Caroline Litman
@alicemydaughter.bsky.social
Ex-psychiatrist, writer, campaigner. Trans ally. She/ her. Author ‘HER NAME IS ALICE’ on the life and death of my transgender child. Mudlark Books Harper Collins. Getting out the door a bit more these days.
Pinned
This is why I’m here:
🧵Trigger warning: suicide
I am the proud mum of a trans woman, Alice.
Alice came out to her best friend, Lucy when she was sixteen, to her sister, Kate a few months later. She didn’t come out to me. Why not? Probably because I’d absorbed media transphobia 1/10
🧵Trigger warning: suicide
I am the proud mum of a trans woman, Alice.
Alice came out to her best friend, Lucy when she was sixteen, to her sister, Kate a few months later. She didn’t come out to me. Why not? Probably because I’d absorbed media transphobia 1/10
Reposted by Caroline Litman
If the author is outraged by Rowling being described as "very problematic", they're going to have a fucking coronary if they ever hear how people *really* describe her.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If the author is outraged by Rowling being described as "very problematic", they're going to have a fucking coronary if they ever hear how people *really* describe her.
“When JKR funds legal challenges to trans-inclusive policies…when American organisations fund UK litigation on reproductive rights…when coordinated campaigns use litigation to bypass normal democratic processes, let that be seen clearly rather than operating in shadow”
Read this.Wealth corrupts QED
Read this.Wealth corrupts QED
“When American organisations with annual budgets in the hundreds of millions fund UK litigation, there are legitimate questions about whether this serves British democratic interests”
cc @goodlawproject.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social
cc @goodlawproject.org @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“When JKR funds legal challenges to trans-inclusive policies…when American organisations fund UK litigation on reproductive rights…when coordinated campaigns use litigation to bypass normal democratic processes, let that be seen clearly rather than operating in shadow”
Read this.Wealth corrupts QED
Read this.Wealth corrupts QED
The last paragraph:
Those…who disagree…are denigrated as “activists”, as if being an activist is something one should avoid being, when in fact, we are activists merely because we care about the lives of all people (and this includes trans people).”
Thank you TACCT I’m sick of the name calling…
Those…who disagree…are denigrated as “activists”, as if being an activist is something one should avoid being, when in fact, we are activists merely because we care about the lives of all people (and this includes trans people).”
Thank you TACCT I’m sick of the name calling…
Please read this letter to the Telegraph editor from @tactt.bsky.social about what looks like UKCP supporting conversion therapy (ie psychological torture) targeting children.
Response to Telegraph article
The Telegraph newspaper recently published an article claiming that leaders of membership bodies including the UKCP have been “ousted” for raising safeguarding concerns relating to gend…
therapistsagainsttransphobia.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The last paragraph:
Those…who disagree…are denigrated as “activists”, as if being an activist is something one should avoid being, when in fact, we are activists merely because we care about the lives of all people (and this includes trans people).”
Thank you TACCT I’m sick of the name calling…
Those…who disagree…are denigrated as “activists”, as if being an activist is something one should avoid being, when in fact, we are activists merely because we care about the lives of all people (and this includes trans people).”
Thank you TACCT I’m sick of the name calling…
As coroners continue to issue PFD reports citing delays in accessing gender affirming care as contributing to the preventable deaths of trans people, our government forcibly chooses to detransition trans youth.
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
Please read this statement by Anne Health.
Trans children are being subjected by Sussex NHS to the physical torture of being forcibly detransitioned.
This is unnecessary cruelty and in my view constitutes torture, violence and child abuse on the part of NHS Sussex.
Trans children are being subjected by Sussex NHS to the physical torture of being forcibly detransitioned.
This is unnecessary cruelty and in my view constitutes torture, violence and child abuse on the part of NHS Sussex.
Anne Health response: NHS Sussex Investigation into WellBN GP Practice - Anne Healthcare
We are deeply concerned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated Code of Practice which has been sent to Secretary of State, Bridget Philipson, this week.While presented as clarification,...
anne.health
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As coroners continue to issue PFD reports citing delays in accessing gender affirming care as contributing to the preventable deaths of trans people, our government forcibly chooses to detransition trans youth.
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
Reposted by Caroline Litman
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
Also available as a bed set.
This is Jo Phoenix . She is an 'expert witness' in the Darlington Nurses debacle. She modelled a shirt that depicts people who abuse trans people online, target them and refer to them as sexual predators.
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Also available as a bed set.
Joyce is utterly devoid of empathy, compassion or comprehension.
It makes me weep that her GC (trans-hating) beliefs are protected and ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’ when part of this belief is that trans people and those that love them are not worthy of respect at the undertakers.
It makes me weep that her GC (trans-hating) beliefs are protected and ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’ when part of this belief is that trans people and those that love them are not worthy of respect at the undertakers.
This person is considered a “gender critical thought leader” 😂👻
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Joyce is utterly devoid of empathy, compassion or comprehension.
It makes me weep that her GC (trans-hating) beliefs are protected and ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’ when part of this belief is that trans people and those that love them are not worthy of respect at the undertakers.
