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🧵US: BREAKING NEWS: The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) says they are dropping their pediatric gender clinics. The hospital will no longer provide "gender affirming" medical interventions on minors.
International tennis icon MARTINA NAVRATILOVA serves it up EXCLUSIVELY FOR GENSPECT: "I promised to educate myself, & I have. I plan to keep advocating for fair competitions-& equal rights-for female athletes. I hope you’ll join me." Thank you,
@Martina
!
ICIMI: Female cyclists' no-show on podium is presumably a silent protest after a transwoman wins first place. The athletes who placed 2nd and 3rd have not spoken out but the move has been widely seen as a silent protest.
UK: “Most children who think they’re transgender are just going through a ‘phase’, says NHS
Doctors told not to encourage young people to change their names and pronouns.”
DENMARK: Kids whose gender dysphoria started at puberty will now be treated with COUNSELING.
“This process is often finalised without medical treatment, as the indication for treatment is not considered present.” -Health Minister Sophie Løhde
UK: Kemi Badenoch’s war with Stonewall opened up on a new front this evening…she has raised the question of whether Stonewall and other charities should be receiving any public money at all.”
The lovely
@jk_rowling
has donated £15.3m to support research into neurological conditions at a centre named after her mother.
"The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic ...was established with a £10m donation from the Harry Potter author in 2010."
UK: A 15-year-old boy was sexually assaulted in Burgess Hill. The report says that the perpetrators were two women, one of whom is 6ft 3in (1.9m) tall.
We hope this isn't a case where the sex of the assailants is being misreported.
@sussex_police
This is concerning.
"The most recent update to the AP style guide is quite clear: “Do not use the term transgenderism, which frames transgender identity as an ideology.”"
A NEW STUDY out of Denmark published in the European Journal of Endocrinology found that using cross-sex hormones "significantly increased risk from deadly conditions like heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure & high blood fat & cholesterol levels."
@CBSNews
“Three months after surgery, the patients who had the procedure experienced significantly less chest dysphoria than they had prior to surgery”. THREE MONTHS? The first year or two after surgery are called the “honeymoon period” for a reason. Ask them in 5,10 years.
UK: "Rishi Sunak has indicated that he will change the law to protect single-sex spaces for women, saying biological sex is “fundamentally important”."
UK:🧵1/ British mum
@StopfordianR
got her 11 yr old, gender non-conforming daughter, who is on the autistic pathway, "safeguarded from gender ideology" on her Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP)- a legally binding document supporting kids w/special needs until they’re 25.
Many people replied to this tweet about
@PaulStanleyLive
of
@kiss
by
@RollingStone
, calling Stanley a hypocrite. But here's the thing: Stanley rocked flamboyant, sexy clothes & makeup without denying he was a man, having a "gender identity", or believing he was "born in the wrong…
"‘And you don’t think you would’ve been happy as a transwoman?’, she asked me. Her question left me speechless. I couldn’t find the words to state the obvious: that I am a gay man, not a transwoman."
Excellent article by
@benappel
NEW study in
@bmj_latest
on suicidality and gender dysphoria states:
"Gender dysphoria per se does not seem to predict neither all-cause nor suicide mortality in gender-referred adolescents.
"Main predictor of mortality in this population is psychiatric morbidity, and medical…
Important new study published from Finland:
"Clinical gender dysphoria does not appear to be predictive of all-cause nor suicide mortality when psychiatric treatment history is accounted for."
@statsforgender
US rowing:
Women-only rowers forced to accept transwomen as competitors.
But when it comes to mixed boats of 8, the 4 women have to have been born female.
Why? Because otherwise it’s unfair on the men in the other boats.
@cathydevine56
@usrowing
The absolute joke in the
@usrowing
policy is in mixed eights the four women must be born female. Bc otherwise the men in those mixed eights might be disadvantaged. It’s the only category where being born female is recognised as real. It’s also the only one where men are affected.
UK: SNOOKER: Lynn Edwards speaks out: “I have played 30 years and I’ve never even conceded so much as a frame, never mind a match. [...] the trophy or money meant nothing to me without fairness, and that’s what I said to the tournament director afterwards.”
Why in the world would
@CostaCoffee
- the UK’s largest & fastest growing coffee shop chain- promote their products with an illustration of a young female whose gender distress & confusion led to a double mastectomy?
Dear
@CostaCoffee
,
Could you kindly explain why you are glorifying irreversible surgery performed on healthy breasts of women for a mental health condition?
