I made this video ‘Three Stories of Trans Desistance’ so as to remind parents that there are many, many ways out of gender. It’s not a one size fits all scenario
Well whaddayaknow, we were right and they were wrong.
"The Tavistock clinic faces a complete overhaul after a review found that its gender identity services are “not a safe or viable long-term option” for children and young people."
This violent & deeply disturbed individual should never have been placed in the women's prison.
Women in prison are among the most vulnerable in society. Shame on the Irish judicial system
Great! The HSE have stopped funding TENI (Irelands answer to Mermaids). They're clearly rattled by the dreadful accounting from TENI and the many stories about the massive problems associated with Pediatric transition. Onward and upward we go, the trans wall is finally crumbling!
"When Kids Say They're Trans" was published today and the TRAs responded the same way they did to
@AbigailShrier
; with 1 star reviews saying that it was transphobic. Book sales are going very well though...
The 4 year old needs to be taught by adults that he’s a boy and that he can’t change sex; that he can’t fly because of gravity; that he can’t run across the road because of dangerous cars; that he can’t always get what he wants, because that’s life.
A FOUR YEAR OLD boy joining school as a girl. All adults involved in this should be in prison. Utterly sick of this. He is four years old. He can no more make decisions about his gender identity than can my cat. This is an entirely adult led process and it needs to stop…
Delighted to see that the use of puberty blockers in the Irish children’s gender service is to be reviewed. 10 years too late of course, but great to finally see it happen
@MickBarryTD
Mick, you need to take this tweet down immediately. I have sent you an email clarifying the context of this quote.
I was saying that I did have sympathy and empathy for transpeople however I was not forcing anyone else to have sympathy and empathy
@hatpinwoman
can you clarify?
Sensitivity readers are just a 21st century form of censorship.
Passages not written by Roald Dahl have been added by the sensitivity readers. Sentences have been deleted and/or edited.
Writers need to fight back against censorship from sensitivity readers
Now that they have been forced to acknowledge the truth maybe BBC Newsnight will have
@Glinner
back on and give him the interview he should have been given 4 years ago?
🧵Anonymous accounts are running a smear campaign against me pretending I'm in favour of transing kids.
Not only is this untrue, it's never been true.
I challenge anyone to find, among the 1000s of words & 100s of hours of content that I've put out, one single example of this1/6
The schools in Sweden have remained open over the last year despite closures everywhere else. This study shows that no Swedish child died with Covid during this time. And no major elevatation of rates of transmission among teachers
When are the
@guardian
going to reveal the results of their Person of the Year competition? I think
@jk_rowling
will have got the most votes. Surely they won't suppress this?!
I'm pink with pride that I was a co-writer of this letter that was written to enable people to support
@jk_rowling
. Tom Stoppard! Ian McEwan! Frances Barber! Griff Rhys Jones! AND there are other more famous people who wish to add their names!!
When are the rest of the Irish media going to report on this medical scandal? Or will they continue to act as cowards and then bleat about 'hiding in plain sight' after the event?
I found this piece about the smear campaign against me driven by activists who have no interest in human decency, truth or reflection really difficult to write. I'd appreciate if people could share it.
Part 1: Telling the Truth in a Time of Deceit
Very best wishes to the women gathering in Belfast today to speak about women’s rights. It's a sad reflection of this movement that women speaking about their wants & needs has been branded as 'hate'.
#LetWomenSpeakBelfast
#LetWomenSpeak
I've made my position on conversion therapy very clear many times. I am fully against conversion therapy.
I don't think any therapist should have an agenda nor a planned outcome for therapy. I think we should be exploratory & willing to engage in a gentle & compassionate process
I wonder how the bould Judge Tayler is feeling now? When this famous tide comes back in, Tayler's dreadful comment that Maya's views on sex were "not worthy of respect" will be remembered as one of the lowest points of this unfolding medical and cutural scandal
We really need to educate the public about autogynephilia. This lady would not have recounted her anecdote about Jan Morris if she knew what AGP was. She would have understood what was going on.
"There was an understanding back then. This has been set up as a war."
JK Rowling and figures similar to her are turning the discussion over hate speech towards trans people into a culture war says
@y_alibhai
on
#TimesRadio
.
This man is performing a sexual fetish in front of children. The parents should pull their kids out of the school until the staff meet their responsibilities and provide education in a safe and appropriate environment.
An Ontario secondary school will lock all exterior doors and require all students and visitors to use an intercom system to enter the school in order to "uphold the individual rights" of a male shop teacher who wears enormous prosthetic breasts in class
The number of kids prescribed puberty blockers has doubled since July 2022, when the NHS England agreed that hormone blockers should only be prescribed as part of clinical trials, “due to the significant uncertainties surrounding the use of hormone treatments”.
