My child was told by a counsellor at
@GenderGP
that they had gender dysphoria. Online, after 1 hour, with their dad, and without my knowledge. Diagnosed without any medical/psychiatric history, and without any medical notes from their GP. 1/
@JackieDP
I was in a gender neutral cafe toilet in Paris the other day, where I had to share a sink with a man, to wash my hands. Awkward and uncomfortable. He felt the same so stood out of the way to allow me to do so. We were both embarrassed. Please make it stop!
Lots of comments from those who donโt understand what I tried to explain and made incorrect assumptions. The irony of derogatory remarks against me, perfectly illustrating why I donโt want to share women-only spaces with men
@jk_rowling
@RosieDuffield1
@DreyfusJames
@Glinner
@JackieDP
I was in a gender neutral cafe toilet in Paris the other day, where I had to share a sink with a man, to wash my hands. Awkward and uncomfortable. He felt the same so stood out of the way to allow me to do so. We were both embarrassed. Please make it stop!
@FFS_WhatNow
@JimGray96309675
Was he asleep throughout his biology/sex education lessons? Wtf is wrong with people? โIf you take oestrogen you can grow a cervix. Donโt worry about the ovaries, uterus or fallopian tubes, theyโll grow in time. You can magic LH and FSH, too: hereโs some unicorn dust to help youโ
@JackieDP
The room had a urinal with a salon door on one side, 3 cubicles on the other, a sink in the middle, and a 2nd broken sink. I waited patiently for him to finish washing his hands, but he felt awkward, as did I. He moved away from the sink out of respect to both himself and me.
@evilniamh
@JackieDP
And if it were a woman, it would have been different. There is a different set of unspoken social nuances, in that we may have said hello to eachother, I would have waited and that would have been fine. Speaking as a woman, this is my experience, as has happened in the past.
@SVPhillimore
And the risks increase for women who have experienced childhood abuse, appeasing them as a compensatory defence mechanism in an attempt to protect themselves.
1. Counsellors are not qualified to make a diagnosis.
2. Gender dysphoria is complex, and has mixed pathologies linked with it, requiring very careful assessment from appropriately qualified clinicians.
3. My child has multiple neurodiversity, which muddies the GD waters. 2/
4. The counsellor then told my child they could take hormones, so paved the way to doctors to prescribe privately. for 4 months, these drs Rx hormones that were contraindicated with one of the regular meds my child was already taking. Nobody picked this up except me. 3/
@JackieDP
The number of comments from those making incorrect assumptions about me & about the situation I encountered, exactly makes the case for women-only spaces. Iโm used to travelling & comfortable with men in other spaces; this was an awkward moment. It seems insults are the default
8. After my child stopped talking to me, I couldnโt help them, anymore. I couldnโt try to protect them, or unravel the mess that was threatening their wellbeing. Since then I have been devastated. I feel I have lost my child. The damage that has been done feels immense. 7/
5. In the following months, my childโs mental health deteriorated considerably, resulting in them deciding to leave school, drop out of A-levels, and then suddenly break contact from me, and my side of their family. 4/
Medicalising
#ROGD
is dangerous, has far-reaching consequences, and needs tight regulation to ensure the safety and wellbeing of young people, who are often vulnerable. My child has been completely mismanaged, and the process has destroyed my relationship with them. 8/
But I will not accept the way in which my child has been treated by
@gendergp
, who have demonstrated dangerous and unprofessional management. I hope that I can safeguard my child, because it seems nobody else is, at the moment. End
7. So I couldnโt report the drโs to the
@gmcuk
, even though they were Rx against
@rpharms
prescribing competency framework. And I couldnโt report
@gendergp
to
@CQCProf
, because they arenโt registered in the UK. 6/
@Jebadoo2
This is so unnecessarily cruel. I saw my daughter, 2y on T, for the first time in over a year, last week. Sheโs c/o multiple joint pains, stiffness, her skin is terrible, she thinks sheโs happy but at 19 but her MH isnโt great. This shouldnโt be happening.
6. Before they stopped talking to me, they told me they were confused about their gender, and that they werenโt sure what they wanted. They verbally agreed to report the counsellor to their regulatory body. But they refused to tell me the names of any of the drโs who Rx. 5/
I will continue to try to reach my child, to help them, and understand them. If they were to access decent therapy, over a prolonged period of assessment, and the conclusion follows that they are trans, I will celebrate this and support them. 9/
โit felt fineโ she says, when asked whether she had any alarm bells ringing on first prescribing hormones to a 12yo. โIโm a doctor, I have a medical licence, I can practice medicineโ. Obviously,
#firstdonoharm
did not enter into her head, nor did any ethics or morals. 1/
A private online gender healthcare clinic is offering services not available on the NHS.