Jazz Jennings & Jackie Green: 2 very public examples of feminine boys who were socially & medically transed. Both had “gender affirming” genital surgery as minors. Both had mums who became major trans activists. “Trans”became both families’ entire identity, mission & livelihood.
Great to see Helena Bonham Carter stick up for
@jk_rowling
“It’s horrendous, a load of bollocks. I think she has been hounded... It’s been taken to the extreme, the judgmentalism of people. She’s allowed her opinion, particularly if she’s suffered abuse
BREAKING- UK: The NHS’ interim policy on puberty blockers for minors with gender incongruence/dysphoria calls out the very low quality of evidence for this experimental “treatment”. ⬇️
UK: We've won the medical war although the cultural war continues.
🧵 with quotes
"Most children who think they’re transgender are just going through a ‘phase’, says NHS
Doctors told not to encourage young people to change their names and pronouns"
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@sciam
.
@sciam
, this is reckless, irresponsible reporting which completely ignores current international research and debate in this field. We will be in touch.
🧵UK: 1/ The BBC is facing a backlash for commissioning an 8-part dramatic series titled "What It Feels Like For A Girl", written and produced by transwoman/transactivist Paris Lees.
Every few weeks an intersectional-feminist-social justice warrior turns out to be a violent maniac. The police in Scotland are looking for this Irish so-called feminist, we hope they find him asap
At Genspect we have been disappointed that the establishment in Ireland have failed to appreciate
@HJoyceGender
, Irishwoman and world-leading thinker on gender. This is why at our conference in Killarney, we have
@HJoyceGender
as our keynote speaker.
Helen will provide a…
US-VERMONT: The coach of a girls high school basketball team who forfeited a game against a team with a trans-identified male player was BANNED from state athletics. Here, he defends his decision, stressing the danger of males playing against females.
“[T]he true story of Jazz is much darker than we have been led to believe. Now 21 yrs old, Jazz has become a tragic figure. Obese, depressed & often suffering from anxiety attacks, he has struggled to form anything remotely like an intimate relationship.”
UK BREAKING NEWS: 🧵‘Massive safeguarding red flags’ over the taxpayer-funded
@Mermaids_Gender
lead to calls for an immediate investigation by the Charity Commission.
🧵1/ Elliot Page's new book "doesn’t read defiant, strong or joyful. It reads sad: the story of a vulnerable girl thrown into the entertainment business at the age of 10"- By
@sarahditum
BREAKING UK: The NHS Tavistock gender clinic has been threatened with court action by the information regulator after failing to reveal its relationship with
@Mermaids_Gender
….
Today’s Boston Globe: “Four parents have filed a lawsuit against the Ludlow School Committee and several school officials claiming they have violated their rights by choosing not to tell parents when children seek to establish a new gender identity at school, court records show.”
Excellent news for England!
🧵
Teachers must tell parents about pupils' gender changes & socially transitioned kids cannot share changing or shower facilities with the opposite sex - instead they'll be provided with alternative options.
This is EXACTLY..
BREAKING- UK: NHS England’s new proposed interim clinical policy on puberty blockers: NOT RECOMMENDED to be available as a routine commissioning option for the treatment of children and adolescents who have gender incongruence or dysphoria.
WPATH EXPOSED: Dr. Dan Metzger, a Pediatric Endocrinologist at the BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia says, 'it's always a good theory that you talk about fertility preservation with a 14 year old, but…
DRUMROLL… You’ve already met the Gender Unicorn, the Genderbread Person and the Respectful Reindeer. These images are used to teach Gender Identity Theory to kids. We want to give teachers a less ideological alternative… so we’d like to introduce you to THE GENDER GIRAFFES!
US BREAKING NEWS 🧵The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is suppressing support for Resolution 27, a call by member pediatricians for "rigorous systematic review of evidence and policy update for management of pediatric gender dysphoria". Our response:
US: American actor & trans activist Elliot Page separated from wife Emma Portner in 2020 & went through a period of darkness & confusion which led to a rapid social & medical transition. Red flags abound in this very sad story.
SPAIN: detransitioner Susana Domínguez is featured in El Mundo's PAPEL today! Susana was diagnosed w/gender dysphoria at 15, had breasts & uterus removed at 17. Now, at 23, she has been diagnosed with Autism. She's suing.
#detransition
#DetransAwarenessDay
3/ Mum will have her child excluded from any assemblies, lessons & assignments conveying gender ideology. While LBG is not a concern for mum, medical transition & "wrong body" talk is. This is being shared with permission. Way to go,
@StopfordianR
!
