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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 10h

New TKDB protest for the 1st Nov

transkids deserve better!!

TRANSPHOBIA

ALL OUT AGAINST !!

All out against transphobia! On Saturday, November 1, TERFS intend to march in London, demanding trans exclusionary, discriminatory legislation, and threatening trans people on our streets.

We cannot let this happen unchallenged- they may have been emboldened by the Supreme Court Ruling, but so have we. Just a few days after ruling, we marched through Westminster to express our rage, be with community, and make it clear that we would continue to fight for trans liberation. That march was only the start.

We need as many people possible out again on the first of November, to show up for collective liberation and show the TERFS that they will never divide us. less

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 14h

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 22h

Check out our latest podcast episode!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 21h

Trans Punks Smash The Cistem

Taken at trans pride Manchester 2024

Person wearing what the trans merch in a crowd, holds up a sign that says "trans punks smash the Cistem".

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 19h

Archive link
archive.ph/MvjyC

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 21h

Bash back have sent us this statement

TRANS ACTIONISTS TARGET ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

Trans direct action group "BASH BACK" accuses FiLiA of having "blood on their hands"

Last night - October 9th - actionists representing trans direct action group BASH BACK took action against the Brighton Centre, host of this year's FILIA conference, which begins its 10th annual event today.

Actionists from BASH BACK - which took action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting in August smashed windows and sprayed pink paint on the Brighton Centre building in protest at the anti-trans views expressed by FiLiA attendees. The group's objective was to prove trans people will not be intimidated, saying that FiLiA should "expect retaliation" if they continue.

A spokesperson for BASH BACK said:

"Despite presenting itself as a feminist conference with 'zero tolerance [...] for transphobia', FiLiA plays host to some of the most vicious transphobia in modern pop-politics.

"The conference's notable alumni include JK Rowling and Maya Forstater, and this year feature bigot-provocateurs such as Julie Bindel, LGBAlliance and

Transgender Trend, as well as Jenny Wilmott, director of Scottish Lesbians - one of the groups responsible for this year's segregationist and transphobic Supreme Court ruling.

"Speakers at FiLiA claim to advocate for 'protecting women's spaces' and 'sex based rights' but routinely advocate for the erasure of women's bodily autonomy and self determination. Their vile and hateful rhetoric that seeks to exclude and erase us leads to the same kind of discriminatory violence that kills hundreds of trans people every year. Far from outsider radicals, the bigots at FiLiA are backed by billionaires like J.K. Rowling, fundamentalist Christian groups, and the Labour government itself. This is the norm, and we will rise against it. To save ourselves, to save our community. To fight for our right to exist.

"Bindel, Wilmott and FiLiA itself have our blood on their hands, and for years they have sought a stage to gloat about it. This year, we will not allow them the privilege.

"BASH BACK recognises the speakers at FiLiA as neither radical nor feminist, and, like the suffragettes and radical queers before us, that the only path toward liberation is through action."

The BASH BACK spokesperson added:

The BASH BACK spokesperson added:

"To the organisers of FiLiA we say this: If you expect to continue in your trade of transphobic hate, if you expect to continue in your queerbashing and transmisogyny and call it 'feminism', then expect resistance, expect retaliation, expect us. Paint washes off, but blood never does."

Notes to editors

BASH BACK is a trans-led direct action project focused on "total transgender liberation", and has previously taken action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting and private prison firm Sodexo.

Formatting should be BASH BACK in full caps

More information about the group can be found here: https://www.transbashback.com

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 21h

Trans Punks Smash The Cistem

Taken at trans pride Manchester 2024

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 22h

Check out our latest podcast episode!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · 1d

#UK #TransRights #EHRC In May this year, I raised an FOI with the EHRC regarding meetings and agenda of ao Akua Reindorf. In the ensuing discussion with the people handling that request, I raised a quite direct challenge with them: Why there was NEVER any action taken regarding obvious failures

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 1d

Some interesting thoughts from Claire.

If you wanted Claire's analysis of the data from last year she wrote about it here:

whatthetrans.com/reported-hat...

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 1d

So, the Home Office hate crime figures for England and Wales is out for 2025.

Analysis over the weekend, but headline is hate crimes against trans people dropped by 11% (again, weirdly).

Anecdotally, I know very few people who both to report now, but the screenshot shows part of the reason.

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Transgender hate crimes
Transgender hate crimes fell by 11% over the last year, to 3,809 offences, the second consecutive annual fall. There were falls in malicious communication offences (down 245), following the HOCR changes, criminal damage (down 82) and public order (down 96).

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 1d

The national picture shows waiting times for gender identity clinics that far exceed the NHS's recommended maximum of 18 weeks.

But drilling down into the data from our investigation, 'The Gender Clinic Files' reveals huge disparities across the UK

👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

THE GENDER CLINIC FILES
12 YEARS
England
58 YEARS
Scotland
2 YEARS
Wales
41 YEARS
Northern Ireland
The average waiting times across the UK according to QueerAF analysis shows they vary wildly around the UK:

Estimated wait time for a first appointment as of March 2025 (in years) based on QueerAF analysis of data from FOIs

🔴 England - 12 years
🔴 Wales - 2 years
🔴 Scotland - 58 years
🔴 Northern Ireland - 41 years

This data is shown in an infographic with a map of the UK alongside logos of QueerAF and What The Trans?!

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Robin ✨🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✨ @msrobinhosking.bsky.social · 3d

This is quite astonishing. I knew it was bad in some areas but my mind has been blown. Imagine if this was a waiting list for surgery or something. There would be hell on.

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

youtube.com/shorts/wVEPG...

GIC Waiting List from Shortest To Longest.

YouTube video by What The Trans?! Podcasts

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 2d

Check out our latest podcast episode!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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Viridian Lakes @viridianlakes.bsky.social · 2d

New piece for @whatthetrans.com to be up in a few hours (5 pm BST). Will cover another court decision on legal sex change, expanding rights for same sex couples (kinda), and Takaichi. Link below will go live then. (Might 404 before that, so hold on a bit.)

whatthetrans.com/new-japanese...

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 2d

Check out our latest podcast episode!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

youtube.com/shorts/wVEPG...

GIC Waiting List from Shortest To Longest.

YouTube video by What The Trans?! Podcasts

youtube.com

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🏳️‍⚧️Erispookability🏳️‍🌈 @erisponsibility.bsky.social · 3d

Worked on another short for WTT together with @nightkristina.bsky.social! Really happy with how it turned out!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, so our son who is on the waiting list at sandyford (our nearest facility) will have to wait until he is 239 years old until he can get the help he needs.
That really does not help mental health issues!!!!
Just… what the actual fuck!!!!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 3d

Its time the NHS stopped lying to trans people seeking help.

Wait times listed on GIC websites are how long people have already waited.

They do not estimated wait times, and you can see why..

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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Ashleigh Talbot 🏳️‍⚧️ @ashleigh.whatthetrans.com · 3d

You might hear a familiar voice if you watch this.

Unless you don't listen to the podcast, in which case it'll be unfamiliar. But you should still watch the video.

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

I'd consider @annehealthcare.bsky.social before considering gendergp

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

Find out more about data we found in our latest podcast episode:

bsky.app/profile/what...

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 4d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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