Christopher James

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"The decision to proceed with yet another trial of puberty blockers represents a profound betrayal of children by the NHS, a service whose stated aim is to improve health and wellbeing, not create lifelong medical patients. This trial will continue a shameful history in gender medicine of pathologising non-conformity and sends a message to children that their healthy body may need ‘fixing’ with medicines or surgery. By opting to put a whole new group of children onto puberty blockers, the NHS has bowed to political and ideological pressure and is failing in its duty to protect its patients from harm."

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@MarkMcGrady Lovely! Enjoy!

New car added to the fleet and I’ve gone Porsche…..

@MorelandJo Oh! Has anything changed? If his view hasn’t changed then when it was made is neither here nor there - it’s not what we should be hearing from a new government starting with a clean slate

@ProfCJJ Do think of something original to say. You're a bit behind the times. The "women don't have a penis" comment is very outdated.

It’s depressing to note that the leader of our new government thinks that 99.9% of women don’t have a p*nis. Things do not augur well for women’s rights right now. 😬 #jeremyvine

@ElonIsAFatBitch You’d have to ask the Prime Minister where he got his education - I’m pretty secure in my knowledge of the difference. Even if you accept one of the myriad of confusing definitions of gender (which I don’t) your comment still does make sense. P*nis is a sex attribute not gender

“For me it’s just common sense, that there should be any suggestion that people aren’t allowed to live the life they want to live & to be with who they want to be with & to express themselves whole heartedly, I mean as long as you’re not hurting anyone else & everyone else just needs to butt out.” David Tennant seemingly has no clue what critics of gender ideology are saying & actually opposing. So let’s make it clear: • First of all, common sense is knowing that there are only two sexes, sex is immutable & plays many vital roles in society, from sexuality to safeguarding to rights to procreation. • Next, no one is suggesting that people can’t live how they want to live. This is a nothing statement. There are, basically, 8 billion ways to live life. As many possibilities are there are humans. The issue is that one group of people has fallen for a lie and wants everyone else to live that lie to some extent as gender ideology is a direct attack on how everyone else lives, from speech to education to how society is structured to rights. • Consenting adults can choose who they want to be in intimate relationships with, that fight has long been won. But gender ideology actually wants to undo that, telling lesbians that they must accept men who claim to be women as lesbians & gay men must accept women who claim to be men as gay men. Now, if being with a person who is lying about their sex is your type, fine. But for everyone else, they also need their rights. Rights to lesbian only spaces & events & rights to gay man only spaces & events, all based in reality. Heterosexual people claiming to be homosexual and then enforcing heterosexuality upon a homosexual group is not progress. • Who is saying people can’t express themselves? Men can wear dresses & makeup if they want. Women can cut their hair short & do whatever they think men do. We’ve all got one life, live it in a way that makes sense to you. But understand: your expression does not change material reality, and is not a free pass to take away other people’s rights. Rights, rights, rights. • Many people are hurt by the ideology David Tennant & the like are pushing. Women’s rights are abolished, LGB people’s rights are dismantled (while simultaneously getting the blame for this nonsense), children’s right to grow up with their body in tact is demolished, and then there is freedom of belief, speech & association which impacts everyone. Don’t believe me? Try not believing in gender ideology & see how much freedom of belief you have in the workplace. Try creating a female only space and see how many men demand access to it, with institutions like human rights commissions backing them. Try being a female athlete missing out on competition because a man decided he is a woman and used his biological physical advantage to destroy your dreams. Just try to imagine that there are more issues in life than how one “identifies”. • Telling people to “butt out” is a clear indication that someone has never once considered how gender ideology plays out in society on a macro scale & why people would be against it, and that he doesn’t actually have empathy for people who are different to him while identifying as someone who does. If you don’t understand what your critics are saying, don’t criticize them until you do. The end.

Two of our @BionicsPlus ECRs presented their work during the ECR workshop on 18th June 2024

Some images of the team and delegates at work at our @BionicsPlus workshops from 17-18th June 2024

Our Early Career Researcher workshop also included a session on co-creation delivered by our Lynda Webb from @uniofedinburgh

The SPASMS funded project update presented by @Kavit_Amin

Project on understanding brain and heart function on people with depression lead by Dr Mahmaz Arvaneh @ university of Sheffield

A talk on Devices for dignity from @KiaNazarpour from Uni of Edinburgh

A cool presentation on Child Health Technologies by @KiaNazarpour - prosthetics for children

Now we have Prof Chad Bouton from New York presenting on implanted BCI - challenges & innovations

Today our Bionics+ workshop starts @uniofwarwick with a keynote from Dr Nick Gompertz on his @earswitch device

Calling all Bionics researchers - come join us for our showcase and ECR workshop on 17th & 18th June @ Warwick

@AvisMalta a couple of plane loads of people from the U.K. a massive queue outside Avis office and only ONE PERSON taking an absolute age each time. So much for the “quick pass” - couldn’t plan ahead could you?