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Saturday, February 01, 2025

Links - 1st February 2025 (2 - Trans Mania)

Mario Nawfal on X - "🚨🇺🇸SCOTUS JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: "BANNING SEX CHANGES FOR KIDS IS THE SAME AS BANNING INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES""
Mario Nawfal on X - "A Supreme Court justice comparing not allowing minors to have sex changes to racial discrimination seems off… Dr. @GadSaad would this be considered a mind virus problem or a case of suicidal empathy?"
Gad Saad on X - "I'm unsure why she is weighing in on this issue given that she did not have the "expertise" to define what a woman is. She should sit this one out."

Thread by @Miriam_Grossman on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "I’m astonished at the profound ignorance on display at the SCOTUS today. Sotomajor and Jackson- you think giving T to a boy is the same as giving it to a girl? You believe a girl can go through “typical male puberty”? I am dumbfounded. Are there no intelligence standards that must be met for your positions? Male and female are permanently established at conception, you forgot? Kids are not sex neutral beings who can be transformed into M or F with shots and implants. And strangio — “blockers do not harm”, are you kidding me? The reason Sweden rejected them is because “Leo” developed spinal fractures from blocker-induced osteoporosis. Don’t you know ANYTHING?"

Michael Shermer on X - ""Another interesting (and telling) component here is the number of biologists who are silent on the topic." The answer @SkepticJonGuy  is a "common knowledge" problem: Biologists know sex is binary, and they know others know it. If they say it, however, they'll be accused of transphobia They can't say sex is not binary because they'd be lying, and they would know others know they're lying. They can't even say "no comment" because that would signal they know the only 2 options are truth and lies. Therefore it is rational to stay silent."
Of course, there will still be those sympathetic or wilfully blind to trans mania who claim that Steven Novella is a neurologist, not a biologist (and his physiology qualifications don't count), so it doesn't mean anything that he refuses to acknowledge the reality of biological sex

Frank on X - "I once spoke with a PhD biologist who insisted that sex is a "multivariate bimodal spectrum", almost impossible to define or even diagnose yet he never got back to me when questioned why he was able to separate his lab mice into males and females with 100% accuracy."
We will be told that because the biologist is not identified, this anecdote is not reliable, and no biologists believe sex is non-binary

Meme - Sall Grover @salltweets: "Literally no human being has ever changed sex. They’re 100% male."
"Are trans women 'biologically male'? The answer is complicated"
Naturally, the original article is a load of nonsense but a MTF

Children in Need ex-chair: I was thrown under bus on transgender charity funding - "The former chair of BBC Children in Need has claimed she was “thrown under the bus” for being a “whistleblower” on grants given to a transgender youth charity.  Rosie Millard stepped down from her role in November, saying she did not feel she had the full support of her board after she demanded Children in Need stopped funding LGBT Youth Scotland amid her fears it was “harming children”.  The charity, which said it engages in “life-changing work supporting LGBTQ+ young people in Scotland”, was given just under half a million in funding by Children in Need across 14 years. But Ms Millard, in an interview with Times Radio, said she had discovered the charity had “a lot of problems which I felt would bring Children in Need into reputational damage”.  The charity acknowledged in a statement on its website that it has had “challenges”, including previous chief executive James Rennie being convicted in 2009 as a ringleader of Scotland’s biggest paedophile network.  It also noted that a contributor to a coming-out guide published by the charity in 2009 was convicted of crimes against children in 2024. The charity said it condemns “any actions which harm children and young people”.  Its chief executive has accused Ms Millard of having “anti-inclusivity motives” and pointing to “historic allegations against us in attempts to destroy our reputation”. While Children in Need did cancel funding to the charity, Ms Millard said she felt she could not stay on as she did not have the support of her board... On the board not supporting her, Ms Millard said she felt “such is the pressure to appear inclusive, that people bend over backwards to show that they are not prejudiced” regarding sexuality and gender. Ms Millard said she had found the charity to be working in primary schools with a charter which she said “brought in notions of gender fluidity”.  She also questioned the charity’s approach on puberty blockers and chest binders. She said: “I felt this charity was harming children, and Children in Need – the mission for Children in Need – is to support and help children, help them be the best they can be and not harm them.  “If that is being a ‘terf’ (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) then I’m proud to be one.”... Asked if she felt “hounded out” of her role, she said: “I think my position was made untenable. And I think that if you are the whistleblower, then sometimes you’re going to get thrown under the bus.”  Asked if that is what had happened to her, Ms Millard replied: “Yep.”"