It makes me weep that her GC (trans-hating) beliefs are protected and ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’ when part of this belief is that trans people and those that love them are not worthy of respect at the undertakers.
Reposted by Caroline Litman
✊🏾🩷🤍💙✊🏼 news:
So I green carded my MP yesterday and finally managed to get a copy of @alicemydaughter.bsky.social's book into the hands of my MP
Was able to get across a good amount of info on lived experiences, and also a clear rundown on the current issues with GIDS waiting lists,...
So I green carded my MP yesterday and finally managed to get a copy of @alicemydaughter.bsky.social's book into the hands of my MP
Was able to get across a good amount of info on lived experiences, and also a clear rundown on the current issues with GIDS waiting lists,...
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
✊🏾🩷🤍💙✊🏼 news:
So I green carded my MP yesterday and finally managed to get a copy of @alicemydaughter.bsky.social's book into the hands of my MP
Was able to get across a good amount of info on lived experiences, and also a clear rundown on the current issues with GIDS waiting lists,...
So I green carded my MP yesterday and finally managed to get a copy of @alicemydaughter.bsky.social's book into the hands of my MP
Was able to get across a good amount of info on lived experiences, and also a clear rundown on the current issues with GIDS waiting lists,...
Reposted by Caroline Litman
6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor
Eria Deuso has become the first out transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.
www.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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We're here! We're queer! We want a hot brown mayor!
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We're here! We're queer! We want a hot brown mayor!
Ian’s previously written compassionately about Alice. Here he writes on his own grief, as the first anniversary of his daughter’s death approaches, and how he found solace in Mexico, where Día de Muerto is much more than a tourist attraction, a day of remembrance and celebration of those we mourn 🩷
My daughter died a year ago. Mexico's Day of the Dead helped soothe my pain - my @theipaper.com column reflecting on grief and attitudes to death inews.co.uk/opinion/daug...
My daughter died a year ago. Mexico's Day of the Dead helped soothe my grief
Britons find death a difficult issue to discuss, but it's a central part of human life
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ian’s previously written compassionately about Alice. Here he writes on his own grief, as the first anniversary of his daughter’s death approaches, and how he found solace in Mexico, where Día de Muerto is much more than a tourist attraction, a day of remembrance and celebration of those we mourn 🩷
Reposted by Caroline Litman
We love this! Parents have one job, to love their children unconditionally, we know too well there are many in the trans community who have been turned away from their families, so any parent willing to stand up be loud and proud have our total support!
#transjoy
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
#transjoy
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
Today is Trans Parent Day - a day to celebrate both parents who are trans and parents of trans people. It’s also an opportunity for us to speak about the pride we feel for our loved ones.
We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.
We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We love this! Parents have one job, to love their children unconditionally, we know too well there are many in the trans community who have been turned away from their families, so any parent willing to stand up be loud and proud have our total support!
#transjoy
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
#transjoy
❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
On Trans Parent Day I’m proud to share this post from @transparentaction.bsky.social
I’m mindful that if you’re living without the support of birth family this may be a hard day.
Sending love to all trans people,
to parents of trans people and to everyone who loves and supports trans people 🩷
I’m mindful that if you’re living without the support of birth family this may be a hard day.
Sending love to all trans people,
to parents of trans people and to everyone who loves and supports trans people 🩷
Today is Trans Parent Day - a day to celebrate both parents who are trans and parents of trans people. It’s also an opportunity for us to speak about the pride we feel for our loved ones.
We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.
We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On Trans Parent Day I’m proud to share this post from @transparentaction.bsky.social
I’m mindful that if you’re living without the support of birth family this may be a hard day.
Sending love to all trans people,
to parents of trans people and to everyone who loves and supports trans people 🩷
I’m mindful that if you’re living without the support of birth family this may be a hard day.
Sending love to all trans people,
to parents of trans people and to everyone who loves and supports trans people 🩷
Didn’t know I needed to
see a giant, demonic hare parading down a wet and windy Irish street, to restore my faith in humanity, but there you go.
see a giant, demonic hare parading down a wet and windy Irish street, to restore my faith in humanity, but there you go.
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Didn’t know I needed to
see a giant, demonic hare parading down a wet and windy Irish street, to restore my faith in humanity, but there you go.
see a giant, demonic hare parading down a wet and windy Irish street, to restore my faith in humanity, but there you go.
Also the opinion of @greenparty.org.uk who unanimously passed a motion at conference for an informed consent system within primary care, calling for closure of GICs and for Primary Care Teams to be given the training and support to prescribe gender affirming treatments such as HRT.
#jointhegreens
#jointhegreens
“It remains my opinion, based on the data we now have, that the only way to fix the scale of this problem is by adopting a GP-led, informed consent model.”
Trans folks are struggling to access basic healthcare in the UK. We need structural political and medical changes to make care more accessible.
Trans folks are struggling to access basic healthcare in the UK. We need structural political and medical changes to make care more accessible.
How I discovered the waiting times for every gender clinic in the UK
We believe in doing what the NHS should be - reporting honestly and transparently on the state of gender services in the UK
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Also the opinion of @greenparty.org.uk who unanimously passed a motion at conference for an informed consent system within primary care, calling for closure of GICs and for Primary Care Teams to be given the training and support to prescribe gender affirming treatments such as HRT.