In this weekโs Slow Newscast, we explore the world of Helen Webberley โ the Gender GP โ dubbed by one newspaper as the one of Britainโs most controversial doctors.
@MForstater
@fairplaywomen
I was at the conference today, and along with several other attendees was prevented from entering by these protesters. It took a while to gain entry. Itโs unbelievable that clinicians were prevented from enhancing their knowledge by a group of people who referred to us as evil.
@TullipR
Have you heard of "experts by experience"
@TullipR
? These roles are seen in mental health services, serving to help patients going through what they have. You, & all post-op detransitioners are EbyEโs & your empathy & understanding is increasingly important. Keep on keeping on.
@Jebadoo2
100% agree. My daughter was treated by gender gp, I wonder if it was the same counsellor. Makes my blood boil that they have treated this patient so appallingly dangerously. They need to be stopped.
@HeadWarriorTWM
I blame
@GenderGP
for the hell Iโve experienced as a result of one of their dodgy counsellors making an unqualified diagnosis in 1hr,leading to my daughter accessing testosterone and being estranged from her the past 18 months - see my pinned tweet. GGP need shutting down asap.
@LulachTheSimple
@JackieDP
Youโre assuming that we were washing our hands at the same time, but he was at the sink, I waited, he felt awkward so he moved away. There was a 2nd sink but it was broken ie the tap was in the basin.
@DrunkenSailorB
@molucco
@GenderGP
It really is criminal, and it makes me furious that there are so many closed loops - the damage that counsellor has done to my child and family is enough - but I fear for other vulnerable young people who are naive to the flagrant dangerous arrogance, out there.
@WomensRightsNet
my ex-husband is using my daughterโs transgender to manipulate me, using power and control - see the post-separation wheel of abusive behaviour, which encapsulates my experience. Yet I have no voice, social services and police do not take me seriously.
This perfectly captures the TRA movement, but reflects my experience of my ex exerting power/control over me through our trans daughter, โprotectingโ her from me by falsely accusing me of abuse/transphobia, and silencing my voice. As in society, so in my personal life.
@tortoise
@CanSG_org
@GenderGP
As a senior HCP, I have a duty of care to ensure my patients are safe, and treated with evidence-based practice, according to my code of conduct. Helen Webberley is not providing a good standard of practice according to
@gmcuk
4/
@WRN_Manchester
@NHS
"Some people use his" โฆwhat? Male privilege?
A hospital replacing the word sex with gender is worrying to say the least. Looks like their HR dept are led by TRAโs and replacing biology with power. Not a good look.
Thank you for this
@Psychgirl211
, more worrying evidence for not using PBโs , this needs,as you say, IQ tests as baseline when entering gender clinics, and monitored.
@CanSG_org
1. This table shows how a child's IQ score fell on 3 years of PBs
2. In 30 years as a DClinPsych, I have conducted probably thousands of cognitive assessments on children and adults.
3. A global 10-point drop without a head injury or somesuch is unprecedented.
Families have been torn apart, frequently irreparably. I grieve every day for my daughter, lost to trans ideology and my relationship with her hanging on by a thread, and worry for my son, who is caught up in this. There are so many parents ts who are grieving, too. We need help.
@jk_rowling
Parents and siblings never get a mention.
We've lost what should otherwise have been great relationships with our children because EVERYWHERE has told us no debate.
EVERYWHERE has told our children we are bigots, that we don't love them, that our children are better off without
@pauljl62
@TransKidsRule
But thatโs EXACTLY what happened to my child, 6m into testosterone. Her mh deteriorated, started having visual hallucinations and then she abandoned her A-levels and left school. You canโt know that the PBโs saved your child from harm, nor the long-lasting effects.
@tortoise
@CanSG_org
@GenderGP
Webberley says that she just โbelieves themโ when youngsters ask her for hormones. Thatโs all there is to it. No critical thinking, differential diagnosis, investigation, not even any curiosity about what might be driving the distress. And yet, as she says, sheโs a doctor. 3/
@LindaLovely1000
@JackieDP
Iโve spent a lot of time in France, so know what you mean! However this was different as there wasnโt just the usual single toilet, but a room which had the sink in the middle, a urinal with a saloon door on one side & 3 cubicles on the other. There was a 2nd sink but broken.
@tortoise
@CanSG_org
@GenderGP
@gmcuk
I was stunned by this podcast, I found it unbelievable that a doctor could be so absolutely sure she is 100% right. There are alarm bells clanging all the way through the interview. Thank you
@tortoise
for sounding the alarm so deafeningly. /6
@JanuaryDoNoHarm
@jk_rowling
Itโs not informed consent if the parents are asked to take a "leap of faith". It also sounds like heโs exploiting the tripartite relationship between child, parent and clinician, taking them in as the joint decision-makers, reducing his accountability if it all goes wrong.
