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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 5d

🆕️🚨 After painstaking research, dozens of FOIs and months of analysis we release the Gender Clinic Files which reveal waiting times for every GIC in the country.

They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇

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Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 3d

The new Aussie critique of the Cass Review does not pull its punches about its failures, & makes the point that "gender-critical beliefs" should be declared.

Since transphobes have made so much of having these protected by law, they should be required to declare them.

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Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.
Clinician and researcher self‐awareness of personal values is essential for evidence‐based medicine practice. Non‐financial conflicts of interest should be disclosed; for example, religious, cultural, and so‐called “gender‐critical” beliefs. The Review acknowledges no such considerations, and does not disclose the positionality of authors.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 3d

The Telegraph, which campaigned against the exclusion and silencing of "gender-critical" transphobes is now campaigning for the exclusion and silencing of trans people.

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 3d

By "trans activists hijack" The Telegraph mean "trans people are involved"

Trans activists ‘hijack’ group researching NHS gender issues
The Daily Telegraph6 Oct 2025By Michael Searles DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR
TRANS activists have taken over a research group set to underpin the future of NHS care for gender-questioning children, critics have claimed.

The taxpayer-funded project was set up to address the “weak evidence” around treating children who question their gender in response to the Cass review.

But the project has now been accused of “bias” by openly promoting puberty blockers and sex-change surgery.

The James Lind Alliance (JLA) also labels gender dysphoria – a medical condition – as “gender diversity”, and collects data on gender identity instead of biological sex.

It was commissioned by the NHS in the wake of Baroness Cass’s review into gender-questioning children’s care to understand “what future research evidence will help secure the best outcomes for children, adolescents and young adults”.

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

It's just the same story over and over. Anytime a group of doctors take an honest look at the Cass Review they realize it's bunk.

The irony is that Cass and her confederates were convinced they were blowing the lid off a major medical conspiracy to trans kids.

Transphobe physicians heal thyselves.

Madeleine Moore @matheleine.bsky.social · 3d

“Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.”

Oh dear, Cass.

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...

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Sep 1

FGEN are proud to be a signatory to this letter. The EHRC must me subject to Parliamentary scrutiny

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Along with over 80 partner organisations, we are writing to MPs across the UK calling for robust Parliamentary scrutiny of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) forthcoming Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations.

Statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/09...

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Aug 26

On behalf of our membership, the Feminist Gender Equality Network (FGEN) condemns Newnham College for advertising an explicitly trans-exclusionary Research Fellowship Award. https://feministgenderequality.network/fgen-statement-on-newnham-college-transphobic-fellowship-announcement/

FGEN Statement on Newnham College Transphobic Fellowship Announcement

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Aug 6

We urge all rights-focused orgs to:
❌ Stop working with the EHRC
❌ Reject its guidance
✅ Stand with trans & non-binary communities

Until it serves all citizens, the EHRC serves none.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #EHRC #Equality #LGBTQ

— Feminist Gender Equality Network"

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Statement on the appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson as Chair of the EHRC - Feminist Gender Equality Network

As representatives of UK trans-led organisations and their allies, we officially withdraw recognition of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as an independent and credible equalities regul...

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Aug 6

"We, UK trans-led orgs & allies, withdraw recognition of the EHRC as a credible equalities regulator.

Her appointment—despite parliamentary opposition—confirms the EHRC is no longer independent, but a tool for anti-trans policy. Cont....
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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jul 18

As a bonus here is a slideshow of some of the professional photographs from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy2KnVMz0iE

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jul 18

We're releasing the video recordings of our keynote speakers from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. Finally we have Katy Montgomerie on how to debate online with GC people. Now available on our YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/DHYG8HAw-s4

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jul 18

We're releasing the video recordings of our keynote speakers from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. Next up is Natacha Kennedy and Anonymous mother of a trans child. Now available on our YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/HoSYNTRzTcM

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jul 14

We're starting to release the video recordings of our keynote speakers from the FGEN Conference held at Bush House on the 21st June. The first of these is Jolyon Maugham - Director Good Law Project. Now available on our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@feministgenderequalitynetwork

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · Jun 20

youtu.be/w82hCXyvKSU

Transphobes name me in court case... and LOSE!

YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie

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Keyne @keyne-unable.bsky.social · Jun 20

EHRC have confirmed to me that they will not be publishing the responses to the consultation on their segregation plan. Just a report setting out the number and 'qualitative themes' of responses - allowing them to spin their own narrative with no transparency! Completely unacceptable.

Email message reading: "Thank you for your email of 20 May.

In answer to your question, we will publish a report regarding the consultation responses, following the consultation period.

Our report will outline the number of responses received overall and to each question and provide information about qualitative themes across responses.

Any information we publish will not reference specific responses from individuals or organisations.

Please read our data protection policy for more information: Data protection policy | EHRC.

Kind regards"

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Jun 20

I think it reflects a change in public attitudes. I’m seeing people realising how evil transphobes are with Starmer’s/EHRC’s toilet ban. There is a grassroots level change in attitudes as people realise what the GCs are like, and Fry is reading the room.

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 20

All Speakers: For tomorrow's conference, can you give us a quick couple of lines so that our panel chairs can introduce you correctly...

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 20

Looking forward to it...

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just a few more days left to go before the FGEN Trans Liberation NOW! conference at Bush House on the 21st June. We will need to finalise the list of attendees soon, so please complete your online registration before wednesday at 6pm at the following link: https://bit.ly/4e1Z8po

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 18

We're pleased to announce some of our keynote speakers that will be joining us on the 21st June at Bush House. Along with our Co Chair Natacha Kennedy will be the parent of a trans child. For obvious reasons we are not publicising their name publicly https://bit.ly/4e1Z8po

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Jun 18

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...

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...

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 18

We're pleased to announce some of our keynote speakers that will be joining us on the 21st June at Bush House. Next is Katy Montgomerie - Activist and YouTuber https://bit.ly/4e1Z8po

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 18

We're pleased to announce some of our keynote speakers that will be joining us on the 21st June at Bush House. The first of these is Jolyon Maugham - Director Good Law Project https://bit.ly/4e1Z8po

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 18

Join us on the Sat 21st as we take over Bush House on the Strand, London for a day of discussions and panels on the latest papers and research regarding trans rights across a wide range of fields. Lunch included and after conference drinks nearby. https://bit.ly/4e1Z8po

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 17

Just a few more days left to go before the FGEN Trans Liberation NOW! conference at Bush House on the 21st June. We will need to finalise the list of attendees soon, so please complete your online registration before wednesday at 6pm at the following link: https://bit.ly/4e1Z8po

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Feminist Gender Equality Network @networkgender.bsky.social · Jun 17

Full Programme now online at feministgenderequality.network/trans-libera...

Trans Liberation Now - Feminist Gender Equality Network

In the past decade, transphobia in the UK metastasized from a fringe form of bigotry to mainstream politics. In response, trans people and their allies have suffered defeat after defeat, with legal pr...

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