Valeria Rocca

Investigative journalist | @Vice @Bittercreek @BylineTimes @TBIJ @brazenFM @NovelPodcasts @BBC @WonderyMedia and more | BJA 2024 finalist

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

I had the opportunity with @sashabaker98 and @trans_safety to speak to young trans people whose parents joined the Bayswater Support Group. Their stories show the negative impact that the kind of advice promoted by the group had on their lives.

[Trans Safety Network @trans_safety]

https://t.co/47KOkGxEnz

Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm that the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

Our investigative reporting on Bayswater has been hidden due to the new online safety bill - 1. By what parameters? 2. Appealing the decision doesn’t seem to be straightforward 3. The automatic age-verification tools are obviously flawed

[jessica pseudonym @mealdealtruther]

twitter / uk "online safety bill" law censoring investigative journalist @vrocca_'s reporting on transphobic conversion therapy group Bayswater

[jessica pseudonym @mealdealtruther]

twitter / uk "online safety bill" law censoring investigative journalist @vrocca_'s reporting on transphobic conversion therapy group Bayswater

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@exalt_emily thank you for flagging, didn’t realise! not sure if there’s a way to appeal to this decision either

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@TBIJ A few months ago, we revealed the connection between Wes Streeting and the group for @WeAreQueerAF

https://t.co/BCM8Qg04G9

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

I had the opportunity with @sashabaker98 and @trans_safety to speak to young trans people whose parents joined the Bayswater Support Group. Their stories show the negative impact that the kind of advice promoted by the group had on their lives.

[Trans Safety Network @trans_safety]

https://t.co/47KOkGxEnz

Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm that the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@TBIJ Which was a two-part investigation into their lobbying of government policies and what advice was shared behind closed doors

https://t.co/FMGajCaWJG

[Sasha Baker @sashabaker98]

As the political influence of pro-conversion therapy parents continues unabated, we spoke to some of the children and young adults who have been victimised by Bayswater members. CW: child abuse.

[Trans Safety Network @trans_safety]

https://t.co/47KOkGxEnz

Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm that the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@Riccardoo salve, sono una giornalista e sto cercando di mettermi in contatto con lei per un progetto, potrebbe seguirmi, per permettermi di mandarle un messaggio in privato? La ringrazio.

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@RosarioDimito salve, sono una giornalista e sto cercando di contattarla per un progetto, potrebbe seguirmi per permettermi di inviarle un messaggio?

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@smenafra salve, sono una giornalista e sto cercando di mettermi in contatto con lei per un progetto, potrebbe seguirmi per permettermi di mandarle un messaggio? La ringrazio

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@Ahmed_Rasheed_R hello, could you please follow me back? I am a journalist and I am trying to contact you about a project - thank you!

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@sashabaker98 @TBIJ Please support QueerAF to see more stories like these, which often struggle to see the light in a media landscape that is often adverse to stories about the harms perpetrated against trans people in the UK

https://t.co/O2EBb2uIfN

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

🚨I wrote a piece about Wes Streeting meeting with Bayswater Support Group, a parents group lobbying to pass legislation harming trans people, and promoting anti-trans conversion practices - with @sashabaker98 for QueerAF

https://t.co/BCM8Qg04G9

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@sashabaker98 @TBIJ Just a month after the TBIJ investigation was published, Bayswater Support Group was invited to take part in a targeted consultation on an indefinite ban on puberty blockers for trans kids by the Department for Health and Social Care

[Valeria Rocca @vrocca_]

@sashabaker98 @TBIJ And that on their private forum, the group was promoting resources and tips to stop their own children from being trans - from destroying their belongings to blocking their internet access to Childline

https://t.co/SiTCNN9mLF

[Sasha Baker @sashabaker98]

So excited to be a finalist for a British Journalism Award alongside @vrocca_ for our @TBIJ investigation into the parents behind policies harming trans children throughout the UK. I hope this nomination shines a light on the issues highlighted in our investigation.