@alexxortv
@jordanbpeterson
Same here, I refuse to be lectured by those who believe they have the higher moral ground, where I have experience and wider knowledge. The narrative needs to change, but will only happen if itโs spoken more openly and frequently.
@atheist6996
@JournalistJill
Itโs a regulatory code of conduct that reg nurses have to abide to, or face disciplinary or being struck off the register. Nothing to do with religion. The same would apply to a man undergoing intimate procedure.
This is an organisation thatโs funded by the taxpayer and who have been promoted by schools to parents and students. There are NO GROUNDS for signposting kids to anti-Cass protests.
@BCPCouncil
@DorsetCouncilUK
please withdraw your support for space youth project.
@tortoise
@CanSG_org
@GenderGP
@gmcuk
The sheer arrogance of Webberley is staggering at best, & downright dangerous, at worst.She really believes that she is right.But, what if sheโs very wrong?All this diatribe will come back to bite her very hard, as she may be incriminating herself through her wanton gloating. 5/
@Jebadoo2
If
@Keir_Starmer
claims he has his values and principles, and has done since he โwas a boyโ perhaps he could employ them in the course of an apology to
@RosieDuffield1
; and do the courtesy of listening and acting on the concerns women have about their rights and safety.
@DreyfusJames
This kind of vitriol just stirs up more hate on all sides. From a personal standpoint as a parent of a trans teen on T, it boils my p*** to hear these words from someone who, quite frankly, should be the one to shut up - and listen to those who know the truth of the matter.
@TullipR
explains the path to gender reassignment. Unforgivable medical negligence. I wish you well, Ritchie. Thank you for sharing your psychologically and physically painful experience. Donate if you can. โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
Today is a day I can't really ignore, because whether I want to mark it or not, my body reminds me regardless.
Six years ago, conflicted, but optimistic, i thought I was doing the right thing getting 'Sex Reassignment surgery'.
A Long Story ๐งต
@ssartmom
@BrianLeonardFR
Iโm vegetarian and also donโt drink milk. Iโve never had any issues with being treated disdainfully. I converse in French and apologetically explain my food preferences. I make it a joke, we all laugh, no dramas, and I then eat a delicious meal. It doesnโt take much to try.
@tortoise
@CanSG_org
Helen Webberley is entrepreneurial, so she makes money wherever she can: first it was property, a cafe, campervan rental, and now children with psychological distress.
@gendergp
has an estimated revenue of ยฃ300k/month, according to this podcast. 2/
@atheist6996
@JournalistJill
Iโm not really sure why youโre bringing religion into this. I am looking at this from a place of compassion for a woman who underwent an intimate procedure, undertaken by a professional that didnโt follow her COC, and was subjected to an inappropriate chaperone, traumatising her.
@JessicaLBarnard
Thatโs because you are your own victim of confirmation bias, and lacking in critical analysis of the bigger picture. Take off your blinkers and have a good look around you.
@ephenas
@evilniamh
@JackieDP
Perhaps as a feminist, you would understand the sentiment of you read the reason for me posting that comment in the first place. Itโs been taken out of context. Iโm comfortable in my own skin, just not with sharing single sex spaces with men.
@atheist6996
@JournalistJill
The nurse who carried out the procedure was in breach of her NMC code of conduct, as she did not uphold the patientโs right to dignity and compassion. A good clinician would not have carried out the procedure in that way.
@DreyfusJames
I love this! When I was a child, my dad played cricket for a local team.The pitch was next to our garden, so I used to sneak through the hedge to watch & play by the sidelines. My favourite part was tea: cakes, & cucumber sandwiches, which I used to snaffle! Life v different now.
@HeadWarriorTWM
Well, thanks
@angelaeagle
, thatโs 4 good reasons not to vote for
@UKLabour
in the next GE. I remain politically homeless, in pursuit of a party with a manifesto that represents all, not the few.
@billybragg
@Aalphabat
Are you an expert on literature reviews? If so, please do explain the process for this, and how you could think that a university who carried this out, know less than a bloke with a massive chip on his shoulder?
Our election ask is for a
#PublicInquiry
into the systemic failures that have allowed effective child
#safeguarding
to be undermined in schools. All candidates must be asked what they are going to do to
#RestoreSafeguarding
. Child safeguarding is not a party political issue, it
@Andreia_O_Nobre
Iโm so sorry you are living this. Itโs at best, tiring, at worst, desolate. I have been where you are, that frozen precipice of indecision which creates further turmoil and fear. Make a plan, have a bag packed, some cash, give your passport/certificates to a trusted friend 1/2
This screams adult safeguarding and questionable informed consent. Where are the advocates for these people? Who is protecting them? On the other hand, it could be that the clip is taken out of context - people with disabilities can act/perform, too.
