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The Trans Agenda

[16 February 2025]

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Transgender: How do you know by H Lee Hurley

UK & IRELAND NEWS

Papers claim Labour drop plans to make self-ID easier to pacify Reform supporters [Times][Mail][Guardian]

  • Labour has not officially dropped its promised reforms to the Gender Recognition Act, but all indications suggest they have been abandoned. While a Labour spokesperson claims the commitment still stands, the reforms were not included in the King’s Speech, meaning they are no longer a legislative priority.

    Right-wing papers like the Times and Daily Mail are celebrating this as a deliberate retreat in response to Reform UK’s rise, while Labour’s vague language suggests a calculated attempt to let the issue die quietly without formally admitting defeat.

    The reforms would have streamlined the humiliating legal gender recognition process, replacing the current panel of doctors and lawyers with a standard registrar system requiring sign-off from one doctor. Instead, Labour’s inaction means trans people remain trapped in a dehumanising process.

    This is not about public demand, polls show most Britons support trans rights, but rather a media and politically-driven attack that many in Labour are only too happy to accommodate.

Northern Ireland Prides begin banning Executive politicians after puberty blocker ban

  • Foyle Pride, Causeway Pride, and Mid & East Antrim Pride have all banned members of Executive parties from marching at their Pride events this year under any sort of party banner. The move comes after the Executive unanimously agreed to ban puberty blockers in the north (see Naomi Long interview link below for more).

    Belfast Pride, the largest event in Ireland, was believed to have held a meeting during the week to discuss a similar ban, but no decision has been communicated yet.

UNISON women’s conference backs trans rights [UNISON]

  • UNISON’s women’s conference opened in Edinburgh with a clear, unapologetic commitment to trans rights, healthcare, and childcare. Delegates overwhelmingly backed a motion unopposed affirming that trans rights do not threaten cis women’s rights and called for a fact-based resource to combat anti-trans misinformation.

    With trans rights under attack, UNISON’s stance is clear: the fight for gender equality must include trans women.

Did the Cass Review shred the truth? [What the Trans?!]

  • The Cass Review, already mired in controversy over its biased conclusions and unreliable sources, is now facing legal scrutiny over its refusal to comply with Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Despite being subject to the FOI Act, the review repeatedly denied access to internal records, raising serious concerns about transparency. NHS England, now responsible for Cass Review records, initially claimed it did not have access to them. This statement was later retracted, but no revised response has been provided, leaving open the question of whether key documents have been destroyed or hidden.

    Adding to the scandal, the Cass Review quietly altered its final report in December 2024 to explicitly support gatekeeping, conversion therapy, and the rejection of informed consent, suggesting further political interference.

Employment tribunal over anti-trans nurse’s suspension adjourned until July [BBC]

  • The employment tribunal concerning Dr Beth Upton and NHS Fife has been adjourned until July after delays in questioning witnesses extended proceedings beyond the expected timeframe. The tribunal, originally expected to conclude this month, will now resume on July 16 and is set to last an additional 11 days

    The case centres around Trump-supporter Sandie Peggie, an emergency department nurse, who was suspended after refusing to share a female changing room with Dr Upton and allegedly leaving the resuscitation area when Dr Upton entered, an action that raised serious patient safety concerns.

    The tribunal has also drawn extensive criticism after the judge ruled that Peggie’s legal team would be permitted to misgender Dr Upton as standard practice throughout the proceedings. The decision allows Peggie’s lawyer, Naomi Cunningham, to disregard Dr Upton’s gender in court and abuse her further.

    Despite efforts by Cunningham, to frame the case as an ideological battle over trans rights, the core issue remains workplace professionalism and patient safety. NHS Fife’s policy affirms that trans women are entitled to use gender-appropriate facilities, a basic workplace right.

    For more on this, please see this piece on Trans Writes about the judge.

Protesters walk out of Helen Joyce’s author’s talk at Oxford [Times]

  • More than 600 people condemned Oxford University for hosting Helen Joyce during LGBTQ+ History Month. As Joyce, an anti-trans journalist who reads Harry Potter ‘erotica’ featuring schoolkids, began speaking at Balliol College, a group of protesters staged a walkout, rejecting her anti-trans rhetoric.

    Joyce, who has called transitioning a “rights-destroying belief”, doubled down on her past comments advocating for “reducing the number of people who transition.” When challenged by host John Maier on her remarks that trans people are “damaged” and gender identity is a “huge problem in the sane world”, Joyce responded, “That’s going to be my epitaph, I’m very proud of myself.


