Gillian and Jenny discuss the report by Dr. Hilary Cass on gender identity services for young people at the Tavistock. They both express concerns about the report's recommendations and the language used, which they agree is potentially misleading. They also discuss the ongoing debates surrounding trans rights and the toxicity from groups opposing trans people. They are particularly concerned about the strategic framing of the issue of puberty blockers for young people, suggesting it could be a Trojan horse for future legislation.
They refute the report's claims, stating that being trans is not a mental illness and whilst there can be a correlation between trans identity and neurodivergence one does not cause the other. Gillian pointed out that treating trans people had positive affects and that something like 50-100 research papers had been ignored to produce the Cass report. Gillian argued that the current research approach is reminiscent of tobacco companies sponsoring positive research on the effects of cancer on cigarettes.
They suggest that the best way to effect change is through contacting MPs, as political pressure was the only avenue for influencing decision-makers. Jenny expressd frustration about the hostile environment created by extreme views within their community but remains hopeful about the resilience of their community and the potential support from allies and young people.
Gillian suggests that the Labour Party, given their current position, could be more open to positive changes for the trans community. Jenny agrees, highlighting her own experiences with supportive MPs within the Labour Party. They also note the growing focus on anti-trans messaging within the Conservative Party and the potential negative impact on their polling.
They also discus the challenges faced by trans individuals, particularly in terms of visibility and acceptance. They emphasise the need for continued advocacy and pushing back against misinformation and prejudice.
They acknowledge the ongoing struggles against prejudice and bullying, particularly in the UK and America, but express hope in the younger generations' acceptance and support. They also are hopeful about the need for continued advocacy and support for causes such as gender and disability rights. Both agreed to maintain a positive outlook and continue to support each other through these challenging times as should we all.
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[00:00:00] Hi, a fawr i'n bwysig i'r Transvox.
[00:00:11] A bydd y cwrs o'r tîm yn ei gweithio'r ffordd, gen, ydy'r cyfnod y bydd yn mynd i'r ffordd
[00:00:17] nad oeddwn i'n cyfrifio ar gyfer y byddwn i'n gweithio'r ffordd am ymwyaf a'r ffordd
[00:00:21] o'r mynd i'r ffordd o'n cyfrifio ar gyfer y byddwn i'n gweithio, oherwydd o'r
[00:00:25] ydych chi'n dweud o'r pethau yng Nghymru a'r llyfrgellydd, ac yn ymlaen i'r llyfrgellydd, ac mae'n gweithio'r gwaith
[00:00:30] sy'n dweud bod yna'n fawr syniad o'r fawr o'r cyflym o'r cyflogol oherwydd yma yw'r gweithio'r
[00:00:37] cyffredinol, o'r cyflogol o'r cyffredinol, oherwydd yma yna'n gweithio'r cyffredinol.
[00:00:41] A'n dweud i'n ffordd i'n fwyaf yw'n ei gyfnodd ymlaen i'r gwneud hynny i'r ffordd i'r
[00:00:46] a dyna ni'n ceisio i yw ei gwynhau.
[00:00:49] Ie ddim yn cydwyntio peirloedd ymgyrchol yn ei gweld y dyma i gael'r hynny.
[00:00:53] Yn gyfnodd, mae hi'n gweithio'n gweithio, mae hynny'n cyrddyn nhw'n cydwydd
[00:00:57] ymgyrchol yn y cydwyddu sy'n cydwyddu o ddesgrifennu ar yr ystodol ym Mwrdd Rhywun.
[00:01:05] Mae gweithio i ddwyng i'r rhai, felly ei hwn yn gweithio'n cydwyddu.
[00:01:09] Fyny'n gweithio'n cydwyddu?
[00:01:11] yna, mae'r drwg a'n gyfrifio'r gweithredu yn y gweithredu,
[00:01:17] ond mae'n rywbeth sydd wedi, fel ei ffunio i'r ffordd.
[00:01:22] Mae'r gweithredu wedi cael ei ffodol.
[00:01:26] Mae'n meddwl yn ei wneud o'r gwybod ar hyn oedd y gweithredu,
[00:01:29] ac mae'n gweithredu.
[00:01:31] Mae'n gweithredu, mae'n gweithredu.
[00:01:35] Mae'n gweithredu, yn fawr, oherwydd o'r
[00:01:41] yma, mae'n gweithio'n gwybod, yw'r hyn sy'n fawr, ychydig yn ddod y dyfodol, a'r fawr yw'r ystafell, a'r fawr,
[00:01:51] ac mae'r fawr yn ymddi'r fawr, mae'n cymryd yw'r ysgolion ar ymddangos.
[00:01:57] A'n mynd i'n fath o'r ffyrdd ymlaen i'r ddweudio'r ddweudio,
[00:02:00] mae'r 388-paid yw'r cyffredinol, mae'n gweithio'n gweithio, oherwydd mae'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio,
[00:02:06] a'n meddwl 32 ychydig.
[00:02:08] Ac mae'n fawr i'n dweud
[00:02:09] y bydd y cwmplwch, y bydd y pethau
[00:02:12] ychydig, y pethau
[00:02:14] a'r fawr i'r gael, a'r fawr i'r gael,
[00:02:16] a'r fawr i'r gael yn ymwneud
[00:02:18] o amlwg o transrydau
[00:02:20] ac ydy'r fawr i'r gael.
[00:02:21] Ac mae'n ffaswn i'n gwybod
[00:02:22] os hefyd yn arddangos i gynnwys
[00:02:24] ac mae'n fawr i'r gweithio
[00:02:26] mae'n gweithio ar y cyflwyno
[00:02:27] ac mae'n gweithio ar y cyflwyno
[00:02:29] Ie, ac yn dweud y dyma, yn roedd y cwymor yn fawr, i fanyl eich bod yn ymweld yn y mwyaf'r gwaith ar hyn.
[00:02:34] Efallai yn ymweld yn ymweld yn ymweld yn ymweld yn ymweld yn ymweld.
[00:02:37] Yn ymweld, ond ydych chi'n rhaid i'r cyhofiad yn ymweld, ymweld yn gwybod hynny ymweld yn ymweld yn ymweld.
[00:02:42] Rwy'n credu bod y pwysig oherwydd.
[00:02:44] Mae agnestion iawn, mae'n credu, yn cyflawn ac mae'n gwneud ydych chi ymweld.
[00:02:48] Ie, ond y gallai gael ymddangos, ond ond ond yn ei ddweud.
[00:02:51] Rwy'n credu bod y ffordd o'r cyffredin iawn,
[00:02:54] bydd y cyffredin iawn ar y cyffredin iawn,
[00:03:00] a'r cyffredin iawn ar y cyffredin iawn,
[00:03:01] a'r cyffredin iawn ar gyfer y cyffredin iawn,
[00:03:07] yn y ffordd.
[00:03:10] Mae'n cael ei ddweud,
[00:03:12] mae'r cyffredin iawn ar gyffredin iawn.
