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Mum. Wife. Geography teacher. 🌍

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Or you could say @NBCNews upholds the right to fair & safe sport for women & girls. Goodness me you lot hate females.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

White people are terrified of being seen as racist.

If white guilt permeates the online world and our schools, then our adults will feel guilty too.

This helps neither whites nor ethnics.

My ARC speech:

[Read some Piaget please! @prof_curiosity1]

An open letter to Baroness Cass ref the case of this child, whose situation needs to investigated by social services. This indeed is not a political matter but one of child protection.
https://t.co/XOTCtPq8tZ

Dear Baroness Cass,
I am writing in response to the case you described of the eleven year old boy socially transitioned by his parents at two and a half, now living stealth, afraid to attend school as either sex, and increasingly withdrawn and physically deconditioned as a result. I wanted to set out why I think this case illustrates something more specific than the question you posed about whether politicians or doctors should decide what happens to children like him.

The case is, on its own terms, a clear demonstration of premature identity foreclosure. A child of two and a half has no capacity for the kind of abstract, exploratory self reflection that genuine identity formation requires, on any developmental account from Piaget through Marcia. What happened to this child at that age was necessarily a decision made on his behalf and then sustained around him, not a discovery he himself reached. Bronfenbrenner's ecological model describes exactly the mechanism by which that early decision then becomes self perpetuating: once a social transition is established in the home, it is carried into school, peer relationships, and eventually clinical contact, each system reinforcing what the previous one had already settled, with no point at which the original premise is revisited. By the time this child reaches adolescence, an identity adopted before he could speak in full sentences has become something he now actively conceals and fears having questioned, which is a strange and telling outcome for an identity supposedly discovered rather than constructed.

The detail you raise of weakened bones from inactivity rather than from medical intervention is, I think, the most important part of the case, because it shows the harm operating through an entirely social pathway. A child too afraid of being outed to attend school is a child whose ordinary developmental environment, peer contact, physical activity, the everyday testing of self against the world that Erikson and Marcia both treat as necessary to identity formation, has been closed off by the position he has been placed in. This is not a side effect of any drug. It is the direct consequence of a foreclosed identity that has left him with nowhere safe to be a child.

I would push back on framing the central question as one of medical versus political authority over decisions like puberty blockers. The decision that produced the harm you describe was not a medical one at all. It was a parental and social decision taken years before any clinical pathway became relevant, and the clinical system he now exists within is managing the consequences of that earlier decision rather than the cause of his distress.

Given that he is now isolated, school avoidant, and showing physical signs of neglect of his basic developmental needs, I think it is also worth asking plainly whether this is a case that ought to have come to the attention of children's social services on ordinary safeguarding grounds, independent of any question about gender identity at all. I would suggest the more pressing question your case actually raises is what support and recourse exists for a child in his position now, given how early and how thoroughly the foreclosure already occurred, and what should change about how social transition in early childhood is approached so that fewer children arrive at eleven in a position this difficult to unwind.

Yours sincerely,

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

The Government has announced that it intends to press ahead with a ban on ‘conversion practices’. On the face of it, this sounds benign: how could anyone not want to ban giving electric shocks to gay kids?

But the fact is, that’s already against the law, as are (rightly) all the other coercive practices conjured up by the phrase ‘conversion therapy’. So what is it the Government wants to prohibit? The answer seems to be ‘converting’ children who think they’re trans to being ‘cisgendered’. That’s where the impetus for this legislation has come from – with well-funded pro-trans lobby groups like Stonewall and Mermaids fully behind it.

So any parent who ‘misgenders’ their confused adolescent child, or attempts to talk them out of embarking on an irreversible medical path, could face criminal charges for trying to ‘convert’ them. And we’re not speaking about a slap on the wrist. In the draft bill published yesterday, the maximum sentence for putting “psychological or emotional pressure” on your child not to undergo gender reassignment surgery will be five years in prison.

It won’t only be parents and medical professionals who’ll be at risk of imprisonment for trying to persuade gender-confused children not to mutilate themselves. Any religious leaders who share the teachings of their faith on trans issues, homosexuality or gay marriage could also face prosecution. That’s what this authoritarian government wants to ban: any dissent from radical progressive orthodoxy on sex and gender.

Which is why the FSU has set up a petition so you can let Andy Burnham know how you feel about this anti-free speech measure. Speech is always curtailed in the name of preventing notional ‘harm’. But stopping parents talking honestly to their children about the dangers of irreverrsible medical procedures will cause actual, real-world harm. This is a fight we have to win.

