Keira

[YouNoob]

Live tweets from Belstaffie here:

mobile.twitter.com/Belstaffie/status/1333716720176033793

Claiming extreme risk of harm if sudden withdrawal of treatment

But treatment is safe and fully reversible right?

Would need to check protocols but these need not be exclusive given the use of the word 'sudden'. It's possible the safe and reversible might relate to reduced dosage or use of other medication. There are plenty of treatments for other conditions where the treatment is safe and reversible but sudden cessation of mediation gives rise to a risk of harm.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55144148

Gender reassignment: NHS loses puberty blockers legal case

This is just one of those days I really miss Baby Shipman on twitter. Oh it would have been glorious

Long overdue that children were centred in all this rather than the narcissistic demands of adult activists. Well done Keira, Mrs A, Transgender Trend and everyone else who supported this.

I wonder how many charities mentioned by mermaids will now be distancing themselves?

Same here. In fact, I think the reason Mermaids mentioned them was to take them down with them. Expect to see some very rapid reverse-ferreting and tweet-deleting and general gaslighting ("we never said children should have puberty blockers") from NSPCC et al.

Heather Brunskell Evans says:

16 year olds & over can presume to consent. Under 16 year olds presumed not to be able to consent although slightly sliding scale from 16 downwards under exceptional circumstance. It’s a complex judgement Tavi want to appeal. Will tweet more later when I’ve absorbed the detail

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine

Judgement excerpt:

So are they saying under 16s can't consent, over 16s might be able to but each case needs referred to Court?

Fabulous news!

They’re coming for you Mermaids! So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye!

It is interesting that all the media reporting seems to be framing it as u16s can have puberty blockers if they understand enough to consent, whereas judgement says highly unlikely to understand.

This is being reported as a win for trans rights.

https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/transgender-children-puberty-blockers-high-courtukk5fc615e0c5b68ca87f87a64c/?guccounter=1&gucereferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL2pwTUlVd1JyQ0ssYW1wPTE&gucereferrerrsig=AQAAAHuT0e7ePJMJ7D5PQiwArRBxzy7jC1cMRNHFHbNSoHEDtSEBi6L-biJrwB2LJQUVYkSIGejGlZOLpvkvzSHJfMMh6m8QsaC46SPktZK3GHPY0I9XyChlsYeE2chFEzw6i1SbD9pSn3RLC5sIw72cQrHs1aASJYA7bRTq8LHhIO&twitterr_impression=true

Actually stunning and brave. Brilliant news.

In fact, I think the reason Mermaids mentioned them was to take them down with them.

Wow.

Yes, probably.

Oh well, down they go then. They stopped putting children first long ago.

YouNoob - that headline totally contradicts the first line of the article: "Children under 16 who wish to undergo gender reassignment can only consent to having puberty blockers if they are able to understand the nature of the treatment, the High Court has said in a landmark ruling."

Fantastic news, hopefully the beginning of the end for the affirmation model, Mermaids and the Tavi.

Tavistock has proposed a pause in referrals

YouNoob

That is an interesting article by Huff. A very interesting take......

Half an hour ago the ticker feed on the Microsoft home page was that 'children can't consent...'.

Now it says 'Children under 16 can consent if they understand the treatment.'

It is definitely being spun as a victory.

This is fantastic news. The language in the judgement excerpt is clear and sensible. I'm happy.

BREAKING: High Court ruling deals a potentially devastating blow to trans under 16s seeking access to life-saving puberty blockers. We will respond in full and expect an appeal from GIDS. This is a betrayal of trans young people.

twitter.com/Mermaids_Gender/status/1333731705279172610?s=19

So relieved although I want more details. Please let this be the start of change.

Mermaids tweeted

BREAKING: High Court ruling deals a potentially devastating blow to trans under 16s seeking access to life-saving puberty blockers. We will respond in full and expect an appeal from GIDS. This is a betrayal of trans young people. The summary judgment in full:

This reminds me of a car accident I had where both sides claimed to have won yet interestingly I was the one who walked out of court with it having cost me zero and the other side lost his costs, his ability to claim for personal injury and his no claims.

Absolutely astonished and delighted! Hats off to Keira and her excellent team for presenting the case so brilliantly. All we wanted was for someone to look at this process and see it for what it was. Am so fucking relieved that puberty blockers will be seen for what they are: experimental and gateway drugs with irreversible and unknown effects.

@cantdothisnow1

Fantastic news, hopefully the beginning of the end for the affirmation model, Mermaids and the Tavi.

And quite frankly the end of this by some teachers, groups that work in schools and the few parents who push for blockers for gd. And the bbc.

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