Transgender man found to be pregnant during sex change - "  “Having discovered the pregnancy, the first thing to do is to suspend [hormone] therapy immediately,” Dr. Giulia Senofonte, an endocrinologist, told La Repubblica, the news outlet that first reported it.  The expert on gender therapy warned that the fetus could be at risk. “If the halting of the therapy is not immediate, there could be consequences, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy, which is an important time for the development of the baby’s organs,” Senofonte said. “It’s difficult to talk about it in abstract terms, but it all depends on the timing of the suspension of the dosages of testosterone that the person is taking,” she added. High levels of male and female hormones in the parent’s body carry cardiological risk because of possible blood pressure and coagulation problems, Senofonte said, according to the Times of London.  “Hormone therapy blocks the menstrual cycle but it is not a contraceptive. The person can continue to ovulate and, consequently, runs the risk of pregnancy,” she said.  “People dealing with transition usually recommend contraceptive pills that can be used during hormone therapy,” the expert added.  Marco, who is expected to go through with the pregnancy, will be the child’s biological mom but will be registered legally as the dad, according to La Repubblica."

Meme - "r/asktransgender
[NSFW] Why do I feel like such a hypocrite?!
God why. As a trans lesbian woman pre-op, I definitely know how it hurts when someone tells me I'm not a real woman, especially when having sex. I've had ladies go down on me and just telling me they can't do it with me anymore just because it's too male down there. Recently I had my first sexual encounter with another trans lesbian, and I began having the same thoughts. Especially when we were having intercourse, I kept thinking that I'm actually having sex with a man. I honestly feel like the biggest hypocrite in the world right now. And I just want to hide or go hurt myself again. I'm confused and just want to die."

Meme - "I WON'T USE SOMEONE'S PRONOUNS FOR THE SAME REASON I WON'T TALK TO A SCHIZOPHRENIC'S IMAGINARY FRIENDS."

Meme - "A 20-year-old UCLA student has sued two California doctors, saying they inappropriately rushed her "down a life-altering and irreversibly damaging" gender transition beginning at age 12 that she regrets."
Brent Black: ""as a leftist, my healthcare is completely between me, and unethical activist doctors - Pro choice, pro trans affirmative care Karen"

UCLA student sues California doctors, says she was 'fast-tracked' into transgender surgery - "A UCLA student is suing multiple California health care providers and hospitals for medical negligence, alleging she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then “fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging” puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery, according to her lawsuit.  Kaya Clementine Breen, 20, said she experienced sexual abuse as a young child, and by the time she was 11, she “began struggling with the thought of developing into a woman and began to believe that life would be easier if she were a boy,” according to her suit filed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court. When she expressed this to her then-school counselor, the counselor told her “that she was transgender and called her parents to tell them the same.” Breen, who was also suffering from anxiety, depression and undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the lawsuit, was then taken by her parents to the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she said she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria — the distress one can experience when their gender identity and birth sex are in conflict — and began to receive transition-related care at 12 years old. “This case is about a team of purported health care providers who collectively decided that a vulnerable girl struggling with complex mental health struggles and suffering from multiple instances of sexual abuse should be prescribed a series of life-altering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, ultimately, receive a double mastectomy at the age of 14,” Breen’s lawsuit states.  Breen began receiving puberty-suppressing medication at 12, was prescribed cross-sex hormones from 13 to 19 and underwent a double mastectomy at 14, according to court documents, which stated that her “her mental health progressively declined” following these treatments.  In an interview with NBC News on Thursday, Breen said, “In retrospect, I wish that somebody had suggested real, genuine therapy first, instead of gender-specific therapy, because really the only therapy that I received until much later was specifically focused on gender dysphoria, and didn’t connect my gender dysphoria to anything else.” Breen said she began to question her decision to transition after she started dialectical behavior therapy, a type of talk therapy that seeks to help those struggling with intense emotions, earlier this year... The defendants in Breen’s lawsuit include Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, an adolescent medicine physician specializing in gender-affirming care; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Dr. Scott Mosser, a plastic surgeon specializing in gender-affirming surgery; the Gender Confirmation Center of San Francisco; UCSF Health Community Hospitals; and psychotherapist Susan P. Landon... Breen said she doesn’t believe the individual health providers named in her lawsuit “intentionally acted in poor faith,” but she alleged they were dismissive of her pre-existing mental health issues.  When asked what she hopes to get from this lawsuit, Breen said she wants “some semblance of justice or change.” While she is seeking “financial reimbursement for the amount that this has cost me and my family,” she said, she most of all wants to “help dismantle the rumor that no one is ever fast-tracked into gender treatments.”"
Weird. We're told this never happens and it's super hard to get trans "care" and there's always gatekeeping