[00:03:15] Maen nhw yna'r dros yn bwysig presgol.
[00:03:19] RY MÅ·sgol yn ei wneud di'n bwysig a'r ysgol yn frybiau ar gyfer gweithredu gynnig sy'n gynnal.
[00:03:24] That's been brought by people with an absolutely anti-transgender based by groups
[00:03:34] who want to abolish trans people. Activists have said they do
[00:03:37] not want us to have any place in society where there are people in this country and in America.
[00:03:43] ac mae'n dweud i'r ffordd y bwysigol, a'r SROD yn ymhwyl i wirio'r bwysigol,
[00:03:50] ond mae'n gwybod i'n ddiddordeb gyda'i gwaith, ond mae'n gweithio eich bod ymddangos,
[00:03:54] ond mae'n gweithio a'n gweithio i'r gwneud o'r rhai a'i rhaid, a'r hynny mae'n ddim ymddangos
[00:03:59] i'r dysgwys yma yn hynny, fe'n ddweud i'n gweithio.
[00:04:04] Ond mae'n ddiwethaf i'n ddim i'ch gwneud o'r cyhoedd.
[00:04:07] y ffordd hynny yn ymweld, oherwydd mae hynny yn ymweld y cyfnodd, a'u ffordd hynny'n ddaf yn ddweud fel y gwaith yma.
[00:04:14] Felly, ydych chi'n gweithio o'r dyma, yna'n gweithio o'r dyma.
[00:04:19] Mae'r dyma yn ymweld yma.
[00:04:22] Mae'n gweithio, oherwydd, yn ddechrau, yna'n gweithio ar gyfer yr aethau os yw.
[00:04:27] Rydych chi'n dweud i'r ymweld, mae'n dweud i'r dyma.
[00:04:33] Y dweud tawr a'r cyfnod yn ymgyrch gwybodaeth â'r cyfnod i ddechrau ddechrau,
[00:04:39] ddylai'r ddemogi a'r cyfnod,
[00:04:41] dwi'n rhan o'n cael ei ddechrau.
[00:04:44] Mae'r cyfnod yn ymgyrch ar y position yw yw'r cyflodau.
[00:04:47] Dwi i'n rhan o gymryd â'r ddechrau, dwi'n ddweud a'r cyflodau.
[00:04:51] A'i ddweud, mae'r cyflodau yn gyrfa ar gyfer y ddechrau,
[00:04:54] mae'r cyfnod y ddechrau a'r cyfnod yn ddechrau,
[00:04:57] mae'n argyntdo'n gydag y bydd.
[00:04:58] Ewch chi'n ddim yn arddangos, a wedi bod hi'n ysgrifennu hynny yn ddechrau'n meddwl y pethau.
[00:05:05] Mae'n ddim yn sgwrs ar hyn o'r pethau.
[00:05:08] Felly, mae hwn yn i'r unrhyw o holl ddim ond mae'r rhan fydd yn erbyn o'r gwaith.
[00:05:14] Rwy'n ddigon nhw.
[00:05:15] Mae oedd gennym ni i'r hyn oherwydd, ac mae'n gwybod i'r rhan fydd yn ganun i'r ysgrifennu'n gwybod.
[00:05:22] Nod, mae'n meddwl amser, ac mae'n meddwl i chi'n ddim yn ei ddweud oherwydd yng nghymru.
[00:05:28] Llyfrgellwch ar ddweud, maen nhw'n dweud, ond nid o'r dweud, ond y dweud yn dweud yn dweud.
[00:05:35] A mae'n dweud o'r ddweud, y dyfodd.
[00:05:37] Mae'r ddweud i'w ddweud, ychydig yw 100,000 o'r ddweud i'r ddweud,
[00:05:41] a ddweud 5,000 o'r ddweud o ddweud,
[00:05:44] sy'n gweithio'n ddweud.
[00:05:47] Mae'n ddweud i'r rhan o'r opositiadau,
[00:05:51] yn ddweud o'r trans cyffredinol ac yn ddweud.
[00:05:54] Ac mae'n mynd i'n mynd i'n mynd i gael y problemol.
[00:05:56] Mae'n mynd i gael...
[00:05:58] Efallai gydag ymdweud ymdweud eich mwy o'r ddiolch ar y diweddau.
[00:06:04] A rwy'n meddwl ychydig cy除ed â'r diweddau i'r adroddau yn dweudio.
[00:06:08] A byddwch yn ymgyrch yn ymgrifiadau a gfyrdd a gyrdd.
[00:06:12] Yn amser, mae'r ddweudio ym mwy oherwydd yw'r dda,
[00:06:14] mae'r ddweudio yn fwy oherwydd,
[00:06:16] ond mae'r ddweudio yn fwy oherwydd i'r ddweud.
[00:06:18] a dweud, a'r ymarfer a'r hyn mae'n dweud cael ei ddesyn neu arno.
[00:06:21] Maen nhw, mae'n mynd i'r wneud.
[00:06:22] Ond yna'r ddweud?
[00:06:25] Mae hyn yn ei fod yn ymddangos yn fawr.
[00:06:28] Dyna'r llei ymddangos yn gyfliadol,
[00:06:31] lle i'r llei sydd yn ymddangos yn ymddangos,
[00:06:34] sydd yn ymddangos yn gyfliadol,
[00:06:37] mae'n ei fyddi'r llei.
[00:06:39] Mae'n gweld y twyd yn ei wneud ar y dyfod,
[00:06:40] sy'r cyfan y ddechrau,
[00:06:44] Ac mae'r ddweud yn y gallu o'r rhaid i ddweud o'r rhaid i'w adroddau o'r amser o'r adroddau ar y 25.
[00:06:54] Ac mae'r ddweud o'r llai ymlaen nhw.
[00:06:56] Rwy'n cael ei ddweud o'r ymlaen nhw, dwi'n cael ei wneud o'r pryd yn dweud o'r 25,
[00:07:02] a'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r ymlaen nhw, dwi'n cael ei ddweud o'r 25,
[00:07:05] a yw'r parwysau, y dyfodol yn fawr yn fawr, mae'n ddweud hynny'n oes gyd yn eich bodi'n gweithio'r
[00:07:12] ddechrau. Mae'r parwysau i siwr er fawr o'r cyngor, yn gyntaf sydd wedi'i gynnigol,
[00:07:17] a rydw i fyng o bryd, dyna'n ddweud nad yw'n ysgrifennu gwneud, ond rwy'n mynd o wneud,
[00:07:23] ynghylch yn gallu beth cyd-dillwerd i'n gweithio'r gwaith, ac yn cael eu ddweud o'r fawr o'r
[00:07:28] i ddim yn fydd. Rydyn ni'n fath o'i bod yw'r hyfforddiol sydd wedi'u wneud o'i gwyfaffodol i gweithio'r byw yn y mawr.
