If he thinks he's so clever, he can go to his local ED and work a full shift diagnosing and treating patients while remaining criminally liable for any medical negligence before they're ushered back to see a competent clinician.

That ought to get him out of the way for many lifetimes.

Forcing trans kids through an unwanted puberty causes harm. There's plenty of evidence for this, and more is emerging over time. Inventing or subverting this truth has been thoroughly overturned by the non-gender-critical scientific community.

If you want to kick up a stink about "experimental" and "dangerous" treatment I suggest you compare and contrast to GLP-1 and GIP Agonists. Or something that was an actual medical scandal like Thalidomide.

If you do your research thoroughly, you're going to find that trans men attain normal male bone density on HRT, and trans women attain normal bone density for women, nothing about "brain function", and that blockers and HRT result in considerably better mental health long term. Also, they're safe.

Thanks for agreeing with me, and for clearly demonstrating exactly how people get radicalised. This is how it happens.

I can tell you with absolute certainty: no transitioned woman looks like that.

You protect women by addressing harm, not by projecting it onto people you’ve been taught to fear.

Great letter, I'm a little apprehensive about the psychiatric term "dysmorphia", however, as it's not equitable to "dysphoria" - distress over a difference that is visible to all. I'm not sure they'll pick up on the nuance. And BDD is a separate issue in itself. It's a bit muddy.

In fairness they were involved in a war that they were unprepared for, however, both official responses landed particularly badly. We are all tired of hearing "dignity, respect and inclusion" while being excluded and de-sexed. A lot of their members are mad too, understandably.

And it's important that their voices are heard and that anger is mobilised, rather than capitulating to the organisations' patriarchal "we're doing this to protect you", because, as we all know, that's far from the truth.

And it's fair to question their ethics, or who else they're willing to throw to the wolves. The trouble is, as an organisation, once you've capitulated in that way, there's no turning back. Let's not forget that a lot of the members are feeling a sense of violation, possibly for the first time.

I think it's perfectly justified to be mad at those who represent those organisations, and frankly said some awful duplicitous nonsense about caring. Had they said "we love you but we're being held to ransom and will find a way to fight back" - that would land. What they said was reprehensible.

It's funny that I'm not really attached to the label "woman". I guess that's the privilege of not needing to be, but also about what "women" have done. Sometimes it's actually nice to declare that I'm not cis...

If I can share something as a "not-actually-biologically-male-when-you-examine-it", the natural reaction for transitioned women is either to flee the country or avoid contact altogether. The latter is kind of difficult given the numbers. 💜

Awe, that's actually a really sweet post. The trouble is, how can we tell who are the good ones?...

The secret is to find the humans that have similar "not wanting to hurt anyone" vibes. They do exist, and it's a relief to find them 💜

Apparently, it's all about "protecting women". Quite from what, nobody really knows. It seems women are particularly vulnerable to scaremongering, and particularly deft at wielding power.

What is fact, is that no cis woman has fled the country, or died as a result, and the reverse cannot be said.

I would just hate any transitioned woman approaching that kind of group to meet the same kind of duplicitousness. It's grim. Yeah HIV stigma is sadly still a thing. It's a difficult thing to unteach fear.

"Native British ancestry"? WTF does that mean. We're all immigrants. Even the first ever human to move in to the land. Before that, it was owned by plants.

The first organism was likely a cyanobacteria, so I guess they get to represent us. After all, they were here first.

The Fawcett Society are particularly keen on phrases like "male-bodied" to inaccurately describe transitioned women. It's demeaning. I would steer clear.