Detransitioner sues Planned Parenthood, other doctors over hormone therapy, breast removal - "Christina Hineman was in high school when she began to question her gender identity, according to a press release from Independent Women’s Forum. The experience led Hineman to identify as a transgender man, take prescription testosterone and undergo a double mastectomy.  Hineman, now 20, has since detransitioned and is suing the providers involved in the transition. The complaint alleges Hineman “had been betrayed by the lack of care and concern Defendants showed her in facilitating life-altering medical decisions.” “The scars across her chest and the irreversible changes to her body from prolonged usage of testosterone are constant reminders that she needed an unbiased medical expert willing to evaluate her properly and provide the care she needed,” it reads.  The suit charges the doctors involved with malpractice and lack of informed consent. It also holds the employers of the doctors responsible including Planned Parenthood, Rockmore Plastic Surgery and Astor Services."

Meme - "Hey you terf bigot. Here's my middle transbian finger to you, asshole. I'm a real woman whether you like it or not. And I just took a fat shit in the women's bathroom, so cry all you want bigot. We're coming for you"

Former trans charity boss to defy ban on puberty blockers - "An organisation led by the former chief executive of the transgender support charity Mermaids has vowed to keep on helping children get access to puberty blockers, despite a permanent UK ban.  Anne Trans Healthcare, co-founded by the former Mermaids leader Susie Green, hit out at Labour after it was announced that the government would keep a ban on the drugs for under-18s.  Wes Streeting, the health secretary, told MPs last week that he was making the temporary ban, introduced in May, indefinite across the UK. He said the way puberty blockers had been used was a “scandal”. The ban was backed by Baroness Cass, a former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, whose report this year concluded that the field of gender medicine was “built on shaky foundations”... Green, 56, was dismissed as Mermaids’ chief executive in 2022 over a loss of trust in her leadership, a Charity Commission report into the organisation revealed.  The following year she set up Anne Trans Healthcare, which offers access to puberty blockers for under-18s and boasts of having secured a “legal route” to get them to Britons. Anne, of which Green is a director, says on its website that patients can get them prescribed from doctors outside the UK and sent to an “EU destination” for pick-up... The organisation was founded last year by Green and the entrepreneur Lizzie Jordan, a HIV advocate who also set up the LGBT youth support organisation Think2Speak. It is named after Jordan’s aunt and, on its website, it says it offers “evidence-based” and “gender-affirming” care for transgender people of all ages... Cass, who produced a report this year on the treatment of children with gender dysphoria, said a lot of “misinformation” was being spread, including a claim that denying access to puberty blockers could lead to suicides, when evidence has suggested that the drugs do not improve mental health.  Cass said: “What is worrying is when people say that if children don’t get these drugs, they will die, because clearly that’s not true.”"
Helen Joyce on X - "What is _wrong_ with this woman that she is _so_ determined to continue providing vulnerable kids with a drug treatment that is so dangerous, and for which there is no evidence whatsoever of benefit? Share token"
J.K. Rowling on X - "Green is one of those who'll go down with the Trans Titanic, taking as many kids as she's allowed to take with her. This woman will never stop voluntarily. To do so would mean admitting doubts about what she did to her own son."
Trust the Experts - unless they threaten the left wing agenda

Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ✡️⚢ ❌❌ on X - "If someone punched a 70 year old trans-identifying male in the face at a rally hard enough to fracture his skull, every major news outlet would spend weeks on the story. When a trans person fractured a 70 year old woman’s skull with his fists at #LetWomenSpeakAuckland, none of them made a sound.  Trans people are the new sacred caste."
Billy Bragg on X - "The man who did that doesn't identify as trans."
Woman 70, punched in the head 25/3/23 Auckland - "Most of you have seen the footage of the vicious attack on the 70 year old woman, Emily Steel*, at the Let Women Speak (attempted) rally in Auckland NZ on the 25 March 2023. Emily sustained serious injuries from this attack, her life has been fractured and it will take her a long time to heal emotionally and physically. I can assure you that she is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. Rex Landy collected initial donations via her substack (buy me a coffee), on behalf of Emily to help get her over the first few days and to have a support person. This fund will help towards Emily's recovery, security and to continue advocating for children. #NeverSurrender #WomenWillSpeak"
Violence against women is good when it helps the left wing agenda

Charlie Kirk on X - "If you're 18 and think you're the opposite sex, you have a mental illness. If you're 8 and think you're the opposite sex, your mother has a mental illness."

