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This actually made me laugh out loud, but ironically

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Pudmyboy · 18/04/2021 16:33

"To be the parent of a trans person now, in Britain, is also to witness a regular assault of distortions and half-truths. We hear that trans people can access medical treatment with dangerous ease, when they in fact face monstrous waiting times, or that there is a powerful trans lobby trampling on the rights of others when anti-trans groups are significantly better resourced." amp.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/18/being-trans-transgender-rights-issues-rowan-moore-felix-moore

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OwBist · 18/04/2021 17:24

This just popped up on my newsfeed as a suggested article. I got as far as pro-female arguments being "banal" and gave up (the wording in the census and recent maternity Bill). It's not anti- or phobic anything to want clear language in medicine and law.

DryHeave · 18/04/2021 17:17

The article claims GC people “bombard services with so much hostile attention that they become impossible to run effectively.”

I cannot think of a single instance of this happening. Quite the opposite. Is this DARVO?!

transbadger · 18/04/2021 17:01

To be the parent of a trans person now, in Britain, is also to witness a regular assault of distortions and half-truths.

To witness them? Or to peddle them?

🦡🌈🤍

MrsWooster · 18/04/2021 16:59

“To be the parent of a trans person now, in Britain, is also to witness a regular assault of distortions and half-truths.” To be anyone involved in the trans debate is to witness this, but I believe such distortions are coming from people who deny science and deny the rights of women as a protected class.

Biscuitsanddoombar · 18/04/2021 16:56

@IDanielRadcliffe

Charles Moore is Felix’s uncle, I think Felix was on the Today programme when CM guest-edited.
He is, Rowan and felix have access to plenty of media contacts to get their story in newspapers and on the radio

You would think that the massive increase in people identifying as trans would be a subject of investigation and research
Why is this happening?
What is the impact on individuals, their family, the nhs and wider society?
Are there particular parts of the country that have higher rates than others?
Why is there such a difference in the ages when ppl identify as trans with teenage girls identifying as boys and men identifying as women later in life?
Why do some people detransition?

but it seems not....

PotholeHellhole · 18/04/2021 16:47

“if the current intake of patients holds at its current rate, the waiting time for a first appointment at an NHS adults’ gender identity clinic in London will be 26 years.”

Quote from article.

So there has been an increase, then?

IDanielRadcliffe · 18/04/2021 16:46

Charles Moore is Felix’s uncle, I think Felix was on the Today programme when CM guest-edited.

drspouse · 18/04/2021 16:39

It's like a bingo card, isn't it?

Biscuitsanddoombar · 18/04/2021 16:38

I started to read it but then I found my eyes had rolled so far around in my head I couldn’t carry on

The constant lies piss me the fuck off

As always beeeeee kiiiiiinnnddd only ever goes one way