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ICE and DHS must be eliminated. Fuck these people.

To be absolutely clear on this, one of our volunteers received a letter from a cabinet minister acknowledging the contents of the Discord leaks, including comments talking about serious abuse. The government knows exactly who they are including in these consultations.

me too - it's made a big difference to my ability to be with my feelings

scratch that actually - they also have a company limited by guarantee. I'm finding it hard to find clarity about what the purpose of the company limited by shares is (it's also in susie green's name) - but I've taken down the post

scratch that actually - they also have a company limited by guarantee. I'm finding it hard to find clarity about what the purpose of the company limited by shares is (it's also in susie green's name) - but I've taken down the post

I keep seeing these videos by trans guys about how trans women are dominating trans advocacy because of socialisation and honestly it's a discredit to the numerous trans men who are involved daily in pragmatic community rooted activism every day without getting involved in promoting transmisogyny.

Queensland puberty blocker ban reinstated by health minister hours after supreme court overturned it Move comes after parent successfully challenged LNP’s previous ban on new patients under 18 accessing hormone treatments for gender dysphoria

Having a lot of trouble coming to terms with the sheer cruelty of this, all my love to trans kids in Queensland, please stay with us, you are loved and you deserve healthcare.

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A No-Knead Batch of Reviews In which I join my local library, and it totally changes how I read

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I started a substack to write reviews because I've been reading so much I'm talking my friends' ears off - here's a roundup including Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi, and Ducks by Kate Beaton

Black Flame is one of the best books I have ever read, I feel comforted knowing that it exists

I think quinsy is still in use in the UK! My brother had one as a kid and it was called that then, and when I had a bunch of tonsillitis complications I was told what quinsy symptoms to look out for (love this list btw)

Protect the land that inspired this page.

Arthur, from the tv show Arthur, holding up his library card

just went to the library and got out My Alcoholic Escape From Reality by Nagata Kabi and Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

I think Sugar's draw towards uncomfortable interpersonal dynamics will mesh SO well with the Jansson's writing!! Took me a second to digest but I'm actually excited about this

Many of these therapies seem designed to induce dissociative states, and profound shame. I am in awe of J's courage and insight.

An autoethnographic critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children Contrary to ongoing representations of efficacy, “therapy” that aimed to change or suppress a gender diverse child served to delay self-acceptance for two decades and caused long term harm 

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One of the difficult parts of researching medical abuses of trans patients is trying to relate the often evasive and euphemistic documentation left by practitioners to the vividly horrifying experiences related by survivors. This article is remarkable

There are lots of more insidious forms where they don't immediately confront clients that way but wait a few weeks to foster trust, but I think it's important to lay out clearly where the red lines are - gaslighting, being made to distrust your own feelings, being disrespected in your experiences.

Holy shit, we're two thirds of the way there. Thank you so much to everybody who has donated so far or shared this on.

Reject Trans Doom-Posting This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…

New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.

It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.

It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.

it's the same thing. "listen to british doctors, british scientists, the nhs". he's not invoking the international consensus that paracetamol is fine but a kind of nationalism that he also used to hold up the cass review over international studies.

this is an all-time classic of 'posts i knew were by ash before I actually looked'

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

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Another fun datapoint for this :)

what happens next is BACK baby!!!!!! absolutely crucial read — go check it out from the beginning

It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:

jumpscared by nature in the unending clam facts thread

The worst part of the onward march of fascism is that now I have to defend Banksy's right to freedom of expression.

ok is bluesky just banning gretchen felker martin on reflex anytime anything happens now

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

imo there's a broad continuity of ways that people who are imagined to want (rather than reluctantly give up or plausibly avoid) receptive sex are treated, that a lot of queer community discourse is basically not literate about