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Transgender patients told surgery was cancelled while already in hospital (www.bbc.com)

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Last week NHS officials announced all surgery commissioned by the Welsh Gender Service was being "paused" over concerns about the number of referrals, and whether they were all appropriate.

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An investigative journalist who has been looking into the Welsh Gender Service for several months said that referrals from the service had been "out of whack" with the rest of the UK.

They talk to and about this guy extensively without mentioning he’s an anti-trans blogger

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit it's disgusting. They quote him going off on some anti autism bullshit to justify his transphobia. Fuck him and fuck you BBC. This article is full of transphobic bullshit.

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

BBC, Guaridan Uk, and most other British media are transphobic as fuck. It’s what’s ultimately turned me off all of them and seeing how much these legacy media institutions are not the arbiters of integrity and truth society thinks them.

[–] theo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

This is far better than they normally do seeing as they actually got the opinion of a trans person effected.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But have you considered how many clicks we get when we run these stories? Checkmate, trans folk

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Controversy sells it seems and our existence is frighteningly controversial. I never expected to wear a pink triangle when we learned about the Holocaust. I thought that shit was behind us as a species. How naive my younger self was.