At some point, this story will be worth too much cash to a journalist or publication to turn up. The story of how the Cass Review & trans healthcare in Finland and other places got hijacked by an organised group of religious anti-trans ideologues posing as evidence based medicine

People think my life is a tragedy because I use a wheelchair. The truth is my life is a tragedy because I need to get on a Ryanair flight and I can't find anywhere to get a decent cup of coffee 😔

Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wish autistic people could just be allowed to engage in hobbies they enjoy without somebody deciding 'That's odd, probably needs therapy so they behave as I want them to'. Therapy has a place, it's just creeping into areas where it shouldn't.

If non autistic people do it, it's a hobby, if autistic people do it, it's therapy.

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Been thinking about this new (ridiculous & dangerous) policy wording Eurostar changed over the weekend.
I’ve been stranded in Amsterdam by them when they didn’t turn up with a ramp & left me on the platform. I think I already shared the other day that they sent me to a

A great response from PATHA. More global experts calling out the flawed Cass Review.

'This review ignores the consensus of major medical bodies around the world and lacks relevance in an Aotearoa context'

patha.nz/News/13341582

“The Cass report goes against the consensus of professional medical associations around the world and I don’t think it is relevant to practice in Australia,” Associate Professor Ada Cheung said. smh.com.au/lifestyle/heal…

15. Likewise, researchers at Yale slammed the Florida Review, and many of their critiques are applicable to the Cass Review as well... not surprising given the collaboration.

medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/researc…

13. Immediately after the release, trans experts worldwide voiced opposition to the findings, including AusPATH and PATHA.

See bits of their statements here:

12. Within a day of the publication of the Cass Review, it appears those concerns were well warranted. NHS England has just announced it would launch a new review into adult care over fears of 'individuals with undiagnosed conditions'

archive.ph/3HOqP#selectio…

10. One of the most controversial sections of the Cass Review calls for restrictions on social transition, spreading fear that social transition could 'change' a child's gender permanently and advocating for restrictions.

9. Notably, Patrick Hunter has been identified as part of a network of anti-trans Christian-Right experts who seek to roll back trans and queer rights by the SPLC.

Both the Florida Review and the Cass Review serve that function, and both collaborated.

splcenter.org/captain/disinf…

8. The meetings and emails, which show collaboration over these targeted and politically motivated bans, was first unearthed by transgender researcher Zinnia Jones 🐍🔆 and have been subject to trial here in the US.

Read more in her article here:

genderanalysis.net/2023/11/new-tr…

7. If it seems similar, that's more than just coincidence. In a little reported series of meetings, Dr. Hillary Cass met with DeSantis' handpicked Board of Medicine member Patrick Hunter, a member of the Catholic Medical Organization who was tapped to ban trans care.

6. The Cass Review seems heavily influenced by the Florida Review, which employed a similar method used to justify bans on trans care in a process criticized as politically motivated by the Human Rights Campaign.

hrc.org/press-releases…

5. The review suggests that being trans can be influenced by other people, a nod to the discredited theory of social contagion and 'rapid onset gender dysphoria.'

Over 60 psych orgs have rejected this:

archive.is/5fLAt