I'm Scottish, we voted against brexit and we're more tolerant and accepting of LGBTQ+ over here, one day we'll have our independence from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Leszek.Rzepecki

Ай бұрын

I'm voting SNP myself. Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether the current trans treatment situation applies to the Scottish NHS, but I have heard that Scottish trans clinics are pausing treatment with puberty blockers because of the uncertainty of the legal situation. 🏳‍🌈🏳‍⚧

@missyprime8198

Ай бұрын

I want Scotland to hurry this up so I can be the first trans woman to seek asylum from this anti trans hellhole.

@whalefsh

Ай бұрын

@@Leszek.Rzepecki Sandyford sent out letters immediately after the Cass Review was published. My pal recieved one for their non-binary bairn a few days after it was published. I'm raging, her bairn is the most amazing wee human you could ever meet. No idea who I'm voting for. I can't bring myself to vote for the SNP cos Swinney and Forbes, no Green candidate here so I have no good options. It's a shame that the Radical Independence Campaign was sabotaged by Conter, we really need RIC to be reinvigorated. Queering the Indy movement would definitely help our situation.

@Leszek.Rzepecki

Ай бұрын

@@whalefsh You have my sympathy for the plight of your friends, left out in the cold like that. It's an unconscionable act by an evil government. And I don't blame your disgust with the SNP, either. I'm not a diehard nationalist and recognise they need a good kick up their arse to sort themselves out. Still, your only other options are red or blue Tories who don't like trans folk and find them a useful political football. I can't tell you who to vote for - being between a rock and a hard place is no fun. In situations like that, I'd always go with whichever seemed the party or individual who'd do the least harm. Might be worth seeing if the candidates themselves have ever made any statements on the issue.

@goblindude4242

Ай бұрын

@@whalefshThis is so horrible. I’m also Scottish and got put on the waitlist at 14, been on it for a year (I’m 19 now). With diagnosed autism, some documented trauma and mental health issues I can’t help but think about how doomed I’d feel if I was younger. I started trying to go private and was already like £400 out of pocket (which is a LOT for my very working class family) before I got called up by Chalmers. Luckily every healthcare worker I’ve dealt with has been respectful, generally the case up here as opposed to England as far as I’m aware, but you get one bad egg in the initial NHS process and you’re done for. This is even more the case now with this absolutely ridiculous CASS review. I want to say it doesn’t surprise me but honestly looking through the thing it’s so insane and utterly ridiculous this passed- doesn’t take an academic to see through the absurdity of the claims and weak, regularly disproven studies. I was under the impression things were different here with our Parliament, this is so devastating and such a huge step back for young people. I hope your friend’s kid has a good community and support around them, it sounds like it, I really hope they manage to stay strong through it. When you’re young it’s hard not to feel totally hopeless and alone with something like that, but there are so many of us who have lived through that bleak darkness and come through the other side to find a life brighter than we ever hoped for. Same on the voting, I’m desperately hoping by the time voting comes to play it’s not Swinney. There’s no way we’ll accept that. Otherwise I’m just going green or looking for independents. The state of the world is incomprehensible, we’ve gone so far backwards.

Fuck sake, England. This is why the bad guys always have British accents -_-

i was one of the british trans kids who had to go through puberty on the waiting list for years, only to get to my first appointment at 16 to be told I'm too old for blockers and they can't give me hormones without blockers, so there was nothing they could do other than refer me to the adult waiting list when i turned 18. targeting the few who get in early enough to get blockers instead of giving us access to this medicine sooner is just cruel. (also i can confirm that the highly invasive sexual and personal questions asked in the adult clinic are the same in the under 18s clinic, i was asked all of those things as a 16/17 year old sat next to my mother, i'm lucky to have a good relationship with my mum but it was still humiliating)

@Vahlee-A

Ай бұрын

I'm so sorry. I can't even imagine what that's like. I'm an American trans woman, my 28th birthday is June 20, and I feel like I missed my chance to start transitioning.

@katywalker8322

Ай бұрын

@@Vahlee-AI transitioned in my mid 40s. Wish I had earlier, but suspect if I had tried as a teenager it would have been a painful experience at least. But 28 is not too late.

@forgenorman3025

Ай бұрын

@@Vahlee-A That's about when I started transition as well. It's not too late!

Literally forced detransition by law 😱 can an international court step in??

This is cruelty in the extreme. These people need to be held accountable.

