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ALT Text: On Wednesday, the full agenda for a conference in Athens, organized by the Society for Evidence in Gender Medicine (SEGM)-a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) -designated anti-LGBTQ+ hate group-was made public. The group has faced criticism for advocating against conversion therapy bans for transgender people and for sharing funding sources with the Heritage Foundation, the organization behind Project 2025, which aims to declare transgender people obscene.
ALT Text: Among the NHS officials and associates speaking at the conference are Riittakerttu Kaltiala, an advisor to the Cass Review who has worked with Governor Ron DeSantis' appointees in Florida to ban transgender care in the state; Trilyby (Tilly) Langton, an author of the systematic reviews used to justify the Cass Review in the United Kingdom; i
ALT Text: Michael Absoud, deputy head of the upcoming United Kingdom puberty blocker trial; Anastassis Spiliadis, an early proponent of modern trans conversion therapy methods and a trainer for NHS children's gender services; and Julie Alderson, who is responsible for establishing a new Southern NHS Children's Gender Service in the United Kingdom. Notably, none of these officials spoke at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health conference, held the week prior.
ALT Screenshot from Twitter by ForWomenScotland Sports: It's women and girls in sport week and FWSSport and Sex Matters Org are undertaking some work to map the trans identified males that are competing in women's sport in the UK
ALT I have spoken to nearly 100 parents over the last few months. Many were utterly distraught, fearful for their children, literally sobbing as they considered how they were going to tell their kids that they had to come off medication that has had a hugely positive impact on them. Susie Green Director & Founder of Anne Health #ProtectTransKids anne.health
ALT My child’s life hangs in the balance due to this ban. Every time something changes - like the judicial review result or Wes Streeting extending the ban - it sends shock waves through our family and our child’s mental health takes another dive. She has self harmed as a direct result of these decisions and was suicidal when it was first announced. Parent of trans child on impact of puberty blocker ban #ProtectTransKids anne.health