[00:07:39] A'i gydig oedd yma dros yw'n ffordd oherwydd mae'n ddweud, roedd yma,
[00:07:42] ond yw'n ddweud o'r byw, ond rydyn ni'n gwybod, rydyn ni'n ddweud, rydyn ni'n ddweud.
[00:07:48] Gydig oedd weithio. Rydyn ni'n adeg. Rydyn ni'n ddweud. Rydyn ni'n ddweud.
[00:07:53] A mynd i chi'n gwneud y cyflawn, oedd y gweithio'r ddafni, ond mae'n gofyn oedd y mynd i'n gweithio'r gweithio.
[00:08:01] Yn y gallwn, when we try and push back, we're told that we're just pushing back.
[00:08:05] So, yes, if I may have said things at times that maybe I would have phrasing a different way,
[00:08:11] but we're the ones that's being attacked, that the war has been brought to us,
[00:08:14] we're the ones that have been, we weren't 15 years ago.
[00:08:17] ond mae'r rhaid, mae'n meddwl y gallwn i'w ffollow-on yn ysgrifennu.
[00:08:24] Yn ystod, mae'n meddwl i'w bwysig o pubitybloch,
[00:08:27] y ddweud o pubitybloch, sy'n meddwl i'r meddwl i'r meddwl
[00:08:31] a'r hynny'n meddwl i'r bwysig o'r pethau sydd yn ysgrifennu
[00:08:35] yn ymgyrchol i'r cyfrifesau ac yn ysgrifennu.
[00:08:38] Mae'n gwneud, gwneud, ychydig o bwysig o ddweud,
[00:08:40] yn ymgyrchol i America ac yn ysgrifennu yn ysgrifennu
[00:08:43] yn ystafell, ac mae'r ysgol iawn yn ymgyrch ac ar gyfer y cyfynodol yn y system i'r ysgol iawn.
[00:08:48] Mae'n oed yn Sgollnd, oherwydd dyna'n gweithio i'w ddwylo.
[00:08:50] Yn ystafell England yn ystafell, dwi'n ddweud y gallwn ni'n gweithio.
[00:08:54] A oeddynt dwi'n ddweud yma, oherwydd mae wedi'n urchelio'r busau chyfodol,
[00:09:00] a dwi wedi bod ni'n ddweud yma sy'n ddweud yr ysgol.
[00:09:04] Ond nid yw'r amser, rydym yn gwneud y ddechrau o'r unig
[00:09:09] a'r ystod o'r cyffredinol?
[00:09:12] Mae'n drwy'n fawr, mae'n fawr o'r gweithio.
[00:09:14] A dyna'r gweithio'n gweithio'n rhan o'u cyfrifiadau
[00:09:18] o'r LBTQ-bosg cymuned.
[00:09:21] Yn y cyfrifiadau, mae'n rhan o'r cyfrifiadau
[00:09:24] o'r cyfrifiadau o'r cyfrifiadau
[00:09:27] a oedd yn cyfrifiadau o'r cyfrifiadau
[00:09:29] o'r cyfrifiadau o'r cyfrifiadau.
[00:09:31] Felly, mae wedi bod eich bod yn ymddangos o unedig, a pham rhywbeth, mae bryd a dweud yn ymweld iawn.
[00:09:39] Felly, mae'n gwneud o'r Ymericaeth a dwi'n ei fod yn lle.
[00:09:43] Mae'n dweud o'r cyflwyno, mae'n dweud yn gwneud...
[00:09:48] Felly, mae'n dweud i'n dweud, a chylo i'n ffwrdd fel ydw i'n bwyd,
[00:09:52] mae'n gweithio, mae'n arweinydd yw'r comentariadau, mae'n dweud.
[00:09:57] Mae'n rhaid i'r ddweud o'r stwyff yn America yw'r hynny'n gweithio'r lawu bwysigol iawn.
[00:10:03] Mae'n allan o'r peth.
[00:10:04] Mae'n rhaid i'r bwysigol iawn i'r bwysigol iawn i'r bwysigol iawn i'r bwysigol iawn i'r trans.
[00:10:08] Mae'n ffynu'r cymdeithasol yn ymddangos,
[00:10:11] mae'n defnyddio'n cael ei wneud.
[00:10:16] Mae'r ddechrau yn ystod yn ysgrifennu,
[00:10:18] ond mae'n ddechrau yn ysgrifennu yn ysgrifennu yn ysgrifennu yn ysgrifennu.
[00:10:21] Mae'n bwysigol i'w mewn lluniaeth,
[00:10:24] yn rhoi ffynu gwledig yn bryd ag anfer inni,
[00:10:25] a i ni'n ffynu'r bwysigol iawn.
[00:10:28] Rwy'n rheif yn bwysigol i ddaeth
[00:10:30] mae'n mynd i ddim yn ei ddim yn rhai.
[00:10:34] Mae'n rhaid i ddaeth yn rhai i chi.
[00:10:39] Er nesaf, rydyn ni'n sefydlu'r gwasiano'n.
[00:10:41] Felly mae'n mynd i ddim yn ysgrifennu.
[00:10:43] Felly mae'n rhaid i ddim yn ei ddweud.
[00:10:45] Felly mae'n rhaid i ddim yn rhaid i ddechrau,
[00:10:47] ddim i ddim yn dros bob gweithio.
[00:10:49] Felly, mae'n gweithio i'r ffan ar ymddangos erin yn y fawr,
[00:10:51] sy'n dweud y gweithio'n gweithio.
[00:10:53] A rydyn ni'n meddwl i'r ffwrdd yn fawr,
[00:10:56] a'r cyfnod yn gwneud yn ymddangosio'r cyfnod.
[00:10:58] A mae'r cyfnod yn ymddangosio'r cyfnod yma.
[00:11:02] Mae Arin yn ddod yw'r rhaid o'r reifwyr
[00:11:06] yn ymdweud o'r 100 o'r ffordd o'r cyfnod
[00:11:09] o'r cyfnod yma.
[00:11:11] Felly, mae'r cyfnod yma yw'r cyfnod
[00:11:14] yma'r cyffredig ar gyfer gweithio gweithio'r cyffredig yn cael ei helpu.
[00:11:18] A mae'n gofyn yn llwy ffordd, ac yn fawr,
[00:11:21] mae'n ffamil y gallai bod y Cyfrifod Casse
[00:11:24] Cyfrifod Casse wedi'u cyfrifod ar y cwestiwn
[00:11:27] o'r cyfrifod Casse
[00:11:30] ar y cwestiwn hwnnw,
[00:11:32] ar y cwestiwn cyfrifod Casse,
[00:11:35] ond yw'r cyfrifod Casse.
[00:11:37] Yn ymgyrch,
[00:11:39] yma'r Cyfrifod Cyfrifod Casse,
[00:11:41] ac yn y cyfrifod Casse,
[00:11:42] dyma'r idea peithio'r parwysau Patrick Hunter,
[00:11:45] sy'n gweithio'r llwyffedig hwnnw ymlaen.