Yet another reason for Scotland to split off.

@Leszek.Rzepecki

Ай бұрын

Yep, vote SNP as Labour can't be trusted, either.

I'm Scottish too, a cis gay male. Here's the political background. The Tory government (the so-called Conservatives, the equivalent of your Republicans) have been in power for 14 years, had to call an election (has to be held every 5 years or less), and were so unpopular because of the economic crisis after crisis they caused, that they decided as a last resort to see if some good old culture wars could get them out of being totally annihilated when the election came. So they looked on the trans issue as a godsend, which is why they decided to be draconian after not giving two hoots for 14 years. The election, ironically enough, was called for July 4th, which might be our indpepndence day from the Tories at least, as the culture war didn't help them one bit. They sacrificed British trans klids for a political advantage they never obtained. The bad news is, that the current opposition, the Labour party (the equilvalent of your Democrats) which is likely to win a landslide victory is being led by a man whose opinions on anything and everything shift with the wind. Sometimes he's been known as a Red Tory (as opposed to real Blue ones - the colours are opposite form the ones you use), promising to change nothing, other times as a wishy-washy liberal. No-one actually knows what he'll do once in power, there's just a general hope he might not be as bad as the Tories have been. I've no idea where he stands on trans issues because he waffles on those as well. He'll always take the path of least resistance he can see to gain power for himself. He's as spineless and lacking integrity as any real Blue Tory, at any rate, if he thinks her'll lose votes, he won't support the issue.

@mogli5678

Ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining.

I'm Agender AFAB, and I was put on estrogen pills to 'balance my hormones' after having a hysterectomy. I have slight dysphoria in my chest, and I grow female facial hair. It's effed up that if I wanted the facial hair stopped, I could easily get help because 'women shouldn't have facial hair and by default, it's called unwanted facial hair' but yet when I mention that I want FTM top surgery or a mastectomy or whatever people go "Why not just get a breast reduction to an A or B cup?" Edit: More info for me: Name: Phoenix Pronouns: they/per/e Age: 40 Age of euphoria: 38 Extra: ex-transphobe, ex-lifer, ex-Christian, ex-conservative (now Agender, pro-choice, agnostic/satanist, liberal)

It’s so incredibly upsetting what’s being done to trans youth (and trans people in general) in this country. 😢

'Egregious government overreach', you are so right Lux. Living on turf island just gets worse .... it is beyond me at times. Someone will make a legal challenge against this edict but it will take time.

this is clear discrimination

Im worried about Jamie too, although he's an adult, but still, like, if they can do this to kids, adults are next.

@user-yy5di3qg5u

Ай бұрын

I slightly doubt this would be like Russia since the previous year (I live here and all trans people were effectively banned from any care, regardless of age), but I don't see the future unfortunately. Don't know what would happen with the US though.

@Vahlee-A

Ай бұрын

@@user-yy5di3qg5u- I'm American and we're dealing with the possibility of losing all civil rights via Project 2025. If a Republican wins the next election we are finished. The right-wing here will forcefully convert everything to Christianity, regardless of whether somebody believes it or not. LGBTQ people, women, and people of color will lose all their rights. Women will be forced to stay home and have children. Trans people will be forced to detransition, change their names back to their given names, and dress according to their birth gender. People of color will be openly cast out of society, essentially reverting the country to pre-cuvil rights era when segregation and racism were acceprable and legal. It will be a nightmare. And somehow, only one news station has broadcast it to the public. What's frightening is most people here WANT this to happen. I have no hope left for the USA and I can't escape.

this sucks! No law should EVER take away a right that is ALREADY being enjoyed by a minority

Thank you for talking about Food Stamps! So many people that have never been on them think that people don't have to work to receive them. If you are 18-49 years old and not disabled, you need to work 36 hours a week to get them. If you can't find work then you must volunteer or attend special training programs to qualify. Also, if you don't have a social security number, you cant get any. Only those who are born or naturalized citizens get the help. Many employers pay so low a wage that the tax payers are on the hook for food, housing and medical bills of the poor.

Man, I’m sick and tired of hearing what the English government is doing to us trans people. I’m terrified. I know I’m passing but I’m absolutely terrified. I’ve been waiting to go on Testosterone for 4 years now and I still am. It feels hopeless at this point. Hopefully I’ll be able to move to a much tolerable place.

