Saturday, July 30, 2022
"When I became equalities minister in early 2020, the NHS gender identity service for young people was presented to me by government officials as a positive medical provision to support children."
This day in Herstory: Emily Jane Brontë, born July 30, 1818 (died December 19, 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius. Emily was the second-youngest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. (more)
US - The Beginning of the End of 'Gender-Affirming Care'?
Britain is closing the infamous Tavistock Centre. Finland and Sweden have radically revised their treatment guidelines. But American doctors are advertising surgeries to children on TikTok.
From Common Sense (USA)
By Lisa Selin Davis
July 30, 2022
Over the past three decades, the Gender and Identity Development Service at the Tavistock Clinic in London has seen thousands of British children for gender dysphoria, with a British minister noting a more than 4,000 percent increase of referrals for girls alone in the last decade. But on Thursday, Britain’s National Health Service announced that it was closing down Tavistock for good—and, in effect, rebuking the common American medical approach known as “gender-affirming care” for treating children with gender dysphoria. This can include a mix of puberty suppressants, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries, interventions in minors that can lead to irreversible effects. ... read full article
US - “Mermaids Must Fall Next”: Is UK Trans Charity Mermaids To Blame For Tavistock?
From REDUXX (USA)
By Shay Woulahan
July 30, 2022
Social media users have called for the UK-based trans activist charity Mermaids to be shut down following an announcement that the Tavistock Gender Identity clinic will close its doors by Spring 2023.
On July 27, it was announced that the National Health Service’s only gender identity clinic that provides medical transition services for children will close. The news followed a damning investigation into the Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) that was released in March of this year. ... read full article
US - The Debate On Transgender Athletes Is Fundamentally About Fairness
Science tells us that there are biological differences between women and transgender women. Allowing them to compete together is unfair to those born as women and the fear of even discussing this issue is unhealthy for our society.
From Fair Observer (USA)
By Jennifer Wider
July 30, 2022
Amidst the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US engaged in a national debate on who was eligible to compete in women’s sports. As a country which was founded on the principle of “all men are created equal,” most would argue that this rule never applied to women and minorities. Over time, the US has striven to become a more inclusive country. Both women and minorities have the vote. Many have risen to top positions in the country. Even with all of these achievements, the road to equality for female athletes has been incredibly bumpy and many would argue we aren’t there yet. ... read full article
US - Transgender Cheerleader Kicked Out of Cheer Camp After Reportedly Choking Out Female Teammate
From REDUXX (USA)
By Reduxx Team
July 30, 2022
A trans-identified male cheerleader was given a criminal citation and removed from a Texas cheerleading camp after allegedly ‘choking out’ a female team member following comments over his gender identity.
On July 23, a Facebook post went viral in which a trans-identified male cheerleader claimed he had been kicked out of a cheer camp at Ranger College, a community college in Texas, after experiencing an incident of transphobia and racism. Averie Chanel Medlock, born Dmontrey Duval Satchell, posted a lengthy statement accusing cheerleading teammates and the College of discrimination. ... read full article
US - Political correctness helped turn monkeypox into a global emergency
Early monkeypox cases spread through close contact at "circuit parties" attended by gay men, but some media outlets, worried about homophobia, shied away from reporting the full truth.
From New York Post (USA)
By David Kaufman
July 30, 2022
In late May, Conde Nast’s LGBT site them.us went out of its way to distance a nascent viral scourge known as monkeypox from the main demographic who was catching it — gay men.
The piece headlined, “The Monkeypox Virus Is Affecting Queer Men, but Has Nothing to Do With Being Queer,” stated that “while a large fraction of those infected in [the] current global outbreak identify as gay or bisexual men… there is no correlation between the identity and the illness.
“Blaming the gay community or gay behavior,” it concluded, “is not sound public health.” ... read full article
US - Trans Redditor Was Behind US Supreme Court Justice Assassination Attempt
From REDUXX (USA)
By Genevieve Gluck
July 30, 2022
Newly-released court documents have revealed that the California man behind an assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identified as transgender and used the name “Sophie” on social media. Nicholas John Roske, 26, was indicted on charges of attempted assassination on June 15.