[00:11:48] Fawr y dyma ond, rydyn ni'n cyhoedd ysgrifenio,
[00:11:53] ond rydyn ni wedi gweld bod y trafnion yn bach arfod.
[00:11:55] Fawr ysgrifenedio'r bydd yn bach arfod,
[00:11:56] mewn oed oed o'r anzail, ysgrifenedio, ysgrifenedio,
[00:11:58] a rydych chi'n clywed.
[00:12:00] Rydyn ni'n cyflwyno i ddim yn ardal,
[00:12:02] rydyn ni'n cyflwyno o'r anzail ymlaen.
[00:12:06] a'r newidau ydw i'r hyn yw, ond yna yw'r byddai ffyrdd yn newidau ydw i'r fyrdd.
[00:12:11] Felly, mae oherwydd mae'n cyd-fyrdd ymlaen, mae'n cyd-fyrdd.
[00:12:14] Mae'n cyd-fyrdd ydw i'r newidau ydw i.
[00:12:16] Rwy'n meddwl gael y ddechrau yn ffordd, ac mae'n dweud o'r oedd o'r ysgrifennu,
[00:12:21] ond mae'n dweud o fe wneud o'r ysgrifennu.
[00:12:25] Felly, o'r hyn o'r oedd o'r oedd o'r ysgrifennu,
[00:12:28] fel yw dwy wedi gydag yw'r Greifwyr, y peth sydd gennyn, yn osg y bod hyn y gallu mewn'r cynnig.
[00:12:34] Fe oed yn gweithio i swyddem, rydych yn allan yn y Wesley liken company,
[00:12:39] sy'n uch chi'n dod o'n gwneud yn bellach sphin symud oherwydd y safith yn edryd ym ni,
[00:12:43] byddsod mwy yw beth mae hynny dweud yn y mae'r seigwr,
[00:12:46] flynyn iawn am gyflym, hefyd ac mae'r maes cysylltu i'r cyfranteiniol a chi'n wentlyg mewn hefyd.
[00:12:51] gyda'r rhaid i ni
[00:12:54] yn neud o brydgwr o'i bydd y trafnadau
[00:12:59] yn cael ei bod yn ei wneud enthwynt cyflwylus
[00:13:02] oherwydd mae'r rhaid i ni?
[00:13:04] negortio'r cyfarwm iawnb am trafnadau
[00:13:08] yn cael ei gyflymu?
[00:13:10] Ond mae'n rhaid o'n rhaid i ni
[00:13:12] fydd eich bod
[00:13:14] bydd eich bod yn ll whiskorol
[00:13:16] i ni'n mwyciio
[00:13:19] Yn mynd i, mae'r ddweud yn ffordd.
[00:13:21] Mae'r ddechrau, fel yw'r adon, dwi'n ddim yn faniwyr hynny.
[00:13:25] Mae'r ddweud yn hynny.
[00:13:27] Felly, rydw i ddim yn gwneud y gwybod o'r ddymarfodd sydd.
[00:13:29] Felly, mae'r ddweud yn gwneud y gwybod,
[00:13:33] mae'r ddweud yn y ddweud yn cael ei wneud,
[00:13:35] mae'r ddweud yn ei ddefnyddio'u ddysgu,
[00:13:37] mae'n ddweud yn gwneud ond gallwch chi'n gofyn.
[00:13:39] Mae'r ddweud yn eu ffordd.
[00:13:41] I read that with horror in some way.
[00:13:46] I think this is fascinating isn't it?
[00:13:48] Because as you said, in order to look at this,
[00:13:52] there's this claim of lack of efficacy.
[00:13:55] So what they're saying is that being treated to be trans
[00:14:00] is irrelevant because it doesn't help and it's irrelevant
[00:14:04] and it shouldn't be happening.
[00:14:05] But they've ignored between 50 and 101 articles
[00:14:09] which prove that to be true.
[00:14:11] And what they've also proved were complete causation.
[00:14:17] Can never say the other one.
[00:14:21] What they're saying is that anxiety, depression,
[00:14:23] all those different things comes from not having treatment,
[00:14:27] not the other way around.
[00:14:29] The causation is the other way around.
[00:14:30] So people are more likely to have mental health issues
[00:14:34] based on the fact they can't get treatment.
[00:14:35] And the irony of all this is that what they've done is they've taken,
[00:14:38] they've looked at the failure of their own system
[00:14:41] which has been underfunded and been the victim of a lot of,
[00:14:46] you know, ideology.
[00:14:47] Let's be honest about this.
[00:14:48] And concluded that it doesn't work.
[00:14:50] And it's been supported by the odd person
[00:14:52] who has T-transition, does not being happy about it,
[00:14:55] who has a whistle blown and such like.
[00:14:57] And it takes a specific type of person to say,
[00:15:02] let's talk about doing research
[00:15:04] and then let's ignore all the stuff
[00:15:06] that doesn't support our view.
[00:15:08] And then whilst we're on,
[00:15:10] let's throw everybody that's autistic under the bus
[00:15:12] because there's a huge number of autistic people who want trans.
[00:15:16] I mean, you know, as we all know,
[00:15:18] the numbers of trans people are tiny
[00:15:20] but the fact is there are disproportionately large number
[00:15:23] of people with neurodivergence and none of them are trans.
[00:15:26] And I think this is the, you know,
[00:15:27] you can't have a false equivalence here.
[00:15:29] It's absolute madness.
[00:15:30] And this is the root of it for me.
[00:15:34] Subjective.
[00:15:35] I mean, as a, you know, I've got a doctorate, as you know,
[00:15:37] and this idea of actually just corrupting.
[00:15:40] I mean, it's like, I think it's like what they've done is
[00:15:42] they've done what the tobacco companies used to do
[00:15:44] and the tobacco companies
[00:15:46] effectively sponsored positive research
[00:15:50] about the effects of cancer and cigarettes and such like.
[00:15:53] And that's what's going on here.
[00:15:54] I think we've been absolutely
[00:15:57] and presented it in such a calm and rational way
[00:16:00] that has got all the politicians jumping on board with it
[00:16:04] because it seems to be.
[00:16:05] It's just seems to be very good.
[00:16:07] It plays into their agenda, you know,
[00:16:10] plays into the fact,
[00:16:11] because we've been under attack,
[00:16:13] particularly from the Conservative party,
[00:16:16] but the Labour party, they've been very poor.
[00:16:18] There's lots of supportive Labour MPs,
[00:16:19] but the lead has been put
[00:16:21] because they don't want to get involved in the debate
[00:16:23] or they want to come down on one side of it.
[00:16:25] So it's played into that, played into that.
[00:16:28] But you're absolutely right about ignoring all the evidence.
[00:16:30] And, you know, when you're talking about, you know,
[00:16:33] the levels of detransitioning are still tiny.
[00:16:38] And that's actually surprising considering the barriers
[00:16:41] that trans people we face, you know.
[00:16:44] And all the studies show that people who are able to transition
[00:16:50] live happy and productive lives.
