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Detransing – a parents’ 13 point guide
Read More…: Detransing – a parents’ 13 point guideaka “No. You are not born in the wrong body.” Erin Friday is an American lawyer and “life-long” Democrat, who used to have a trans-identifying child. That child (now an adult) has desisted, partly due to Erin’s refusal to affirm her. I met Erin in Washington DC at the Genspect Detransitioners conference earlier this month. She is President of the US arm of Our Duty, a group of parents who had or have trans-identifying children. Erin is part way through compiling a series of podcast interviews, during which she speaks to a number of parents who helped their children through…
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FTC boss to detransitioners: Your Voice is Heard
Read More…: FTC boss to detransitioners: Your Voice is HeardIt’s quite a coup to get one serving member of any government to a Genspect event let alone two. I have written up the views of Admiral Christine, Donald Trump’s Assistant Health Secretary, who gave the keynote speech at this year’s Life Beyond Transition conference in Washington DC. The second member of the Trump administration to talk was Andrew Ferguson, a lawyer who is now Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Ferguson explained his organisation was given a mandate in 1938 to go after “businesses and individuals who made claims about their public health services, and products that were…
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US Health Admiral: gender surgery must be ‘eradicated like the plague it is’
Read More…: US Health Admiral: gender surgery must be ‘eradicated like the plague it is’Donald Trump’s Assistant Secretary for Health today vowed he would “not stop” until the “barbaric practice” of gender surgery for children in the United States is “eradicated like the plague it is.” Admiral Brian Christine was speaking on Thursday at Life Beyond Transition 2026 – a one-day conference bringing together the largest ever gathering of detransitioners. Christine, a former urological surgeon, said he and the Trump administration were “working to reverse the damage that has been done to our nation’s boys and girls” and wanted to stamp out the use of “castrating chemicals and mutilating surgeries”. He told his audience…
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Let’s All Go To The Lobby
Read More…: Let’s All Go To The LobbyI could not attend the Women’s Rights Network’s “Do No Harm” lobby day in Parliament on Tuesday, but my friend Susi could, and did. I am grateful to her for writing up the experience for the GenderBlog: “10 March 2026, and an unfamiliar ball of fire was hanging in the sky above Westminster Palace. A sky that looked almost… blue? Mad times indeed. And none madder than the reason we were here – a lobby day to persuade MPs to stop the large-scale child medical experiment known as the Pathways trial. The trial, originally due to start around now, was…
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Puberty blocker JR stayed till July
Read More…: Puberty blocker JR stayed till JulyThe government’s attempt to stay James Esses, Keira Bell and the Bayswater Group’s judicial review (JR) of the Pathways Puberty Blocker trial has succeeded. There will now be an eight week pause in proceedings to give the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and King’s College London (KCL) a chance to discuss the issues raised by Professor Jacob George before he was recused from involvement in the trial due to his social media posts. The trial – which plans to give up to 300 pre-pubsescent children drugs to delay the onset of puberty and ask them how they think…
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All the Red Flags
Read More…: All the Red FlagsI am grateful to an Aussie correspondent for drawing my attention to the work of Minus 18, a state-sponsored LGBTQIA+ concern, which exists to create an “Australia where all young people are safe, empowered, and surrounded by people that support them”. Minus 18 was founded by a man called Colin Roland Billings who, at the time of his death in 2009, had been charged with sexual offences against three teenage boys. But that was all such a long time ago. Let’s look at Minus 18 now. According to Minus 18, one in five secondary school kids now identify as LGBTQIA+…
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“The Guardrails Are Collapsing”
Read More…: “The Guardrails Are Collapsing”“If I if I get struck off as a psychologist and I’ve got to go and stack shelves in Tesco, then at least I know I did the right thing. I can’t do this anymore.” Dr P is a clinical psychologist and an expert witness in child protection. She has a severely disabled daughter in her twenties. Dr P does not believe trans women are women and has written extensively about this and her fight to get same-sex intimate care for her daughter, something the NHS appears unable to guarantee. Dr P writes with passion and professional conviction on twitter,…
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Corporate Stupidity Files: Infinity War
Read More…: Corporate Stupidity Files: Infinity WarThis story is an example of how companies act against their own interests by sacrificing themselves on the altar of gender ideology. Two years ago, John Lewis set up a Pride in Partnership photography exhibition at its Oxford Street store in London. It also published a staff magazine produced by the partnership’s LGBTQIA+ network. Both were timed to coincide with LGBT History Month, previously known as February. Identity magazine promoted Mermaids and the use of breast-binders. The photography exhibition featured two members of staff in fetish gear. Facing a backlash, John Lewis distanced itself from the magazine, saying it didn’t…
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FWS day 3: Suicide is Shameless
Read More…: FWS day 3: Suicide is ShamelessThe arguments advanced by the Scottish government in court today boiled down to a simple proposition: banning men from women’s prisons puts transgender prisoners at increased risk of suicide, and that is “unacceptable”. Gerry Moynihan KC, acting for the Scottish government, told the judge, Lady Ross, that a blanket ban on men in women’s prisons would be an “artificial constraint” on the Scottish ministers. Even worse, it would “add an extra pressure” to a small number of people who might take their lives. It was therefore not acceptable “to promote a rule for the preservation of the privacy and dignity…
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FWS day 2: Dawn of the Intervenors
Read More…: FWS day 2: Dawn of the IntervenorsToday brought a range of textures and styles from the learned folk arguing the toss in Edinburgh’s Court of Session. There was a lot of tedious guff, briefly enlivened – mainly by Janys Scott KC, who spoke for the Equality and Human Rights Commission as an intervenor (you can download their submission at the bottom of this piece). But let’s go in chronological order. First out of the traps was Tony Convery, the second person to speak on behalf of For Women Scotland. FWS say the guidance by which Scottish Prison Service staff are required to consider putting trans-identified males…
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