✍️ SIGN THE PETITION 👇

[Naomi Cunningham @LoudBonnet]

Two and a half. This unfortunate little boy was "socially transitioned" by his parents before he was three years old, and is now profoundly damaged, and terrified of being "outed" as the boy he is.

This is child abuse. It must stop.

[Hannah Barnes @hannahsbee]

I was honoured to be Runner Up in the 2026 @TheOrwellPrize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils for my work investigating the chronic state of England’s maternity system. In the week that the report into Nottingham was released, exposing utter horror and cover up over more than a decade, “Social Evil” seems an apt description of where we are.

I am enormously grateful to all the families who have trusted me, and shared the worst moments of their lives. You should never have had to fight so hard.

Very many congratulations to the team at the Daily Mirror who won the prize.

[Claire Coutinho @ClaireCoutinho]

We just forced a vote in Parliament to stop the Puberty Blocker trial.

The Government voted it down.

These children are perfectly healthy. They need our care and support - not to be experimented on with life-changing drugs.

Expertly argued by my colleague @drcarolinej

[Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet]

We are very glad to hear that Scottish Government will not appeal the magnificent victory by @forwomenscot and will now remove male prisoners from the female prison estate.

This MUST apply across the UK though. There is NO justification for this cruel and inhumane punishment being inflicted on women prisoners.

Here’s just one example.
‘Lauren’ Jeska who is currently being held at a women’s prison, Foston Hall.
Jeska, 42, admitted stabbing Ralph Knibbs in the head and neck at
Alexander Stadium in March 2016, and causing actual bodily harm to two other UK Athletics officials, Kevan Taylor and Tim Begley, who tried to intervene during the attack.
A violent man, who should be removed immediately from Foston Hall. A disgrace he was ever placed there.

[TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd]

Thank you to MPs from all parties who argued to prevent the puberty blockers trial going ahead.

The level of argument and understanding of child safeguarding & medical ethics was extremely high on this side.

It's a moment of shame for the government that it was voted down.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

You might find it difficult to do two things at once, Paul, but I find it remarkably easy to enjoy the millions I've made while continuing to care about women's rights.

[Helen Joyce @HJoyceGender]

This whole thread is brilliant. But this is the single most extraordinary stat: if women committed serious offences at the same rate as men who ID as women do (using Scottish figs), more than 10,000 women would be in jail for such crimes. In reality there are just 77.

[S A M M Y Woodhouse @officialsammyuk]

This morning, I appeared on Good Morning Britain in a live interview about the grooming gangs. Before I went on air, I was told not to mention the race of the perpetrators. I, of course, didn’t listen.

I have now received an apology from the editor.

My interview is below: 👇🏻

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I have just finished reading The Rape Gang Inquiry Report.

It is, without a doubt, the most horrifying document I've ever read in my life.

There is no close second... and it's worse than you could ever imagine.

Here's everything you need to know 🧵

[Jen Horsburgh @jenatlionra]

When I put the two side by side, the difference wasn't in the facts. It was in the framing. Jennifer’s volunteer work was "community service." Jeff's was "leadership". Jennifer "assisted with" and "collaborated on." Jeff "engineered" and "architected."

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

What evidence is there that young women experiencing gender dysphoria will die if their healthy breasts are not surgically removed?

I ask because multiple comments on my posts about the Lush mastectomy-scar window display imply that objecting to the celebration of "top surgery" is somehow putting vulnerable young people at risk.

Of course, young people with gender dysphoria can experience profound distress, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. This needs to be taken seriously.

But there is a world of difference between acknowledging that distress and claiming that breast removal is life-saving.

The Cass Review concluded that claims that gender-affirming treatment reduces suicide risk are not supported by the evidence. Professor Sir Louis Appleby, the Government's adviser on suicide prevention, has similarly warned against misleading claims in this area.

So is there any robust evidence showing that healthy breasts must be removed in order to prevent suicide?

Or have frightened parents and vulnerable teenagers been presented with a false choice: surgery or death?

Because if that claim is untrue, then people really must stop repeating it.

Distressed young people need reassurance, compassion and evidence-based care - not fear and emotional blackmail.

[Martin Murray @martinpmurray]

There has been a lot of commentary, and unfortunately, quite some politicisation about Staffordshire libraries in recent days.

Let me first make one point very clear:

No books have been removed from your library shelves.
No authors have been pulled from the catalogue.
No titles have been placed off-limits.
Every resident of this county can still walk into their library, borrow what they want, reserve what they want, request what they want — exactly as before.

Anyone saying otherwise is not telling you the truth.

