Congrats!

A critical investigation, which will provide, for some, a devastating set of predictions on waiting times for NHS help for their transition.

I hope it will be another piece of journalism that you can use to fight back 👇

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Remarkable intervention, from a figure of seniority that we haven't seen in what feels like years, she added:

"I'm a woman, I'm a feminist and I see absolutely no contradiction in being a woman and also supporting the trans community"
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Jess got this in-depth, critical piece out, within six hours of this complicated ruling - and as the only Trans+ person to be commisioned in the entire UK media to do so - did a better job in that short time than the rest of the media has done since

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Congrats Jess 👏

This piece of journalism absolutely rocked, and continues to inform, deliver and help people understand the ramifications.

The media and law sectors are vastly better with @jessothomson.co.uk's work, challenging them to be and do better 💪

You, absolutely rock, and the media and law sectors are vastly better with your work challenging them to be and do better. Congrats Jess 👏

False balance is the concept that is also sometimes known as bothsidesism - a nonsense word, which should tell you everything you need to know already.

It sees journalists present issues as balanced between 'opposing viewpoints', even when one position is supported by an abundance of evidence

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Let's apply this to Trans+ lives, which can be traced back a millenia, indeed to the wider LGBTQIA+ community.

The more we communicate this, the quicker we affirm the reality of Trans+ lives, and shut down the ‘debate’ 👇

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With climate change and climate denialism, it's become a widely adopted media policy not to give it airtime anymore - it’s become a BBC editorial policy, not to air them.

Overall, that change has led to us hearing it only sparingly nowadays, or only on broadcasters like Fox and GB News

There is overwhelming evidence of Climate Change, its effects, its reality and the harm it is doing to all of us and the world.

And so whatever people 'believe', we should present the abundance of evidence - and set out claims to the contrary are unproven and baseless www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So how do you overcome it? Simple.

This is a problem that many media outlets and politicians have recently learned to overcome in another field: climate change. Let's explore the example.

False balance is the concept that is also sometimes known as bothsidesism - a nonsense word, which should tell you everything you need to know already.

It sees journalists present issues as balanced between 'opposing viewpoints', even when one position is supported by an abundance of evidence

There was 'technically' an equal amount of LGBTQIA+ trans inclusive organisations, as there were anti-trans respondents, but balancing the numbers isn’t everything:

It’s a trap the BBC often falls into and creates a false sense of balance, when views don't match up with facts

Let's take a look 🧵

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🔴 Why the EHRC told us on a Friday, just before the weekend?
🔴 Whether a Labour reshuffle will delay any of this?
🔴 Can it be challenged in the courts?

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Tomorrow's @wearequeeraf.com newsletter is jam-packed

As well as news on:

🔴 EHRC guidance given to the Government
🔴 Graham Lineham
🔴 Pride in London

We are publishing our latest investigation on the Supreme Court ruling

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So the only ones that are masked are the ones rounding us up. Dystopia

🚨 New police powers could ban face coverings at Pride protests even if you need to protect your identity because:

🔴 Risk of domestic abuse
🔴 You're not out as queer/Trans+
🔴 Fear of political views being made public

Health and disability reasons also won't prevent you getting arrested 🧵Here's why

🆕 @vic-parsons.bsky.social's reporting lays bare the dangerous shifts taking place in British policy that could drastically limit our community's ability to fight back against the growing anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric against us 👇

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This is a vastly upsetting case, that uses CPS guidelines that effectively mean if Trans+ people don't come out before sexual contact, they can now be found guilty of sexual assault - which is what has happened here

Let's take a look at the background 🧵

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"This narrative, that merely existing as a trans person is a form of deception, puts our community in immense danger. It legitimises these kinds of attacks as a form of “revenge” for the wrongs wrought by trans people’s mere presence in public life." - @jessothomson.co.uk