Transgender patients told surgery was cancelled while already in hospital

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y47yrrld0o

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 · 51 pts · 12d (1 reply)

What fucking bastards, holy shit!

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

SourDragon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 12d

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 pts · 12d (5 replies)

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 pts · 12d (4 replies)

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 pts · 12d (3 replies)

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 pts · 12d (1 reply)

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

/s

valek879@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 12d

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 pts · 12d

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

obvs@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 12d

It's healthcare.

And denying transgender people care is denying healthcare.