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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · 3d

hi! thanks for your interest, happy to chat – you can reach us on [email protected]

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

We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.

And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:

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

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

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d

Let's be clear: this is the result of deliberate political choices to make accessing trans healthcare substantially impossible. It's what Streeting and his ilk want.

Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 5d

In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.

224 YEARS.

This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.

We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.

Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist.

This system is failing to support people to transition not because it is broken, but by design. The frustrating thing is that this would not be a difficult problem to solve under a different political paradigm.

Trans+ people do not need to be assessed by gender clinics or diagnosed by psychiatrists to tell us what we already know: we are trans. The healthcare we need, especially when it comes to hormones, is already available to cis people through making an appointment with their GP.

Gender clinics are unnecessary and exist to segregate healthcare for Trans+ people. Abolishing this system and providing Trans+ healthcare in primary care, at the GP through an informed consent model, would solve many of the issues this data reveals. GPs already prescribe hormones to cis adults. Trans+ adults simply need the same access to this healthcare.

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · 4d

lots more to come this month in this new investigative series The Gender Clinic Files from @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com – look out for the first podcast featuring @clairestranstalks.bsky.social diving deep into the data on Monday. Claire has done immense work on this 👏🏻

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 5d

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

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

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK

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

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 5d

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 5d

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

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

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK

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

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 5d

Around 1 in 5 of the entire trans+ population is on an NHS waiting list, up from 1 in 8 two years ago.

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 5d

The gender clinic files is out now!

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

Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK

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

www.wearequeeraf.com

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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 👇

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

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

www.wearequeeraf.com

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 6d

This Saturday after painstaking research and FOIs by @clairestranstalks.bsky.social with @whatthetrans.com, we'll publish 'The Gender Clinic Files' in our newsletter:

A new investigative series exposing deep structural issues with UK Transgender healthcare

Sign up 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · 29d

me for Attitude Magazine breaking down where UK political parties stand on LGBTQ+ rights

www.attitude.co.uk/main-stories...

Question time: As Labour breaks promises to LGBTQs, who will be our voice in Westminster?

Over the last year, Labour and much of the UK government has shifted to a less supportive position of queer people. Here, Attitude examines the policies of all of the political parties

www.attitude.co.uk

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Sep 1

7/ Analysis - @vic-parsons.bsky.social

Some Pride organisers contacted by QueerAF had a ‘not to worry’ approach to the new policing bill – because Pride events are not a site of ‘criminal activity', so police won’t be able to use the powers at Pride.

But recent history tells a different story.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Sep 1

"Pride started as a queer uprising against police brutality – our elders surely would have taken this expansion of police powers seriously and fought back. Why aren’t we?" - @vic-parsons.bsky.social

www.wearequeeraf.com/new-police-p...

New police powers could criminalise wearing a mask at Pride

The police will have the power to make it a criminal offence to cover your face at a public protest if Labour’s proposed policing bill becomes law, putting LGBTQIA+ people attending Pride events in da...

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congrats to @vic-parsons.bsky.social on this excellent podcast, that I was also interviewed on. Check it out on the QueerAF podcast!

"The multimillionaire who shaped modern trans healthcare"

TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · Aug 5

Cal Horton & Morgan Page are featured on the latest @wearequeeraf.com podcast. @fiercemum.bsky.social provides a clear & informative history to the UK escalating destruction of healthcare for Trans youth in the UK podfollow.com/queeraf/epis...

QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives: The multimillionaire who shaped modern Trans+ healthcare

Reed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship to trans healthcare went on to greatly shape how Wester...

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TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · Aug 5

Cal Horton & Morgan Page are featured on the latest @wearequeeraf.com podcast. @fiercemum.bsky.social provides a clear & informative history to the UK escalating destruction of healthcare for Trans youth in the UK podfollow.com/queeraf/epis...

QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives: The multimillionaire who shaped modern Trans+ healthcare

Reed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship to trans healthcare went on to greatly shape how Wester...

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Jul 25

"In the time lawmakers have been debating, delaying and breaking their promises to LGBTQIA+ communities, so-called ‘conversion therapy’ groups have been proliferating in the UK, harming untold numbers" - @vic-parsons.bsky.social

www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-t...

‘Conversion therapy’ groups soaring £2M spend since ban on “abusive” practice promised

Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · Jul 28

At Trans Pride London, scenes of both joy and defiance - @vic-parsons.bsky.social

“The lack of corporate floats means the density of the march is made up of real people, rather than corporations that don’t do anything for trans people the rest of the year”

www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/tran...

