Marianne Oakes
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Transgender woman, therapeutic counsellor supporting transgender/non-binary people of all ages. pronouns She/Her without explanation.
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Having spent the last 8 years honing my counselling skills supporting the trans & non-binary individuals of all ages, I am now able to announce I am able to offer gender affirming therapy through my private practice
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Not my words, but I agree completely with the point.
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There is always a reason why a child would not wish to speak to their parents about their sexuality or gender, and it is not the fault of the child or the teacher.
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Adjusting to name or pronoun changes are not difficult, we do it all the time and unless you are trans never is there an issue.
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Just sharing: I came out to my wife before we were married aged 19. Last December we celebrated 36 years of Marriage. Being trans does not stop us finding love, trans youth need to hear this, other couples need to hear this. Feel free to share your love story to help others, xx
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I have to shake my head in despair, JKR advocating that Stonewall should be closed down. A Cishet white privileged woman wants to remove a powerful LGBTQ+ charity, what an awful person. Every 🏳️🌈 person will be more vulnerable without
#Stonewall
. Shame on any 🏳️🌈 who support her.
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@AidanCTweets
I know it’s a detail, but Mermaids are not a clinic, they are a charity who only offer support. They are literally looking to bully a children’s charity!!!!
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Allegedly before I was 18 years old I was a confused gay child, once I turned 18, apparently I turned into a sexual predator who will do anything to invade women’s spaces. And they say it’s not
#transphobic
to say this shit?
#Transphobia
is a mental illness.
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Women have never even remotely shown any distaste in me using the ladies loos in 30 years long before the equality act became law. What people like JKR and her gang need to do is be honest, women have no problem with me, transphobes have a problem with me, end of.
'Women' have NEVER said 'NO' to sharing with trans women.
Women are not a monolith, and majority support shows up on every survey, the quote tweets and the replies to this post.
Does Helen think we are not currently sharing, we are, and her opinion is irrelevant.
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Transitioning as an older woman I get asked, if I am so sure why didn’t I do this sooner? Truth is, the world was very different when I grew up and it put me into survival mode for most of my life. These days I thrive and that’s just wonderful.
#Transgender
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This is the face of conversion therapy, it’s wrapped up in words that don’t say ‘conversion therapy’. Don’t be fooled, any attempt to coerce and gaslight a child into being someone they are not, is by any other name, Conversion Therapy and should be outlawed.
#ConversionTherapy
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Years ago I attended what me might call an online party for trans girls, friendly chat (text) and a drink. The girl who organised it somehow made sure everyone had a great time and we did. That evening she ended her life. Suicide is real within the trans community, words hurt.
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If you are not trans you are not an expert on trans issues and lives, if you are not autistic you are not an expert on autism. If you are trans and autistic, you are the expert in you, don’t let anyone else believe they know you better than you know you.
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A bitter old person who is str8 is trying to gaslight more bitter old str8 people who are to best represent the LGBTQ+ community. Correct me if I am wrong, the lgba have more str8 members than lgb members, see the pattern, closeted ‘Str8s’ or bigots, you choose?
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@Mermaids_Gender
has been advising children about puberty blockers without parental consent.
@Mermaids_Gender
are trying to strip charitable status from LGB Alliance, who produced this film.
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In case those at the back couldn’t hear, trans kids are trans, they are not going through a phase, they are not confused, it’s just who they are. Some live in trans hostile homes and need help, if that’s you contact
@Mermaids_Gender
, they are awesome and will offer great advice.
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If you are not trans or, have no formal qualifications or, specialist experience working with or for the trans community, you know nothing of the trans lived experience, you are just an armchair observer with an opinion that should hold no value to anyone.
#TransPeopleArePeople
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Being trans at 60 is F**cking awesome, I’m actually old enough to not give a s**t what JKR and her blackshirt followers think of me. I’ll still fight for my community though, using my ‘don’t give a S**t attitude as my super power.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#Transgender
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This made me shed a quiet tear, sad and happy in equal measure.
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2 Labour council candidates who are openly trans were elected yesterday. People voted for them regardless. Both are very young, and both and won against a back drop of hate supported by JKR and co. Let’s hope this is a new beginning.
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Is it me or are we seeing the tide turn in relation to trans rights and self ID? Scotland are leading the way with self ID, the women of Scotland standing up for trans women and against JKR’s motley crew of GCs,
#SelfID
#TransRights
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As someone who has been involved in the trans community for over 30yrs, my experience tells me there is by far more trans people who don’t transition than do. Many can’t face the stigma, or fear rejection from their families or loose their careers. They are
#Trans
and valid.