    “If you believe you can tell children lies about what sex is and you can put children on the path to sterilisation before they are old enough to have an orgasm, you are … what I said was it was a ‘huge problem in a sane world’.”

MP makes passionate plea in House of Commons in defence of trans people [Nadia Whittome]

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé of abuse and rape cover-up in House speech [Telegraph]

  • Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace used a speech in the House of Representatives to accuse her former fiancé, Patrick Bryant, of raping her, filming her without consent, and conspiring with three other men to drug, assault, and exploit multiple women, including underage girls. She claimed to have discovered videos and images in November 2023 showing unconscious women being sexually abused and alleged that Bryant and his associates shared these materials among themselves. She also alleged that South Carolina’s attorney general, Alan Wilson, failed to act despite being presented with evidence.

WHAT’S ON IN PARLIAMENT

Select business. Full business can be viewed here.

  • Parliament is now in recess, again, until 24 February.

THIS WEEK

Monday, 17 February

  • Sadiq Khan’s final draft budget for 2025/26

  • US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair at event on US-UK relationship

  • Ursula von der Leyen hosts US Russia/Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg in Brussels

Tuesday, 18 February

  • Hearing in challenge to Trump administration’s trans military ban

  • Court hearing for ‘Soldier F’ charged over Bloody Sunday killings

  • Register of political donations

  • Report: UK employment and wage statistics

  • MOBO Awards

Wednesday, 19 February

  • Report: Private rent and house prices

  • Report: DWP figures on Cold Weather Payments for 2024-25

  • Trump EO on birth right citizenship due to come into effect; currently stayed

Thursday, February 20

  • UK inflation

  • Report: RSF on Russian abuses against journalists during the war in Ukraine

  • CPAC 2025 begins

  • South Africa hosts two-day G20 foreign ministers’ meeting boycotted by Marco Rubio

Friday, 21 February

  • Luigi Mangione in court

  • Conservative councillors’ local government conference

  • Scottish Labour Party annual conference begins

  • 60 years ago today: assassination of Malcolm X

Saturday, 22 February

  • March for Ukraine demonstration in London

  • CPAC ends

  • Lara Trump show debuts on Fox

Sunday, 23 February

  • Parliamentary elections in Germany

SHORTS

  • The British Sociological Association have replaced “gender” with “sex” in their member equality survey [Ruth Pearce]

THE PAPERS

This week was slightly quieter than last week (30 vs 32) but, in general, the pace continues.

The Telegraph, as it tends to, leads the way with 11 but the Mail gave them a good run this week, publishing nine themselves. The Times had seven while the Guardian had three as they continue their weird obsession with the Emilia Pérez film and the fallout from the trans star posting some truly awful stuff before she was up for all the awards.

Sonia Sodha did not write her one column this week.

Quoted, mentioned or featured this week: Seb Coe, CAN-SG, Peggie Sandie, Kristie Higgs, Keira Bell, Helen Joyce, James Esses, Linzi Smith, Maya Forstater.

Whose bylines were on all these articles? Hayley Dixon (3), Geraldine Scott, Kumail Jaffer, Mike Keegan, Daniel Sanderson (2), Francine Wolfisz, Eleni Courea, Sean Ingle, Sarah Ward (2), David Leask (2), Matt Lawton, Louise Irvine, Stella Kingett, Sarah Vine, David Churchill, Dan Barker, Suzanne Moore, Eleanor Harding, Aidan Radnedge, Jonathan Ames, Michael Searles, Jan Moir, Georgia Lambert, Tom McArdle, Mark Macaskill, Catherine Shoard, Patrick Sawyer, Tim Sigworth, Katie Hind.

What was this week’s standout: The Scottish Daily Express, not a paper I monitor, making the choice to consciously misgender trans people in all their reports going forward. The right-wing papers I do monitor have been moving towards this position, as well. The Editor’s Code of Conduct, it seems, is worth even less than it used to be.

Spotted or know something you think I should include in the Trans Agenda?