At Trans Pride London, scenes of both joy and defiance

In a deeply challenging year for trans people, set off by the Equality Act ruling in April, more than 100,000 marchers came out to show their support for the community. We spoke to those on the ground...

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Jul 17

i've joined @wearequeeraf.com as their lead investigative journalist. it feels exciting and timely to be coming on board now given how vital it is at this moment for us to have independent and rigorous queer media.

read my stories in the QueerAF newsletter – it's free!

wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Jul 11

🚨 @vic-parsons.bsky.social first exclusive into damning data about anti-LGBTQIA+ groups is out July 12, 2025 in our free newsletter👇

Sign up TODAY!

www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · Jun 11

Cannot wait to moderate this! TODAY: Vital transatlantic discussion about where we go from here on defending trans+ people's human rights *sign up now* now to hear from: @zoandbehold.bsky.social @imarajones.bsky.social @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @dylantippetts.bsky.social @vic-parsons.bsky.social

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · May 29

Join our Trans Atlantic Political Exchange virtual event 11th June @ 4pm BST
@imarajones.bsky.social (she/her)
@dylantippetts.bsky.social (he/him)
@nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social (she/her)
@zoandbehold.bsky.social (she/her)
@vic-parsons.bsky.social (they/them)

Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · May 29

Join our Trans Atlantic Political Exchange virtual event 11th June @ 4pm BST
@imarajones.bsky.social (she/her)
@dylantippetts.bsky.social (he/him)
@nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social (she/her)
@zoandbehold.bsky.social (she/her)
@vic-parsons.bsky.social (they/them)

Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Mar 31

for Trans Day of Visibility i wrote about my unintentional mirror-free experiment for Gay Times. 10/10 would recommend.

magazine.gaytimes.com/trans-invisi...

Trans invisibility: on my year of living without mirrors

Vic Parsons reflects on how a year without seeing their own reflection impacted how they relate to gender and identity.

magazine.gaytimes.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · Feb 26

Shout out to Cornwall Resists whose protest against Nigel Farage's attendance at a far-right event in Redruth was so effective, he has written an "Angry of Clacton" letter to the Home Secretary www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Nigel Farage vents anger at anti-fascists in letter to Home Secretary

Police said they were aware of some 'minor issues' at the Reform conference

www.cornwalllive.com

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Feb 5

for Gay Times i spoke to Shon Faye about her new book Love in Exile -- out tomorrow!
www.gaytimes.com/love-sex/sho...

Shon Faye: "We treat romantic love very politically"

Ahead of the release of her memoir 'Love in Exile', Shon Faye unpacks the universality of heartbreak with Vic Parsons.

www.gaytimes.com

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Jan 31

i met Caroline Litman at Trans+ Pride London in 2022 and took her picture, along with her daughter, Kate. reading HER NAME IS ALICE made me cry just as much as i did then. a must-read for those curious about trans people and those who love us, beyond the sensationalist media headlines.

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Jan 7

when i heard that Will Ferrell was making a trans movie i was so surprised.. and then i watched Will & Harper and found it empathetic, sensitive and funny! i reviewed the documentary for the i paper:
inews.co.uk/culture/will...

Will & Harper is astonishing - I hope it's a turning point for trans people

Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele - who came out as a transgender woman at 61 - head out on an all-American road trip in this tearful, impactful documentary

inews.co.uk

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Jan 6

also for Gay Times i explored the challenges and fears that trans people in their 50s, 60s and 70s have around death, dying and bereavement, and how organisations likes GIRES and Alternative Care Services are working on these issues
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“When you die, your rights die with you”: inside the struggle for dignified trans end-of-life care — GAY TIMES

In the UK, there is no mandatory trans-specific training for care workers about gender identity: Vic Parsons explores the difficulties faced by trans people in their most vulnerable moments.

apple.news

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vic parsons @vic-parsons.bsky.social · Dec 30

after the puberty blockers ban in the UK was made permanent by Labour health sec Wes Streeting, I wrote for British Vogue about trying to imagine different ways of perceiving and accessing trans healthcare, so that all kids can grow up free to be themselves
www.vogue.co.uk/article/pube...

Imagining A World In Which Trans Kids Are Free To Be Themselves

On Wednesday, the British government permanently banned the prescription of puberty blockers to transgender young people, claiming the medication is dangerous. It remains legal for children who aren’t...

www.vogue.co.uk

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