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Dad of a #Trans child. He/him. www.growinguptransgender.com. @dadtrans on twitter
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“The harms young people experience online are not separate from the harms they face offline… A ban treats social media as the problem, rather than asking deeper questions about why certain behaviours – harassment, shaming, misogyny, exploitation – occur in the first place.”
Youth deserve better.
Youth deserve better.
I research the harm that can come to teenagers on social media. I don’t support a ban – Emily Setty
The UK government has launched a consultation on introducing an Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s. The proposal is framed as a bold response to rising concerns about young people’s…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
“The harms young people experience online are not separate from the harms they face offline… A ban treats social media as the problem, rather than asking deeper questions about why certain behaviours – harassment, shaming, misogyny, exploitation – occur in the first place.”
Youth deserve better.
Youth deserve better.
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The problem of conversion therapy is, as ever, not that conversion therapy doesn't work (although that's true) but that it constitutes an act of violence to suppress almost exclusively vulnerable people's core psychological development and that is devastating.
February 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The problem of conversion therapy is, as ever, not that conversion therapy doesn't work (although that's true) but that it constitutes an act of violence to suppress almost exclusively vulnerable people's core psychological development and that is devastating.
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New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
Labour’s Section 28 is here – act now
In May 1988, the Conservative government introduced Section 28. This legal measure outlawed support for “homosexuality as a pretended family relationship” across Britain, especially in …
ruthpearce.net
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
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I gave a quote to a Metro news article:
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I gave a quote to a Metro news article:
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
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In parallel we need to document & advocate & shout about how harmful this whole approach is.
We shout and advocate through literally any other means than throwing our words at a consultation managed by a government that hates us.
We shout and advocate through literally any other means than throwing our words at a consultation managed by a government that hates us.
February 13, 2026 at 9:38 AM
In parallel we need to document & advocate & shout about how harmful this whole approach is.
We shout and advocate through literally any other means than throwing our words at a consultation managed by a government that hates us.
We shout and advocate through literally any other means than throwing our words at a consultation managed by a government that hates us.
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We need to build a body of energy to support non-compliance with this hateful guidance.
We need to build pockets of protection & safety for trans pupils.
We are in 'try & help trans kids survive' mode.
We need to build pockets of protection & safety for trans pupils.
We are in 'try & help trans kids survive' mode.
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
We need to build a body of energy to support non-compliance with this hateful guidance.
We need to build pockets of protection & safety for trans pupils.
We are in 'try & help trans kids survive' mode.
We need to build pockets of protection & safety for trans pupils.
We are in 'try & help trans kids survive' mode.
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I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.
There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.
This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.
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New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
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The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
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They need to at least know that some of us have got their backs.
That we won't sit back and celebrate if we achieve freedom from segregation in the workplace.
That we will notice & care about the segregation in our schools.
That we won't sit back and celebrate if we achieve freedom from segregation in the workplace.
That we will notice & care about the segregation in our schools.
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
They need to at least know that some of us have got their backs.
That we won't sit back and celebrate if we achieve freedom from segregation in the workplace.
That we will notice & care about the segregation in our schools.
That we won't sit back and celebrate if we achieve freedom from segregation in the workplace.
That we will notice & care about the segregation in our schools.
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It is heart-breaking hearing of young people I know well who have struggled through so much adversity through their childhoods, who are now facing completely intolerable levels of discrimination.
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
It is heart-breaking hearing of young people I know well who have struggled through so much adversity through their childhoods, who are now facing completely intolerable levels of discrimination.
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
Targeted healthcare denial.
Targeted school humiliation & segregation.
How are they meant to go on?
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It seems very likely they are going to try to enforce segregation on our youngest and most vulnerable, pushed through on the basis of 'safeguarding' and 'child protection'.
Trans children never get to be safe. Are never worthy of protection.
Trans children never get to be safe. Are never worthy of protection.
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 AM
It seems very likely they are going to try to enforce segregation on our youngest and most vulnerable, pushed through on the basis of 'safeguarding' and 'child protection'.
Trans children never get to be safe. Are never worthy of protection.
Trans children never get to be safe. Are never worthy of protection.
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When the reporting says "EHRC guidance does not apply to workplaces" the next question needs to be "Where does it apply then?".
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 AM
When the reporting says "EHRC guidance does not apply to workplaces" the next question needs to be "Where does it apply then?".
