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AmaryllisNightAndDay · 27/02/2026 16:59

Kirschcherries · 27/02/2026 16:58

Just catching up. So glad Wes is looking at the existing data. It’s the right call.

Is he? I didn't know.

SternJoyousBeev2 · 27/02/2026 17:18

Datun · 27/02/2026 16:12

Indeed. I may be cynical, but there's a damn good reason for that.

Personally, I'm always a little suspicious about the ideological language being deployed. It indicates less a concerned parent, and more someone totally bought into the entire issue.

Plus the massive in-depth knowledge about studies that have since been trashed, but a distinct lack of curiosity about the reasons for the child transitioning in the first place.

That's not to say that I don't have tremendous sympathy for parents whose child wants to transition. It's one of the reasons why I want it out of schools, and to be constantly challenged on social media.

It must be a living nightmare for parents whose children are caught up in it. And it's the means by which they are caught up in it that has made me cynical in the first place.

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Posting on zombie threads and also repeating the nonsense about the origins of the Stonewall riots….

Kirschcherries · 27/02/2026 17:29

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 27/02/2026 16:59

Is he? I didn't know.

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I only found out reading this thread.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-02-26/hcws1369

Shedmistress · 27/02/2026 17:35

There is going to be an awful ot of 'its just an anecdote but my child is perfectly fine' threads in the coming few weeks. Buckle in.

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 27/02/2026 17:36

Kirschcherries · 27/02/2026 17:29

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Yes he is indeed! And that is good news.But I just wish that starting the puberty blocker trial was in some way conditional on the results of the data linkage trial.

RedToothBrush · 27/02/2026 17:41

Shedmistress · 27/02/2026 17:35

There is going to be an awful ot of 'its just an anecdote but my child is perfectly fine' threads in the coming few weeks. Buckle in.

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It's fine it's perfectly fine.

BonfireLady · 27/02/2026 18:06

Shedmistress · 27/02/2026 17:35

There is going to be an awful ot of 'its just an anecdote but my child is perfectly fine' threads in the coming few weeks. Buckle in.

Potentially so.

If it's TRAs fabricating stories, these will unravel pretty quickly when the posters realise that they are out of their depth knowledge-wise.

If it's parents of children who took PBs, where those children are now adults, great. I hope they make sure that their records are included in the data linkage study.

If it's parents of children who are still children.... I hope they open up their minds and start to really think about the long term possibilities that their child could face in the future. Simply broadcasting about how great PBs are in an online forum isn't going to help either them or their child. Nobody can predict the future, especially not children (or parents of children) who make life-impacting changes about their bodies.

impossibletoday · 27/02/2026 20:02

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nolongersurprised · 27/02/2026 20:08

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 27/02/2026 15:52

She's attracted to boys, which as a trans girl would make her straight, not gay. So "transing away the gay" doesn't fit her.

Isn't a 'trans' girl a boy, and isn't a boy who's attracted to other boys gay and if your child is male and he's sexually attracted to males, then he's homosexual, so how is it not a case of 'transing' the gay away.

After puberty blockers and cross sex hormones any attraction will be largely theoretical from now on. This is a child who will likely be infertile and never have an orgasm, if blocked at Tanner stage 2.

impossibletoday · 27/02/2026 20:15

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nicepotoftea · 27/02/2026 20:45

To refer to Jacob George's tweet, this doesn't make any difference to biological reality, so shouldn't change anything.

Where are the mocking posts?

StillSpartacus · 27/02/2026 21:05

I’ve been out most of today so am only now catching up. I’m sad and frustrated by the it’s all been fine posts, because in my experience it isn’t fine at all. I’ve yet to meet anyone who has had any intervention, who doesn’t want better results than what they have been left with.

It’s possible to manipulate and manifest, but real biology doesn’t grant your wishes. I truly hope that more evidence of this is published and that no more young people are lied to.

tropicaltrance · 27/02/2026 21:22

So when will all the gender ideologues be recusing themselves?

OldCrone · 27/02/2026 21:23

sarahd89 · 27/02/2026 14:44

That's a fair question.
The pathway my daughter followed began with extensive assessment through GIDS, which at the time involved multiple appointments over many months, exploring her history, her feelings, her mental health, family dynamics, and whether there were other factors contributing to her distress. It wasn't a single conversation and a prescription.
After that assessment, she was prescribed puberty blockers, which paused the development of secondary sex characteristics that were causing her significant distress. The purpose was to give her more time to mature and be certain, while preventing changes that would have been irreversible and deeply distressing for her.
More recently, she's begun cross-sex hormones, which will cause feminising changes. This decision came after further assessment, after years of living consistently in her gender, and with full understanding that some effects are permanent.
What the pathway doesn't involve, at least not until adulthood and after years of living in role, is surgery. The narrative that children are being rushed into operating theatres isn't what's actually happening in the UK system.
I want to be clear: I don't think this pathway is right for every young person who questions their gender. I don't think assessment should be cursory. I think careful, individualised assessment matters enormously.
But I also watched my daughter before and after. The difference isn't subtle. She went from someone who could barely leave her room to someone who has friends, goes to school, talks about the future.

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More recently, she's begun cross-sex hormones, which will cause feminising changes. This decision came after further assessment, after years of living consistently in her gender, and with full understanding that some effects are permanent.
What the pathway doesn't involve, at least not until adulthood and after years of living in role, is surgery.

I find the language used here interesting.

I have never, to my knowledge lived 'in [my] gender' (I don't really know what that means to be honest). I have never lived 'in role' as a woman (or before that, as a girl). It's only people who are pretending to be the opposite sex who do this. By talking about your child 'living in her gender' and 'living in role', you also recognise that this is not real, that it's a real-life, 24-hours-a-day performance of trying to show the world that they are something they are not. It must be exhausting for them.