This is why DIY HRT is a thing. DIY HRT Market has both pharmacies and homebrewers. Crypto is the most common payment method, for homebrewers and worldwide pharmacies. In England/Scotland/Wales? So what about Ulster (Northern Ireland)? Anyway, will probably lead to more support for Irish reunification.

Oh a small correction, you transfer automatically onto the adult list, in the same position you were on the children's list.

“Think of the children” yay

@Vahlee-A

Ай бұрын

"Think of the children whose lives we've saved" as the children in question start ending themselves.

It’s so fvcked over here man, genuinely depressing

does uk have a law against attempted genocide or something?

@SheezyBites

Ай бұрын

For now, but basically every political party with a chance of winning is calling for a removal of universal human rights laws.

I only hope for our siblings from the island that Labour will bring them back to the light side. Luckily the Toris seem to be on their death bed right now

@katywalker8322

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately some of the labour party want to continue the tories trans policies.

@SarastistheSerpent

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately they won’t. Starmer has purged a lot of LGBTI rights supporters from Labour and has elevated hate mongers and trefs like Wes Streeting and Rosie Duffield

Aqui cheguei, Lux [Here I've arrived]! Yeah, I heard about this a bit ago. It's incredibly disappointing to watch place after place commit idiotic social reverse. Thank God we still have places like Canada that are sensible.

I used to look up to England like the wiser version of America but I've really lost a lot of respect for them lately...

@tjenadonn6158

Ай бұрын

At this point Britain is just America without the money or power to cover up its glaring problems. If America is just a bunch of corporations in a trenchcoat Britain is three money laundering schemes in a dress it bought off Temu.

about the questions to the trans youth of sexuality, the therapist can ask if being trans is caused by sexual abuse

@forgenorman3025

Ай бұрын

No, no it can't. There's no connection.

@erierierierierie

Ай бұрын

@@forgenorman3025 oh mb i shouldve timestamped where i was commenting from. i meant the therapist can ask that. it was just a poorly phrased comment, sorry about that. will fix

@forgenorman3025

Ай бұрын

@@erierierierierie Wow, that's seriously messed up.

@erierierierierie

Ай бұрын

@@forgenorman3025 ty for replying btw, i would not have realized how awful the phrasing of the original comment was otherwise. i should learn not to say this stuff when im sleep deprived lol

@forgenorman3025

Ай бұрын

@@erierierierierie No problem!

:/ this is sad

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@BaofuTheCanonicalPersonaHater

Ай бұрын

read the room

@Swagsoviet06

Ай бұрын

@@BaofuTheCanonicalPersonaHater my bad 😭😭😭😭😭😭(sad)

Spironolactone too?

Stay safe omg

Jo Maughama

@DinosaurNick

Ай бұрын

Uh...?

Hello users. I'm not from England, but i think you should not worry. I read only now about an "emergency ban" that will last from 3 June to 3 September 2024, but i do not know how much is real. What i think is out of discussion, not only cause i'm out of your country. It's only until 3 september 2024. I understand egodistonic sexuallity could be very deep, but usually a lot of doctor go on vacancy on summer too😅. Those kind of medical discussion (and care too) take more time. Is not a "social murder". Do not listen politics, try to understand your parents and get out of youtube comment about medicine if you are a minor. I'd like to give advice, but i think you are already smart enough to understand there is not hurry.

@forgenorman3025

Ай бұрын

Denying trans kids lifesaving medicine will lead to many taking their own lives. Sit down and hush. Parents don't always understand and its not their body and life on the line here, it's the trans kids' life and body. I knew when I was 6, my parents SCREAMED at me so I buried it until I was an adult. I wish I'd been allowed to transition sooner because I had to undo all the changes puberty made to my body that made me super depressed and sent me half out of my mind. Don't speak on things you don't understand.

@TraceyTra-kv1xe

Ай бұрын

It's a short term ban that makes possession of the medication a crime. The point is that they are waiting to see if they can re new the ban after the elections.

@AndreRewind

Ай бұрын

@@forgenorman3025 I do not feel it on my body, but i can understand only intellectually. I know isn't enough. You must understand trans person are all different. Do not go all in that way on internet. There are a lot of trans people that like to be full sexually working. I really do not think transgender is still an intellectual argument. There is nothing to discuss. They could even know every trans kid in UK and provoke the protestant for the summer. Is just... that doctors need respect.