CANADA: Metro Vancouver Transit Police Say They "Don't Know" Whether Sexual Assault Suspect Is Male Or Female Despite Having Semen Evidence - "On February 8, the Transit Police issued a press release pleading for help to identify the suspect. While photos and videos showed what appeared to be a male with long hair, some basic information on the suspect was curiously omitted from the release. No pronouns were used, and no information on the suspect’s sex was included... According to their website, The Metro Vancouver Transit Police is “the only dedicated police service in Canada focused on reducing crime and disorderly behavior in and around the public transportation system.” They also describe one of their four operational priorities as “reducing sexual offences.” In 2018, the police force launched an “Anti Sex Offence Campaign,” which consisted of a poster campaign and a number for victims or witnesses to text or call the transit police."
Weird. We're told that sex and gender are different and only ignorant people don't know that

Courage Is A Habit on X - "You all want to know how badly these people want to trans your children?  Today, while the country is watching this landmark Supreme Court case, these 7 radical members will vote on Dec 5 (tomorrow) to install a clinic in schools that can offer transgender treatments and all forms of "therapy" with affirm-only therapist, all without parental consent.  Exactly one month after the Presidential election where the country rose up against the transgender cult, school boards like this one are tripling down.   You do not have to live in Maine to help us stop them. Let's bring the eyes of the country on them. We made it easy for you: http://courageisahabit.org/#msad11"

Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 on X - "The Biden-Harris administration joined the ACLU in a radical lawsuit to argue before the Supreme Court that it is a right to medically transition minors. If they win, it could also fundamentally transform understanding of anti-discrimination laws that protect women and girls across the U.S.  Can anti-Trump TERFS explain why you support Democrats?"

LGBT Courage Coalition on X - "Holy cow. Strangio is making the SEX BASED discrimination claim between males and females who seek to be males."
HeterodorxPodcast🍂🧑‍🦳 on X - "Today Chase Strangio is learning something really important. By avoiding her critics for years and years, the first time she’s had her ridiculous arguments tested is at the most critical juncture of her career. This is what comes from shutting down discourse."
Wesley Yang on X - "There are very few venues where you have to answer cogently, cannot shut down debate, and will be penalized if you rely on fallacies, bullying, emotional blackmail, slander, and veiled threats to get your way. Trans activism relied on this fact for decades."

Meghan McCain on X - "This right here is why the left has lost the culture war. Saying a 2 year old (!!!) should be castrated is nothing short of pure evil out of a science fiction book.   Every sentient normal American knows this and is horrified by it."

May Mailman on X - "Alito asks whether transgenderism is "immutable" meaning you can't change it? ACLU says it's biologically driven, trying to dodge. Alito says, what about "gender fluid"? ACLU admits that exist.   Immutability is key to being a protected legal class."

Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 on X - "At the Supreme Court hearing on whether it is illegal to ban the medical transition of minors, liberal Justice Sotomayor interrupts the TN lawyer when he explains the health dangers. She says there are always risks to medicine, like taking aspirin."

Leor Sapir on X - "Wow.   Justice Alito: the Cass Report finds of no evidence that gender Rx prevents suicide.   Strangio: "completed suicide is thankfully and admittedly rare," the studies apply to suicidal ideation/behavior.   Has the @ACLU  just abandoned the "dead daughter/live son" narrative?"
James Lindsay, anti-Communist on X - "The Left doesn't care about people being bullied into suicidal ideation. Ask anyone they've struggled or cancelled."