This demonstrates…
I don’t understand why KJK can’t just leave other trans-critical people alone? Why does she need my work – and Genspect’s work - to align with hers? What's wrong with having a different focus?
Kjk is focused on highlighting the problems with autogynephilia by having…
It may intensify distress in the short term. However, for society to work properly, language needs to be accurate. Breast feeding is the accurate term; chest feeding is inaccurate. Also, in the long term, it is healthier for gender distressed people to learn to live with reality
Advice on pregnancy-related language from the APA: "The use of gendered terminology (eg ‘she,’ ‘mom,’ ‘breasts’) intensifies gender-related psychological distress for transgender pregnant people. The term “chestfeeding” may be used as an inclusive term."
This person inciting violence against women spent 30 years in jail for attempted murder, kidnap and torture. Why was he invited as an official speaker?!
An official speaker on the stage of an event promoted by
@MayorofLondon
(‘I will always be on your side’) with police watching. Organisers proudly posted this afterwards. The speaker is a violent ex-con, friend of several Labour MPs. This is the UK’s shame
Really excellent article by Brendan O'Neill in
@spikedonline
If you ever want to know what's going on in the mind of an anorexic or gender dysphoric person, ask them to tell you about their inner voice.
Invariably they are ruled by a tyrannical, spiteful, self-destructive…
Sweden stopping the use of puberty blockers feels like that moment in 1989 when the East German politician announced that anyone could cross the Berlin Wall without a permit ... PUUULLLL
16 and 17-year-oldhaving their breasts removed in Scotland. Personally speaking, I was absolutely nuts when I was 16 and 17. I was filled with passion, intensity and emotion and, looking back, I wouldn't trust the young me to decide on anything long-term
This is an absolutely disgraceful remark from a TD who should know better.
Dr Paul Moran has over 25 years experience working in this field. Dr Hilary Cass and her team spent 4 years carrying out meticulous research.
@neasa_neasa
“has a professional background as a specialist…
Speaking up about this issue is exhausting and often frightening but I've made a lot of unexpected and beautiful friendships. Hanging out with my pal
@KLBfax
today was lovely and heart warming
I'm thrilled - and relieved- to see the
@nytimes
finally acknowledging the issues involving pediatric medical transition. Don't worry too much about being late- we always knew you'd get there eventually!
Bang! 4 out of 4 media outlets have now deleted their inappropriate articles.
And there is more to come.
The silent majority are angry and sick of lies by trolls and activists.
#TheTideIsTurning
I don't think the impact of Stephanie Hayden on people's perception of
@glinner
can be overestimated. The only thing good about the fiasco at the Fringe festival is that it highlighted the situation
Lots of teenagers I work with are under the misapprehension that there are all these golden people out there living golden lives. They have NO IDEA that distress is part of the human condition
I was on
@SkyNewsAust
last night speaking about
@genspect
and the many issues related to medical transitioning children. Blocking sexual development & genital growth is a brutal, experimental treatment path. We will one day look back on this with horror
I just finished Elliot Page's strange and sad book. Crippled by anxiety, homophobia apparently ruined her life till 2014. Then transphobia came along. Even the simple pleasure of loving her dog is described as "obsessed so much it hurts"
I wish this would happen in Ireland. My 89 year old mother is in hospital atm, the mixed ward thing just feels needlessly uncomfortable, never mind the more serious risks
Still nobody is acknowledging the elephant in the room:
This is extreme body modification unsupported by quality research & should be paid for privately.
This is not medicine & it should not be publicly funded via
@rte
The thing that I don't understand is that if Mermaids now say they believe no one can be born in the wrong body, why was I attacked by activists when I said exactly this a year ago?
What a mess. The mother thinks she's being supportive by calling her distressed child "it". But she's not being supportive, she's enabling the kid into self-destructive behaviour.
Calling a person "it" is the definition of dehumanising behaviour and it is inadevertently abusive.…
Only the Cult of Transgenderism would celebrate a mentally unwell teenager, adopting a Queer identity..
The Cult of Transgenderism is full of sexually deviant adults who brainwash vulnerable Children..
The Karolinska Hospital in Sweden has issued a policy statement regarding treatment of gender dysphoric minors at its pediatric gender services division. This policy ends the practice of prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors <16. /1
Hi
@DymphnaNugent
and
@WaterfordNS
the content of your article is completely wrong. Myself and
@RachelRMoran
did not mention trans issues even once during our talk at the festival. Our talk was about 'sex and Intimacy' and
@ATNfestival
will be able to confirm this
Thank God for
@jk_rowling
she has shown extraordinary grace under pressure. As JK says, when this scandal breaks - and it will - none of you can say "I didn't know."
‘NHS identity clinics have been functioning as if acting outside the ordinary requirement of good medical and psychiatric practice.’