UK Health Secretary
@VictoriaAtkins
announces key NHS updates: "Chestfeeding" out, clear language based on sex in. New rules prevent trans-identified males from female wards, enhancing privacy. Patients can choose caregiver's sex for intimate care.
We support these essential…
"If Ms Keen is charged with any offence it is my intention to offer to provide a supportive pro bono expert witness statement, and to give evidence in person at any trial."
Representative psychiatrist
from the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Millions were peaked when
@TullipR
decided to go public last year with his harrowing story of transition regret.
Ritchie will be speaking on the detransitioners panel & the "What if they're gay and not trans?" panel in
#Killarney
.
Get tickets at !
1/2: It's time (well overdue) to stop saying "assigned at birth". The medical establishment needs to get back to biological reality. Alan Sokal & Richard Dawkins in the Boston Globe. Archived link below
"Every time people tried to bring this scandal to public attention, they were shut down. 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩." -
@Glinner
in
@Telegraph
#CassReview
This is completely false. The new cohort of gender dysphoric youth is predominately post-pubertal onset females w/ pre-existent psychological co-morbidities like ASD, ADHD, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, trauma, etc- as well as discomfort w/emerging bi/homosexuality.
"There is nothing inherent with being transgender or gender diverse which would predispose youth to depression or anxiety, it is that harassment," Asst. Health Sec. Levine says. "They're suffering politically-motivated attacks through state actions."
“There are many who will not be able to accept that they got it wrong on transgenderism, most notably the parents who ushered their children on the path to transition, putting them on drugs and signing them up for surgeries” 1/2
Sinead: Speaking on the reality of an affirmation-only approach to gender confusion and transition. As she says, this approach offers no space for anyone who chooses to detransition and/or who chooses to move away from labels and identities. What are your thoughts?
🧵CANADA: A detransitioned woman who was prescribed testosterone and underwent both a bilateral mastectomy and a hysterectomy during a mental health crisis is suing the healthcare providers who facilitated her medical transition.
BREAKING NEWS ON PUBERTY BLOCKERS: Risk of pseudotumor cerebri added to labeling for gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists- 6 cases reported in females 5-12 yrs- 5 in treatment for central precocious puberty, 1 for “gender affirming care”.
🧵Today a stunning message was sent to
@wpath
members by the org’s president, the plastic surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers- who operated on Jazz Jennings ⤵️
In Dec 2020,
@AbigailShrier
's book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, was chosen by
@TheEconomist
as one of their best books of the year. It's now the
#1
best seller in Amazon's LBGTQ+ studies category.
#ROGD
#psychology
LIVE: WOW! Michael
@shellenberger
announces that he is collecting & will be releasing THE WPATH FILES, documentation that exposes just how badly WPATH has violated the public’s trust. WPATH is not science or medicine, there is no medical ethics or informed consent.
#TimesUpWPATH
The Dutch Model is falling apart
Great new article by
@stellaomalley3
for Genspect about the game-changing article from the Netherlands that was published in the Dutch newspaper NRC last Saturday.
ANNOUNCEMENT: We're thrilled to announce Helen Pluckrose (
@HPluckrose
) has joined our advisory board. Helen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator who highlights and opposes ideological capture in vital institutions. Helen. above all, just wants people to…
Yay Judy Blume stands with
@jk_rowling
!
"And I love her,” Blume immediately interjects. “I am behind her 100 per cent as I watch from afar.”
Next up should be Jaqueline Wilson (cmon we know you do!)
So many detransitioners videos coming out. This is harrowing but important. This woman transitioned at 13, on puberty blockers, testosterone at 15, mastectomy at 17.
Then came "a switch", a change of heart which happens so often when we grow up...
“Something I’ve come to realize with the growth of ‘gender-affirming’ surgeries and ‘gender-affirming’ medical care is that we’re right in the middle of an extraordinary medical atrocity,” Michael Egnor, a pediatric neurosurgeon and professor
This person was born male, transed to female and now has osteoporosis, skoliosis, no sexual function, and overwhelming regret.
Detrans subreddit now has over 29k members:
Gender-distressed people need compassionate care NOT quick-fix pharma
🧵 GERMANY: A German appeal by 120 scientists, psychologists, pedagogues and representatives of other professions against "false reporting on public television" concerning transgender ideology has been launched in Germany.
"During evidence at a tribunal brought by Mermaids, it was stated that they were not medical experts and therefore did not advise anyone on healthcare. These emails show (..) Mermaids helped draft a service specification used by the NHS to treat children."
SWEDEN: The Swedish Coalition has deleted the bill to simplify legal gender change. Now there is justified caution about a proposal that would have made the process of legal gender change easier, & lower the age limit from 18 to 16 years.
