Proctor Penny
@iamproctor.bsky.social
They/He 🏳️⚧️
PhD researcher at University of Gloucestershire with an interest in SV, GBV, justice, neoliberalism and gender.
Researcher member of The Sexual Violence Research Group at UoG.
PhD researcher at University of Gloucestershire with an interest in SV, GBV, justice, neoliberalism and gender.
Researcher member of The Sexual Violence Research Group at UoG.
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An excellent new article outlining all that is wrong with the Cass Review, condemning its harmful impact on UK policy and practice, and calling it a failure of evidence-based medicine. Written by those involved in trans children's healthcare in Australia.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people
Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...
www.mja.com.au
October 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
An excellent new article outlining all that is wrong with the Cass Review, condemning its harmful impact on UK policy and practice, and calling it a failure of evidence-based medicine. Written by those involved in trans children's healthcare in Australia.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
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Thank goodness I can say cis on Bluesky!
My new article is just out: "Towards a Theory of Cis-Supremacy: Conceptualising Ongoing Barriers to Trans Equality".
It examines forces of cis power over trans communities, building on scholarship on white supremacy
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My new article is just out: "Towards a Theory of Cis-Supremacy: Conceptualising Ongoing Barriers to Trans Equality".
It examines forces of cis power over trans communities, building on scholarship on white supremacy
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Towards a Theory of Cis-Supremacy: Conceptualising Ongoing Barriers to Trans Equality - Cal Horton, 2024
Trans scholarship and trans perspectives have historically been marginalised from mainstream academia. There is value in ongoing theoretical exchange between so...
journals.sagepub.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Thank goodness I can say cis on Bluesky!
My new article is just out: "Towards a Theory of Cis-Supremacy: Conceptualising Ongoing Barriers to Trans Equality".
It examines forces of cis power over trans communities, building on scholarship on white supremacy
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My new article is just out: "Towards a Theory of Cis-Supremacy: Conceptualising Ongoing Barriers to Trans Equality".
It examines forces of cis power over trans communities, building on scholarship on white supremacy
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New short blog: Trans health waiting lists are a political choice
growinguptransgender.com/2025/10/12/t...
growinguptransgender.com/2025/10/12/t...
Trans health waiting lists are a political choice
I’m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans health…
growinguptransgender.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New short blog: Trans health waiting lists are a political choice
growinguptransgender.com/2025/10/12/t...
growinguptransgender.com/2025/10/12/t...
How can I possibly do any work today with Arti in snooze city. 🥱😴
September 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How can I possibly do any work today with Arti in snooze city. 🥱😴
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Fathers can be loving, capable and vulnerable at the same time. And yes, some of us can give birth too
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/families-suffer-from-assumptions-of-whats-natural-its-time-we-rethought-that-for-fathers/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/families-suffer-from-assumptions-of-whats-natural-its-time-we-rethought-that-for-fathers/
Families suffer from assumptions of what’s ‘natural’ - it’s time we rethought that for fathers
Fathers can be loving, capable and vulnerable at the same time. And yes, some of us can give birth too
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fathers can be loving, capable and vulnerable at the same time. And yes, some of us can give birth too
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/families-suffer-from-assumptions-of-whats-natural-its-time-we-rethought-that-for-fathers/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/families-suffer-from-assumptions-of-whats-natural-its-time-we-rethought-that-for-fathers/
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The super rich aren't smart. They have no idea how dangerous the situation is
August 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The super rich aren't smart. They have no idea how dangerous the situation is
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Researchers from University of Southampton seeking trans and non-binary participants 18 years and over to take part in a study exploring patterns of sexual wellbeing and gender euphoria!
Email: [email protected]. southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Trans #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey
Email: [email protected]. southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Trans #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey
July 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Researchers from University of Southampton seeking trans and non-binary participants 18 years and over to take part in a study exploring patterns of sexual wellbeing and gender euphoria!
Email: [email protected]. southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Trans #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey
Email: [email protected]. southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#Trans #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey
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Worried about going to your GP? We’re running our free Seeking Support From Your GP Zoom workshops.
Our upcoming 2 hour workshops are on 14th August & 27th September. Sign up at: form.typeform.com/to/n47vyAzR
#workshop #TransHealth #Transgender #Trans #NonBinary #Queer #LGBTQI #LGBTQ
Our upcoming 2 hour workshops are on 14th August & 27th September. Sign up at: form.typeform.com/to/n47vyAzR
#workshop #TransHealth #Transgender #Trans #NonBinary #Queer #LGBTQI #LGBTQ
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Worried about going to your GP? We’re running our free Seeking Support From Your GP Zoom workshops.
