SunMum

Treatment of gender dysphoria needs evidence, ethics and critical thought. Protect ASD spectrum, mentally ill and LGB youth.

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

Extraordinary revelations in the Cass report detailing the refusal of the NHS adult gender clinics to cooperate with York university’s projected research into outcomes of the children who were treated at GIDS. https://t.co/zn031SmGSq

[James Cantor @JamesCantorPhD]

"Among adolescents who underwent medical gender reassignment, psychiatric morbidity increased markedly during follow-up—rising from 9.8% to 60.7% in feminising gender re-assignment and from 21.6% to 54.5% in masculinising gender reassignment."
Ruuska 2026 https://t.co/iJ6gBLwrgA

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Victory in the social media trial in LA!

As of today, we are in a new world: a new era in the fight to protect children from online harms. A jury sided with Kaley and therefore with millions of children: Big Tech is harming kids on an industrial scale.

For years, parents were told these harms were exaggerated, anecdotal, or simply the unavoidable cost of growing up online. Today, a jury affirmed what parents have long known: Meta and YouTube were designed to exploit young people, with devastating consequences.

For the first time, the law aligns with common sense: social media companies no longer have a special exemption to harm children with impunity. Their shield is gone. They will be treated like any industry that knowingly harms children and lies about it. History will judge them as harshly as the tobacco industry.

This bellwether case tested a new legal theory: the harm is not just what algorithms show children, but rather that these products were designed to foster addiction. The companies knew they were harming children by the millions—and did it anyway. They were negligent and dishonest.

This outcome belongs first and foremost to the families, especially the many parents who, in the face of unimaginable loss, chose to speak out, demand accountability, and endure a painful legal process so that other children might be spared.

This is just the beginning. Thousands of cases will follow, bringing Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube to court. Much work remains in courts, legislatures, schools, and communities.

But for now, let us all just savor the long-awaited arrival of justice.

https://t.co/lAKE02XWMs

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

I have severe concerns about the impact that unnecessary puberty blocking medication has on young boys and girls. We should not be putting children in harm's way to satisfy political ideologies.

I have signed this petition. I urge you to support it.

https://t.co/LNZ8WdAGt5

[Prof James Davies (PhD) 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

One of neoliberalism's most cunning successes has been its capacity to convince an entire generation that the route to a happier life comes via the individualistic hunt for new personal identity, rather than a collectivist fight for structural economic reform.

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

The community is rallying to save beloved park cafes in North London. These spaces are vital for local residents and have a rich history. Please consider donating or sharing this cause to help preserve these cherished spots. https://t.co/neQekrTsvS

[Hannah Barnes @hannahsbee]

A former member of the trial told me, “the early planning meetings were unlike any other clinical trial I’ve encountered. We could easily list all the potential harms to monitor and how to test for them, but we didn’t have a clear rationale for giving the drug in the first place”

[Hannah Barnes @hannahsbee]

🚨NEW: nearly one in ten children currently being seen at new NHS youth gender clinics are self-medicating with hormones (testosterone or oestrogen, which cause irreversible changes to the body) according to FOI data, exclusively seen by @NewStatesman
https://t.co/olLXRzKVqI

[Prof James Davies (PhD) 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

Anthropologists have shown that in many societies around the globe what we call ‘post natal depression’ isn’t a thing, as the community relies around the new mother in multiple supportive ways. Medicalisation exonerates our society’s relative lack of community care…

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

'Studying what happens to people after just eight to 12 weeks on antidepressants is like testing car safety by crashing a vehicle into a wall at 5km/h – ignoring the fact that real drivers are out on the roads doing 60km/h' https://t.co/W4UgTN7dMc

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

Does Kim Leadbetter want *everyone* to make use of the new NHS death service? https://t.co/jNxkZ0SF8z

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

"The media had all the evidence they needed, but chose to distort, obscure, and deflect because reality was politically inconvenient. They said Khelif was female. They were wrong. They said concerns were bigoted. They were wrong." - ✍️@SwipeWright
https://t.co/jx0QIyqboF

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

The Observer view on Equality Act ruling: A dignified compromise that respects the rights of everyone https://t.co/SpybtgP1Uj

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

Sonia Sodha’s last regular column for the Observer. Excellent as always https://t.co/KCvBDiG2wi

[Julie Bindel @bindelj]

Mumsnet and Ocado arguing is the BEST middle class row in a long while!

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

‘those who risked everything to say women are adult human females can read this irreducible, scientific truth in an 88-page court judgment and on every front page’ https://t.co/wgNgT5o1ov

[SunMum @Mum3Sun]

@Ocado @soniasodha @MumsnetTowers Another hooray from me and looking forward to lots of apologies from those who called me and people like me bigots

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

Update from Maya!

What an amazing day: 16th April 2025, the day women in the UK got their rights back.

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

The Supreme Court warned us not to be “triumphalist”. And we are not. The judgment came after years in which time was wasted and careers were derailed in the fight to retain rights that women had back in 1975, when the Sex Discrimination Act came into force.

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

Courage calls to courage. And freedom of speech makes us all cleverer, as well as harder to frighten and control.

[Audrey Ludwig MBE @AudreySuffolk]

An army of well read, politically active, middle aged women (with pockets), at the end of their collective tether is a fearsome prospect. You forget this at your peril