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@jk_rowling
For those asking, I am older than JKR, 60, so you don’t need to guess, and also, to anyone reading this tweet scared of her GC gang, just know there is support for you
@Mermaids_Gender
and
@stonewalluk
wonderful charities working on your behalf,
#StayStrong
we are winning, xx
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As a trans women I get to see people who have certainly never met me or any other trans women in most cases, compute in their heads that I am nothing like what they expected. If you don’t actually know a trans woman or man, you really don’t know trans people or our struggles. 1/4
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Should Dr Hillary Cass and her team be made to pay back the money they got paid to publish an invalid piece of work? Cass hasn’t gone much over a week and is giving interviews contradicting her findings and has gone through the GC playbook of playing the victim. What next!!
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A gender affirming approach to children who are questioning their gender is the right way. Devaluing the experience of the child by making stupid dinosaur comparisons is unhelpful and stigmatising. Let them explore without prejudice, we all deserve the chance to explore gender.
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I had a GC trying to say I converted kids to be trans, so I thought, for fun only, what sales pitch could make you want to be trans? For me it was ‘all the fun sports you can’t do’, that hooked me in and there was no going back.
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I didn’t see any politician jump to the defence of
@IndiaWilloughby
tonight on
@bbcquestiontime
, so next time a politician proclaims the support LGBT+ history month, don’t believe them. The Rainbow Flag is not just a photo op to gain votes, don’t whitewash it.
#TransRights
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It’s people like Emma Watson that gives me hope for a better future, xx
Raise your hand if you totally agree with Emma 💙🏳️⚧️
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This is getting ridiculous, the show of solidarity for trans people is abundantly clear, it’s so sad the government and C list celebrities can’t see it.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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When GCs say there is not enough research to support transgender health care, what they are really saying is, there nothing to support their distorted view of transgender healthcare. There is plenty to support affirmative trans healthcare, I see it every day.
#TransHealthcare
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I feel this needs pointing out, the Tavistock was only ever a therapeutic clinic, they never prescribed any medication. I know this is confusing. They never referred or conducted any surgery on any trans people of any age. Why can’t the press and GCs speak the truth ever?
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Remember, Esther Ghey lost her daughter in a brutal attack, her daughter, end of.
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I never wanted to be a woman, I never decided to be a woman, I was always a woman. I know the concept might be difficult for some to grasp, but, I know myself better than anyone and I trust in who I am to try and live my best life:
#TransLiberation
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I don’t wear women’s clothes, I wear my clothes, I don’t dress as a woman, I dress as me. It’s not complicated and it is not a debate. I bought the clothes, and I can’t help being who I am. Move on why don’t you!!!
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I am constantly told that trans people have to be checked to ensure there are no underlying issues that are making them ‘trans’. I have yet to hear of anything that would make you trans, if you believe there is then you believe there is a cure......there isn’t, we just are.
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With the Helen Joyce scandal growing more intense, I can’t help but feel this will turn into a pedo sex cult thing, that these people have been hiding in plain sight?
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Her family had rejected her and she felt alone, she held the party so we all had fond memories of her. There were no signs, we were all shocked, but, it was common place back then so we ‘were used to it’. Be kind and look after your sisters and brothers.
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@_NatashaDevon
As soon as the conversation is about ‘what is a woman’ all women are judged by a standard very few if any can meet. Everyone gets hurt and that’s why it is futile and only serves the patriarch.
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People who tell me they have never met a trans person get the same response ‘how do you know?’. The lie told by GCs is you can always tell is completely misleading. I don’t ever knowingly hide my trans identity, but honestly I have never been asked or challenged.
#TransLiberation
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@mimmymum
You can’t ask children to critically analyse something and keep trying to get the answer you want because that is indoctrination, surely. What the poster wants is their unconscious bias affirming and the kids won’t do this for them. The future is bright, thank to the kids.
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The Charity Commission held 45 Statutory Enquiries last year, how many can you name that were headline news? Seems Trans stories sell papers.
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In 20 years time the uk government of the day will be apologising for the atrocious way trans youth were being treated in 2020, the mistakes being made now are causing harm. Holding back transgender rights is oppression and dehumanising,
#trans_rights
#GRA
#equality
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There is no replacement for parental support of our gender identity.