[00:16:51] And this debate, we've had this debate in the NHS.
[00:16:55] So I remember when I transitioned,
[00:16:57] the NHS did not automatically fund gender identity services.
[00:17:02] The PCTs said it was on an exceptional,
[00:17:04] you know, case-by-case basis.
[00:17:06] They didn't value it as important.
[00:17:09] And they had that debate and they very clearly said,
[00:17:11] yes, it is, we need to fund this.
[00:17:13] Didn't resource it properly
[00:17:15] and didn't deliver it properly,
[00:17:16] but there was no doubt.
[00:17:18] And that was proper,
[00:17:20] that was based on research and findings in this country.
[00:17:23] And a number of studies from bodies in America
[00:17:28] similar to the clinical bodies in America
[00:17:31] and on this issue that it is the right thing to do.
[00:17:36] And that had never been questioned for adults, you know.
[00:17:42] But back then there wasn't the ability
[00:17:44] to go on to people to block us young people.
[00:17:46] And there has been some debate around that.
[00:17:48] And I guess I can see that there could be some discussions to have.
[00:17:53] I personally think it is still the right thing to do to offer that.
[00:17:58] But it was so few people were able to get that through the NHS anyway.
[00:18:01] So this report to come out now and say,
[00:18:07] well there's not enough evidence or use that language to imply
[00:18:10] that this is some sort of definitive study on the subject.
[00:18:13] And then find out, as you said,
[00:18:16] that some of the people they spoke to
[00:18:18] are coming from a position of an ideological opposition to trans.
[00:18:22] Well, ideological opposition to trans is not in any way
[00:18:26] a view that should be given any credence
[00:18:28] if you ideologically oppose to the idea
[00:18:31] that people can change their agenda,
[00:18:36] can live as how they wish.
[00:18:40] It's fascinating.
[00:18:41] That's not any of it, it's just a view.
[00:18:43] Just as a view that some people don't think.
[00:18:47] You know, some people think it's a sin to be gay.
[00:18:49] Well, that's no evidence of anything.
[00:18:50] That's just your prejudiced views, right?
[00:18:54] I do think what we're saying here is,
[00:18:57] and I think the point of all this is a complete erosion
[00:19:00] of personal freedoms and rights.
[00:19:04] And I mean there's a massive attack on the EHRC to do with Rwanda.
[00:19:07] There's a massive attack on the EHRC
[00:19:10] and the rights that we have
[00:19:11] because actually it's much easier for governments
[00:19:12] not to have to be bothered
[00:19:13] with all this human rights nonsense.
[00:19:16] There's a sort of a misplaced ignorance
[00:19:19] sort of view of EHRC
[00:19:20] as being some part of the European community, which isn't.
[00:19:24] But what's fascinating is also
[00:19:25] that you're going to talk to some trans organisations
[00:19:28] and they're trying to get the EHRC wiped out because of...
[00:19:30] Is that the Human Rights Commission in New York?
[00:19:34] Yeah, the Human Rights Commission.
[00:19:36] And I think the problem here is that we've got everybody
[00:19:40] both sides of the argument.
[00:19:41] I mean for me,
[00:19:43] I mean to lose our human rights,
[00:19:46] I mean that's a massive thing
[00:19:48] and that's what this is about, I'm sure of it.
[00:19:50] And it doesn't help that our own communities sometimes
[00:19:52] are lobbying to make changes in the EHRC
[00:19:54] and get rid of it in some places, which is madness.
[00:19:56] However...
[00:19:57] I'm not seeing that within our community
[00:19:59] and I must be pretty afraid
[00:20:01] that anybody wants to...
[00:20:02] I shall talk to her afterwards
[00:20:03] because I don't want to...
[00:20:04] I don't want to hear organisations.
[00:20:06] Yeah, I think they're unhappy with some of the comments
[00:20:08] that they've made.
[00:20:09] I am happy with some of the views
[00:20:10] they've taken, the stances they've taken.
[00:20:12] There's a lot of gender critical stuff.
[00:20:14] Yeah, yeah, I just don't think...
[00:20:15] I just think they're just
[00:20:19] punching down like everybody else at the moment
[00:20:21] it's an easy target.
[00:20:23] Absolutely, we're an easy target
[00:20:25] because the people in power
[00:20:27] have decided against us,
[00:20:29] people with...
[00:20:30] And by that I mean both politicians
[00:20:32] and the media, you know.
[00:20:35] And I think...
[00:20:36] That's extraordinary.
[00:20:37] And I think, you know,
[00:20:38] we often talk about this stuff
[00:20:39] and we say we're a small community
[00:20:41] and we can't do anything.
[00:20:42] But I tell you what,
[00:20:43] if we all just start writing letters to our MPs
[00:20:46] and making a fuss,
[00:20:47] that's the best way to get people
[00:20:48] to change their minds is actually...
[00:20:50] You know, what MPs are interested in
[00:20:52] is getting votes
[00:20:53] and being on the right side of
[00:20:57] looking good, let's be really honest about it.
[00:20:59] And if there's a storm of complaints
[00:21:01] going into MPs,
[00:21:03] it's the only way they make change
[00:21:05] because actually,
[00:21:06] because our numbers are low,
[00:21:07] with the more letter writing
[00:21:08] and more complaining we do, the better.
[00:21:10] Because using official channels
[00:21:12] is the only way you do this.
[00:21:13] What we're doing is we're up against
[00:21:16] a trans-critical approach.
[00:21:18] And actually, what we've talked about here,
[00:21:20] many times this,
[00:21:22] the more people push a really extreme anti-view,
[00:21:25] it actually brings out quite a lot of people
[00:21:27] who are pro us as well.
[00:21:29] And I've noticed a huge number of people
[00:21:32] coming in saying, this is all ridiculous.
[00:21:33] What's going on here?
[00:21:34] This is madness, you know?
[00:21:38] Yeah, I mean, I might be less optimistic
[00:21:40] on the thought that MPs...
[00:21:42] A number of MPs have taken positions on this
[00:21:44] because they think that's the popular thing.
[00:21:45] So trying to persuade them
[00:21:47] otherwise, through letter writing,
[00:21:49] it's difficult because they're getting
[00:21:50] plenty of people writing in
[00:21:52] from a gender critical point of view
[00:21:54] and protect women's rights
[00:21:55] and it all sounds very reasonable
[00:21:56] and all that sort of thing.
[00:21:58] So that's why so many who have not been involved
[00:22:02] in the bit are suddenly saying things
[00:22:03] that my MPs, it's pointless,
[00:22:04] writing to Jonathan Gouwis,
[00:22:07] if you're aware of him in the UK,
[00:22:09] I'm not sure that the notorious
[00:22:12] Batmanch MP who was there,
[00:22:14] a pretty abhorrent individual,
[00:22:18] that somehow me writing him as a trans person
[00:22:21] to say, you know, I have less faith in that.