THE PAPERS Monday 10 February- Sunday 16 February

Monday Total: 4

The Guardian [0]
The Times [1]
Plans to make gender change easier shelved Geraldine Scott Labour has mothballed plans to make it easier to legally change gender, The Times has learnt, in a step to counter Reform UK’s surge in the polls. During the election last summer Labour promised to change the “undignified” process of gender transition by replacing the panel of doctors and lawyers which approve gender recognition certificates with a registrar system. It had been criticised as “self-ID by the back door”, letting people change their legal gender too easily. However, multiple sources said that the reforms were not a priority for ministers. They expect the plans to quietly “go away”. Gender-based issues have been a point of tension for Labour, but Sir Keir Starmer has strengthened his position on biological sex after previous struggles to define a woman. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the health ment allowing transgender people to have their affirmed gender legally recognised — by letting a single doctor sign off on it instead of two. Ministers also intended to drop the requirement that people live as their preferred gender for two years before obtaining a certificate. Doing so would have meant amending the Gender Recognition Act, and there is little appetite within the party to reopen that debate in public. It is understood that the reforms, which were included in Labour’s manifesto, have not been officially dropped because this would start arguments with parts of the party’s voter base. Separate moves for a transgenderinclusive ban on “conversion therapy” are understood to be going ahead. Some sources suggested that the reluctance to push ahead with broader reform was down to a desire to protect relations with the United States. Recently, Trump has signed a flurry secretary, bemoaned a decision by the NHS to remove the word “woman” from medical documents. He has also placed an indefinite ban on puberty blockers for children. One insider pointed to a poll this week that put Reform above Labour for the first time, and said it would be “catnip” for Nigel Farage’s party if Labour was to push ahead on gender. Another warned that going ahead would give more ammunition to Elon Musk in his attacks on the government, at a time when President Trump is acting to bolster single-sex spaces. A third source referenced the fronts on which the government is already defending its position, such as winter fuel payments, the economy and inheritance tax, and said: “Why would we open that particular can of worms for ourselves at this particular moment?” Changes promised by Labour included making it easier to obtain a gender recognition certificate — the docuof executive orders including reducing transgender protections and banning transgender women and girls from female sport. Today Starmer will attempt to counter Farage’s party with a series of hardhitting videos on immigration. The party has also run adverts with Reform-style branding and messaging. The adverts do not display Labour’s logo and use a similar shade of blue to that used by Farage’s party. Reform said yesterday that its membership had passed 200,000, although the veracity of the figures is disputed. The party said its next goal is to overtake the membership of the Labour Party, which stands at about 300,000. A government source said: “If we’re going to push back against Reform this is the kind of thing we need to be doing.” Sex Matters, a charity that campaigns for the primacy of biological sex, welcomed the mothballing of Labour’s gender recognition plans. Helen Joyce, its director of advocacy, said: “If this news is correct, we welcome it. “The next step, once the Supreme Court has ruled in the case of For Women Scotland concerning the meaning of the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act, is for the Labour government to make good on its manifesto pledge to protect singlesex spaces.” Streeting said at the weekend that the NHS must stop focusing on “daft nonsense”. He wrote in The Sun on Sunday: “How is it that, in the name of inclusion, the word ‘woman’ has been erased from many NHS documents?” “I have told the NHS to get back to basics. I say this as a gay man from a working-class family. If the equalities agenda doesn’t speak to the workingclass man in me as much as the gay man, or as it should to my sisters or black and Asian friends, then what is it for? Who is it for?”
Daily Mail [2]
Labour ‘quietly shelves gender self-ID reform’ Daily Mail10 Feb 2025By Kumail Jaffer Political Correspondent ‘Welcome it with great relief’ LABOUR has scrapped plans to make it easier to legally change gender, it was reported last night. The party had controversially pledged to change the process by replacing the panel of doctors and lawyers who approve gender recognition certificates with a registrar system. But ministers now expect such reforms to ‘go away’ quietly, according to The Times. The move is believed to be part of efforts to counter the polling surge of Reform UK. Recent surveys suggest Nigel Farage’s party is set to take swathes of seats off Labour at the next election. Insiders suggest that the election of Donald Trump – who has taken a tough line on gender issues – has also contributed to Labour softening its own position. During the election campaign, Labour said it would make it easier to obtain a gender recognition certificate – which allows trans people to have their affirmed gender legally recognised – by letting a single doctor sign off on it instead of two. They also intended to drop the requirement that a person must live as their preferred gender for two years before obtaining a certificate. But they were not included in the King’s Speech setting out the Government’s priorities, and are now believed to have been shelved. Mr Farage announced his party had passed 200,000 members last night, saying: ‘The Labour Party have 309,000 members, and when we overtake them, we will be the biggest political party in this country. That’s our goal.’ A Government source told The Times: ‘If we’re going to push back against Reform this is the kind of thing we need to be doing rather than reforms to the Gender Recognition Act which would be catnip for Farage.’ Helen Joyce, director of advocacy for Sex Matters, said: ‘If this news is correct, we welcome it with great relief. We’ve long argued that any change that makes it easier to obtain gender recognition certificates risks introducing self-ID through the back door.’ Health Secretary Wes Streeting already appeared to have pushed back on the policy, and last year made the temporary ban on puberty blockers for youngsters ‘indefinite’ across the UK. His order followed a landmark report published by paediatrician Baroness Cass, who said there had been ‘significant misinformation’ and ‘insufficient evidence’ to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty blockers for adolescents. Article Name:Labour ‘quietly shelves gender self-ID reform’ Publication:Daily Mail Author:By Kumail Jaffer Political Correspondent Start Page:2 End Page:2
