Dr Frankie
@thetranseffect.bsky.social
Chemist | these days mostly disability and trans things with a side of church | he/him
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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💥WIN: Victory in landmark case on gender recognition
Am so proud to have worked on this case, and to work for an org which fights for - and successfully defends - trans rights.
"A huge victory for trans people’s human rights in this country, at a moment where things have felt particularly dark."
Am so proud to have worked on this case, and to work for an org which fights for - and successfully defends - trans rights.
"A huge victory for trans people’s human rights in this country, at a moment where things have felt particularly dark."
WIN: Victory in landmark case on gender recognition
High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a Gender Recognition Certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.
goodlawproject.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
💥WIN: Victory in landmark case on gender recognition
Am so proud to have worked on this case, and to work for an org which fights for - and successfully defends - trans rights.
"A huge victory for trans people’s human rights in this country, at a moment where things have felt particularly dark."
Am so proud to have worked on this case, and to work for an org which fights for - and successfully defends - trans rights.
"A huge victory for trans people’s human rights in this country, at a moment where things have felt particularly dark."
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ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
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Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
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We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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Because I've seen some prominent cis allies saying that they hope Streeting's most recent words are a good sign: this is the entire point - he's always got some reasonable sounding words to placate cis people as he continues to meet with transphobic bigots and enact brutally transphobic policies.
Just for clarity: Wes Streeting is an bald-faced quisling, whose rights as a cis gay man wouldn't exist without the struggles and sacrifice of the trans and gender diverse people who came before him. If you believe him now I have a bridge to sell you.
In an "olive branch" Streeting defended everything he did to strip healthcare from young trans people as right and justified and said absolutely nothing about any way he'd move away from that targeted campaign to eradicate trans people.
Come ON @theguardian.com. This is atrocious.
Come ON @theguardian.com. This is atrocious.
September 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Because I've seen some prominent cis allies saying that they hope Streeting's most recent words are a good sign: this is the entire point - he's always got some reasonable sounding words to placate cis people as he continues to meet with transphobic bigots and enact brutally transphobic policies.
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So the near universal reaction to this has been the Goose Meme…
…rightly so:
…rightly so:
September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
So the near universal reaction to this has been the Goose Meme…
…rightly so:
…rightly so:
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BREAKING UK: OFFICIAL: Starmer Regime condemned in international Genocide Alert over trans & intersex oppression.
The Biological Purity drive by the ideologically motivated 'Labour' Party has finally managed to disgrace our country & all who ever fought for it. Link below.
The Biological Purity drive by the ideologically motivated 'Labour' Party has finally managed to disgrace our country & all who ever fought for it. Link below.
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
BREAKING UK: OFFICIAL: Starmer Regime condemned in international Genocide Alert over trans & intersex oppression.
The Biological Purity drive by the ideologically motivated 'Labour' Party has finally managed to disgrace our country & all who ever fought for it. Link below.
The Biological Purity drive by the ideologically motivated 'Labour' Party has finally managed to disgrace our country & all who ever fought for it. Link below.
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TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
www.tandfonline.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
TW: harm to children.
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.
It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.
Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
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"the Joint Blues Committee – who regulate the coveted ‘Blues’ status of sports clubs at the University and eligibility criteria for the prestigious Varsity fixtures...to stand by transgender athletes. Committee President vows that ‘sport is for all’ in aftermath of Supreme Court decision"
Blues Committee to stand by transgender athletes
Committee President vows that 'sport is for all' in aftermath of Supreme Court decision
www.varsity.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"the Joint Blues Committee – who regulate the coveted ‘Blues’ status of sports clubs at the University and eligibility criteria for the prestigious Varsity fixtures...to stand by transgender athletes. Committee President vows that ‘sport is for all’ in aftermath of Supreme Court decision"
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Our methodological critique of The Cass Review has been peer-reviewed published & is therefore way more authoritative than Cass which is un-peer-reviewed.
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims - BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background The Cass Review aimed to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. The final product of this project, the Cass report, re...
link.springer.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our methodological critique of The Cass Review has been peer-reviewed published & is therefore way more authoritative than Cass which is un-peer-reviewed.