Our upcoming 2 hour workshops are on 14th August & 27th September. Sign up at: form.typeform.com/to/n47vyAzR
#workshop #TransHealth #Transgender #Trans #NonBinary #Queer #LGBTQI #LGBTQ
Our upcoming 2 hour workshops are on 14th August & 27th September. Sign up at: form.typeform.com/to/n47vyAzR
#workshop #TransHealth #Transgender #Trans #NonBinary #Queer #LGBTQI #LGBTQ
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"This silencing work – which is patently and cruelly transphobic – significantly undermines the value and applicability of the guidance’s proposed HIV education" - Ben Weil, @thelovetankcic.bsky.social
www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2...
www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2...
RSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculum
It has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community
www.wearequeeraf.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"This silencing work – which is patently and cruelly transphobic – significantly undermines the value and applicability of the guidance’s proposed HIV education" - Ben Weil, @thelovetankcic.bsky.social
www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2...
www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2...
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Wondering how politicians have become so hostile to trans people?
In part, it’s because they’ve believed professional organisations endorsing ‘gender critical’ transphobes - like the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP)
What happens when safeguarding is captured harmful ideology?
In part, it’s because they’ve believed professional organisations endorsing ‘gender critical’ transphobes - like the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP)
What happens when safeguarding is captured harmful ideology?
When Safeguarding Bodies Become Dangerous: The AoCPP and the Rise of Anti-Trans Lobbying
The Association of Child Protection Professionals role in promoting ‘gender critical’ harm.
medium.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wondering how politicians have become so hostile to trans people?
In part, it’s because they’ve believed professional organisations endorsing ‘gender critical’ transphobes - like the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP)
What happens when safeguarding is captured harmful ideology?
In part, it’s because they’ve believed professional organisations endorsing ‘gender critical’ transphobes - like the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP)
What happens when safeguarding is captured harmful ideology?
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Farage plays the everyman, but he’s not harmless, he’s not honest, and he’s not on your side. ❌
July 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Farage plays the everyman, but he’s not harmless, he’s not honest, and he’s not on your side. ❌
The first shower back after Glasto is absolute bliss. 🙂↕️
June 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The first shower back after Glasto is absolute bliss. 🙂↕️
For the first time, Budapest Pride could be blocked. Orbán’s Russia-style laws target LGBTQ+ rights — but Hungarians are marching anyway. Tell the EU: show up and defend Pride! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-06...
Stop Hungary’s ban on Pride!
Budapest Pride is under threat — but Hungarians are not backing down.For 30 years, they’ve marched for love and freedom. Now, Orbán’s government is using Russian-like anti-LGBTQ+ laws, fines, and surv...
action.wemove.eu
June 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For the first time, Budapest Pride could be blocked. Orbán’s Russia-style laws target LGBTQ+ rights — but Hungarians are marching anyway. Tell the EU: show up and defend Pride! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-06...
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TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
www.tandfonline.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
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Along with dictators around the world, we're "celebrating" the end of journalism.
#AmnestyMediaAwards
#AmnestyMediaAwards
June 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Along with dictators around the world, we're "celebrating" the end of journalism.
#AmnestyMediaAwards
#AmnestyMediaAwards
An interesting upcoming event exploring Dr Emma Yapp's research exploring "the intersection of sexual violence and mental health through a feminist lens, incorporating critical disability studies to examine the legitimacy of SV testimony".
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vamhn-lunc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vamhn-lunc...
VAMHN lunchtime webinar
Our June webinar, “Normal Trauma and Abnormal Diagnosis: The Role of Mental Health Evidence in Sexual Violence Trials”, will be delivered b
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An interesting upcoming event exploring Dr Emma Yapp's research exploring "the intersection of sexual violence and mental health through a feminist lens, incorporating critical disability studies to examine the legitimacy of SV testimony".
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vamhn-lunc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vamhn-lunc...
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If you’re calling a flag that represents love, dignity, and human rights an “abomination,” then you’re not fighting for your community you’re fighting to drag it backwards. The real abomination is hate parading as politics.
June 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you’re calling a flag that represents love, dignity, and human rights an “abomination,” then you’re not fighting for your community you’re fighting to drag it backwards. The real abomination is hate parading as politics.
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🌹 UK Labour
Labour talks Pride but drops key trans rights pledges, sidelines LGBTQ+ voices, and lets transphobia thrive within their ranks. They claim solidarity but their actions hurt our community. Pride isn’t a brand to wear it’s a fight they keep losing.
#READTHEROOM
Labour talks Pride but drops key trans rights pledges, sidelines LGBTQ+ voices, and lets transphobia thrive within their ranks. They claim solidarity but their actions hurt our community. Pride isn’t a brand to wear it’s a fight they keep losing.