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S recent executive order not to allow US visas for those with transgender status hoping to compete at the LA Olympics has elevated this topic to top of the agenda for the IOC presidential election campaign. The seven candidates are gathered in Harbin, China, for the Asian Winter Games. Unsurprisingly, there have not been many questions on transgender policy from Chinese media. In terms of lobbying for votes in Harbin, there are slim pickings. Inside Sport has been told there are almost more candidates than voters, with one insider joking: ‘They are now busy lobbying each other instead!’
Telegraph [1]
From front page
NHS trans surgery for 1,000 patients a year More than 1000 taxpayerfunded ‘masculinising’ mastectomy referrals each year on health service The Daily Telegraph10 Feb 2025By Hayley Dixon special Correspondent More than 1,000 patients a year are sent for transgender “top surgery” on the NHS. Data obtained by The Telegraph show the number of referrals for taxpayer-funded “masculinising” mastectomies from specialised gender clinics. As many as 80 per cent of people using those services are females between the ages of 17 and 25. The 1,000-plus referrals could be the tip of the iceberg, because many people have transgender surgery privately to bypass long NHS waiting lists. MORE than 1,000 patients a year are sent for transgender “top surgery” on the NHS. Data obtained by The Telegraph show for the first time the number of referrals for taxpayer-funded “masculinising” mastectomies from specialised gender clinics. As many as 80 per cent of people using those services are females between the ages of 17 and 25. The 1,000-plus referrals could be the tip of the iceberg, because many people have transgender surgery privately to bypass long NHS waiting lists. A search for “top surgery UK” on the Gofundme platform brings up hundreds of results. The NHS faces calls to halt the surgeries. Experts warn there is no evidence that removing healthy breasts is beneficial for those with gender dysphoria – but there is evidence of harm. A number of detransitioners have spoken of their regret at having irreversible surgery, and the pain caused. Zhenya Abbruzzese, the co-founder and senior adviser at the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine, said: “We are concerned that young people are being told that these procedures will relieve their distress when the research cannot find the benefits, but the harms of losing a functioning body part are certain. “Doctors need an urgent memo about the actual state of the evidence. But this is a question primarily for health authorities to decide – should the treat- ment be available given the risk-benefit ratio and the evident risk of harm?” The data, obtained using freedom of information laws, show that the NHS’S Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Services (GDNRSS) referred 3,490 women for “masculinising chest surgery” between 2021 and 2023. The number has risen slightly each year from 1,089 in 2021 to 1,164 in 2022 and 1,237 in 2023. Of the 10 NHS hospitals carrying out the operations, North Manchester Hospital had the highest number of referrals. It was followed by Parkside Hospital in London and Castle Hill Hospital in Hull. GNDRSS deals with all referrals for specialised gender surgery for people over the age of 17. Over three years, it also sent more than 780 women for “masculinising genital gender reassignment surgery”, also known as “bottom surgery”. Concerns over specialised adult gender clinics were investigated by Baroness Cass, who noted in her 2024 review that their patients were “70-80 per cent birth-registered females” under 25. A recent review of mastectomies for gender dysphoria, led by Mcmaster University and published by the Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, found there was “very low certainty evidence” for their outcomes. Ms Abbruzzese said: “We don’t know why so many more young women are identifying as trans and we don’t know what the future holds for these young people if we just slow down. “In that situation, medical intervention that is so irreversible and with clear harms typically would not normally be offered. The systematic review has found that despite several decades of doing this surgery, and over 1,300 studies published, there is no evidence that it improves mental health and overall functioning.” Concerns about the number of operations by the NHS were also raised by parents of children who think they are trans. A spokesman for Bayswater Support Group said: “There is a particular cruelty for parents in finding that taxpayers are funding mastectomies on thousands of women who have been misled into believing this will be the answer to their psychological distress.” An NHS spokesman said: “Masculinising chest surgery is only available to adult patients who have a clinical diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a specialist NHS clinic. The NHS is undertaking a wide-ranging review of adult gender services, which will inform a revised service specification to set out how we will support patients with gender dysphoria in future.” Article Name:NHS trans surgery for 1,000 patients a year Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Hayley Dixon special Correspondent Start Page:6 End Page:6