Our new Staffordshire County Council Libraries Strategy 2026–2028 will focus on core services and will no longer use taxpayer-funded resources, sites and communications channels to promote any particular group, cause or identity.
That applies consistently to every group and every cause.

Your library services belong to everyone in Staffordshire equally. They are not there to promote or privilege particular groups, causes or identities, however well-intentioned. As such, Pride events will no longer be promoted in our public libraries.

A library in Staffordshire should feel like it belongs to a pensioner in Rugeley, a devoutly religious person in Cannock, a child in Lichfield, a farmer in the Moorlands or a student in Stafford, equally and without bias of any kind.

Individuals, charities, businesses and community organisations remain entirely free to organise and promote any lawful cause they choose. We are not seeking to prevent that.

However, Staffordshire's public resources will no longer be used to promote any cause or campaign in a way that prevents us from treating every resident equally, without fear or favour.

I must add, we are investing £5 million to keep all of your 43 libraries open and to turn them into vibrant community hubs for every resident, in every community. Cllr Hayley Coles, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member with responsibility for libraries, has worked tirelessly on this policy over the past 12 months, scrutinising existing arrangements and helping develop a new library strategy that puts Staffordshire residents first. Cllr Coles' focus has been on ensuring our libraries remain relevant, while delivering genuine value for money and reflecting the priorities of the communities they serve.

I will be very clear: this is not about silencing any group of people. It is about reasonable limits to make sure publicly funded services remain balanced, fair and suitable for all users, at all times, as well as a good use of taxpayers' money.

Our libraries exist for everyone in Staffordshire.

Cllr Martin Murray

[Mia Hughes @_CryMiaRiver]

The 1% regret rate in gender medicine is the biggest red flag of all. The strongest possible indicator that research in the field is garbage.

Activists expect us to believe that a man having his penis inverted, which creates an open wound that must be dilated for the rest of his life, has a 1% regret rate.

That women who have appendages made out of their forearms sewn onto their groins — a surgery with astronomically high complication rates — has a 1% regret rate.

That adolescent girls having medically unnecessary bilateral mastectomies at an age when the desire to be a mother and breastfeed is incomprehensible has a 1% regret rate.

Absolutely impossible. Precisely zero chance this could ever be true.

The explanation is multi-fold.

First, no one loses all their friends and gets death threats for saying that they regret knee surgery.

Second, "gender affirming" clinicians do precisely zero follow-up. Just chop off healthy body parts and disfigure genitals and then send the person off on their way. No concern for what comes of them.

Then, there's the psychological factor. The power of irrevocability. When a decision cannot be undone, we are powerfully motivated to keep telling ourselves it was the right one. The self-deception is strong.

The Dutch noted this in their follow-up study of the first wave of men to partake in this experiment. In a 1988 paper, they observed that the men reported being happy even though no actual change in their life situation was observed.

This led the researchers to consider the possibility that in an effort to reduce cognitive dissonance, the participants “simply cannot accept the notion that all has been in vain. The self-reported happiness may have been distorted wishful thinking.”

But this wasn't enough to end the experiment. In fact, the failures noted in this study are what caused the Dutch to turn their attention to children in the hopes of producing more pleasing cosmetic results.

[Tracy Edwards @TracyEdwardsMBE]

My charity raises funds for girls' toilets to be built in developing countries so girls can go to school for 4 weeks of the month instead of 3. This isn't rocket science. Why are girls in the UK not allowed as much dignity and privacy?

[SEENinSport @SportSEENuk]

Read our report ‘The State of Play in Women’s Sports’

- Why women & girls need single-sex sport
- Lists the sports allowing males to participate in female sport
- Testimonials from those affected by unlawful policies
- Recommendations to restore safe & fair sport at all levels

[SEEN in Journalism @JournalismSEEN]

‘Darren Rigby, who sent hoax death threats to schools is jailed’

All girls’ schools were specifically targeted. Rigby ‘threatened to carry out deadly attacks supposedly in response to the treatment of ‘transwomen’’. None of this features in the coverage across outlets, despite the evidence emerging in email evidence and in court, neither does it feature in the Merseyside Police report.

‘I’m going to kill every girl and woman staff member I come across’

‘I'm going to shoot and stab all your girls’

It’s a crime of extreme misogyny in the cause of ‘fighting trans oppression’ but any mention of ‘trans’ has been erased by the police, PA and all news outlets. In addition the BBC report hides the fact that it was a crime against women and girls.

https://t.co/mEtjqOXI7D

https://t.co/MjqUMeGDGa