Some may dismiss this paper by experienced psychoanalyst
@marcusevanspsych
, but they do so at their own peril.
1/4
Reminder that media outlets operate under a self imposed guideline to call male sexual predators ‘she/her’.
If they wanted to, they could liberate themselves today and start publishing the actual news, without fear or favour
A man exposes his penis and pleasures himself in front of 2 young girls.
In court, and in the press, they pretend he is a woman.
His demands are more important than the girls' reality.
Transgender ideology is society's sickness.
If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.
I was watching Father Ted last night & thinking about how merciless Graham Linehan was about the Catholic church in the 1990s. He was equally merciless in his humour during the abortion debate -and again with trans activists these days. But in 2021 merciless comedy is forbidden1/
I'm proud to be a signatory on this letter. The attacks against
@jk_rowling
have been astonishing
An Open Letter to the Society of Authors re Joanne Harris, by
@bindelj
It is essential that
@rte
don't bow to the pressure from
@DublinPride
. Open dialogue is the lynchpin of civilised society. If
@rteliveline
isn't free to discuss whatever issues that are raised by the public then we are living in a totalitarian state
The HSE's decision to continue using the services of the disgraced Tavistock will not age well. This service is already the subject of a public enquiry in the UK and everyone working in this field is aware that the service is poor 1/3
I'll be on
@TimesRadio
at 6.15pm explaining why it's not good that a 73 year old was cautioned by police for taking a photo of a sticker.
"It's not the job of the police to decide that taking a photo is a hate crime."
Osteoporosis is rampant among trans identified females, so much so that companies are cashing in and offering rainbow coloured walking sticks for these 20-somethings. Many of them end up in wheelchairs.
From
@Glinner
's book, re the Harry Potters
"If I were a star who had never shown any ability to act past the pre-pubescent level that got me into the business, I’d be keeping my head down, not signing statements insinuating that my old mentor was a bigot"
This is so important. With the numbers of detransitioners increasing every day, the entire system now needs to be scrutinised. And this Judiical Review will do just that. All we've ever needed was sunlight on this issue
I'm pleased to announce that we will be launching a Judicial Review against the UK's Adult Gender Clinics.
The review aims to challenge the failure of the NHS to provide appropriate treatment and safeguards for adults suffering from gender dysphoria.
Very disappointed to see this needless troublemaking from Kellie Jay. For the record, it’s a laughable accusation. I’m the hardest working psychotherapist I know; I don’t have a rich husband & I have done thousands & thousands of hours of clinical work. There are many ways to…
This is an extraordinary amount of money. Could
@rodericogorman
please ensure that
@genspect
receives some of this funding as we provide subsidised therapy for detransitioners and nobody else does
Pleased to announce the LGBTQI+ community services fund call today. With €900,000 being made available, this funding will promote inclusion, protect rights and improve the quality of life and well-being for LGBTQI+ people in Ireland.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Fantastic to see two letters in the Irish Times this morning highlighting the potential farce that would unfold if we have a referendum about women and gender when we haven't figured out what either word means
Great post from Mumsnet re JK Rowling: "It's quite remarkable that she wrote a series of books where the hero is standing up against authoritarian lies, telling the truth even when subjected to opprobium for it, fighting lies
It felt like the Lancet's dehumanisation of women was the cherry on the cake of a horrible week... but then, after I had a hot chocolate and biscuits and read all the comments, I suddenly felt much better..
Women 1: Lancet 0
Our new issue is here! On the cover—'Periods on display' and the cultural movement against menstrual shame and
#PeriodPoverty
.
Plus,
@WHO
air quality guidelines, low
#BackPain
management, community-acquired bacterial
#meningitis
, and more. Read:
Not enough people know that binders lead to mastectomies.
Binders cause long term pain and binders deform the breasts. Consequently they are a direct road to mastectomies.
There's one of these exact posts on Reddit FtM every 2 days.
Those are just the ones we know of.
#binding
is destroying thousands of young women's health.
@GCraughwell
@KarSugrue
I can meet you & introduce you to detransitioners & families who have been ripped apart by gender ideology & are furious with the Irish trans lobby groups. I can introduce you to Irish parents whose kids were socially transitioned by the school without the parents' knowledge
Very heartening to see a journalist doing his job, pretty demoralising to see
@rodericogorman
rolling his eyes dismissively at such an important question
We need to protect gender diverse kids, not fast track them on to medicalisation
Irish Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman says he's "not disputing" that there is limited evidence about the safety of hormone blockers for "trans children." Question by
@Ben_Scallan
.
#gript
@MaryButlerTD
I've spoken to countless people with gender dysphoria. The vast majority of them move beyond it - like I did.