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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My analysis of the EHRC "interim update" is out — in the form of an FAQ — laying out my thoughts on the state of the law, and how employers and service providers can best remain trans-inclusive.
Just my academic thoughts, not legal advice, but hopefully of use.
www.wearequeeraf.com/faq-ehrc-int...
Just my academic thoughts, not legal advice, but hopefully of use.
www.wearequeeraf.com/faq-ehrc-int...
What does the EHRC interim update mean for workplaces and service providers?
An interim EHRC update instructs UK orgs to segregate Trans+ people in public single-sex spaces - how much weight does it carry and what does it mean for workplaces and service providers?
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My analysis of the EHRC "interim update" is out — in the form of an FAQ — laying out my thoughts on the state of the law, and how employers and service providers can best remain trans-inclusive.
Just my academic thoughts, not legal advice, but hopefully of use.
www.wearequeeraf.com/faq-ehrc-int...
Just my academic thoughts, not legal advice, but hopefully of use.
www.wearequeeraf.com/faq-ehrc-int...
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On a related note, high five to @nicoleteburbach.bsky.social for spotting the connections between discourses around "clarification" and their roots in the christian right's preferred euphemisms for eroding human rights.
www.newwaysministry.org/2025/04/11/c...
www.newwaysministry.org/2025/04/11/c...
Clarity about “Clarity”: Conservative Lucidity vs. the Common Good - New Ways Ministry
Sometimes calling for “clarity” is also a way of demanding a walk-back when Church leaders say things with which they disagree.
www.newwaysministry.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
On a related note, high five to @nicoleteburbach.bsky.social for spotting the connections between discourses around "clarification" and their roots in the christian right's preferred euphemisms for eroding human rights.
www.newwaysministry.org/2025/04/11/c...
www.newwaysministry.org/2025/04/11/c...
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Please more cisgender people do this. Read @jessothomson.co.uk's and @goodlawproject.bsky.social's articles on the impact of the supreme court ruling and demand primary legislation to urgently safeguard trans rights.
Following yesterday's Supreme Court ruling, I wrote to my MP. I'm not the best at conveying the nuances, as a cis man, but I needed to get my views to her as soon as possible. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
April 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Please more cisgender people do this. Read @jessothomson.co.uk's and @goodlawproject.bsky.social's articles on the impact of the supreme court ruling and demand primary legislation to urgently safeguard trans rights.
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What will happen to us un-women? My thoughts on today’s UK Supreme Court decision excluding trans women from the legal category of women. Over at Autostraddle: www.autostraddle.com/uk-supreme-c...
Illegally Female
The UK's Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that trans women are not legally considered women.
www.autostraddle.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What will happen to us un-women? My thoughts on today’s UK Supreme Court decision excluding trans women from the legal category of women. Over at Autostraddle: www.autostraddle.com/uk-supreme-c...
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My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
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The Cass Review claimed it didn’t support conversion therapy — oops, now it does.
The Cass Review final report was quietly amended in December 2024, just before the permanent ban was announced, and it seems to have gone…
medium.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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I would like to be explicit here. Bayswater as not *just* a conversion therapy group. They are explicitly a child abuse enabling group.
In the Bayswater discord, parents talked about destroying their kids possessions and blocking access to childline.
www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...
In the Bayswater discord, parents talked about destroying their kids possessions and blocking access to childline.
www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...
Revealed: Streeting met with and expressed sympathy for pro-conversion therapy parents group Bayswater
QueerAF has uncovered video footage of the Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying he’d met with Bayswater parents and expressed his sympathy for the “traumatic experiences” families with trans children...
www.wearequeeraf.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I would like to be explicit here. Bayswater as not *just* a conversion therapy group. They are explicitly a child abuse enabling group.
In the Bayswater discord, parents talked about destroying their kids possessions and blocking access to childline.
www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...
In the Bayswater discord, parents talked about destroying their kids possessions and blocking access to childline.
www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...
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The Women & Equalities Committee heard evidence on puberty blockers. Prof. Giordano exposed the ban as ideological.
A generation is being needlessly harmed.
Read more in this powerful piece by the talented @jessicaharriet.bsky.social
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
A generation is being needlessly harmed.