#READTHEROOM
June 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🌹 UK Labour
Labour talks Pride but drops key trans rights pledges, sidelines LGBTQ+ voices, and lets transphobia thrive within their ranks. They claim solidarity but their actions hurt our community. Pride isn’t a brand to wear it’s a fight they keep losing.
#READTHEROOM
Labour talks Pride but drops key trans rights pledges, sidelines LGBTQ+ voices, and lets transphobia thrive within their ranks. They claim solidarity but their actions hurt our community. Pride isn’t a brand to wear it’s a fight they keep losing.
#READTHEROOM
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Speaking of the EHRC draft code of conduct consultation.
We hear Baroness Falkner is on a deadline to get the guidance done. And there may be some interesting consequences for her if it gets delayed
one thing we hear is that when you write your response. Don't submit it on the first week...
We hear Baroness Falkner is on a deadline to get the guidance done. And there may be some interesting consequences for her if it gets delayed
one thing we hear is that when you write your response. Don't submit it on the first week...
The EHRC's Daft Update Drivel | What The Trans | E130
Listen to the Full Episode: whatthetrans.com/ep130/
Listen to the Full Episode: whatthetrans.com/ep130/
May 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Speaking of the EHRC draft code of conduct consultation.
We hear Baroness Falkner is on a deadline to get the guidance done. And there may be some interesting consequences for her if it gets delayed
one thing we hear is that when you write your response. Don't submit it on the first week...
We hear Baroness Falkner is on a deadline to get the guidance done. And there may be some interesting consequences for her if it gets delayed
one thing we hear is that when you write your response. Don't submit it on the first week...
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One month ago, the Supreme Court made a ruling that rolled back trans rights in the UK
It made this decision without listening to a single trans voice
Today, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we’re bringing those voices somewhere they can't miss them 🏳️⚧️
It made this decision without listening to a single trans voice
Today, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we’re bringing those voices somewhere they can't miss them 🏳️⚧️
May 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
One month ago, the Supreme Court made a ruling that rolled back trans rights in the UK
It made this decision without listening to a single trans voice
Today, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we’re bringing those voices somewhere they can't miss them 🏳️⚧️
It made this decision without listening to a single trans voice
Today, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we’re bringing those voices somewhere they can't miss them 🏳️⚧️
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🏳️⚧️ Join Us and March with Pride! 🏳️⚧️
We are calling on all allies, friends, and community members to stand up, show up, and speak out for trans rights!
📅 Saturday, 17th May
🕥 Meet at 10:30 AM
📍 John Lewis and Partners, High Street, Cheltenham
#MarchWithPride #GloucestershirePride #ProtectTransLives
We are calling on all allies, friends, and community members to stand up, show up, and speak out for trans rights!
📅 Saturday, 17th May
🕥 Meet at 10:30 AM
📍 John Lewis and Partners, High Street, Cheltenham
#MarchWithPride #GloucestershirePride #ProtectTransLives
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🏳️⚧️ Join Us and March with Pride! 🏳️⚧️
We are calling on all allies, friends, and community members to stand up, show up, and speak out for trans rights!
📅 Saturday, 17th May
🕥 Meet at 10:30 AM
📍 John Lewis and Partners, High Street, Cheltenham
#MarchWithPride #GloucestershirePride #ProtectTransLives
We are calling on all allies, friends, and community members to stand up, show up, and speak out for trans rights!
📅 Saturday, 17th May
🕥 Meet at 10:30 AM
📍 John Lewis and Partners, High Street, Cheltenham
#MarchWithPride #GloucestershirePride #ProtectTransLives
Super exciting! My PhD supervisor Dr Louise Livesey and a great team of academics & researchers have put together a Graduate Journal of Criminology & Justice. Today was the launch 🖤 Please check out the website and share with your colleagues & students!
sites.glos.ac.uk/gjcj/
sites.glos.ac.uk/gjcj/
The Graduate Journal of Criminology & Justice - University of Gloucestershire
The Graduate Journal of Criminology and Justice is launching in 2024.
sites.glos.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Super exciting! My PhD supervisor Dr Louise Livesey and a great team of academics & researchers have put together a Graduate Journal of Criminology & Justice. Today was the launch 🖤 Please check out the website and share with your colleagues & students!
sites.glos.ac.uk/gjcj/
sites.glos.ac.uk/gjcj/
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Researchers at Cardiff University are conducting a study on the menstrual health experiences of trans and gender-diverse people. Participants must be 16+, AFAB, and UK-schooled. To take part or learn more, email them at [email protected].
May 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Researchers at Cardiff University are conducting a study on the menstrual health experiences of trans and gender-diverse people. Participants must be 16+, AFAB, and UK-schooled. To take part or learn more, email them at [email protected].
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk