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Mermaids want "trans kids" to legally change sex

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WatchThePotatoesBoil · 02/10/2018 14:29

I guess it's hardly surprising, but here's the GRA consultancy guidance that Mermaids have put out...

www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/assets/media/Mermaids%20Guidance%20Pack_Responding%20to%20the%20GRA%20Consultation.pdf

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R0wantrees · 02/10/2018 17:38

Mermaids have been campaigning strongly for this since the start of the Government consultation.

deepwatersolo · 02/10/2018 17:36

I very much wonder what is up with the 'no age limit' thing in other countries. I've looked at law summaries in Germany and Austria and it apparently requires quite thorough psychiatric evaluation (Austria insists that the disorder must be irreversible). How early would a psychiatrist diagnose that in practice?

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WatchThePotatoesBoil · 02/10/2018 17:06

I think this is all heading towards:

"Choose the sex of your baby! - After it's born!"

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WatchThePotatoesBoil · 02/10/2018 17:04

It was mermaids who co-created the Scouts Trans Inclusive guide, that says kids may start to experience gender dysphoria from 2yrs old.

This is dangerous stuff...

members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/4228/gender-identity-supporting-young-people?cat=377,378&moduleID=10

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AnonymousIsAWoman · 02/10/2018 16:51

No problem Rumble - the way they use these stats is so dangerous we absoloutely need to keep pointing out how inaccurate they are.

Rumbledore · 02/10/2018 16:16

Thank you for posting the link to the Transgendertrend article. Wow 😮 not only are the studies flawed but the report author is worried about how the stats are being misrepresented.

Theinconstantgardener · 02/10/2018 15:56

tried to read it. I got so far and my brain refused to engage any further
same
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misscockerspaniel · 02/10/2018 15:54

Agree, they are totally batshit. And deluded. Are they so used to stamping their feet and getting their own way, or are they so moronic, that they don't realise that it is physically impossible to change sex. Dangerous, stupid, fuckwits.

Trinity1976 · 02/10/2018 15:49

These people are batshit. Many of these children who are bullied into transitioning as kids will end up with mental health issues as adults because they decisions that are being made for them are not the right ones.

FloralBunting · 02/10/2018 15:28

My feeling about the transing of kids is known, but what actually annoyed me about that was the reasons behind the campaigning to remove the 'spousal veto'.

Now, I actually think it should be made so that it's grounds for divorce, but the only acknowledgement in that 'guidance' was that the non-trans partner in the marriage may be abusive. The transwidows thread and the experience of my transwidows friend couldn't be more illustrative of how bloody DARVO that is.

AnonymousIsAWoman · 02/10/2018 15:25

They are based on seriously flawed studies. Transgender Trend did a good piece about them:

www.transgendertrend.com/the-suicide-myth/

TimIsHavingABadDay · 02/10/2018 15:20

I got to 45% of trans pupils have tried to commit suicide. Where do they get their statistics from?

AnonymousIsAWoman · 02/10/2018 15:04

I tried to read it. I got so far and my brain refused to engage any further.

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