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When I see the phrase ‘Trans Agenda’ I cringe, there is no trans agenda just a plea for dignity. We are not planning to invading single sex spaces, we don’t have creepy motives, we are just people nothing more nothing less.
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Being trans is really not difficult, in fact it comes completely natural to me, however, a minority of very loud and angry people seem to find my trans identity difficult. To those who find my trans identity difficult to accept, it’s your problem not mine.
#TransLiberation
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I am just watching a news report on Cold Water Swimming, all genders changing on the beach, discreetly and with dignity. Who’d of thought in a civilised society this shared space could be used so safely….:-)
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Being trans is awesome. I know it’s fucking difficult even emotionally painful at but you see, those who made my transition possible have spilt blood even died so I could be here, I have to revel in my gender identity, if only to help pave the way for the next generations
#pride
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I celebrate my trans identity, not because it’s a cool identity, but because, despite everything I survived against a back drop of hate. Not only did I survive, I continue to thrive, what’s not to celebrate.
#TransLiberation
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Hillary Cass has a team to manage her emails so she doesn’t have to read the hate, but I don’t have this luxury, neither do my clients, and she has only added to the hate we get. She wants to travel on public transport and feel safe, so do I, sadly, I don’t have cis privilege.
Hilary Cass: I can’t travel on public transport any more
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Today I not only celebrate 60yrs living on this planet, I celebrate 4 yrs of being testosterone free and Oestrogen rich, how cool is this?
#Trans
#TransWomenAreWomen
#LoveBeingTrans
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#Brianna
was 15 years old when she suffered the ultimate consequence of transphobia and was brutally murdered. Her life, as all trans people lives are seen as not worthy of dignity or of any value. Vermin get exterminated with more humanity.
@RishiSunak
stood on 1/
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@KatyMontgomerie
@jezkemp
@KayBurley
There is no other area of healthcare that has outcomes as positive as transgender healthcare, the figures don’t lie. 1% regret rate with multiple factors on why, this is the most successful area of healthcare.
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@KirstieMAllsopp
Trans women are equally at risk from predatory men, why is this never part of the discussion?
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Trans people do not become trans, we are not made trans we are born trans. We are not born mentally ill, we are made emotionally vulnerable by a media and political system that dehumanises us. We are wonderful, colourful and beautiful.
#TransIsBeautiful
#Transgender
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Is it wrong that I support terf only toilets? Let them suffer the indignity of being different for a few months and the whole debate would end in an instant.
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@SarahEdmondsPhD
Trans suicide is real, I’m not sure your tweet is getting the traction you hoped for, perhaps you could ask yourself, what did you do to contribute to her loss of hope that anyone close to her loved her for who she was, not what they believed her to be.
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I think I touched a nerve with the GCs they are calling me all sorts of names because
#IStandWithStonewall
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@jk_rowling
It seems I have your attention
@jk_rowling
so, why don’t you try understanding what kind of society we live in where a child is having to seek help outside of the family home, why do any children’s charities exist, why would you exclude trans children from this level of care?
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The JKR followers are like the MAGA followers of Trump, she could stick pins in the eyes of a kitten outside Holyrood and they’d all still believe she was the one chosen by God to
Lead them.
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1.5 Billion people live in countries that have self ID, have womens rights been proven to be affected in those countries, has crime against women risen in those countries? Or, are some people just transphobic and will say anything to justify their irrational fears?
#Transphobia
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If you look at the ‘trans issue’ and say you can see it from both sides, you are supporting the TERFs because you believe their lies and dog whistles. Trans people are people, they are not a danger to anyone any more than anyone else.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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I am going to be leaving Twitter for a short time, I think (I am not sure) that I will be trolled over the coming days so, if anyone feels like supporting me and
@GenderGP
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I am a woman, I have children, I have grandchildren. So far, none of my family have denied me as their family member, no friends have rejected me. I am a trans woman and I am living my best life, it is full and happy. I don’t need anyone else’s validation, and I don’t seek it.
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If there was one thing you could say to your younger trans self, what would it be?
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I have been stalked for two years or more by a man who is determined to bring me down, he has a file on me and discusses my every move with other transphobes on the dark web (or where ever they talk). Sadly, he is driven by the likes of JKR and One day he might flip, who knows.
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Ever felt alone in a crowded room? Being transgender can feel like that at times, I can promise you though, the more comfortable and confident you are, the more you will engage with the world around you.
