On another excitingly sleek episode of everyone’s fourth-or-fifth favourite trans news podcast, our plucky hosts Ashleigh and Flint go over:
- Ashleigh describes the challenges she experienced on the day of recording. Don’t worry, this segment is (intended to be) funny.
- A three-strike Pond Hoppin’, including Medicaid, the WBNA and oh no, not Dolly AND Tim! 🙁
- Changes happening to adult gender waiting lists.
- A short insert talking about the Welsh Gender Clinics and their cancellations of surgeries, as first reported by us and our comrades at QueerAF: Link below!
- A continental platter of several international organisations expressing concern with the direction of travel in the UK for trans people.
- We round things off with our usual blast of Trans Joy.
References
Pond Hoppin’
Medicaid
New Mexico to fund gender-affirming care for minors after federal Medicaid cut
WNBA
The transgender controversy surrounding the WNBA – BBC Sport
Liberty send a jumbotron message to trans fans during game against Sophie Cunningham and Fever
Anti-trans hate came to the WNBA. Fans are fighting back | Xtra Magazine
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbvzUCKRLEr
Former NBA players not eligible for WNBA, sources say | CNN
Dolly Parton
Why Dolly Parton decided to give Austin drag queen Brigitte Bandit a rhinestoned guitar
UK Waitlists
Reply from Arden & Gem/GDNRSS about waitlist : r/transgenderUK
NHS Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Services
Gender National Referral Support Service
We feel the URL spells this one out well enough: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/operational-and-delivery-review-of-nhs-adult-gender-dysphoria-clinics-in-england/#referrals-and-waiting-lists
Wales
Lancet
Attacks on LGBTQ+ health are a threat to all – The Lancet – This article is itself absolutely packed with links and references as well as being a good read. Would recommend.
United Nations
Amnesty (the good one)
Amnesty International exposed years of anti-trans reporting at four UK newspapers. They ignored it.
Amnesty (the bad one)
