Gender critical groups in Wales meet Deputy First Minister in change of approach

Way to go Welsh Woman, it's good to know the new regime has let us back in the room, erasing the voice of women in Wales was anti-democratic. 😤

Thanks for this, OP. We'll see in time if this makes any difference. If WAG can find a way around the law, they will. It will depend on what Andy Burnham does. Those in charge here in Wales will simply do the opposite so they can be Not Westminster. So I shall reserve judgement for now.

Wow well done you women of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I wish them luck but the new Plaid Cymru government is very much TWAW as in their manifesto.

The only way I can see this making any difference is if Plaid Cymru want to differentiate themselves from Welsh Labour's gender batshittery.

In reality I suspect Plaid will say "Unlike Welsh Labour we talked to some women about this" and then either "but we found they were just bigots and we'll carry on as before", or more likely "of course we must listen to women but those poor transgender folx and we'll carry in as before".

Previous Labour Ministers would not meet them.

I think this says it all really. And they say this is a democratic country. Only for me, not for thee.

I do hope this is a sign of the Senedd looking to do something different but I won't hold my breath.

Another significant development in Wales

An NHS doctor has been asked to “reflect” on the consequences of her decision to tear a cameraphone out of a videographer’s hand during a protest in Cardiff in April.

On Saturday 11 April several women’s groups banded together under the brand “One Year Later” to mark the anniversary of the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision in Cardiff’s Central Square.

Dr Sophie Quinney, clinical director of the Welsh Gender Service (WGS), joined a noisy counter-protest at the same location. Quinney took exception to being filmed and attacked the videographer responsible. You can read a fuller version of what happened, and find a link to the video of Quinney here.

Quinney’s behaviour was witnessed by a “retired health professional”, taking part in the One Year Later gathering. They complained about Quinney’s behaviour to the General Medical Council, the independent regulator for doctors in the UK. The complainant said it was “unprofessional for a doctor to be part of a group interfering with women’s rights to freedom of assembly and expression by trying to drown the speakers out and prevent them being heard.”

The scandal at the Welsh gender clinic is growing

https://genderblog.net/nhs-attack-doctor-asked-by-gmc-to-reflect/

Thanks for the update, it's good to know that the 'good' doctors conduct has been brought to the attention of the GMC. Given that some of the people who were 'on the wrong side of the square' were likely to be her patients, is it ethical for her to be hanging out with them.

Meanwhile

"In July 2024, NHS Wales ordered a review of Quinney’s Welsh Gender Service in the light of the Cass Review, after a number of complaints made by the families of WGS patients. As of May this year that review still hadn’t started. The same month (with the help of a number of people) I was able to do some number-crunching which revealed that the Welsh Gender Service was referring people for gender surgery at around 3 times the rate per head of population as the wider UK."

How is it that the NHS hasn't done this, how long do they need before they take responsibility for medical practices that are being carried out in their facilities.

I'm glad that Natasha Asghar is on the case, maybe that's why someone recently put a brick through the window in her constituency offices.