Meryl Links 

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Intersex trans fem data scientist and researcher based in the UK.

Research areas: hostile narratives, online harassment and anti-trans radicalisation.

Author pagehttps://transsafety.network/author/meryl-links/
Contact[email protected]
PronounsHe/She
Personal account@minusplnp

#fediblock

Just a note that a lot of transphobes are now moving from twitter to instances such as mastodon.scot

I call on mastodon.scot to crackdown on such accounts, and listen to trans people when they point out dogwhistles, else risk getting fediblocked.

I ask other instances to be prepared to fediblock mastodon.scot if they don't take serious action, to keep their trans users safe.

The Scottish Parliament have responded to the UN Special Rapporteur's letter regarding Gender Recognition Act Reform with this very robust and thorough document which covers in detail what the function of the GRA is, what gender recognition certificates do and don't effect, and why it's important to bring Scotland's process in line with international standards.

📰🔗: https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/equalities-human-rights-and-civil-justice-committee/correspondence/2022/gender-recognition-reform-letter-from-cabsecsjhlg-to-ehrcj-committee-on-un-special-rapporteur-letter.pdf

Naturally, anti-trans campaigners are NOT happy about it.

#ScotParl #GRAreform #Gender #EHRC

Elon Musk’s Job Cuts Decimated Twitter Team Tackling Child Sexual Abuse

Elon Musk has dramatically reduced the size of the Twitter Inc. team devoted to tackling child sexual exploitation on the platform, cutting the global team of experts in half and leaving behind an overwhelmed skeleton crew, people familiar with the matter said.

Bloomberg
Twitter was never a healthy "public square" for most of us. Let's not rewrite history while eulogizing the hellsite.
Twitter was a frightening battleground where we managed barely to claw out an uneasy existence amidst the worst violent neo-Nazi extremists who constantly published our home addresses, threatened our kids' lives, and sent hordes of racist trolls into our mentions.
The same principles that allowed us to survive uneasily on Twitter will be required here in the #fediverse. Community defense, thoughtful pressure on moderation policies, and eternal vigilance.
There are no safe spaces but those we make safe through constant effort. We keep us safe.
New bill prefiled for 2023-2024: #Tennessee House Bill 1, prefiled several days ago, is a blanket #GenderCare bill so vaguely worded that it would prohibit and criminalize any type of #gender care at all; potentially including use of #binders or safe tucking advice, as "..or device" is so open. Also bans GnRHa #blockers, #HRT or #surgery. One section compares #trans care to a second opioid crisis— equating hormone therapy with heroin addiction. https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB0001/2023
Tennessee HB0001 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly

Summary (2022-11-23) AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medical care of the young. [Sponsor(s) Added.]

LegiScan

For some reason that tag messed up.

H/t @chican3ry

It's worth noting that WPATH and others are absolutely clear about what the "psychotherapeutic" approach means for gender care - it's conversion therapy by another name, seeking excuses to delay and deny gender affirming care.

The fact that this is being recommended by NHS interim guidelines is an appalling failure to protect and uphold standards of care for trans and gender diverse people.

(H/t @chican3r)

#NHS #Trans #Gender #WPATH #ConversionTherapy #SOGICE

Trump dines with a Holocaust denier and it doesn’t make the front page of the New York Times. That's an example of what I call "ethics norming”: Actions that would create big scandals in the past are considered routine now. Decent people hold onto their capacity for outrage, but mainstream media think indecency by major political figures isn't news if it happens a lot.

Please #fediblock genderheretics.xyz

For those cis people not in the know - the front page ("41% more misgendering") is literally a joke about the trans suicide rate.

Hours after documenting Andy Ngo's vocal support for known pedophiles, journalist Vishal P. Singh (@VPS_Reports) was permanently suspended from Twitter.