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draft schools guidance uses the cass review phrase 'living in stealth' - did we ever find an origin of this that wasn't just a portmanteau of 'stealth' and 'living in sin'?

followed up with the really nasty: 'a decision relating to social transition may not be the same as a child’s wishes.'

the draft schools guidance leaves a lot of space for the ROGD/social contagion model. Thinking especially of this line: "the first step when considering a child’s request for support with social transition will be to consider what is in the best interests of the child and other children'

If reason worked against fascism, it would be pretty useful that early modern anti-wetnurse tracts use all the same arguments, and many of the same smears

medieval and early modern recipe books abound with references to almond milk (and other non-dairy milks!)

I've said this before, but it makes me insane that in an age of human civilization when the ultra-rich have hoarded over half of all wealth, the go-to visual shorthand for depictions of gluttony is still "fat"

Don’t ever let people forget this.

genderfluid-druid hurr hurr I'm a human body hurr hurr I'm gonna solve all my problems using mucus "i require more fluids" well what did you do with the fluids I already gave you. hmm? did you make more mucus with them? you made more mucus with them.

It's mucus all the way down.

Personal Ad I’d like to get divorced! Perhaps from you? I’m down on my knee, proposing because it’s very chic to be divorced these days, at least for women. (Not men so much). But I’ll divorce whomever. Even you, who would become a more impressive party guest if you were divorced from me: you could astound when you announce that I am your ex-wife. “To her?” they’ll say. “You were?” they’ll say. “Well, no offense, but wow.” Divorce is not without its downsides, though. We’d have to get married. That’s a lot. And maybe you would want to stay married to me. I don’t know.

serious inquiries only

The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be…

The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

I just really fucking hate fascists, man.

remember that when Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza, they dissimulated, lied, and argued, expending tremendous resources to "complicate" the "narrative." a month later, it was the new normal

“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...

Incredibly important new study from Cal Horton @fiercemum.bsky.social - the first to look at England's post-Cass child/adolescent gender clinics. Dr Horton found patients and families are being actively harmed, with one young person describing appointments as "the worst thing I’ve ever experienced”.

While it is important to understand oil is an important motivator in the Trump administration's unilateral and flagrantly illegal decision to airstrike Venezuela, we must not ignore the centrality of their incompetence and racism

No I'm not autistic, I'm just listing minor Sopranos characters to calm down like any normal person does, I assume.

Defining the Boundaries: Local NHS policies put trans patient safety at risk Trans patients in certain regions are having their repeat prescriptions withdrawn and being left at risk of serious medical harm, following slipshod new policies rolled out by local NHS England author...

@ilyarabbit.bsky.social and Chloe F outline how the policies of NHS integrated Care Boards and inadequate equality impact assessments are leaving trans patients at risk of serious medical harm.
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Please help out a Pakistani trans woman if you're able <3

[CN: Account of child abuse, conversion therapy]

This is a really excellent and very necessary intervention from a survivor of gender identity conversion efforts who did actually go on to detransition, worth reading to understand the fundamental abusiveness of these practices if you don't already.

I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.

I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.

We stand with you.

when I tell you not to read and share the guardian I'm not doing it because I'm an asshole who doesn't want you to have anywhere to get news or pitch things to.

I'm doing it because they're rancid bigots who are 110% against you and will absolutely fuck you over if they get half a chance.

The hunger strikers are in mortal danger. But the conditions they’re being kept in are already critical. How the government and its prisons ignore strikers' basic rights and demands.

Eight people are on hunger strike, several apparently at imminent risk of dying, because our law punishes more harshly those opposing genocide than those supporting it. (And under a so-called Labour Government.)

How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...

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.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...