@Serena_Partrick
This is where
@nmcnews
need to make it clear in the code of conduct that a patient should have the right to choose not to be given intimate care by trans women, and that registered nurses snd managers should respect that choice.
@ThatWillWeirdo
@Jebadoo2
Please see my pinned tweet, which explains what happened to my daughter, who went behind my back with her dad to gender gp. They need taking down before they cause any more harm to young people and their families.
@detransaqua
Congratulations on the birth of your baby โบ๏ธ Iโm so glad youโre able to use the donated breast milk. Itโs a true labour of love. I was a breast milk donor years ago after my 2nd child was born. In total I donated 24L of breast milk, which is mind-boggling! Enjoy motherhood โบ๏ธ
@furious_mum
@Joshua1a2b3c4d
And thatโs the crucial point about parents of trans kids: they love them, and thatโs why they have such fear for their safety. Only a parent going through this with *any* sense of caution will understand. Itโs not about punishing kids for their choices, itโs about protecting them
@HazelAppleyard_
Iโm glad you have your peace & space. Using the c-word in that context is not someone to be with. My ex husband used to deliberately avoid washing after exercising, went days without a shower or changing clothes, just to wind me up. His side of the bed was greasy. Hence the "exโ.
@DreyfusJames
@1839_dt
@RosieDuffield1
@bphillipsonMP
Iโm sure the majority of schools have a social media policy in place, which covers the use of photographs featuring their pupils, which parents either do or donโt consent to. If theyโve done their due diligence, the photo is not a safeguarding issue, as some are saying.
@LilyLilyMaynard
Similar thing happened to me:my 16yo and their dad went behind my back having been affirmed by their school, to
@gendergp
where a counsellor told them they had GD, and gave them hormones. Their MH declined. School and Dad helped child go โno contactโ with me. I sympathise ๐๐ค๐
@furious_mum
@staxdeadempress
Exactly, I agree with you. My daughter is a beautiful lesbian, sheโs not a bloke, sheโs suffering with the effects of T, and mentally unstable. She thinks sheโs happy, but sheโs coming to harm.
This perfectly captures the TRA movement, but reflects my experience of my ex exerting power/control over me through our trans daughter, โprotectingโ her from me by falsely accusing me of abuse/transphobia, and silencing my voice. As in society, so in my personal life.
How can you identify when a movement is verging on terrorism?
In his 2005 book on the psychopathology of terror, ex-FBI agent Joe Navarro defined "violence or the threat of violence intended to exact compliance from a population."
These are 7 warning signs to watch for:
@EsqSpenser
@pauljl62
@TransKidsRule
I agree with the cautious approach recommended by Cass. My daughter, however, is not ok. Sheโs unwell mentally and physically. GenderGP are to blame for most of this. If sheโd been treated with the care that the OP described, we wouldnโt be where we are, now.
I had to use my mothers bulky, looped sanitary towels when she could afford to buy them. The rest of the time I used rolled up tissues that often fell out when I was at school, or leaked through to my skirt. My periods were heavy and painful. I struggled to cope 2/
Just over a year after I posted this tweet: my now 19yo has been on T for 2y. She is unwell physically and mentally, and recently reached out to me for help. Our relationship is on a thread, but we are at least talking. I want to help her, but
@GenderGP
are to blame for so much.
@FadedMagnet
@GenderGP
Actually at the time of the thread I was protecting the identity of my childโs sex. Nothing more than that. Not sure what point youโre trying to make.
@SVPhillimore
Shame they werenโt so plucky a few years ago. Would love
@PrivateEyeNews
to drop their confirmation bias and tell things as they truly are.
@blancmarc20
@genspect
Itโs breathtakingly arrogant yet ignorant, all at once. This sentence has a weighty potential to haunt her, in the coming decades.
@HadleyFreeman
@AlisonTunley
@CanSG_org
Itโs ridiculous that clinicians are regulated by institutions who have been captured by gender ideology. I am hopeful that
@CanSG_org
grows in strength, so that together, HCPโs can work using evidence-based care, not ideologist rule, and without fear of professional recrimination
@specalot
@Policy_Exchange
@RosieDuffield1
Thank you.Definitely one to pass on to my childrenโs schools for their consideration. I am certain my daughterโs school has been instrumental in her mental health decline and decisions to socially and then, sadly, medically transition. Schools are definitely asleep at the wheel.
@Keir_Starmer
You may have grown up working class, but there is nothing left of that culture within you. All I see is an indecisive party leader who shies away from critical analysis of the serious issues affecting people in the UK, instead choosing to flip-flop between vague hyperbole. 1/2
@MrsJeanBrodie
@SVPhillimore
Gendergp is based in Singapore, so not covered in new legislation. Would be down to community pharmacists to decline dispensing of pbโs