[00:22:24] I think the positive is going to come
[00:22:27] from young people and generations
[00:22:30] and I think it will come from having allies
[00:22:34] and I think that's really interesting,
[00:22:36] but it's difficult because we will still exist.
[00:22:39] We will still transition.
[00:22:41] Whether the NHS helps us or not,
[00:22:43] we will still socially transition.
[00:22:45] Will I socially transition before I had any help from the NHS?
[00:22:49] And if I hadn't had any help from the NHS,
[00:22:51] I'd have still socially transition with my life.
[00:22:54] So we will still exist.
[00:22:56] They cannot do that unless they're just out of law or us.
[00:22:59] You know, we will exist
[00:23:01] and we will prevail in that respect.
[00:23:03] This whole thing is just about making our lives more difficult.
[00:23:06] That's all it seeks to do.
[00:23:07] It doesn't affect anybody else,
[00:23:09] but our community and making our lives more difficult
[00:23:12] on those and it will be some people.
[00:23:14] We will lose some people on the way in that.
[00:23:16] And, you know, we sort of push back for a second
[00:23:19] because because we have to create the sense
[00:23:22] that there is something we can do to control this.
[00:23:24] And if you don't want to write to John Fong Gullis,
[00:23:25] I mean, it's a bit like a complaint to the NHS.
[00:23:27] You have to log it.
[00:23:28] You have to mention it.
[00:23:29] You have to even if you just throw up the bin afterwards,
[00:23:31] you actually have to log these things.
[00:23:33] The second thing is you can do is you can start writing the Labour Party
[00:23:36] because actually there's a good chance
[00:23:38] that they may be in power
[00:23:39] and they're more influenceable at the moment
[00:23:41] because they can't afford to lose up to women's votes.
[00:23:44] But I do believe there are strong voices in that party.
[00:23:49] I absolutely agree with that.
[00:23:50] I've had some personal evidence.
[00:23:52] I remember, you know, when I had the thing with question time
[00:23:59] and Angela Reina was on the panel
[00:24:01] and I saw her in the House of the Parliament
[00:24:03] and she gave me some supportive words
[00:24:05] and there have been some supportive MPs in the party.
[00:24:12] And I think, yes, the party is in a better position.
[00:24:14] I just don't think it's...
[00:24:16] I don't think that the party is going to come up with hideous anti-trans laws
[00:24:20] that this government might.
[00:24:23] But they're not going to improve things,
[00:24:26] which is what they should be doing anyway.
[00:24:27] Well, we don't know that
[00:24:29] because the good thing about the Labour Party
[00:24:30] is no one knows anything about them
[00:24:31] because no one knows what they stand for.
[00:24:33] Well, under this current leader, I don't believe it.
[00:24:35] So I don't believe so.
[00:24:36] But it's interesting to say that
[00:24:37] because I was listening to Jess Phillips talking about this
[00:24:39] on one of the podcasts she's on.
[00:24:41] And actually, I was listening
[00:24:43] to quite a balanced conversation about the whole trans thing
[00:24:47] and gender in health
[00:24:49] and whether we're looking at sex or gender or whatever it is.
[00:24:52] And actually, the fact that you have properly funded services
[00:24:56] for trans people who have met some sort of...
[00:25:00] I mean, again, moving away from this idea of self-idea,
[00:25:03] and moving towards a proper system of care based on...
[00:25:06] For example, the fact that maybe people have jumped some sort of bar
[00:25:12] to be able to allow them to transition.
[00:25:14] For example, like being diagnosed by a GP
[00:25:19] or something along those lines.
[00:25:20] And I think that's what we need.
[00:25:23] We need a middle-ground.
[00:25:25] I think...
[00:25:28] Well, I was still transitioned if my GP hadn't said so,
[00:25:31] but I was still transitioned.
[00:25:32] No, I know that.
[00:25:33] There's nobody who can define my gender but me
[00:25:35] and there's nobody can explain it to me,
[00:25:39] but it is what it is.
[00:25:40] It's a self-evident truth for myself
[00:25:43] and for many trans people.
[00:25:44] I tell you a point on that.
[00:25:45] I'm not going to...
[00:25:46] I mean, Jess Phillips notoriously at one point would read...
[00:25:50] And I was a great interviewer.
[00:25:51] She'd read out the name of women
[00:25:53] a bit more murdered in violence from men
[00:25:57] but would admit any trans women from that.
[00:26:01] So I'm not seeing her as a...
[00:26:05] From my understanding, as a bastion
[00:26:06] that is going to protect our rights
[00:26:09] or there are much better voices.
[00:26:11] I take your point about the gender identity
[00:26:14] formal law process,
[00:26:15] but that's not what we're talking about here.
[00:26:17] We're talking about the NHS helping us
[00:26:21] with our healthcare to live our lives better.
[00:26:25] But the key now is to start influencing
[00:26:26] the next potential government.
[00:26:28] And the key is we know that the Tory...
[00:26:30] If you look at all the recent polls,
[00:26:32] the only reason that the Tories are getting traction
[00:26:35] and they're having their own sort of yet another psychodrama.
[00:26:38] They're having a psychodrama now against reform
[00:26:41] and what the reform party doing is going anti net zero,
[00:26:46] anti woke, anti immigration.
[00:26:49] And so the Tory party have to do
[00:26:51] is to be the same as them
[00:26:54] because of course no original thought was allowed in politics.
[00:26:56] So that's what this is part of.
[00:26:58] It's as simple as that.
[00:27:00] And that's why we have to jump on the Labour Party
[00:27:02] because they're the next ones in.
[00:27:04] And you know...
[00:27:05] And I think you will.
[00:27:06] And they're already saying in America for instance
[00:27:09] that the Republicans are finding actually
[00:27:12] their focus on anti-transference.
[00:27:15] It's all the end of part of anti woke
[00:27:18] is actually not paying them dividends in the polls.
[00:27:20] It's not doing anything.
[00:27:21] You know, and they're seeing that.
[00:27:23] And they'll see that in this country
[00:27:24] because it isn't the highest thing on most people's voting minds.
[00:27:28] And people who've met or know a trans person
[00:27:33] are genuinely much more positive.
[00:27:37] So those that are meters.
[00:27:38] So I think us being visible is one thing we can continue to be visible,
[00:27:43] continue to push back in that respect.
[00:27:45] I'll tell you a point about writing letters.
[00:27:47] I mean that's important.
[00:27:48] However difficult that feels at the moment to be visible.
[00:27:53] You know, we had Trans Day of Visibility the other day.
[00:27:56] I think us continuing to do that makes it much more difficult.
[00:27:59] You know, because they'll see that we're just people wanting to live a lie.
[00:28:04] So we just want a bit of help.
[00:28:06] Yeah.
[00:28:07] And that's the message. That's the narrative.
[00:28:09] That's just that sort of is.
[00:28:10] We just want the same rights as everybody else.
[00:28:12] You know, we don't want more rights than women.
[00:28:15] We've never said that.
[00:28:16] You know, no one's ever said that.
