On this, it must be said, heavier than usual episode, our hosts Ashleigh and Flint go over:
- Tough news from the US Supreme Court and their recent regressive ruling on Title IX, allowing state’s sports bans for trans players (mostly trans women).
- The UK’s new draft conversion therapy ban and the loopholes large enough to drive a bus through.
- More changes within the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial.
- Scottish Prisons now being told to house trans women on the male estate and vice versa, thanks to a case brought by For Women Scotland.
- For our Meat this fortnight, we look at the story of one family deeply affected by the puberty blocker ban and anonymously interview one parent about the experience of having a trans child in this landscape and the help that was offered to them by WellBN.
References
Pond Hoppin’
Supreme Court Rules Title IX Means “Biological Sex” In Devastating Anti-Trans Ruling
Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls’ sports : NPR
A conservative Supreme Court tackles the question of trans women in school sports
Conversion Practices Ban
Draft Conversion Practices Bill – GOV.UK
Change Labour Party Manifesto 2024
Draft Conversion Practices Bill – Hansard
Government pushes forward with conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people from abuse – GOV.UK
Britain Still Has Conversion Therapists. Here’s Why. – Philosophy Tube
General Synod fringe event about Conversion Therapy | Thinking Anglicans
Archbishops threatened to cancel ‘disgusting’ conversion therapy event – Telegraph article. Archive link
PATHWAYS
Puberty blocker trial will help reduce harm, says Cass report author – BBC News
PATHWAYS TRIAL | King’s College London
Update on the PATHWAYS clinical trial – GOV.UK
Scottish Prisons
Housing trans inmates in women’s jails ‘unlawful’, judge rules | UK News
Times article – Archive link
Loser’s Corner
Nancy Mace mocked online after posting about ‘trans’ mice in research | The Independent
Text of TRANS MICE Act (congress.gov)
Using Animal Models for Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy – PMC
The Meat – WellBN
@fiercemum.bsky.social on Bluesky
Update Post by @fiercemum.bsky.social
Patient Safety Investigation WellBN General Practice | ICB – Surrey and
Going deeper – What really happened at WellBN
WellBN “alleviated the distress” of children “in the short term” by providing puberty blockers
