Ezra (they/them) #StopSIM
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Social worker. MH & homelessness. “PD” & trauma. Social justice. Trans rights=human rights. Rantiness is mine, not that of any employer or institution.
London, UK
Joined June 2017
Things you'd rather have than a DWP work coach when you are on a ward: We'll start- A survivor Human Rights Act advocate. Privacy (looking at you Oxevision!). Luxury spa facilities. Vegan marshmallows.
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Er, no. This is a legally correct ruling. A person with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, which includes non-binary as set out in Taylor v Jaguar and accepted in Re AA, forced into a cis-normative straight jacket is clearly being discriminated against.
This is a legally illiterate ruling. The "nonbinary" customer has been treated in exactly the same way as every other customer, in being asked his or (as the case may be) her sex. There is no credible basis on which that could be said to be direct discrimination.
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"Gender-critical views" is a nonsense term that transphobes came up with, so they could get the UK legal system to legally codify transphobia as "a protected belief." All you have to do is ask GC people to say how GCism is different from transphobia, in practice. Examples? 1/
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They are going to continue singling out trans women in public facing roles one by one until we no longer exist. This is not about fairness, it's just bigotry. This woman has been on the team 3 years with no issues until the media latched onto her as a target.
The University of Wyoming becomes the third school to refuse to face San Jose State in volleyball due to the presence of biological male Blaire Fleming.
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Jessica Norton's family has challenged anti-trans laws in Florida. Her trans daughter's school records were raided by armed police after she was accepted by the volleyball team. Now, they need to flee. I don't do GFM posts on here, but if anyone deserves it, it's this family.
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Sometimes reading male clinicians reports of borderline patients really feels like "but I'm the fancy important doctor how dare she not like me back".
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We’re not opposing Starmer on welfare and benefits because we’re ‘not giving Labour a chance.’ We’re opposing him because he hasn’t shown a single sign of changing the harsh, evidence-free sanctions regime that’s contributed to the untimely deaths of many people we care about.
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"Gender Critical" nurses feel "ostracised, dehumanised", from being given a special "GC changing room" to change in. What they wanted was the trans nurse to be ostracised and dehumanised, but that didn't happen so they're upset
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Ongoing and recent reforms justified through deferring to unevidenced negative public perception of social workers include Early Career Framework, Readiness for Professional Practice, NAAS, Frontline, Think Ahead, Step Up, What Works Centre, Chief SWs, KSS, Social Work England...
"The Social Work Public Perception Myth". My new article just published in @BJofSW. Very proud of this one as it relates to an issue that I have long pondered but never interrogated (until now...) OPEN ACCESS! https://t.co/opntiwd3lZ
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the whole idea that small fees are an influence on behaviour quite obviously only applies to people for whom small fees aren't actually small fees, but a significant financial deterrent. be more honest to say you believe 'we need to make poor people go to their gp less.'
@LeftieStats A small fee for the GP would cut out a lot of waste
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Marieha Hussain's full statement outside court today I must start by thanking God for giving me the patience and strength to withstand the trials and tribulations of the last 10 months. It has led me to my outstanding legal team who defended me, CAGE who have advocated for me
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When you're trying to remain positive but one (1) inconvenient thing happens.
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I wonder how many lives would be saved if mental health services learned to recognise the subtle signs of an impending suicide. Y'know, like, when someone goes to them for help & says "I feel suicidal" or "I want to die" or "I'm going to kill myself".. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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