[00:28:17] And it still staggers me
[00:28:20] that this is not a bit...
[00:28:21] That no one mentions trans men.
[00:28:24] No one.
[00:28:25] Never mentioned.
[00:28:26] I agree that the focus on trans women is that sex-based rights thing.
[00:28:34] That they'll talk about sex matters and gender doesn't.
[00:28:37] If you look at the cast review,
[00:28:40] I think because of the figures there were more young trans boys
[00:28:45] that are being referred to men than there were women.
[00:28:48] So I think...
[00:28:49] And you do hear that as well.
[00:28:51] I just think in the debate around single sex spaces
[00:28:55] that becomes more of...
[00:28:56] Yes.
[00:28:57] And the ridiculous...
[00:29:00] The view sport as the second lever into that.
[00:29:03] I think it's really interesting.
[00:29:04] And that's often about trans women.
[00:29:09] So, but this affects trans men.
[00:29:13] I've spoken to non-binary colleagues about this as well
[00:29:17] just the last couple of days.
[00:29:18] You know, the whole community is because the underlying...
[00:29:22] The underlying narrative of his here is we're not valid.
[00:29:26] That we somehow can't produce the evidence that we are who we are.
[00:29:31] And then that lack of validity is feeding into that narrative
[00:29:36] and that's what hurts.
[00:29:38] You know...
[00:29:41] You know...
[00:29:43] And that's coupled with all these powerful people.
[00:29:46] I mean to see JK Rowling crowing in the media today
[00:29:50] is sometimes...
[00:29:52] And the damage that she's done
[00:29:54] because the voice she has, the platform she has
[00:29:58] and how she's perceived has been intolerable.
[00:30:00] You know, the damage she's done.
[00:30:02] And she's crowing in the media today saying
[00:30:04] that she's not going to accept an apology of Daniel Radcliffe
[00:30:08] and Emma Watson who've been critical of her anti-transfuse.
[00:30:11] I don't think there's any intention of apologising to her either.
[00:30:15] But you know...
[00:30:17] I mean again, it's a stress to listen to Stephen Fryl
[00:30:20] talking to her about it because he's actually, you know...
[00:30:23] Obliquely stating that what she's saying is rubbish.
[00:30:26] Because of course what she doesn't realise
[00:30:28] and I don't know if she doesn't realise or she's doing it on purpose
[00:30:30] that she is paving the way for anti-gay rhetoric
[00:30:33] because that's next.
[00:30:34] Simple as that.
[00:30:35] It's already there.
[00:30:37] It's already been part of the discourse and you've seen that.
[00:30:43] This is all part of conversion therapy.
[00:30:46] This is all part of the government is saying
[00:30:48] actually bingae will be a part of autism soon
[00:30:51] and then what we should need to do is convert people.
[00:30:53] And actually conversion therapy is still on statute books
[00:30:57] and it was promised to come off and it's not come off
[00:31:00] and it'll stay on and then, you know...
[00:31:03] If all the letters on sort of getting together
[00:31:05] and actually help standing behind us,
[00:31:07] it was us that started some of these big movements
[00:31:10] in the first place like Stonewall and such like.
[00:31:13] Absolutely.
[00:31:14] If we're not standing together, we will fall individually.
[00:31:17] We are standing together.
[00:31:19] I think the community and the vast majority of the LGBTQ plus community
[00:31:24] is on our side and they're a fringe and not.
[00:31:28] But the vast majority is because they see this battle
[00:31:32] as the battle that they fought previously
[00:31:34] and are still fighting for equality.
[00:31:36] I mean you mentioned conversion therapy.
[00:31:38] You said earlier this week that the UKCP,
[00:31:41] what's the body for...
[00:31:43] There is one of the bodies as withdrawn from a memo
[00:31:46] of understanding on conversion therapy.
[00:31:50] As withdrawn from...
[00:31:51] There's been like this memo of understanding
[00:31:54] against conversion therapy and they've withdrawn from it.
[00:31:56] I've left the UKCP.
[00:31:59] I've left that organisation.
[00:32:01] Yeah, and that's the kind of body of...
[00:32:03] So that's where this leads on the basis of somehow
[00:32:08] they want to be able to try and persuade trans clients
[00:32:13] that they're not trying to source something.
[00:32:15] I just don't get that.
[00:32:18] Well, they've previously given advice
[00:32:21] on gender critical therapists and things like that.
[00:32:24] A lot of the video is a trans person
[00:32:26] ended up with a gender critical therapist.
[00:32:28] I mean, that's why you need to seek out the decent charities
[00:32:32] that provide help in that respect
[00:32:33] like that beyond reflections
[00:32:36] who we're very proud to support, aren't we, Jill?
[00:32:40] Because we are groups out there.
[00:32:43] Yeah, and I think that's important,
[00:32:44] wherever you are that you actually think
[00:32:49] that there are things you can do for yourself.
[00:32:51] And sometimes it's hiding away
[00:32:52] and looking after your own mental health, which is good.
[00:32:54] Sometimes it's about making a stand.
[00:32:56] I noticed someone I have known fairly well
[00:33:00] who was on talking to Jacob Rees-Morgan,
[00:33:02] GB News, you know, that's brave.
[00:33:06] That is visible.
[00:33:08] There are people out there, myself included,
[00:33:10] who do not mind,
[00:33:12] I suppose because we're old enough
[00:33:13] and obvious enough to be visible
[00:33:18] and don't mind taking these people all in that.
[00:33:20] I can fancy, I can fancy
[00:33:22] I could intellectually spar with the lights
[00:33:24] of Jacob Rees-Morgan's ridiculous views.
[00:33:28] So I don't think he's...
[00:33:31] But you're right, I think that's...
[00:33:35] That's that part of, as I say, in some ways on trans rights.
[00:33:40] This part, many of us are relucted activists
[00:33:43] because actually we'd rather be getting on with our lives
[00:33:45] as men and women but...
[00:33:46] Exactly.
[00:33:47] I mean for many years I didn't during the fight
[00:33:50] maybe I should have sooner.
[00:33:56] Yeah, we do need to be visible more than ever.
[00:34:00] We do because we will exist
[00:34:04] but they'll push us back into the shadows
[00:34:06] and I don't think that can happen.
[00:34:12] And it won't happen, it really won't.
[00:34:14] They won't prevail on this.
[00:34:16] It just might take us a bit longer
[00:34:17] to get back to where we need it to be.
[00:34:21] I think we've both said this before
[00:34:24] and I think we're looking at limbs
[00:34:25] through really tricky times
[00:34:26] and I think there's going to be...
[00:34:27] There's a bigger game of thought
[00:34:29] and I think we've had this lovely long period,
[00:34:33] I think they call it the benefit of peace for a long, long time
[00:34:36] and I think what's going to happen over the years is this,
[00:34:40] like everything else,
[00:34:41] this issue will go away
[00:34:44] because there'll be bigger issues to be dealing with.
[00:34:47] And I think that's important to realise as a community.
