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My weekend was heavy (in the very best sense!) on family and light on reading the news, so I only realised this morning that this letter appeared in the Sunday

It feels as though we’re on the brink of a medical scandal. A second paper concludes: ‘Psychiatry sits on this knife-edge: running the risk of being accused of transphobia or,

‘NHS identity clinics have been functioning as if acting outside the ordinary requirement of good medical and psychiatric practice.’Some may dismiss this paper by experienced psychoanalyst @marcusevanspsych, but they do

Many, myself included, believe we are watching a new kind of conversion therapy for young gay people, who are being set on a lifelong path of medicalisation that may result

These concerns were explored by the recent BBC documentary about the Tavistock Clinic. Whistleblowers were talking about transitions driven by homophobia. https://bit.ly/31KLdRf 6/11 As I’ve said many times, transition may be

I've ignored fake tweets attributed to me and RTed widely. I've ignored porn tweeted at children on a thread about their art. I've ignored death and rape threats. I'm not

Many health professionals are concerned that young people struggling with their mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery when this may not be in their best interests. 4/11

Today I discovered that I was accused of hate by shadow environment minister Lloyd Russell-Moyle in the pages of @tribunemagazine. He claimed I was ‘using’ my experiences of sexual assault

If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept

Watching Johnson. This is despicable. Parents all over this country have abided by the lockdown rules, even while ill themselves. Hundreds of thousands managed toddlers while shut up inside cramped

I have a small announcement, but before I get started, Iwant to head off one possible source of confusion.********************************************THIS IS NOT A HARRY POTTER SPIN-OFF********************************************1/13 Over 1

'The legal rules inevitably do not cover all circumstances, including those that I found myself in.' - Dominic CummingsYour wife was ill, you thought you were infectious and you've got