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Tomás Ojeda G. @tiojeda.bsky.social · 2h

“As the borders between science and advocacy blur, fringe ideas with no evidentiary basis or mainstream medical support increasingly carry the potential to drive policy” - Excellent piece by @evanurquhart.bsky.social on Genspect’s recent campaign to repathologise “transgender identification”.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh, I teach a whole course on this! 😆🤓

One of the biggest shocks students get is how much culpability Jimmy Carter and James Callahan have for the institutionalization of neoliberalism. Quinn Slobodian does great work on this generally. Some of Adam Tooze's stuff touches on it, too.

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Phil Ollenberg @philollenberg.ca · 5h

In Alberta the only acceptable pronouns are (oil/gas).

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 15h

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 15h

Excellent research here. Though it isn't the focus, what Dr Pagel warns of has occured with frightful efficacy in DSIT, EHRC, and DSHC over trans rights. All three have been targeted by malicious actors seeking trans people's marginalization.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 19h

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 16h

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Effective Transsexualism @effecttrans.com · 20h

Electrolysis for facial hair removal/ SRS is vital to many transfeminine transitions. It is the only permanent method, and the only method suited for pale hair.

It is however difficult to access, as a full course can be lengthy (100~200 sessions) and costly (£10~20k).

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 1d

This will be funny until approximately summer of 2027.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/beyond
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

1-panel SMBC comic update where two people are walking down a purple street. One of them narrates his perceived timeline of social media - first they were build for human connection, then human performance, and now with AI, just for performance. He doesn't understand how this could go this way. The caption reads : Later, it turns out God Is Dead.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 19h

I know those seat projections are basically horoscopes for polprofs, but the fact that another point's gain for the Greens and they'd be ahead of Labour on seats is making me verclempt

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

Come and join us, have a great night, and raise some money for trans+ youth!

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 5d

It's spooky season 🎃👻 Want to have some fun this Halloween? Come along to our Cabaret, raising funds for Trans Secret Santa - bringing festive joy to trans youth.

Get your tickets now 👇

www.outsavvy.com/event/29336/...

Witch, Please! Tickets - London - OutSavvy

Witch, Please. – A Halloween Spook-tacular Cabaret Hosted by the spellbinding Count Addiction 🦇Grab your broomsticks and glitter – it’s time for a night of frightful fun, killer performances, and dev...

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 20h

Morgan McSweeney:

"I wish for voters to have no option but to choose between a progressive party and Reform"

*Finger curls on monkey's paw*

Lamentably Undead @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 21h

It will be incredibly funny if Labour's entire strategy, that you have to vote for them because they're the only viable laternative to reform, falls apart because they're behind the Greens.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 22h

None of us has.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, it just might be something other than useless now. Such a disillusionment over the past 10 years to watch it decline.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 1d

It's such a shame they don't teach it because it's a great entry into interesting historiographical debates. In this case, the question of whether the Holocaust was planned from the outset or an extemporaneous result of exigencies (i.e. USSR invasion changing logistical options). Fascinating stuff.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d

They have made it clear that they believe if they make it awful enough to be trans, people will stop being trans. In service of that, the assault of children is a welcome outcome for them.

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

When politicians like Trump, or Starmer, say & do transphobic things, parents talk about it in front of kids & then the kids bring it to school.

It’s horrific that these kids are being taught to hate & at such an early age.

It is critical we do not import this into Irish politics:

11-year-old trans child allegedly assaulted by fellow student

An 11-year-old trans child was allegedly assaulted by a fellow student over their gender identity, the student's father has claimed.

www.thepinknews.com

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 2d

🌈 Dr @kevinguyan.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social reveals how the promise of inclusion requires LGBTQ+ people to identify with an ever-growing list of classifications, categories & labels – putting them in a rainbow trap.

📆 23 Oct
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Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion | King's College London

Join Queer@King's for an evening with researcher and writer Dr Kevin Guyan (University of Edinburgh) to explore ideas from his new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of…

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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 2d

The way that major healthcare institutions have just decided the rules don't apply when it comes to trans people. Research ethics? Consent? Basic human dignity? Those would just be too inconvenient and it's only a bunch of trannies.

Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 2d

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 2d

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

Outstanding. I've been very impressed with the Green Party's policy development structures. The results speak for themselves; I'm thinking in particular about the superb trans healthcare policy passed at conference.

I think there's some crossover between this and the foreign policy portfolio, too.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

As a member, I can say this is on people's radar but we have a lot of work to do to get a policy hashed out. Also, we need new expertise.

@edpoole1975.bsky.social might know more than me.

Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 2d

It's also one of the reasons why I want to see what the UK Green Parties (whether we're talking the Scottish or the England & Wales one) tech policies are, or what they are currently working, whether it's digital sovereignty, misinfo/disinfo, and the like.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

Knowing trans history makes a difference!

Help make it happen: www.transhistoryweek.com/donate

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GeekOnALeash [Biological trans woman] 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 2d

Call it what it is: Genocide. Legal erasure, ministerial attacks, non-existent health care. This is not a debate. It's an attack on our existence!

medium.com/@geekonaleas...

The UK’s Trans Genocide

The slow machinery of erasure: courts, clinics and ministers weaponising our disappearance

medium.com

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LGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqagreens.bsky.social · 2d

The @transgreens.bsky.social and ourselves have revamped our Teemill website where the #ElectTheDolls t-shirts that we had at conference are now on sale.

Do check it out: lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com

Home

lgbtiqagreens.teemill.com

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

It's gotten worse.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds as tedious as it does pointless

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 3d

They say when the Elizabeth Line sneezes the whole Tube network catches cold.

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 3d

And proudly planting the flag for trans rights and healthcare!

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