On this fortnight’s edition of What the Trans, Ashleigh and Flint go through:
- Scotland’s GIC “pauses” all surgical referrals for patients under 25.
- Google providing thousands of dollars of free advertising to three anti-trans groups.
- A cis woman being sent to a men’s prison due to her “masculine features”.
- Our regular jaunt to Loser’s Corner, and:
- A discussion about being trans and disabled, spurred on by the appointment of Dr Simon Wessely as chair of the Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board.
References:
Chalmers GIC
Pinkwashing Defence Companies
There’s No Place for Arms Companies in LGBT+ Liberation
2024 Finalists – LGBTQ+ Defence Awards
Top 12 Network Group or ERG 2024 – British LGBT Awards
Raytheon engineer Matthew on embracing and creating queer spaces – Attitude
Google Gifting Ad Space to Anti-Trans Groups
EXCLUSIVE: Google charity program gifted years of free ads to prominent anti-trans organizations
Asexual People & Discrimination
Asexual people face vast and shocking discrimination in healthcare and work
Anti-trans movement has a new target: The asexual community
https://files.stonewall.org.uk/production/files/ace_in_the_uk_report_2023.pdf?dm=1725385212
Cis Woman Sent to Male Prison
https://archive.ph/7YuVP (Archive link – Telegraph article)
Wes Streetings’ Questionable Meetings
Nurses meet Wes Streeting over single-sex changing rooms
Mermaids
Mermaids’ statement on the Charity Commission report’s findings
Poor governance at Mermaids amounted to mismanagement, inquiry reveals – GOV.UK
Charity Inquiry: Mermaids – GOV.UK
Loser’s Corner
U.K. Teacher Who Outed Trans Student Banned From Teaching in England “Indefinitely” | Them
Teacher barred ‘indefinitely’ after sending transphobic tweets – Manchester Evening News
Simon Wessely
NHS commissioning » Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board
Letter to the Prime Minister – reconsider of the appointment of Professor Simon Wessely – Inclusion London (From 2017, contains history and useful links)