I've also spoken to many detransitioners. You should too, Deputy Butler. Their lived experiences will give you pause for thought.
"I'm not 'she' you f**king cunt!"
This clip shows the horrible behaviour of activists that happened when we were making the film Trans Kids in 2018. The activists were invited to debate but instead chose to attack 1/5
We have found an alternative venue for our cancelled Edinburgh fringe show. 🥳
Ticket holders will be informed of the address on the day of the performance.
Pharisees need not attend.
I agree with Carol Nolan TD, the result of these referenda constitute a political earthquake for Ireland. The ordinary people are saying No, No to the rubbish, deceptive, dishonest posturing from the political classes. I'm so proud to be Irish today 💚🇮🇪
Well done Irish medics! Thankfully the reckless Tavistock has been booted out the door. This is great news for Ireland; the medical war has been won. The blue-haired culture war will undoubtedly go on and on (via
@thejournal_ie
)
Delighted to be vindicated, just one week after
@ATNfestival
said they don't agree with my views, with a MULTITUDE of articles about the Irish Tavistock! What don't ATN agree with?!
@EilisOHanIon
remembers how people were dismissed in past scandals
I favour Gender Exploratory Therapy because it is based upon the reasonable belief that it is more beneficial to have reflected upon our inner motivations before making any big decisions.
@GETAtherapy
@PantiBliss
Rory, on I've been giving voice to women who are forced to endure trans-id male sex offenders in prison and the threats and assaults of trans-id men in what were once women's hostels. I'm sad you find that "funny". (BTW I wear a fedora, not a trilby.)
The Dutch Protocol is the basis on which the entire puberty blocking experiment rests.
For this experiment they used two scales, a boy scale and a girl scale and these two scales asked very different questions. 1/4
Before intervention, they assessed children using a sex-congruent GD scale.
Post-intervention they switch to the opposite sex scale.
Does this accurately assess changes in the participants’ gender dysphoria?
@RethinkIME
@stellaomalley3
@genspect
100% of transwomen in the Irish female prison system are in for violent assault/ sex offences.... yet 95% of women in the Irish female prison system are in for petty crime. Female prisoners are among the most vulnerable in society. It is our job to protect them
This person, who has been convicted of a violent assault, will now be in female crime statistics and will be held in a women's prison.
They assaulted 3 different men, 1 man who was punched in the face
Meanwhile Barbie Kardashian – the homicidal transwoman who plans to rape and murder people, is in danger of being housed in the female prison. Shame on
@irishtimes
for your lack of investigation into this mess – you are guilty of reprehensible, craven and cowardly groupthink
Happy to see that both
@breakingnewsie
and
@Waterfordnews1
have deleted their incorrect articles. Looking forward to the apologies. Please, if you're a journalist writing an article, make a simple phone call, send an email; do a basic fact check
#FactsMatter
The more people misuse the term 'far right', the less able society will be able to figure out who is far right/right wing/centrist/left wing/far left.
Accuracy matters, you're dead right
@CharlieFlanagan
"I don't make any apologies": Irish government TD and former Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan says that a woman is "an adult female human," and that the label "far-right" is too often "bandied about" in modern politics. Interview by
@Ben_Scallan
.
#gript
Wow, we've been waiting for this study since 2014. FINALLY, the Dutch have published a follow-up to their initial experiment that used puberty blockers to block 70 adolescents' sexual development. One of the 70 children died, 15 dropped out of the study.
Great investigative journalism by Gary Kavanagh. Thankfully the Irish College of GPs have realised the many mistakes in their newly published transgender guidelines and theyve removed it from their website
@TimesRadio
@y_alibhai
If
@y_alibhai
knew that autogynephilia is a sexual disorder which leads heterosexual men to become erotically fixated by the thoughts of themselves as women then she wouldn’t recount her anecdote about Jan Morris so happily. She would realise what was going on
This is my interview on Newstalk this morning explaining why children should never been put on such a damaging and experimental treatment path. I'm angry!
BREAKING:
@NeYoCompound
defends his statements on transitioning children. “I will never be okay with allowing a child to make a decision that detrimental to their life.”
Brilliant piece by Brendan O’Neill in the
@spectator
. Puberty blockers should never have been prescribed for tweens and teens with gender dysphoria. The very idea of blocking sexual development in an adolescent is barbaric
It was
@Glinner
’s generosity that got him the reputation of being ‘obsessed’. He was kind enough to accept the countless requests to shine a spotlight on trans-related issues all day every day. His account was like a gender HQ in 2018, 2019 so inevitably he became consumed by it,…
Something else re
@Glinner
He used his platform to shine a light on the terrifying harassment my family experienced.
Only him,
@JNHanvey
& JKRowling. No other famous left-wing name or feminist acknowledged or reached out to offer support. What genuine solidarity looks like.