have nearly double the medals of any other country!

Urgent journo request: for @goodlawproject.org I'm looking to speak to friends of #trans ppl in the UK who have died whose #gender was not accurately recorded on their death certificate. I’m particularly interested in cases from the last year. I promise to handle your story with care 🖤

We are facing a workers' rights crisis for our community, and we need your help. Outdated workplace regulations, last updated in the early 90s, are now being interpreted as requiring the exclusion and outing of trans+ people in the workplace. actionnetwork.org/letters/fix-...

Holy cow my investigation into Riley Gaines for @pablo.show was nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Sports Journalism!!! Cannot stop dancing around my apartment. Here's the show if you missed it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...

i guess those celebrating soras death didnt get the memo that some of us need daily personalized greetings from james bond—for mental health

India's parliament has just rushed through anti-trans legislation, in apparent contravention of the 2014 Supreme Court NALSA judgement. Community activists, feminists, and lawyers are rapidly fighting back.

LGBTQIA+ activists stage “die-in” at NHS England HQ to protest new restrictions to trans healthcare

A statement on the IOC's decision to reintroduce mandatory sex testing for women. Please share widely. Alt text follows in the following posts.

"Estrogen makes you grow boobs" when it's an effect desired by trans women: Need more evidence before we can say anything for sure. "Estrogen makes you grow boobs" when it's an effect not desired by cis men: Indisputably obvious, immediately needs to be considered.

📣Trans+ guides in Sussex please know that @allsortsyouth.bsky.social is always here for you. We have youth groups, summer programmes and 1:1 coaching, as well as a parents support service. You can find us here: allsortsyouth.org.uk. Pls share for reach❤️ www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

🏳️‍⚧️⚽️🏳️‍⚧️ March 25 is the first day of the annual Football v Transphobia Week of Action, and to mark this, we’re launching a new report 📣 “They say football’s for all, but it’s not anymore”: The lived reality of players excluded by the English and Scottish FAs’ new trans policy for women’s football 1/

Just had a panic attack over receiving a message in app from my GP surgery because I thought it might be telling me I couldn't get my meds anymore (it was just a reminder they'll be closed over Easter). Just in case anyone is wondering what it's like being trans/ADHD in the UK right now.

Piss train Piss train it's the piss train Class 220 voyager It all smells like methane

Packed out the court today with queer people. My assailant didn’t show up and was convicted of harassment and assault. I was mildly rebuked for describing the pornification of trans bodies in my testimony.

Nearly twice as many queer folks attending in support as there were seats for the public to occupy. I am trying to process that level of love and support. Many emotions are happening.

wes streeting when he’s in da club

time to address the elephant sized plot hole in the room: why are there no robots or computers in the dune movies. isnt it supposed to be sci fi, where is the r2d2

Everyone should stop what you are doing and read about @notrightruth.bsky.social receiving an important award for her excellence in trans and feminist scholarship and action. Ruth has been setting the bar for years & its great to see that recognised: www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-femini...

My dysphoria is such that I once tried read Mira Bellwether’s opus and repeatedly nearly fainted. Regardless, you should all be buying pizzas in a couple of weeks’ time.

Questions that urgently need to be asked to Wes Streeting. 1) Who authored these reviews, and what were their qualifications? 2) What external advisors or agencies were involved with these? 3) Who decided the intervention subsets chosen for the review?

This is absolutely what will happen when young trans people rationally stop seeking NHS "care" that offers nothing more than conversion therapy appointments.

Where this subsetting of patient groups breaks down entirely is in the review for non-binary interventions. All six of the reviews on non-binary interventions have 0 publications included.

The very first paper in the very first review (Allen et al 2019) found a huge decrease in suicidality, from 45% of subjects suffering from suicidality prior to HRT, to just 13% after, p<.001. But it didn't test for boys and girls separately, so this result appears in neither of the relevant reviews.

They also *appear* to have excluded any study where: 1. Median age was above 16-17y/o 2. Patients recieved GNRHas to block puberty 3. Patients took anti androgens as well as estrogen 4. Probably more I have only looked at the feminising stuff

THE GUARDIAN OF THE STAIRS DEMANDS TRIBUTE BUTT SCRITCHINGS WILL DO

For masculinising HRT they seem to be counting increased haematocrit/haemaglobulin as a safety issue despite this being completely expected with an increased in T, and no adverse effects as a result of this increase. They're also complaining it doesn't increase final height in 16-17 year olds

They also *appear* to have excluded any study where: 1. Median age was above 16-17y/o 2. Patients recieved GNRHas to block puberty 3. Patients took anti androgens as well as estrogen 4. Probably more I have only looked at the feminising stuff

There are two things you can do right now to support young trans people in England. 1) Engage in political advocacy and community support. I've got *loads* of advice on this in my blog post and zine "But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic".

We've just learned that the person at the MHRA whose letter caused Wes 'I follow the clinical evidence' Streeting to cancel the puberty blockers trial is Professor Jacob George, the GC who enjoyed mocking trans people on his social media account. Why did Wes Streeting cover up his name?

you can take it from me, almost everyone in society would prefer that you be a masc cis lesbian or femme cis gay man rather than a trans person, and the way they treat you when they are forced to confront the fact that you're trans leaves you in zero doubt about that

Also when the Cass Review says it relies on the York studies for its systematic review of evidence, how clear is it that Cass herself chaired the advisory group for the York studies

First I've seen it confirmed. Both Steensma and Kaltiala, two figures prominent in bad science re trans kids, advised the Cass Review's York Studies.

I've written a blog post about Isaac's crowdfunder, with some reflections on the massive inequalities inherent in this approach to healthcare - and the necessity of doing it anyway.

Genuinely incredible stuff. tl;dr "until further notice, don't fucking breathe"

It's also just plain counterfactual. The same people who advocate conversion therapy now would have thrown effeminate gay boys into anti-trans conversion therapy just to be safe back then, too! We know because THAT'S WHAT THEY FUCKING DID, LOOK: xtramagazine.com/health/drop-...

It's where most of the Cass review seems to have ended up too...