#jointhegreens
#jointhegreens
News in that children are now being prescribed weight loss jabs on the NHS.
@wesstreetingmp.bsky.social
Where are the trials for the use of these experimental drugs in children? How do you know it’s safe?
📢 SHOW US THE EVIDENCE 📢
All so utterly predictable and fucked up.
Here we go again ✍️
@wesstreetingmp.bsky.social
Where are the trials for the use of these experimental drugs in children? How do you know it’s safe?
📢 SHOW US THE EVIDENCE 📢
All so utterly predictable and fucked up.
Here we go again ✍️
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
News in that children are now being prescribed weight loss jabs on the NHS.
@wesstreetingmp.bsky.social
Where are the trials for the use of these experimental drugs in children? How do you know it’s safe?
📢 SHOW US THE EVIDENCE 📢
All so utterly predictable and fucked up.
Here we go again ✍️
@wesstreetingmp.bsky.social
Where are the trials for the use of these experimental drugs in children? How do you know it’s safe?
📢 SHOW US THE EVIDENCE 📢
All so utterly predictable and fucked up.
Here we go again ✍️
Reposted by Caroline Litman
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Happy Halloween
Four of Alice’s lovely friends came round on Wednesday and we carved pumpkins for her.
Alice had no idea how much she meant to people. How much we all loved her. How much we still do.
🧡🔪🎃
Four of Alice’s lovely friends came round on Wednesday and we carved pumpkins for her.
Alice had no idea how much she meant to people. How much we all loved her. How much we still do.
🧡🔪🎃
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy Halloween
Four of Alice’s lovely friends came round on Wednesday and we carved pumpkins for her.
Alice had no idea how much she meant to people. How much we all loved her. How much we still do.
🧡🔪🎃
Four of Alice’s lovely friends came round on Wednesday and we carved pumpkins for her.
Alice had no idea how much she meant to people. How much we all loved her. How much we still do.
🧡🔪🎃
Happening in the US. Happening here.
@indiawilloughby.bsky.social
wasn’t it you who posted on X last year that a Christian fundamentalist anti LGBTQ+ church group has been commissioned to provide some local UK CAMHS counselling?
@indiawilloughby.bsky.social
wasn’t it you who posted on X last year that a Christian fundamentalist anti LGBTQ+ church group has been commissioned to provide some local UK CAMHS counselling?
1. Washington State University has credentialed an anti-trans, conversion therapy org SEGM to teach CMEs to medical providers.
The panel is filled with the most vitriolic of anti-trans activists.
Unsuspecting providers may be taught harmful practices.
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The panel is filled with the most vitriolic of anti-trans activists.
Unsuspecting providers may be taught harmful practices.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Washington State University Credentials Anti-Trans Hate Group SEGM to Teach Medical Providers
The Southern Poverty Law Center has dubbed the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine an anti-LGBTQ hate group for its role in proliferating pseudoscience and transphobic policies.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Happening in the US. Happening here.
@indiawilloughby.bsky.social
wasn’t it you who posted on X last year that a Christian fundamentalist anti LGBTQ+ church group has been commissioned to provide some local UK CAMHS counselling?
@indiawilloughby.bsky.social
wasn’t it you who posted on X last year that a Christian fundamentalist anti LGBTQ+ church group has been commissioned to provide some local UK CAMHS counselling?
The nerve of these two. The cognitive dissonance. The entitlement. Just looking at them makes me kind of fizz, like all my cells individually are trying to align and form some sort of marching formation to defend, or attack, I’m not clear, but they sure as hell bubble up some tension in me.
Maya, wasn't your entire thing that you thought you should be able to campaign on this very issue while you were at work?
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The nerve of these two. The cognitive dissonance. The entitlement. Just looking at them makes me kind of fizz, like all my cells individually are trying to align and form some sort of marching formation to defend, or attack, I’m not clear, but they sure as hell bubble up some tension in me.
Just another reason never to believe anything written in “quality British newspaper” the Times.
So incompetent they wouldn’t even own their mistake: “our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor.”
Funny but not funny. The state of our media.
So incompetent they wouldn’t even own their mistake: “our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor.”
Funny but not funny. The state of our media.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Just another reason never to believe anything written in “quality British newspaper” the Times.
So incompetent they wouldn’t even own their mistake: “our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor.”
Funny but not funny. The state of our media.
So incompetent they wouldn’t even own their mistake: “our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor.”
Funny but not funny. The state of our media.
I need some of this energy.
Jennifer Welch on Riley Gaines: “You’re an insufferable twat. Nobody likes you and no matter what you'll always have been the dumb bitch that tied for 5th place. Nobody likes you except for the other fake Christians that enjoy their spare time watching children get ziptied. So fuck you Riley Gaines”
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I need some of this energy.
Trigger warning Suicide
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Trigger warning Suicide
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
Reposted by Caroline Litman
Reposted by Caroline Litman
Philp is a racist.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refusing to say that he thinks Reform MP Sarah Pochin saying she doesn't like seeing black people on TV was racist.
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Philp is a racist.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.