Absolutely this. The Cass Review is disregarding inconvenient evidence in arriving at its conclusions. The fact that it acknowledges such evidence exists while ignoring it for the purposes of its “analysis” is nothing in its favour. It is a damning criticism.

As someone who is
-gender non conforming
- has been sexually assaulted
-hated male attention when young
-hated menstruating
-is a lesbian
-used to get told 'you think like a boy'

not for ONE MINUTE have I ever thought I am a man.

Trans men exist - get over it.

so the cass review is kind of a nothing burger huh.

transphobes appear to have already ran out of steam in trying to spin it as a good thing for them lol. the WPATH files lasted longer than this!

As a part of the Cass Review, researchers at York University did a series of systematic reviews which have now been published in The Archives of Childhood Disease. These are very good examples of the unfortunate reality that peer review doesn't guarantee good science esp when (1/

It's hard for me to interpret this as anything but people who are opposed to gender diversity and alarmed by the existence of trans youth engaging in a review protocol specifically with the intention of finding ways to dismiss any support for affirmation. It's alarming (14/

TrANs WOmen HavE a BIologICal adVaNTagE

Science: Compared to cis women athletes, trans women athletes have similar testosterone levels, similar bone density, higher oestrogen, lower forced expiratory volume in 1s, lower relative VO2max, and lower relative jump height.

When my parents divorced and remarried they continued to jointly raise us with their new partners.

I had 4 parents, and they ominously referred to themselves as 'The Parent Council'. In hindsight I'm incredibly grateful for it

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Doing work on the thumbnail for the next pod.

For some reason one news article had a photo of Hillary Cass holding a tablet. So now, I have a good photoshop opportunity for everyone:

It's clear that the York team (and Cass/the writers of the Report) were very put out by the lack of cooperation from the adult clinics.

It's clear that the plan was to share private patient data w/o consent, Cass and the York team thought this was ethical, and others disagreed.

Why do some GPs think they can take trans patients off hormones?

By Ilya Maude
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Palestinian refugees 🇵🇸 attempting to return to northern Gaza 🇵🇸 are attacked by Israeli 🇮🇱 air strikes.

Israel 🇮🇱 has no intention of allowing Palestinians back to northern Gaza.

It’s never been ‘defence’
It’s always been ethnic cleansing.

'Fairness in women's sports' is the new 'ethics in video game journalism.' This moral panic has always been about reinforcing existing hierarchies and policing difference.