Scotland Pauses New Prescriptions of Blockers for Trans Minors

[Carolyn Marie]

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/scotland-pauses-prescriptions-puberty-blockers-transgender-minors-rcna148366

 

 

Carolyn Marie

[Betty K]

This whole Cass Review thing is breaking my heart. I keep imagining how it must be to be a trans kid in the UK atm. I am halfway through reading the review so that I can effectively refute it if and when people cite it here in Australia.

[Ivy]

The transphobes are winning.

[Davie]

11 hours ago, Ivy said:

The transphobes are winning.

No, they are not. Truth wins in the end and this report is full of lies that poison the whole thing: see this:
"Dr. Cass Backpedals From Review: HRT, Blockers Should Be Made Available it's said.

Dr. Cass's latest statements are likely to cast more doubt on the validity of the study, which has come under fire for disregarding substantial evidence on trans care."

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/dr-cass-backpedals-from-review-hrt?publication_id=994764&post_id=143743897&isFreemail=true&r=rebf4&triedRedirect=true
I hope Dr. Cass wins The Mengele Award for it.

[Susan R]

15 hours ago, Ivy said:

The transphobes are winning.

They may win a few battles but not the war! as @Davie pointed out there is little truth if it full of lies, inconsistencies, and ignores evidence to the contrary. I saw this article earlier and have to agree here. Truth will win. This isn’t the first time this tactic has been tried. Always stick with the truth!

[Betty K]

I'm sorry, I don't want to be overly pessimistic, but I think to an extent the truth is irrelevant here. There is an absolute torrent of transphobes-were-right-all-along stories emerging in the wake of the Cass Review, not to mention the WPATH Files. These are coming not only from the usual anti-trans suspects, but from reputable newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York Times. (David Brooks in the Times: "Hilary Cass is the kind of hero the world needs today.") And while I'm aware that both those outlets have been leaning anti-trans for a while, they now have the perfect excuse to let go the brakes.

 

Ultimately, all that's needed for governments to ban these treatments is enough public support, and I suspect that support may be rapidly growing. Since I work with trans kids, cis folks often bring up the topic with me when they have "concerns", and I have been amazed at the number of otherwise reasonable people who have latched on to classic anti-trans tropes like social contagion or the idea that trauma causes transness. Whereas in the past they were generally convinced quite easily by my obviously superior knowledge, I'm expecting the task of convincing them to get harder starting as of now.

[Ivy]

11 minutes ago, Betty K said:

There is an absolute torrent of transphobes-were-right-all-along stories emerging in the wake of the Cass Review, not to mention the WPATH Files. These are coming not only from the usual anti-trans suspects, but from reputable newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York Times. (David Brooks in the Times: "Hilary Cass is the kind of hero the world needs today.") And while I'm aware that both those outlets have been leaning anti-trans for a while, they now have the perfect excuse to let go the brakes.

This is what I'm seeing too.

I hate it but it is the current reality.  I expect more trouble in the future since "they now have the perfect excuse to let go the brakes."

Kinda funny how quickly things turned against us.  I don't think we can really count on the Democrats either. 

[Ivy]

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/dr-cass-backpedals-from-review-hrt?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=994764&post_id=143743897&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=k5hac&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

 

"Now, in an interview first reported on twitter by TransSafetyNow, Dr. Hilary Cass appears to substantially walk back much of her review, interpretations of that review, and even attempts to brush off her meetings with political appointees in the DeSantis administration who met with her to obtain information they would later attempt to use to ban trans care there."

 

Not that it's likely to make any difference.

[VickySGV]

I was reading that one a short bit ago in another place (I get Erin's newsletters directly) and it is a bit like she is trying to leave the scene of an automobile accident with her liquor bottle still in her hand.  

 

[Carolyn Marie]

2 hours ago, Ivy said:

 

"Now, in an interview first reported on twitter by TransSafetyNow, Dr. Hilary Cass appears to substantially walk back much of her review, interpretations of that review, and even attempts to brush off her meetings with political appointees in the DeSantis administration who met with her to obtain information they would later attempt to use to ban trans care there."

 

 

Yeah, the right wing politicians and pundits got what they wanted.  It doesn't matter what she says now; you can't unring the bell.  The damage is done.

 

Carolyn Marie

[Ivy]

[Ivy]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6AMFCFuoAm/

 

I'm not sure this link will work