Comedians Richard Ayoade & Jonathan Ross today joined a rapidly growing list of beloved entertainment stars who trans activists are trying to cancel. The pair's 'crime' – according to the campaigners – was to review a book written by
@Glinner
.
The downfall of GIDS at the Tavistock would never have happened without the relentless work of the intrepid sociologist Michael Biggs who relentlessly requested FOI’s about puberty blockers and uncovered the accurate suicide rate in GIDS.
We are thrilled that we will begin the…
UNBELIEVABLE: UK: "AI", a 22-yr female who cant read/write, has been in foster care since 13-14, has 14 dxs, is unlikely to be able to live unsupported & may need 24hr support in future, was APPROVED for "gender-affirming" testosterone & double mastectomy.
Alasdair Gunn (aka Angus Fox), vice-director of Genspect, is a leading voice for parents of gender-questioning boys. Alasdair has recently seen other parts of the healthcare industry in Ireland. In this talk, he compares his experience of healthcare to 'gender affirming' care.…
Meet our new advisor, KEIRA BELL!
@klbfax
We're delighted to have Keira come aboard. She hardly needs introducing... but for those who don't know, Keira was central to exposing the bad practice at the UK's Tavistock & Portman Trust. Welcome!
New Zealand:
'“Rachel”, started taking puberty blockers at age 14. She was prescribed testosterone shortly afterwards, and had her breasts surgically removed at age 16. She had her womb removed at age 18. By age 22, she was “swamped by regret”.
Rachel now says, “It was almost…
Well, that’s a stretch. But very predictable. It’s straight from the intl law firm Denton’s strategic advice for transactivists:‘Tie your campaign to more popular reform.’ (Like gay rights. Or intersection feminism. Or Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.)
USA:
Left - The number of gender clinics in 2007 (left)
Right -The number of gender clinic today
500+ gender clinics in 16 years
Many provide cross-sex hormones to minors, others performing genital surgery...
Wikipedia co-founder: “I no longer trust the website I created”-it’s “increasingly partisan”, “propaganda” & “broken beyond repair”.
Yes! Genspect & many others critical of transactivism face near-constant defamatory campaigns against us on Wikipedia.
Sensitive Content Warning:
Autogynephilia and the Sexualisation of Shame
Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and vice-director of Genspect, Joe Burgo, has been in practice for almost 40 years. His books until now have mostly focused on shame and narcissism, but he has recently…
1/🔍📣 "The WPATH Files" have been released 📂: Leaked discussions from WPATH key figures. Find out what they really think about what’s happening in “gender medicine.”💡
Barbie Kardashian is going to be moved from Limerick women's prison, not because of safety concerns over the female prisoners, but because she is a danger to prison staff.
The other male, a child rapist, remains in the women's prison
BREAKING US: Project Veritas released a new video today which shows medical professionals associated with
@WPATH
discussing the regret many underage people go through after gender-affirming surgery.
It's a sign of the changing times to see a thoughtful article about
@Glinner
in the mainstream media.
"Trans is so loosely defined. It seems to cover both Eddie Izzard and a 16-year-old girl who’s got dysphoria,” he says.
Drumroll… it’s time to reveal to the world
@Genspect
’s first ever daughter website, ! This site is intended for parents, journalists, politicians, and the growing group of people who are interested in gender.
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Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, warns of “the shrinking space” for women in Western countries to defend sex-based rights.
NEW ZEALAND: A public apology. "It is possible that we are looking at a major medical misadventure with a cohort of children having their lives compromised". "And too many of us, those with the opportunity & a platform, stood by & said nothing."
This tragic story has been taken down.
The mother described how after being molested her child began to identify as trans,
at 13 was medical transitioned without the mother's knowledge or consent,
put on testosterone,
had a mastectomy scheduled,
now at 17 has died by suicide
“Do we have to stick to penis & vagina norms? Can we have genitalia that looks like flowers or abstract sculpture? Can we have multiple? Can they be interchangeable?” -WPATH certified clinician Laura Jacobs, LCSW- WPATH SOC revision committee.
Ireland 🇮🇪
Shocking revelation that
@rodericogorman
diverted €1.1 MILLION that had been allocated to the Traveller and Roma communities, migrant communities & the Magdalene laundry redress scheme & re-allocated it for LGBTQ+ projects.
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BREAKING NEWS: US: At today's Florida Dept of Health Board of Medicine's meeting, a motion was passed to propose a new prospective rule which would prohibit minors from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones & surgeries outside of IRB-approved, University hospital studies.