On Saturday I will be in Cardiff for Pride Cymru. I will be helping out on the stall for Nofela, Swansea’s queer bookshop. My official stint is 1:45-3:30 but I’m likely to be around a bit longer. Come and say hello if you are there.
Following the shameful decision of NHS England to forcibly detransition trans kids under the care of Brighton WellBN Good Law Project is funding gender affirming private healthcare for at least 10 young trans people whose treatment has been withdrawn and whose financial need is greatest.
Cheryl Morgan
This week, the families of trans kids receiving gender-affirming care at a Brighton medical practice were notified that their children’s treatment would be withdrawn in a matter of weeks.
New on NOTCHES: What Franco’s Archives Accidentally Preserved About Queer Life in Spain by Javier Fernández-Galeano.
Link: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4VR
How did the state’s repressive apparatus inadvertently preserve traces of queer intimacy, erotic life, and dissident desire?
#QueerHistory #SpanishHistory
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In a surprise development the producers of Starmergeddon have released a special new episode. In it a minor character called John Healey throws a strop and resigns because he doesn’t have enough money to defend the country. 1/3
It is unclear what Healey has been trying to defend the country from. Possible candidates are refugees, anti-genocide demonstrators, England’s competitors in the football World Cup, and teenagers on social media. However, BBC pundits are agreed that the worst threat facing the UK is trans women 2/3
There are rumours of a follow up episode in which Wes Streeting demands that the army be deployed to protect women’s toilets throughout the country and that they be armed with mobile chromosome testing units. 3/3
NION Women are proud to support this essential video campaign #SomeoneIKnew, in which survivors speak up for trans+ inclusion and against the EHRC Code of Practice.
Trigger Warning for the video: narratives of abuse and SA — please watch with care
