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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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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What fucking bastards, holy shit!

If you still buy Harry Potter shit, you're making this happen.

[–] SourDragon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They'll either quietly deny it or shout how proud they are from the rooftops, but HP fans are actively funding transphobia every time they buy any of that shit

So in other words, yes, they do hold some of the blame for this

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 46 points 1 month 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 17 points 1 month 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 month 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.

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

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

/s

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

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

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

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

It's healthcare.

And denying transgender people care is denying healthcare.