#TransAffirmation
#TransIsBeautiful
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@jack_turban
Sadly Jack, it doesn’t matter what trans people have to say about their care, Cis people in the media will tell us we don’t know what we are experiencing. I am very happy with my hormones, I now realise how cis peeps have felt all their lives.
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39yrs ago today I married my soulmate, Vicki. She was and still is gorgeous and loving. 2 sons, 2 daughter in laws, 3 grandchildren and transition later and we are going as strong as ever. Her is to the next 39yrs, xx
#TransAndRelationships
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#IStandWithTransKids
and their
#Families
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#Trans
people should not be allowed an opinion on their care. If your uncomfortable with trans children existing, tough, they do. There is no place for
#Transphobia
in healthcare.
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When I was seen by the GIC I was living and working as a female therapist. I had no past mental health issues and never sought medical support for any issues, I was a fully functioning adult. They treated me like I was mentally ill because I was transgender.
#TransLiberation
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The last thing I want as a trans woman is, some Cis person trying to transition, it would not help me or them. This notion trans people try to convert people with an ideology is a fantasy, a conspiracy theory designed to hurt us.
#TransAndProud
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Stop questioning the validity of a trans child and start to ask how can I help, you’ll be amazed how soon they start to smile again, how soon their grades will improve and how socially integrated they can become. It’s not a difficult concept,in most cases believing them is enough
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Whatever this government are doing to trans people, what hurts the most is, when anyone with a platform say; ‘it’s complicated’ with no further comment. Fuck off, there is nothing complicated about a psycho government bullying trans people, try saying ‘it abhorrent’ because it is
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I blocked JKR over a year ago, it was clear she is ill and deranged and I found my input on her feeds just made her more ill. She believes I, who live a perfectly happy life, who generally tweets twice a day if I can be bothered am mentally ill, the irony is astounding 😂😂😂😂
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Gender affirming care is not about colluding with someone and just agreeing. Affirming care is about helping someone to feel comfortable with who they are, gender affirming care allows exploration without judgment, wherever the exploration takes them.
#gender_affirming_care
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Reading the news papers, or reading a book cannot and will not ever give you an understanding of the Beauty of trans diversity. Stop shouting, stop hating, start getting to know this small but wonderful section of society, you’ll not regret it.
#TranLiberation
#TransHealthMatters
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I was born Transgender, I wasn’t born gender Dysphoric. Dysphoria shouldn’t be the measure of my gender, it’s the measure of abuse from society, from the haters, those who try to deny me. I refuse to be defined by my Dysphoria, I am defined by my gender.
#TransIsBeautiful
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@stellduffy
Thank you Stella, as a trans women I am exhausted defending myself and the many trans women friends for simply existing. I also know some trolls here will love hearing this and apply even more pressure, however, I can’t go anywhere, and I believe the future is bright despite them
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Gender Affirming care is the only model of care that allows a person to explore their gender without prejudice.
#TransLiberation
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Even if you know someone down the road or at work but you didn’t take the time to get to know them then you don’t know trans people. Even if you did meet and get to know one trans person, you still do not know or understand trans people. We are diverse, sometimes fun loving. 2/4
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In my work I meet trans kids who have been damaged by conversion therapy, damaged by not having their voice herd by clinicians, parents, teachers and politicians. They are talked over, their lives presided over, their care denied. This is the true cancelling of free speech.
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It is strange how, when there was rapist who was also trans woman in theory, my friends all wanted to know what my thoughts were around trans women and prisons. Not one question or acknowledgement about a dear member of our community who has been murdered?
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The idea transgender kids and adults are weak and feeble is a misconception, we are the bravest people you could ever meet. We are vulnerable and yet we continue regardless, it’s not your sympathy we need, it’s your voice we should be hearing supporting transgender inclusion.
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My GIC discharged me in 2019 for not changing my name legally. My parents are sadly passed now and I don’t wish to change my name legally as a mark of respect for them. Apparently I am not trans if I don’t agree to their demand, sounds like a hoop to me.
"Dr Dean claimed that the days of asking trans people to jump through hoops to access care were over. This statement provoked a backlash from trans people online..."
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Only in the UK could a rise in the demand for transgender youth services mean the government respond by trying to stop trans youth accessing care. Surely the logic dictates an increase in the service is required?
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Sometimes intense and difficult. We are truly a product of our background, our environment made us. Living in a society that does not account for us is challenging, so yes, many trans people are damaged, unable to work, but, like me, many are fully functioning and thriving. 3/4
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