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
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Every day I hear a new upsetting story about how trans kids are being treated in our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Every day I hear a new upsetting story about how trans kids are being treated in our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
When responding to today's important claim that segregation might not apply to workplaces - let's not leave behind our youngest community members who are being completely failed across our schools.
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When any pupil goes to school they should be able to do so safely, have appropriate toilet and changing facilities they can use, and be listened to and have their identity respected: www.scottishtrans.org/protect-trans-pupils
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
When any pupil goes to school they should be able to do so safely, have appropriate toilet and changing facilities they can use, and be listened to and have their identity respected: www.scottishtrans.org/protect-trans-pupils
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If folks are responding, please also emphasis that Scottish schools have a responsibility to trans children under the UNCRC. Myself and @notrightruth.bsky.social have written about this in a peer reviewed article, summarised here:
growinguptransgender.com/2026/01/30/u...
growinguptransgender.com/2026/01/30/u...
Upholding trans children’s rights
Trans children have rights under international and domestic law, and we can be more assertive both in calling attention to rights violations, and in demanding institutions uphold these rights in po…
growinguptransgender.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
If folks are responding, please also emphasis that Scottish schools have a responsibility to trans children under the UNCRC. Myself and @notrightruth.bsky.social have written about this in a peer reviewed article, summarised here:
growinguptransgender.com/2026/01/30/u...
growinguptransgender.com/2026/01/30/u...
That's two of the chief engineers out behind Labour's push towards Transphobia. I hope the rest will follow.
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
That's two of the chief engineers out behind Labour's push towards Transphobia. I hope the rest will follow.
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I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.
Trans youth suicide - the truth we've always known. What it means to me and what I've been doing about it.
Last week Queer AF broke a story that revealed the suicide rate in trans under eighteens is around fourteen times higher than you might expect from census data.As the parent of Alice a trans woman who...
www.carolinelitman.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.
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Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
On underestimates:
- The threshold for suicide in children is high (death by misadventure or self harm not suicide).
- Children who die under age 10 are not recorded
- Trans kids are often not recorded as such due to 'parental shame', coroner censure or simply lack of knowledge of them being Trans
- The threshold for suicide in children is high (death by misadventure or self harm not suicide).
- Children who die under age 10 are not recorded
- Trans kids are often not recorded as such due to 'parental shame', coroner censure or simply lack of knowledge of them being Trans
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
On underestimates:
- The threshold for suicide in children is high (death by misadventure or self harm not suicide).
- Children who die under age 10 are not recorded
- Trans kids are often not recorded as such due to 'parental shame', coroner censure or simply lack of knowledge of them being Trans
- The threshold for suicide in children is high (death by misadventure or self harm not suicide).
- Children who die under age 10 are not recorded
- Trans kids are often not recorded as such due to 'parental shame', coroner censure or simply lack of knowledge of them being Trans
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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This morning I want to share a brief comment on a QueerAF article that I was quoted in.
I particularly want to focus on the the phrase 'gender questioning' children.
A short thread 1/
I particularly want to focus on the the phrase 'gender questioning' children.
A short thread 1/
February 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This morning I want to share a brief comment on a QueerAF article that I was quoted in.
I particularly want to focus on the the phrase 'gender questioning' children.
A short thread 1/
I particularly want to focus on the the phrase 'gender questioning' children.
A short thread 1/
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3: Cal Horton pinpoints the paradox of UK anti-conversion therapy efforts: while the govt is committed to a CT ban but implemented NHS services for under-18s that are CT in all but name. So a ban would mean prosecuting itself for trans kids' healthcare.
On Banning Conversion Practices
In January the Council of Europe voted through a ban on Conversion Practices Anti-trans groups love Conversion practices. They have heavily lobbied against bans that cover trans people. They h…
growinguptransgender.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3: Cal Horton pinpoints the paradox of UK anti-conversion therapy efforts: while the govt is committed to a CT ban but implemented NHS services for under-18s that are CT in all but name. So a ban would mean prosecuting itself for trans kids' healthcare.
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Amidst discussion of the political nature of the Sullivan Review, it is important to note the ways in which it was immediately embedded into institutional practice, including across the NHS, used to remove trans children's rights.
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📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Amidst discussion of the political nature of the Sullivan Review, it is important to note the ways in which it was immediately embedded into institutional practice, including across the NHS, used to remove trans children's rights.
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