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two of the articles referred to :
'Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby'
janice turner
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But the current trans movement is doctrinaire, uncompromising. Led by mainly older trans-women — ie born men — it won’t acknowledge women’s rights or feelings. It fights for two principles. First, “self-definition”: a person is the gender they “feel” inside, so a trans-woman “is” a woman even without physical change or while retaining male genitalia. Second, “affirmation”: everyone must acknowledge this inner gender identity. Hence the right to waltz into women’s private spaces is sacrosanct.
For months, researching the rise in referrals to gender clinics of teenage girls, I’ve been shocked at how the trans lobby, abetted by a cowed LGBT movement and deluded politicians, are prepared to sacrifice the wellbeing of children to attain those two goals.
This week the Scottish government published its transgender guidance for schools, drawn up solely by activist groups such as Mermaids. If Justine Greening implements a highly contentious women and equalities committee report, such rules will apply everywhere. On changing rooms it states: “If a learner feels uncomfortable sharing facilities with a transgender young person, they can be allowed to use a private facility . . . or to get changed after the trans young person is done.” So if a girl objects to showering with a male-bodied pupil, she must go elsewhere or wait outside. For overnight trips: “If a transgender young person is sharing a room with their peers, there is no reason for parents of the other young people to be informed.” So you have no business knowing if your daughter is sleeping alongside someone born a boy.
It recommends schools allow a child to change gender without parental consent. Moreover, if parents are not wholly behind a child’s decision: “It may be useful to approach the local authority for additional guidance”, ie report them to social services, perhaps to question custody. (continues)
concludes:
While trans children are a liberal totem, 50 more are being referred to London’s Tavistock clinic every week. “If there was a 1,000 per cent rise in six years in any other field,” said one doctor, “there would be a major inquiry. Instead no one asks why.” Because trans kids are becoming, as in the US, an industry that makes careers, brings Children in Need and Lottery grants, humanitarian prizes, plaudits, MBEs; it provides a legion of photogenic young foot-soldiers to help secure older trans demands, and for the private clinics, who’ll put your 13-year-old girl on testosterone, it is a mighty cash cow. But in a decade, when our adult children turn to ask, “Why did you let me do this? Why didn’t you stop me?” we may wonder if this was progress or child abuse."
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/children-sacrificed-to-appease-trans-lobby-bq0m2mm95
'Transgender row over sleeper train cabins'
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Some people expressed concern after it emerged that the service is provided on the basis of what sex someone self-identifies as, rather than their biological birth gender.
Mr Soames, responded to a comment on Twitter in which it was suggested “predatory males” could claim to identify as female to “gain access to women” on the service. “I think you are referring to the possibility that people may say they are a woman when in fact they are a man,” he said. “Fortunately people who travel on [the Caledonian Sleeper] are not deceitful. Never been a problem in past.”
"There have also been debates over whether transgender women should be able to stand on women-only shortlists in the Labour Party.
The dispute over the Caledonian Sleeper service begun when a user of the influential internet forum Mumsnet posted a reply to an inquiry about rules governing the service. It said: “The service is provided on the basis of the gender that the individual self-identifies with.” (continues)
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/transgender-row-on-sleeper-train-9mgndrfsv