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The linked document is being circulated amongst NHS service providers for young trans people. It advises cessation of ALL medical intervention for transition but goes further. It suggests that if the patient or parents continue to access trans healthcare outside their system, they should be reported to social services with the implicit threat that the children will be taken from their parents.
IF YOU ARE A YOUNG TRANS PERSON OR A PARENT OF ONE, IT IS LIKELY UNSAFE TO ENGAGE WITH NHS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •Rachel Greenham
in reply to Sarah Brown • • •@cstross this country is basically becoming as bad as the reddest of red states in the US on this issue. And Labour aren't going to do anything. And Scotland isn't going to be a refuge.
Being older it hasn't affected me directly yet, but it's still making me increasingly anxious and depressed. for one thing, i'm sure theyโll get around to us that transitioned years ago. and for another, i mean, what a shithole this place is.
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Unknown parent • • •Rachel Greenham
Unknown parent • • •@grayface_ghost @oddhack @cstross OTOH they're going to lose the next election, which has to happen by January, probably sooner, and they're going to lose it badly.
the real cause for the loss of hope is that the main opposition party has been assiduously stamping on any suggestion that they might do anything differently. and in particular seem to be signed up to all the same transphobic bullshit.
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in reply to Rachel Greenham • • •Rachel Greenham
in reply to Jon • • •Sarah Brown
Unknown parent • •That says exactly the same fucking thing. Theyโre just using euphemisms.
Youโre either operating in โnaive useful idiotโ mode here, or youโre being a deliberate apologist. Donโt care which. plonk
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Unknown parent • • •Stop being a concern troll. You know exactly what that means to transphobes.
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Unknown parent • • •@jaruzel
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The NHS is an incredibly transphobic organisation. This document is giving every single bigot within it free license to report people for receiving healthcare.
Do you think a transphobe, which the NHS is fucking infested with, is EVER going to think that a trans person is not "at risk" from being affirmed?
At least you're aware of your problem.
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in reply to Site Reliability Enby๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐บ๐๐ท • •@Site Reliability Enby๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ @Jaruzel yeah. Got no time for disingenuous apologism for exterminationalists. They know what they mean. We know what they mean. They know we know what they mean.
I will block this crap on sight b
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Unknown parent • • •"Oh noooooo she said 'fuck' when discussing exterminationists! So much for the tolerant left!"
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •my daughter was around 13 when she first opened up about being trans, when she was 16/17 we started looking at the options, and camhs was the first stop after being referred.
They were helpful and pleasant, but ultimately, pretty Fโing useless. We went private and while itโs still been a โjourneyโ, things are good and sheโs happy. Fuck transphobes, and shitty shit like this. My daughter is my priority, her happiness is paramount and NO ONE will change that.
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in reply to Jamie • • •Professor_Stevens
in reply to Jamie • • •I like your priorities.
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in reply to Jamie • • •Jamie
in reply to ian • • •@ian I think they do what they can, within limits, to meet bare minimum standard โฆ if they get 6 months to respond to something, theyโll take 6 months, which is why they process with them could be 5 years before anything significant happens.
Yes, those fortunate enough can take the easier route and pay to go private, but I genuinely fear for those that donโt have that luxury, itโs heartbreaking
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •@SiteRelEnby @jaruzel
Probably a good call, from a look at some of their other posts.
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in reply to Site Reliability Enby๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐บ๐๐ท • •@Site Reliability Enby๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ @violetmadder @Jaruzel โThe correct democratic wayโ.
Dear god, some people say the most self-important, stupid shit.
Sarah Brown
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Unknown parent • •@MidgePhoto I do not believe you are engaging in good faith. This document is going to result in deaths of kids who canโt get help because their parents are terrified they will be placed in โcareโ and forcibly subjected to conversion โtherapyโ.
Youโre a transphobe. Get the hell off my post.
Sarah Brown
in reply to Sarah Brown • •@MidgePhoto โmundaneโ. Jesus fucking Christ! Talk about the banality of evil.
The fuck is wrong with these people that not only do they want us casually exterminated? They want to get up in our face on social media and gloat about it.
Tormod Halvorsen
in reply to Sarah Brown • • •This is just terrible.
I am no expert, but surely there must be plenty of studies with positive results? Claiming โvery little is knownโ just doesnโt make sense.
Suspecting much of this is purely political, not medical.
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in reply to Sarah Brown • • •Sarah Brown
in reply to Tormod Halvorsen • •@Tormod Halvorsen You may well say that, and i wouldnโt argue.
Sadly, the health system in the UK is institutionally transphobic, and always has been.
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