Tuesday Total: 6

The Guardian [2]
Government shelves plan to simplify changing legal gender The Guardian11 Feb 2025Eleni Courea Political correspondent Labour has quietly shelved plans to make it easier for people to legally change their gender amid concerns about the rising popularity of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Ministers have mothballed promised reforms to simplify the process whereby anyone trying to change gender in the UK must get approval from a panel of doctors and lawyers. Labour has not formally scrapped its manifesto pledge to reform the gender recognition process, but a Labour source confirmed to the Guardian that the changes were not a priority for the government and may not be brought forward before the next general election. The prime minister’s spokesperson said: “We stand by our commitment to modernise gender recognition rules as set out in the manifesto, and we’ll set out our next steps on this work in due course.” Sources told the Times, which first reported the story, that the changes would have served as “catnip” for Farage. Under the existing UK-wide process brought about by the Gender Recognition Act, anyone trying to legally change gender must live as their preferred gender for two years before seeking a gender recognition certificate. Obtaining the certificate is subject to approval by a panel of doctors and lawyers. Labour had intended to drop the two-year requirement and replace the panel with a registrar system requiring sign-off from just one doctor. Writing for the Guardian in 2023, Anneliese Dodds, who was shadow equalities minister at the time, said the current process was “intrusive, outdated and humiliating” by requiring “a panel of anonymous doctors to decide something of momentous significance, based on reams of intrusive medical paperwork and evidence of any surgery.” “This is demeaning for trans people and meaningless in practice. A diagnosis provided by one doctor, with a registrar instead of a panel, should be enough,” she wrote. “We will remove invasive bureaucracy and simplify the process.” Labour confirmed this was still its position before the election last summer. The party’s manifesto promised to “modernise, simplify, and reform the intrusive and outdated gender recognition law”. It also promised to maintain singlesex exceptions under the Equality Act and to deliver “a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices”, which is still expected to go ahead. Labour strategists are concerned about the rise of Reform, which is neck-and-neck with Labour and the Conservatives in opinion polls. Article Name:Government shelves plan to simplify changing legal gender Publication:The Guardian Author:Eleni Courea Political correspondent Start Page:15 End Page:15
World Athletics plans cheek swab tests for female athletes The Guardian11 Feb 2025Sean Ingle ▲ Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, wants a ‘level playing field’ World Athletics is poised to introduce tougher rules for transgender and difference of sex development (DSD) athletes, including a cheek swab test for all elite athletes who want to compete in the female category. The recommendations from the World Athletics council are based on recent scientific research, which it says shows the male advantage exists even before puberty. Under World Athletics’ existing rules, anyone who has undergone male puberty is barred from the female category – after research reported that trans women retained an advantage in strength, endurance, power and lung capacity, even after taking medication to suppress their testosterone. World Athletics now wants to further toughen its policy because of “new evidence which clarifies there is already an athletically significant performance gap before the onset of puberty”, adding: “The childhood or pre-pubertal performance gap in the sport of athletics specifically is 3% to 5% in running events, and higher in throwing and jumping events. New evidence establishes that athletic disadvantages associated with female body structure and physiology contribute to the performance gap.” Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, said the move was designed to “ensure our guidelines keep up with the latest information available to maintain a fair and level playing field in the female category”. World Athletics wants to adopt a “pre-clearance requirement for all elite athletes competing in the female category” – in essence, a one-time cheek swab test. It says the proposal was recommended by the special rapporteur’s report on female eligibility to the UN general assembly in October last year. The recommendations have been sent out to stakeholders for consultation but are expected to be implemented later this year. Article Name:World Athletics plans cheek swab tests for female athletes Publication:The Guardian Author:Sean Ingle Start Page:38 End Page:38
The Times [2]
