Of course, this is not the first time @wearequeeraf.com has made government ministers aware of these allegations, as we did in this reporting by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social

www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

[CN: descriptions of emotional and psychological abuse]

I think this behaviour would be pretty clearly recognised as abusive if it were directed at cis children and young adults. Do it to trans CYP and @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social will sit down to have a chat about policy with you.

A few months ago, we revealed the connection between Wes Streeting and the group for @wearequeeraf.com

www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

Which was a two-part investigation into their lobbying of government policies and what advice was shared behind closed doors

www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

This is a follow up to our reporting for @tbij.bsky.social, where we first exposed the group
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

The young people who @vrocca.bsky.social and @sasha98.bsky.social spoke to, detailed how their parents tactics became increasingly controlling and abusive the more time that they spent on Bayswater forums.

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Real trans kids demanding autonomy take a sledgehammer to this carefully constructed image. No wonder Streeting refuses to listen to them.

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When he professes his empathy for trans youth, he frames it around his having wrestled with his own sexuality. In doing so, Streeting reveals that he conceives of trans youth as abject, in need of sympathetic authority figures to guide them towards the right decisions.

14/ Our take: @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social

Not giving agency to, or legitimising the opinions of, the children whose rights are at stake suits Streeting’s agenda.

Bayswater’s access to power relies on rendering their children as political pawns. Its status as a parents’ group lends it authority, even though most members would never admit to their children that they are part of the group.

Streeting has met with trans children, but only alongside their parents or adult campaigners. Their presence helps Streeting to maintain the belief that trans kids lack the agency and maturity to make consequential decisions.

13/ Analysis

First, it emphasises the reluctance of UK institutions to recognise trans and young people as victims of a climate of hate that has pervaded British society.

But it is also telling that Streeting refuses to meet with one of the only groups of trans kids organising on their own.

12/ Analysis by @sasha98.bsky.social and @vrocca.bsky.social

Bayswater being invited to participate in the puberty blocker ban consultation so shortly after the extent of their abuse towards trans children was exposed in the press reveals two things:

11/ Community Reaction:

A spokesperson for Trans Kids Deserve Better, told QueerAF they were “absolutely appalled” by Streeting's actions.

They were not invited to participate in consultation despite being one of the only organised groups made up of people directly impacted by the ban.