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Calyx72 · 11/02/2022 20:56

Please sign into CSP and look at the new iCSP discussion "Stonewall and the CSP"

A great thread beginning and agreement that stonewall are problematic and women's rights are being overlapped by male rights

Then a HUGE ESSAY by a TRA

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Bosky · 26/11/2025 16:50

This thread will max-out after another 75 comments so then you won't need to keep cross-posting 🥳

VenusEnvyXX · 26/11/2025 16:52

OH NO! What do we do - just hop on the other one?

Bosky · 26/11/2025 17:03

That's what I would do :-) It would save having to cross-post.

If anyone wants to make a Continuation Thread for this one then what normally happens is

  • they would set up a new thread just before this one maxes out
  • name the new thread "UK Physios - Thread 2"
  • put a link in the original thread to the new thread
  • start the new thread with a post linking to the previous thread

It's quite handy having threads in both the AHP Board and the FWR Board but it does mean more work for you cross-posting.

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Calyx72 · 26/11/2025 18:43

Thanks Elaine you are working so hard and your work is such great quality. You are a pleasure to read. Thanks for everything and I will be in touch as I would definitely be in the group.

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stealtheatingtunnocks · 27/11/2025 10:14

northender · 23/11/2025 23:34

Hope it went well Venus
This was posted on X today by Ruth Parry
"Some physiotherapists feel “petrified” to question our professional body’s “Working with trans people” guidance, let alone sharing sex realist views at work
If you’re a physio and wld like to join @GussieGrips & I in a signed ‘critical friend’ letter/email to CSP, please dm me."
I'm can't figure out how to DM but have emailed Venus before so will definitely join in this one way or another

That is shocking but not surprising. My boss is all very TWAW, which is weird because she is a lesbian so I’d have thought she would know what a woman is. I do not say that at work, it is enough of a risk to not use pronouns.

2Rebecca · 29/11/2025 10:44

I am impressed by your resilience and persistence in the face of institutional madness Venus

VenusEnvyXX · 01/12/2025 11:41

It does feel a bit mad, 2Rebecca.

Apart from anything else, a trade union is removing the words of its members in order to prevent debate. That's bizarre.

RadFiz · 22/05/2026 17:23

It's been a while!

I think CSP have updated their trans guidance with information on the EHRC and single sex wards?
https://www.csp.org.uk/publications/working-transgender-people-physiotherapy-practice

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 23/05/2026 13:00

They are using the derogatory term cis. How awful!

2021x · 24/05/2026 09:07

Far out… I was a Obs and Pelvic health PT I wonder what would have happened if I had to see a Transwoman for post natal care!

RadFiz · 16/10/2026 12:39

It's been a while again! Anyone else spot this?

https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2026-10-15-csp-responds-nhs-england-guidance-single-sex-spaces

highame · 16/10/2026 13:10

Trans exclusion is the central focus in the piece. One hopes they will acknowledge the positive aspects for women. Don't hold your breath

BreezyZebra · 16/10/2026 13:49

RadFiz · 16/10/2026 12:39

It's been a while again! Anyone else spot this?

https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2026-10-15-csp-responds-nhs-england-guidance-single-sex-spaces

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Thank you for posting this, even though it makes my blood boil to see them still cantering on the feelings of trans people when they have never dreamed of campaigning for our rights to single sex spaces and standing up for all our female ( and male) patients who deserve to have their needs met. TRA‘s and the institutions that have supported them have created far more prejudice towards and worsened the life experiences of trans people themselves .

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Calyx72 · 16/10/2026 15:52

It’s a positive step towards sense and safety although it was more of a ‘drag kicking and screaming’ rather than a step.

I cancelled my CSP subscription a couple of months ago. Too much money for no support. I have joined Unison who are of the same mind as CSP about these issues but who are at least a lot cheaper.

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RadFiz · 11/11/2026 18:22

Perhaps I'm too harsh but why don't they use the word 'male' here? It's MALE violence against women.

https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2026-11-10-csp-calls-shared-responsibility-tackle-violence-against-women-girls

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Calyx72 · 12/11/2026 10:14

’Gender based’ violence so you know they don’t believe in or care about the fact that it’s almost always by males.

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