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Trans people exist and they are trans. They deserve to be treated fairly by society and competently by physicians. However, males cannot become females or vice versa. If trans could accept being trans rather than insist on biological impossibilities we’d all have better lives.

“Doctors urge Wes Streeting to reinstate scientist in puberty blocker row” thetimes.com/article/82222c…

@garylfrancione @LollyEyesMF @RosieDuffield1 @treesey I wonder whether the author meant to write “discriminatory” and wrote “defamatory” by mistake? 🤔

@RosieDuffield1 @treesey I am not a UK lawyer but I think that defamation in the UK also involves a false statement of fact. To say that Steph Richards is a male is not defamatory because it is a true statement. The only false statement is Steph's that he is a woman. That is empirically false.

No thank you.

@Mike_Batt But still, Summer with the volume whacked up is pure punk. Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus, however, should be permanently retired. (Ralph liked the tune so much he’s made everyone else hate it.)

Aren’t you tired of the fucking Four Seasons? (The piece, not the hotel chain). It’s not Vivaldi’s fault. It’s great but can’t we give it rest? Oy vey, already.

@willows_elise @WomensRightsNet It’s likely. There will be a consultation, maybe some fine tuning then a vote in parliament. It will be interesting to see what they do with people who have already changed sex markers on passports &c with self-ID.

@mindsci @WomensRightsNet Let’s hope they do ban it.

Good news for Portugal. The tide has turned. Who in Europe will be next?

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@feministbirther @arctophilewitch They haven’t done it yet.

Clearly it is possible to remove bad laws from a country. Well done, Portugal. #SackCody

@Glinner @conlock_r It is not yet a done deal.

Great news. Congratulations to the women of Portugal!

@STILLTish The laws haven’t changed yet.

Wow. It can be done.

@BillboardChris @SayingItLouder No. They haven’t. Not yet. (But it does look like they will.)

Incredible breakthrough! Lawmakers in Portugal have voted in favor of legislation which will ban child transition and repeal the law that enabled self-identification as the opposite sex. Every country needs to follow in their footsteps!

@AvengingAngel94 @PastorAlexLove Ummm. So Lent is a season of fasting. Pancakes are made on Shrove Tuesday to use up all the eggs and milk that would go bad during Lent. Easter Sunday (Resurrection Day) is a celebration when eggs become available to eat again. Chocolate eggs are symbolic.

@PastorAlexLove Ever wonder why you have Easter eggs and Easter bunnies? Easter was created over Ostara, the Pagan fertility festival celebrating the Spring equinox. Rabbits and eggs are Pagan fertility symbols the Christians incorporated into Easter celebrations. Now you know. 😁

JESUS did not eat Easter eggs.

@PastorAlexLove For obvious reasons, Jesus didn’t live to see Easter.

@blablafishcakes Isn’t the point being overlooked that the FWS SCJ was all and only about GRCs. It had nothing to say at all about the vast majority of TIM’s who self-ID. It said that GRC’s do not make anyone the other sex for all purposes because GRA 2003 9(3) and the EA2010 negate 9(1).

Yes, but having interpreted that statute, the Supreme Court clarified that "sex" means "biological sex" in the context of the Equality Act, which means that: Single sex spaces remain lawful Service providers have clearer legal footing and can rely on sex-based criteria Service providers can argue that their service is single-sex because it provides e.g. trauma-informed care, safe-guarding, a need for biological female-only space, privacy, dignity, child welfare, etc. Common legitimate aims for single-sex spaces: Privacy (e.g. communal changing) Dignity (e.g. intimate care in hospitals) Safety (e.g. refuges, prisons) Fairness (e.g. sport, though slightly different legal framework) Courts generally accept these as legitimate without much difficulty.

@swearysnork Well, no. You're pointedly not saying it.

OK everyone is thinking it, and I'm saying it.

@lanky_pete @Baroness_Nichol Excellent point. But I don't think one counts how many people are in the cemetry and includes the interred.

@mindsci @Baroness_Nichol Are the dead people still in the room?

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@sweet_nector1 Ummm ... It's engagement farming

People keep guessing, but no one gets it right. Do you know what this is?

@CarlHigbie Good. Stand well back and wait for the ashes to cool before you try to clean up.

My man is ON FIRE TODAY

I read, occasionally, of WI groups which are folding up their tressle tables because they can't pander to men in frocks anymore. Are there any WI groups who are happy they don't have to pander to peculiar men anymore? (Please retweet as I don't suppose I have many WI followers)

@GayGordon84 Engagement farming. 98% didn't fall for it.

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@AzatAlsalim Everyone who said Hooray needs to remember to fact-check. (And be advised, I want this just as much as you do. And it might happen. I hope it does. But it hasn't happened yet.)

Portugal bans sex change treatments for minors and repeals the 2018 gender self-determination law