Meme - Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ✡️⚢ ❌❌ @sappholives83: "This man feels “alienated” in his women’s support group, so he wants to force the actual women to restrict all discussion of their “afab body issues” to one day a week.  First they invade, then they demand to be in control. This is narcissism, and it’s gone mad with power."
"I need help coping with feeling alienated in womens groups
I'm apart of a womens support group at my college but i'm the only transgirl there. When the topic of discussion is something like misogyny I can relate obviously. But when the other girls talk about more... biological issues I feel uncomfortable and kinda sad. I tried contributing to the conversation once when one of the other girls was complaining of back pain from her breasts and how she wanted a breast reduction but didnt know if her insurance would cover it. I made a joke saying at least you have breasts haha!" And she kinda just stared at me and looked annoyed. The other girls make jokes about each others bodies all the time like joking about how all their cycles are gonna sync up (and i felt alienated there again) but when i try to make a joke everyone kinda just goes quiet. I know that we arent 100% the same i get that but i still feel miserable when they talk about afab problems. Is there a way i could tastefully bring this up to the group? I dont want them to not be able to talk about those issues but maybe I can ask them to set one specific day of the week (we meet 3 sometimes 4 times a week) to talk about afab body issues? I dont want to seem rude and be stepping on their toes i just wanna feel like i really fit in."

Meme - "MEN: CHECK OUT MY NEW CAR
WOMEN: CHECK OUT MY NEW PURSE.
HOLLYWOOD STARS: CHECK OUT MY NEW TRANS KID."

Meme - J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling: "Never forget: gender identity isn't about sex stereotypes, but playing around with your hair proves you're not a man."
Brianna Wu @BriannaWu: "I know that there's an angry crowd that will never believe trans women are an (admittedly weird) variation of woman. But for people in the middle, here's 25 minutes of @dollcastshow just talking about doing our hair. Can anyone honestly say we would make sense living as men?"

Meme - "Tell me the truth for once!"
"Being anti-third gender is a pro-trans stance. Actual trans people (who aren't faking for tiktok clout) want to integrate into society and just want to be treated like a normal male or female."

Libs of TikTok on X - "Meet Katherine Rigby, a California judge who was appointed by Newsom. She ordered that Tremaine Carroll, a man pretending to be a woman must be referred to with she/her pronouns. Carroll was incarcerated in a women’s prison where he r*ped two women and impregnated a third."

Scarlett Johnson on X - "🚨BREAKING: A boy is now allowed to change in the girls' locker room at Westosha Central High School in Wisconsin.
-He stares at the young girls while they change
-He exposes his p-nis and rubs himself with lotion
-He claims to the girls that the lotion is to “prevent chafing”"

MaryCate Delvey on X - "WOW!! We have reached PART 40 of LISTEN TO TRANS PEOPLE!! “They just want to pee” — you sure about that?"
Items from this post, quoting trans people, follow

Meme - Arrested for internet crimes @C...: "Jerking off in the women's room to own the TERFs
Someone's threatening to call the cops on me for this post lol"

Meme - Liv @livulose: "Invading female spaces to be a sexual degenerate is such a rush. Loudly fapping and moaning and cumming all over the place knowing full well of they complain you can just call them transphobic
Wanna stalk a cutie and rape them in an alley and properly live up to the trans rapist accusation~
The correct response to finding out about a trans rapist and their crimes is to be horny"

Meme - @wishbone 🐭 @wishbone48: "And power The euphoria of “there’s not a damn thing those women can do about it”"
The Heretical Liberal 🇨🇦 @Rob_ThaBuilder: "That is 100% it.  They talk about "passing", These men don't WANT to pass. The thrill is that the women KNOW they're men and there's not a damn thing they can do about it."
@wishbone 🐭 @wishbone48: "Listening to @marycatedelvey  reading posts is utterly enlightening"

Meme - Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter: "In response to a WaPo article in which an Italian child travels to Spain to obtain puberty blockers and does so on the first appointment following a single online consultation, journalist Evan Urquhart claims there “still hasn’t been a single reported example of a minor getting blockers or hormones without a lengthy assessment.”   Evan is ignoring Jesse Singal’s Economist article from earlier this month about Clementine Breen getting blockers after a single appointment with Johanna Olson-Kennedy.   And he is forgetting my reporting that since 2018, it has been Boston Children’s policy to provide only a single two-hour assessment appointment with a psychologist to determine whether a minor should get blockers or hormones."
Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsk...: "This is a beautiful, deeply reported piece en family forced to travel to Spain to pause puberty for their trans daughter."
Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social: "After years of attempts at sensationalizing rare stories of detransition, there still hasn't been a reported example of a minor getting blockers or hormones without a lengthy assessment and their parents going through the full informed consent process."

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