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Dr Helen Webberley (GenderGP) Interview in The Independent re GenderQuake Debate

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R0wantrees · 08/05/2018 18:15

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"I have been very open about my individualised approach to the treatment of transgender patients, irrespective of age, and my firm belief that they should be able to access the support and medication they need in a timely and supportive manner, and where possible via their GP. In line with self-identification of gender, I firmly advocate informed consent and individualised care.

This has attracted a certain amount of media interest. So I was not surprised to receive an invitation to appear on Genderquake, part of Channel 4’s series of programmes which are described as an opportunity “to encourage and to enlighten public discussion about sexuality and gender identity”.

My initial response was entirely positive. There is an overwhelming need for informed debate round the topic of society’s approach to transgender people and how we can better support this marginalised group. As a medical professional who has had firsthand experience of meeting and treating more members of the transgender community than most in my position, I was keen to add my voice to the mix.
This changed rather abruptly after I dug a little deeper. I spoke to a GP registrar and LGBTQ+ advocate (Dr Adrian Harrop) who had also been contacted by Channel 4, as well as a number of friends, fellow trans advocates and members of the trans community. The overwhelming opinion was that this had the potential to be yet another orchestrated engineered battle between trans people and those who essentially deny their very existence."


www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans-genderquake-debate-channel-4-germaine-greer-munroe-bergdorf-lgbt-rights-a8341776.html

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Juells · 09/05/2018 23:12

I used to feel guilty for thinking Jessen was creepy looking, I'd mentally lambaste myself for being so judgemental. Hmm

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JustABrokenDoll · 09/05/2018 23:14

A couple of gay males engaging in mutual admiration and telling women how to 'woman'. Well isn't that just lovely.

The only time these fellas will give a shiny shite about a woman is if they go down the Tom Daley rent-a-womb path.

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TrumpTrump · 09/05/2018 23:18

Well hopefully these two Doctors have so much in common that they meet, fall in love, and skip off into the sunset and we never see or hear from them ever again. Smile

Everyone's happy

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TerfinUSA · 10/05/2018 07:09

What a pair of arseholes. There was just this week a case in Indonesia where a 12-year-old girl was going to be married to a 21-year-old man. She was bought with a £1600 bride price. It was ok locally, but cancelled following a national outcry. It was wrong, people recognised that so they cancelled it. www.bbc.com/indonesia/indonesia-44036564

Nobody needs these shitstain doctor wankers to lecture them on the global south and cultural practices and whatever other crap they come out with. Fuck off. Relativist cunts.

Fucking arseholes.

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R0wantrees · 10/05/2018 10:33

current thread re Dr Harrop's use of social media etc here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3244781-dr-adrian-harrop-who-the-funk-does-he-think-he-is

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