[00:34:50] There really is...
[00:34:52] Every issue is bigger than bullying 1% of the population
[00:34:55] which is what's happening in the UK in a Barts America.
[00:34:58] We've been bullied by an establishment as a community
[00:35:02] and really...
[00:35:06] It's not what...
[00:35:08] I just don't really understand it.
[00:35:10] I mean, it will fade away
[00:35:13] but it'll be a different target.
[00:35:15] But also remember that for the people who are becoming more...
[00:35:21] What's the word?
[00:35:22] More triggered to be vile.
[00:35:25] It also triggers people to be accommodating
[00:35:27] and supportive as well.
[00:35:28] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:35:29] That's absolutely true.
[00:35:31] I mean, you know,
[00:35:33] there is far more to put out there when I transitioned.
[00:35:36] People didn't care as much.
[00:35:37] In some ways it was a simpler life
[00:35:39] when people didn't really care that much.
[00:35:41] But I've seen...
[00:35:45] Personally, I still get some really brilliant people
[00:35:50] who will see something in the news
[00:35:52] and just send me a message saying,
[00:35:53] you're right, I've read this.
[00:35:55] You know, those allies are actively allies
[00:35:57] and so, yeah.
[00:35:59] And as I said, I still think the hope is with me
[00:36:04] with younger generations who in the main
[00:36:07] just don't have any problem with any of this.
[00:36:10] They just don't.
[00:36:13] I think this is...
[00:36:15] Well, I was chatting to one of the other podcasts
[00:36:17] which you were not available for.
[00:36:19] So I was chatting to Katie Monday
[00:36:20] about who's an interesting trans activist
[00:36:24] but also very, very heavily involved in the...
[00:36:27] in the new diversity world
[00:36:29] and his personal disability as well.
[00:36:32] And one of the podcast episodes was really quite interesting
[00:36:35] because obviously much younger than both of us.
[00:36:37] And that sort of slightly perplexed view
[00:36:42] of why this is an issue for people
[00:36:45] because actually they've grown up in a world
[00:36:46] which is just gentler and kinder.
[00:36:51] And I think there's a general sort of, you know,
[00:36:54] attabation amongst younger people about actually
[00:36:56] what the hell is this all about?
[00:36:58] What's it for?
[00:37:00] What's this negativity for?
[00:37:02] And that's probably some very interesting
[00:37:05] think pieces on why it is
[00:37:07] because, yeah, why are people fearful of change?
[00:37:12] Why are people fear...
[00:37:13] It feeds into everything.
[00:37:14] Why are people fearful of the other?
[00:37:16] Because that's how they see us and see us as the other.
[00:37:19] You know, when there's clearly no threat to anybody,
[00:37:23] you know, not affecting anybody else's lives.
[00:37:25] You know, okay, maybe you could say our families
[00:37:28] are affected or whatever, but, you know,
[00:37:31] we're not affecting anybody else's lives.
[00:37:34] So why is this?
[00:37:35] But then again, you know, why do silenced seekers
[00:37:40] get treated in the way they do and get referred to
[00:37:44] and it's all of a piece of fearing outside
[00:37:49] and fear in the other.
[00:37:50] So I don't know because I think a generation
[00:37:54] that's never known anything but the internet
[00:37:57] and the internet and seen the world in the wider picture.
[00:38:00] I mean, we've had to fight against our upbringings
[00:38:02] where we were absolutely taught
[00:38:04] there were boys and girls and nothing else
[00:38:06] and absolutely at school nobody said it was okay to be gay.
[00:38:11] And it, you know,
[00:38:11] and you know, only a year or two before my I was born,
[00:38:15] it was illegal to be gay in this country.
[00:38:17] You know, and we counted people to their death
[00:38:21] like Alan Turing.
[00:38:22] So we, you know, our generation have got that.
[00:38:25] The 80s, you know, the newspaper headlines get this scum
[00:38:29] off our televisions when there was a gay kiss on his tenders.
[00:38:32] You know, there's a generation, you know, post post
[00:38:35] from the millennium generation that have not been exposed to that.
[00:38:38] So that's why they're going, let's say coming from.
[00:38:41] Why are you hating on people? Right?
[00:38:45] It's just I don't know.
[00:38:47] It'd be interesting to see.
[00:38:50] Be interesting to see.
[00:38:51] I don't want to jump forward to 15 years, 20 years,
[00:38:54] but it'd be interesting to see what the world's like then.
[00:38:56] I'm I'll be deed.
[00:38:59] You won't be.
[00:39:01] I'm going to be here to haunt you.
[00:39:04] You can haunt me.
[00:39:06] But it'd be interesting to see,
[00:39:08] but you'd really want to hope that we, you know,
[00:39:10] this is a moment in time
[00:39:13] and actually the progress will continue
[00:39:14] and it will just not be in.
[00:39:17] And all I can say is, you know,
[00:39:18] keep reaching out to each other,
[00:39:19] keep just saying, you know, it's a tough day today,
[00:39:23] but it's always always brightened up by talking to you, Joe.
[00:39:27] And you and you.
[00:39:28] And on that note, we're going to say goodbye next week
[00:39:31] and we've had a good rant and say we feel better about it already
[00:39:34] if nobody else does.
[00:39:36] But remember, the sources of support out there,
[00:39:38] charities like Beyond Reflections are there to help.
[00:39:41] There are lots of other charities as well
[00:39:42] who are more on the campaigning side
[00:39:45] if you want to make a difference,
[00:39:46] people like Transaction, which we talked to.
[00:39:48] Translucent, Gender Intelligence.
[00:39:52] There's loads of people.
[00:39:54] And of course, Pride season is coming up
[00:39:56] and this is going to be a fascinating Pride season
[00:39:59] because I think we're going to see more hostility,
[00:40:02] but we're also going to say I'll have a lot more.
[00:40:04] I think there'll be more positive than any negative around that.
[00:40:09] And yes, I think the lesson is a try and stay positive here.
[00:40:14] That's it.
[00:40:15] Don't let the bastards grind your down.
[00:40:18] We will prevail.
[00:40:19] Speak so. Take care.
[00:40:21] You take care, Jill. Take care everyone. Bye-bye.
[00:40:27] Thanks for listening to this episode of Transvox.
[00:40:30] It's been a joy to have you with us.
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[00:40:50] And, Jen, you've chosen the charity for the next number of episodes.
[00:40:54] Which one have you chosen?
[00:40:55] Our charity is called Beyond Reflections,
[00:40:58] which is a charity that provides support and counselling
[00:41:01] to trans people, non-binary people and their friends
[00:41:04] and their families across the UK.
[00:41:06] An amazing charity doing some amazing work.
[00:41:08] Really important, so please if you can give.
[00:41:12] Great. And if you want to go and have a look at Beyond Reflections,
[00:41:14] it's beyond-reflections.org.uk.
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[00:41:36] Until the next time. Goodbye.
[00:41:38] Bye-bye.