Trans doctor’s tribunal clash over changing room choice Sarah Ward, David Leask Dr Beth Upton was taken to tribunal by a nurse A transgender doctor told NHS managers of her intent to use a female changing room and denied that using the space amounted to “bullying and harassment” despite the discomfort of a female colleague, an employment tribunal has heard. Sandie Peggie, a female nurse, took NHS Fife health board and Dr Beth Upton to the tribunal after being suspended following an incident in the women’s changing rooms at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, on Christmas Eve 2023. Peggie, who had worked at the hospital for 30 years, lodged a complaint related to a protected belief under section 26 of the Equality Act 2010 regarding three incidents that occurred when she had shared a changing room with Upton. Peggie’s claim under regulations covering indirect harassment, victimisation and whistleblowing was made after her suspension over an allegation of bullying and harassment. Upton gave evidence yesterday at the tribunal in Dundee. Both Upton and the health board are represented by Jane Russell KC. The tribunal heard that Upton had told her line manager, Dr Kate Searle, about her intention to use female changing rooms. Upton used a “disappointed emoji” in a note-to-self after an encounter with Peggie on August 26, 2023, when she “looked taken aback”. Giving evidence, the doctor repeatedly told the tribunal: “I’m not male”, and insisted that a gender recognition certificate should not be “required for a trans person’s gender identity to be validated or respected”. Upton said in a statement: “I had reached out to say as a trans woman I had used women’s changing rooms in previous jobs and intended to. My understanding was that was what I would do, use female changing rooms.” Naomi Cunningham, for Peggie, said: “Do you agree that you made it clear to Kate Searle that you intended to use the women’s changing room and she and the board acquiesced?” Upton said: “This was my understanding ... She agreed that was the best way to proceed.” Cunningham said: “You were well aware that some of your female colleagues might not be happy.” Upton said: “I would disagree. I am aware that some people are uncomfortable with trans people but I don’t think that automatically overrides a trans person’s right to access a changing room which aligns with their gender identity.” Cunningham said: “The starting point is that an employer is not entitled to give an employee permission to harass; whether or not [Upton] had permission to enter the women’s changing room isn’t relevant. What matters is what he did and what its purpose or effect was. He says he was entitled to be there as he’s a woman. The claimant says he’s not entitled to be there as he’s a man.” The tribunal continues.
Stricter rules for female athletes Matt Lawton - Chief Sports Correspondent World Athletics is looking to introduce a mandatory cheek-swab test as part of tougher new rules for athletes who want to compete in the female category. Led by Lord Coe, the governing body was already at the forefront of introducing strict regulations around the participation of transgender and difference of sex development (DSD) athletes. Now, however, it is responding to scientific research by bringing in a “pre-clearance requirement for all elite athletes competing in the female category”, which involves a one-time, non-invasive cheek-swab test. Under its existing rules, introduced two years ago, World Athletics excludes anyone from the female category who has undergone male puberty, based on research that says trans women retain a significant physical advantage even after undergoing testosteronesuppression therapy. But the organisation is now citing “new evidence which clarifies there is already an athletically significant performance gap before the onset of puberty” and will therefore look to strengthen its rules. In a statement World Athletics said: “The childhood or pre-pubertal performance gap in the sport of athletics specifically is 3 to 5 per cent in running events, and higher in throwing and jumping events. New evidence establishes that athletic disadvantages associated with female body structure and physiology contribute to the performance gap.” Coe, the World Athletics president, said the move was to “ensure that our guidelines keep up with the latest information available to maintain a fair and level playing field in the female category”. He added: “Preserving the integrity of competition in the female category is a fundamental principle of the sport of athletics and we look forward to this collaborative consultation process with our key stakeholders.” World Athletics hopes to introduce the amendments this year. The cheektest was recommended by the special rapporteur’s report on female eligibility to the UN general assembly and it has the support of multiple athletes.
Daily Mail [1]
Telegraph [1]
