Mark Quinn Bratton

@jeannestradiol @K9Fiferr @itsfolf @Naozymandias What MH issues are relevant and not relevant to transitioning? The study suggests that GD may be a maladaptive means of coping with problems whose source lies elsewhere.

@K9Fiferr @itsfolf @berkswell @Naozymandias Because transitioning doesn’t treat mental health issues that are irrelevant to transitioning.

the problem is that while the conclusions drawn from this study are fairly easy to debunk, the lies travel around the world twice before anyone hears the counterarguments

@opticswolfe @ClarkeMicah @nuntiatoria She is venerated in the Easter Orthodox Church as 'the Aposlte to the Apostles'

@ClarkeMicah @nuntiatoria This is embarrassing by Mr Hitchens @ClarkeMicah . “Tend to think” that a few nice women and the role of female disciples is more weighty than centuries of doctrine and tradition. What did Mary Magdalene do specifically? I don’t see it.

.@nuntiatoria . I have never once watched ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ . But I have been struck by the quality of some women in the clergy, and tend to think that the place in scripture given to Mary, to Martha and especially to Mary Magdalene overcomes any doctrinal quibbles.

If only Canada had something equivalent to the First Amendment. Jackson's catastrophizing in the last section of her judgment is world-class: apnews.com/article/suprem…

A sensible judgment by the SCOTUS majority (8-1) remitting the Colorado 'conversion therapy' statute back to the lower courts for strict scrutiny. It's a pretty transparent attempt to set so-called 'gender affirming care' into legal stone, stipulating what counsellors can and

cannot say to their clients in therapy. The dissenting judge, Justice Jackson, exemplifies the legal and ethical quagmire you end up slopping through when you try to elide speech and conduct, e.g. the idea that words are 'violence' and harmful in the way physical actions are:

@PeterTatchell Peter, talk therapy that explores the sources of a person's dissociation from their body is good medical care involving speech that Colorado was trying to proscribe. It was trying to set in legal stone its own politically motivated viewpoint. Happily, the majority prevailed.

US Supreme Court rules that laws by some states banning conversion therapy are illegal 8-1 decision Judges found it to be a First Amendment right to try to turn LGBT+ kids straight & cisgender It is not legit "free speech" to impose harmful practices lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/suprem…

@jack_turban Many of these are being deflected from acceptance of their same-sex identity.

Every mental health organization in the country screaming that they want to be regulated should give you a sense of just how bad conversion therapy is.

@jack_turban Jack the worst conversion therapy is to induct children who don't know any better into the delusion that they are 'born into the wrong body' or a member of the opposite sex or that gender varies independently of sex.

@geraldposner Do you have a link to your article?

Today’s 8-1 Supreme Court decision is another turning point in one of the most contentious areas of modern medicine and culture: pediatric “gender affirming care.” The court ruled that bans on so-called “conversion therapy” may violate the First Amendment when they restrict what licensed therapists can say to their clients. This is not a narrow technical ruling. It goes to the heart of whether the state can dictate ideological viewpoints in therapeutic conversations. As both a lawyer and a journalist, I’ve been tracking this for years. In my February 2024 article, “Who Put the Kids in Charge,” I warned: “A particular problem with gender affirming care is that it is at odds with therapeutic exploration. It requires that therapists only confirm a minor’s self-diagnosis of transgender and facilitate their access to hormones and surgeries. The professionals cannot question whether the gender dysphoria is a ‘transient phase’ or possibly the result of an underlying mental disorder. To do so would be to question the self-diagnosis, and that is forbidden. In lay talk, that means that professional discretion is eliminated.” That tension is now front and center. The Court made clear: when the government regulates speech based on viewpoint—even in therapy—it faces the highest constitutional scrutiny. This case is not just about the one counselor in Colorado who filed a legal action against the state’s prohibition. It is about whether, in one of the most sensitive areas of modern medicine, the government can dictate not just what treatments are offered—but what questions may be asked. And that is an issue that goes well beyond medicine. It is, I believe, a scandal to ban therapists from using their professional judgment in questioning and challenging minors who present as gender dysphoric. scotusblog.com/2026/03/suprem…

Another hole in the genderist wall. @LGBChristians

Great obit of a great man by Richard Kirker!

Priceless!

You couldn't make it up!

@soniasodha Sonia do you have a theory as to why so many putative feminists are endorsing this demented ideology? It seems to cut to the very foundations of feminism itself.

Too often, appropriate boundaries that prevent men from self-identifying into women's spaces, services and sports are misrepresented as "exclusion and hate". And too often, it's women who've been hounded and sacked for trying to maintain those boundaries.

Trans people of course deserve same protections against discrimination as other groups, but we must be clear that doesn't extend to the right to self-identify into services & spaces reserved for those of the opposite sex. Boundaries are kind and appropriate for everyone here.

@peter_sarris And what the heck do students know? Diddly squat. That is one of the points of going to university: to learn from people who know a great deal more about the subject than you do.

Student evaluations have long been a weird mix between sycophancy and character assassination. A very distinguished and important colleague of mine was given a rave review in a student evaluation for a lecture he never gave, in a year when he was on leave 🤷🏻‍♂️

Suggestive anecdata!

At least now little girls who dream of Olympic medals will know that biological males can't cheat their way onto their podium...or punch them relentlessly in the face and get a medal for it. Credit to Sharron Davies and Martina Navratilova, who spoke up despite attacks from those who should've known better. They spoke up when it was easier to stay quiet and paid the price in lost income and support.

An excellent riposte

@ProfMarkTaubert The Bill is not fit for purpose and needs to be subverted and expunged.

"Why is the House of Lords discussing so many amendments on safeguards and eligibility in the Assisted Dying debate? It must be filibustering!" news.sky.com/story/gang-rap…