Read more in this powerful piece by the talented @jessicaharriet.bsky.social
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Women & Equalities Committee heard evidence on puberty blockers. Prof. Giordano exposed the ban as ideological.
A generation is being needlessly harmed.
Read more in this powerful piece by the talented @jessicaharriet.bsky.social
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
A generation is being needlessly harmed.
Read more in this powerful piece by the talented @jessicaharriet.bsky.social
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
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Good article about the WEC and subsequent shenanigans about Cass and the puberty blocker ban.
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
Puberty Blocker ban: "Risk NHSE will violate human rights" - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
The Women and Equalities evidence puberty blocker. a generation needlessly harmed by anti-trans ideology. Hannah Barnes, Rosie Duffield
tacc.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Good article about the WEC and subsequent shenanigans about Cass and the puberty blocker ban.
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
tacc.org.uk/2025/01/28/p...
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This has stayed with me overnight:
• Parliament know that what’s going on is unethical.
• This was just as obvious when Wee Streeting’s ban was put in place.
• This is the real scandal of Cass: a generation of trans kids being subjected to pointless and unethical medical testing
• Parliament know that what’s going on is unethical.
• This was just as obvious when Wee Streeting’s ban was put in place.
• This is the real scandal of Cass: a generation of trans kids being subjected to pointless and unethical medical testing
Giordano states there's a major risk in the NHS breaking all ethical guidelines including the Helsinki declaration for a trial.
Making treatment only available thru a trial breaks consent guidelines.
All of the ethical issues risk biasing the trial substantially via skewing the study sample.
Making treatment only available thru a trial breaks consent guidelines.
All of the ethical issues risk biasing the trial substantially via skewing the study sample.
January 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This has stayed with me overnight:
• Parliament know that what’s going on is unethical.
• This was just as obvious when Wee Streeting’s ban was put in place.
• This is the real scandal of Cass: a generation of trans kids being subjected to pointless and unethical medical testing
• Parliament know that what’s going on is unethical.
• This was just as obvious when Wee Streeting’s ban was put in place.
• This is the real scandal of Cass: a generation of trans kids being subjected to pointless and unethical medical testing
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'Trans/Rad/Fem' is LIVE ON ITCH NOW!!!
Trans/Rad/Fem by taliabhatt
Essays on Transfeminism
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January 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
'Trans/Rad/Fem' is LIVE ON ITCH NOW!!!
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Are you interested in what Liberation Theology means for the environment, trans liberation and migration (with some Black theology too - AKA the executive order bingo card)?
Key issues in Liberation Theology
Starting March, in person at the LJC
londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/idqci...
Key issues in Liberation Theology
Starting March, in person at the LJC
londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/idqci...
Key Issues in Liberation Theology (03-Mar-2025)
Course overview This module introduces students to Liberation Theology: a diverse tradition of thought that explores what it means for Christ to bring liberation from sin as manifest in the injustice...
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January 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Are you interested in what Liberation Theology means for the environment, trans liberation and migration (with some Black theology too - AKA the executive order bingo card)?
Key issues in Liberation Theology
Starting March, in person at the LJC
londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/idqci...
Key issues in Liberation Theology
Starting March, in person at the LJC
londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/idqci...
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Seeing people talk about the "DEI" orders but not much on the fact that they have added an A for "Accessibility" - ie, Disabled people. They are targeting disabled people too. And it looks like they are coming for the ADA.
January 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Seeing people talk about the "DEI" orders but not much on the fact that they have added an A for "Accessibility" - ie, Disabled people. They are targeting disabled people too. And it looks like they are coming for the ADA.
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I’ve written a column for US magazine The Christian Century for several years. My latest is about what cherishing #trans lives might look like through a theological lens. It’s a passionate, furious piece as such times as these require. Do share:
www.christiancentury.org/voices/what-...
www.christiancentury.org/voices/what-...
What can the church offer trans people right now?
Baptism and Eucharist should rework all of our ideas about...
www.christiancentury.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ve written a column for US magazine The Christian Century for several years. My latest is about what cherishing #trans lives might look like through a theological lens. It’s a passionate, furious piece as such times as these require. Do share:
www.christiancentury.org/voices/what-...
www.christiancentury.org/voices/what-...