On a thread in the Coronavirus section I came across the mention of a group called Queercare being recommended as a source of assistance. So I checked it out and found this:
queercare.network/
Apparently
QueerCare is a transfeminist autonomous care organisation, providing training, support and advocacy for trans and queer people in the uk (and further afield).
This is a field I know nothing much about but in the section on advocacy
they say this, which rings alarm bells.
^Our advocates are not independent mental capacity advocates – such a role implies a control over capacity we are not willing to be complicit in – we stand for the patient’s wishes regardless of what the medical system has determined their capacity to be. We are willing to push not just through official channels but through a diversity of tactics.
Our advocates resist at all turns nonconsenusal incarceration (be it in the form of traditional imprisonment or the use of the mental health/capacity acts) and will not compromise with the institutions of healthcare to win our fight.
That said, our advocates all prefer de-escalating situations, and situations where direct action has been desirable have not evidenced themselves yet.
Our advocates are, as such, trained beyond the standards expected of independent mental capacity advocates – extensive healthcare training is provided, allowing them to better understand and communicate the risks to patients, and symptoms to clinical staff^
Clearly a strong link between mental health issues and being a transwoman. Anyone heard of this lot before? Are they new?