Roske traveled from Simi Valley to Chevy Chase, Maryland on June 8 with the intention of murdering Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home. At approximately 1 a.m., Roske pulled up to Kavanaugh’s home with a black suitcase that included a legally purchased Glock 17 pistol and ammunition, tactical gear, pepper spray, a thermal monocular, a laser, and burglary tools. ... read full article
US - Oklahoma Public Schools Making Student Athletes Complete ‘Biological Sex Affidavits’
From Sports Illustrated (USA)
By MIKE MCDANIEL
July 30, 2022
The state of Oklahoma will require students from kindergarten to college to complete “biological sex affidavits” to compete in school sports.
The decision to complete the affidavits come on the heels of a ban of transgender girls and women competing on female sports teams that went into effect earlier this year. Instead, transgender athletes are required to compete with teams associated with their sex assigned at birth if they want to compete in athletics in Oklahoma.
The “biological sex affidavit” for Woodall Public School in Tahlequah, Okla. was revealed on social media on Thursday. The document requires parents or guardians to attest to their child’s sex assigned at birth. The response is required to be notarized.
... read full article
Women’s March Attacks Feminists, Supported a Pedophile Who Heckled Rape Survivor
From REDUXX (USA)
By Reduxx Team
July 29, 2022
On of the largest women’s rights activist organizations in the United States has come under fire for a series of social media posts attacking feminists who advocate for single sex spaces. But as the backlash has continued to swell, many are pointing to the group’s history of platforming dangerous males.
On July 20, the official Women’s March Twitter account sparked widespread discussion after posting a series of tweets attacking “TERFs” and asserting that males could become women. ... read full article
UK - Doomed UK Trans Kids Clinic Left ‘Thousands of Damaged Children’ In Its Wake
From Breitbart (USA)
By Jack Montgomery
July 30, 2022
The Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), England’s hub for child gender reassignment which has been ordered to close down, is said to have left “thousands of damaged children” in its wake.
Currently subject to an investigation as a result of whistleblowers, parents, and patients accusing it of rushing children, particularly girls, into medical treatment for supposed gender dysphoria, the Tavistock is now set to be shut down by Spring 2023 after the paediatrician leading the investigation announced some of her recommendations early — most notably that GIDS is “not a safe or viable long-term option” for its patients and should be replaced. ... read full article
UK - The Tavistock scandal shows the dangers of civil service groupthink
I was advised not to listen to Keira’s harrowing story but I overruled that: ministers must overcome obstacles to find the truth
From The Sunday Times (UK)
Kemi Badenoch
July 30, 2022
Government ministers have difficult decisions to make, often between options where the best course of action is unclear. Some decisions, however, are simple. They are about right and wrong. Last week’s decision to shut the Tavistock clinic is one such example.
When I became equalities minister in early 2020, the NHS gender identity service (GIDS) for young people was presented to me by government officials as a positive medical provision to support children. I was assured that was there “nothing to see here”, if anything, the Tavistock was getting unfair press. This was despite whistleblowers like Dr David Bell already raising concerns about practices at the clinic. ... read full article
UK - The Tavistock gender clinic to be closed down: our response
From Transgender Trend (UK)
By Transgender Trend
July 30, 2022
We welcome the news that the Tavistock gender clinic is to be closed down and replaced with regional services by Spring 2023. The treatment of gender dysphoric children will be integrated within other paediatric mental health services to ensure the same standards of care as for any other child accessing mental health care services. The separation of gender dysphoria into a specialist area has led to the profound failings of a service which has replaced normal levels of care with a fast-track medical transition service for ‘trans kids.’ ... read full article
UK - The Tavistock transgender clinic may have closed, but the fight isn’t over
Clinicians ushered distressed children into irreversible medical treatment. There won’t be justice unless we learn from its horrors
From The Telegraph (UK)
By NIKKI DA COSTA
July 30, 2022
This week the tide turned on an ideology that has ruined lives. There is a chance to start afresh, particularly if other parties find the courage to speak out.