Quite apart from the harmful effects of the drugs, why is anyone encouraging vulnerable children and young people to spend the rest of their lives living 'in role', rather than just living as themselves?

DamsonGoldfinch · 27/02/2026 21:35

How can any child who isn’t able to even consent to a tattoo, have ‘full understanding that some effects are permanent’? They can’t. My friend’s 25 year old is currently having extensive tattoo removal for the tattoos she legally consented to when she was 18 which she has now realised were pretty stupid.

18 year olds make stupid decisions. And they’re ones who’ve gone through puberty. Heaven help the ones who haven’t and who still have the mental capacity of a 12 year old.

ArabellaScott · 27/02/2026 21:45

OldCrone · 27/02/2026 21:23

More recently, she's begun cross-sex hormones, which will cause feminising changes. This decision came after further assessment, after years of living consistently in her gender, and with full understanding that some effects are permanent.
What the pathway doesn't involve, at least not until adulthood and after years of living in role, is surgery.

I find the language used here interesting.

I have never, to my knowledge lived 'in [my] gender' (I don't really know what that means to be honest). I have never lived 'in role' as a woman (or before that, as a girl). It's only people who are pretending to be the opposite sex who do this. By talking about your child 'living in her gender' and 'living in role', you also recognise that this is not real, that it's a real-life, 24-hours-a-day performance of trying to show the world that they are something they are not. It must be exhausting for them.

Quite apart from the harmful effects of the drugs, why is anyone encouraging vulnerable children and young people to spend the rest of their lives living 'in role', rather than just living as themselves?

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Yes. The whole aim of transgenderism is to pull off a lie. To pretend utterly convincingly that one is the opposite sex.

The phrase 'being who I really am' is a complete and total reverse.

It's all a lie. It seems to work to some extent for some people for some period of time. 'Gender euphoria' lasts for a bit.

ArabellaScott · 27/02/2026 21:49

tropicaltrance · 27/02/2026 21:22

So when will all the gender ideologues be recusing themselves?

Indeed.

ArabellaScott · 27/02/2026 21:53

DamsonGoldfinch · 27/02/2026 21:35

How can any child who isn’t able to even consent to a tattoo, have ‘full understanding that some effects are permanent’? They can’t. My friend’s 25 year old is currently having extensive tattoo removal for the tattoos she legally consented to when she was 18 which she has now realised were pretty stupid.

18 year olds make stupid decisions. And they’re ones who’ve gone through puberty. Heaven help the ones who haven’t and who still have the mental capacity of a 12 year old.

Children are not offered surgery because its recognised they are too young, they havent matured enough to give meaningful consent.

Blockers deliberately and obviously prevent that psycholigical maturation process from happening.

So how can a child who has had puberty delayed or blocked be said to have matured enough to consent aged 18?

teawamutu · 27/02/2026 22:14

Professor Jacob George sounds great.

Posters who stop by to spray around anti-women guff in the guise of beeeeing kiiiind, not so much.

StillSpartacus · 27/02/2026 23:13

OldCrone · 27/02/2026 21:23

More recently, she's begun cross-sex hormones, which will cause feminising changes. This decision came after further assessment, after years of living consistently in her gender, and with full understanding that some effects are permanent.
What the pathway doesn't involve, at least not until adulthood and after years of living in role, is surgery.

I find the language used here interesting.

I have never, to my knowledge lived 'in [my] gender' (I don't really know what that means to be honest). I have never lived 'in role' as a woman (or before that, as a girl). It's only people who are pretending to be the opposite sex who do this. By talking about your child 'living in her gender' and 'living in role', you also recognise that this is not real, that it's a real-life, 24-hours-a-day performance of trying to show the world that they are something they are not. It must be exhausting for them.

Quite apart from the harmful effects of the drugs, why is anyone encouraging vulnerable children and young people to spend the rest of their lives living 'in role', rather than just living as themselves?

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Indeed. A sixteen year old boy cannot achieve his stated aim of becoming female and is likely to be dissatisfied with the results he is able to get. He can never be female enough to align with his vision. Meanwhile, the door has also slammed shut on his ability to reclaim male puberty and adult development, leaving him in a permanent limbo. Attracted to other men, but never able to enjoy a full relationship, suffering ill health, cognitive dysfunction and emotional dysregulation, robbed of the life he could have lived if he hadn’t been lied to. It’s absolutely heartbreaking.

nolongersurprised · 28/02/2026 00:10

ArabellaScott · 27/02/2026 21:53

Children are not offered surgery because its recognised they are too young, they havent matured enough to give meaningful consent.

Blockers deliberately and obviously prevent that psycholigical maturation process from happening.

So how can a child who has had puberty delayed or blocked be said to have matured enough to consent aged 18?

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Children can’t consent to any part of a process that results in sterilisation and sexual dysfunction. Not at 8-13years, not at 14+.

This is why I’m so heartened by the trial being halted. Once it’s acknowledged that this medical pathway is impairing fertility and sexual function no one can ever say it’s ok. This is the beginning of the end of it all.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 28/02/2026 06:36

teawamutu · 27/02/2026 22:14

Professor Jacob George sounds great.

Posters who stop by to spray around anti-women guff in the guise of beeeeing kiiiind, not so much.

I agree, the Prof knows what he's taking about, he's apparently not involved in this particular trail though, I wonder if those who are have been screened for tweets, and any who's tweets show they're activists for the batshitery should stepdown.

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