It was announced that the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock, responsible for treating children with gender distress – discomfort with their bodies and biological sex – will close next spring. The Cass Review found that it was not a “safe or viable long-term option”. ... read full article
UK - Times letters: Closure of the Tavistock gender clinic
From The Times (UK)
Letters to the Editor
July 30, 2022
Sir, Dr Hilary Cass’s report marks an important chapter in a long history of mistreatment of children and young people with gender dysphoria who were put on a medical pathway with insufficient exploration and often little consideration of consent (reports and leading article, Jul 29). The complete lack of any follow-up of those who have undergone what can only be regarded as experimental treatment is lamentable. Staff who raised concerns were intimidated. ... read full content
UK - More time was spent assessing facelifts than on life-changing decisions over vulnerable kids, Tavistock's former staff governor reveals
Dr David Bell is the ex-staff Governor at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
He says many staff came to him with 'disturbing claims' about harm to children
Few children were in a position to weigh up the pros and cons of their treatment
Latter included sterility, sexual dysfunction and psychological consequences
From Daily Mail (UK)
By DR DAVID BELL
July 30, 2022
Dr David Bell, former staff Governor at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust said staff came to him with 'disturbing' concerns
Four years ago I compiled a report raising very serious concerns about the gender identity service known as GIDS at the Tavistock.
Around one third of its staff had come to me with some disturbing claims about the harm being caused to children. ... read full article
UK - Teachers ‘need new gender identity rules’
From The Sunday Times (UK)
By Lucy Bannerman
July 30, 2022
The government must publish new guidance on how teachers should manage a growing number of requests from pupils to change their names and genders to stop “schools acting as pipelines” for gender identity clinics, a parents’ group has said.
The Bayswater Support Group, which represents parents whose children identify as transgender, welcomed the news that the NHS’s main gender identity clinic for children will be shut down over safety concerns. ... read full article
UK - Minister’s transgender clinic probe led to civil service ‘obstruction’
Kemi Badenoch, former equalities minister, claimed her enquiries into Tavistock child gender identity clinic were hampered by leaks
From The Telegraph (UK)
By Will Hazell
July 30, 2022
Civil servants obstructed attempts by a minister to get to the bottom of events at the Tavistock child gender identity clinic, it has been alleged.
Kemi Badenoch, former equalities minister, claimed that officials told her not to meet whistleblowers and child patients while undermining her enquiries with leaks. ... read full article
UK - What they did was despicable...I should never have changed gender at 16: Brave young woman reveals her story after damning report finally forced the closure of the controversial Tavistock clinic
Keira Bell was given drugs aged 16 by clinic doctors to pause her development
Six years later and following a double mastectomy, she regretted the situation
In 2020 she took Tavistock's Gender Identity Service to the High Court and won
Keira wants doctors to stop prescribing drugs to children with gender dysphoria
The Tavistock clinic has now been ordered to close following a damning report
From Daily Mail (UK)
By SANCHEZ MANNING
July 30, 2022
When it emerged this week that the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust was being ordered to close its gender identity service (GIDS), it was a particularly personal victory for one young woman.
Indeed, as Keira Bell admits today, it felt as if David had finally slayed Goliath. Two years ago, Keira, now 25, stood on the steps of the High Court after winning her case against GIDS to stop children with gender dysphoria being prescribed puberty-halting drugs. ... read full article
UK - Senior Whitehall officials accused of wasting time on 'woke projects'
Six permanent secretaries are working to promote issues such as race, gender, age and LGBT rights on top of their official duties
From The Telegraph (UK)
By Steven Edginton
July 30, 2022
Six of Whitehall’s most senior officials have been accused of wasting time on "woke projects" after their roles as Civil Service diversity and inclusion champions were exposed.
Permanent secretaries at half a dozen government departments are working to promote issues such as race, gender, age and LGBT rights, on top of their official duties advising ministers and running their departments. ... read full article
UK - How Stonewall turned against gay rights
With friends like this, who needs homophobes?
From Spiked (UK)
By ANDREW DOYLE
July 30, 2022
If Stonewall isn’t yet dead, it must surely be on life-support.
This week the UK’s foremost LGBT charity was found not to have induced the Garden Court Chambers to discriminate against one of its members, the barrister Allison Bailey. At the same time, the court found that having followed Stonewall’s advice, the chambers had acted unlawfully, and awarded Bailey £22,000 in damages. If this is a victory for Stonewall, it is certainly of the Pyrrhic kind. ... read full article
UK - Blowing Down the House of Cards: Bailey, Cass, Duffield
A week in which things began to move
From Letters from Suzanne (UK)
By Suzanne Moore
July 29, 2022
Don’t just read this. I mean don’t only read this if you want to know what’s going on. “Whoever controls the narrative controls the world”.
Here is one narrative.
Right now, the house of cards that is “gender ideology” is toppling over and some sanity is being restored to the whole shebang. Allison Bailey is allowed to think what she likes and believe what she believes and should not be discriminated against for this. ... read full article