I am biologically female, trans doctor claims Male-born medic defends right to share changing room for women as nurse claims it was harassment The Daily Telegraph11 Feb 2025By Daniel Sanderson SCOTTISH CORRESPONDENT Dr Beth Upton, centre, arrives at the tribunal hearing in Dundee, Scotland, surrounded by supporters A TRANSGENDER NHS doctor who got changed in front of women colleagues has claimed to be a biological female. Dr Beth Upton, who was born male and identifies as a woman, stated in evidence to an employment tribunal that “I’m biologically female” and said sex had “no defined or agreed meaning in science”. The doctor is at the centre of a landmark case after Sandie Peggie, a female nurse, claimed she faced harassment as the result of being forced to share female changing rooms with the A&E doctor. In exchanges at the tribunal with Naomi Cunningham, Ms Peggie’s lawyer, the doctor repeated the claim of being female and suggested colleagues uncomfortable with a trans woman using female-only spaces held “misinformed, biased, unpleasant or bigoted” views. Ms Cunningham said: “You say you’re a trans woman. It follows that you’re not someone who has a biologically female body?” Dr Upton replied: “The term biologically female or biologically male is completely nebulous. It has no defined or agreed meaning in science, as far as I’m aware. I’m not a robot, so I am biological and my identity is female. Without wanting to appeal to the dictionary too much, I’m biologically female.” Dr Upton had been given permission to use the women’s changing rooms at Victoria Hospital in Fife by a manager, the tribunal heard, and continued to use them after noticing in August 2023 that Ms Peggie appeared uncomfortable with sharing. The third time the pair met in the changing rooms, on Christmas Eve that year, there was a confrontation provoked by Ms Peggie. That led to Dr Upton making a formal complaint and the nurse being suspended from work and investigated for bullying. Dr Upton said some colleagues might have felt uncomfortable with women’s facilities being used by a transgender person but that “doesn’t automatically override a trans person’s right to access the changing room that aligns with their gender identity”. The doctor added: “As a trans person, I’m aware people hold misinformed, biased, unpleasant, bigoted or transphobic views about trans people. It’s possible I work with some people who hold those views. “Those people may be opposed to the inclusion of trans people. Why they might be uncomfortable with me is up to them. I would disagree that I am male. I would disagree that my presence is an invasion of their privacy or their space.” Ms Cunningham questioned Dr Upton about how a female would be defined, asking about a hypothetical large-bearded character called “Pete” who appeared to be male in all respects but asserted that they were a “gender non-conforming woman”. The lawyer asked if Dr Upton believed “Pete” would have the right to use a women’s changing room. Dr Upton did not give a direct answer, saying the example was “frankly unbelievable”, and adding: “As someone who lives in a transphobic society, I accept there are prejudices, a lack of willingness to explore variety and the spectrum that is gender and gender expression. “Society is not yet at the stage where it understands gender in a more general, more messy way. What all trans people want is to be treated with respect, dignity, and [to] be safe. “If Pete is a gender non-conforming woman, she may wish to use the women’s changing room. She may feel unable to, she may feel open to discussions with her workplace about whether or not that’s appropriate.” Ms Cunningham went on to compare Dr Upton to the torturer in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-four, who forces the protagonist, Winston Smith, to state he can see five fingers when he is holding up four. “The ultimate submission and humiliation demanded of Winston is that he affirmed something that both he and his torturer know to be false,” the lawyer, who referred to Dr Upton using male pronouns, said. “I suggest your demand of Sandie was of the same sort. You were demanding that she should submit to you by pretending you’re a woman, even though you both know that’s false.” Jane Russell, representing Dr Upton and NHS Fife, objected before Dr Upton could answer. “Is my opponent really comparing Dr Upton to the torturer in Nineteen Eighty-four?” she asked. “That’s worse than what the claimant did, which is comparing her to a convicted rapist. I object.” In her evidence, Ms Peggie has admitted raising the case with Dr Upton of Isla Bryson, the transgender rapist who was initially placed in a woman’s jail. However, she claimed she had been trying to make a general point about males in women’s spaces, rather than implying that Dr Upton was a rapist. The doctor went on to claim that the term biological sex “doesn’t really mean anything” as it was impossible to “accurately or usefully define” what it meant. “We would have to explore all the different things that make up one’s sex,” Dr Upton added, saying this could encompass “endocrine sex”, “primary and secondary sexual characteristics”, “reproductive sex”, “societal, cultural and assumed sex” and other factors. Dr Upton added: “Not all those things are what you might call concordant with the other. There are very few people who don’t think understanding of some aspect of somebody’s biology is important in some situations. But there is no agreed definition of biological sex.” ‘Is my opponent comparing Dr Upton to an Orwell torturer? That’s worse than what the claimant did’ The tribunal heard that Dr Upton, 28, is 6ft tall, while Ms Peggie, 50, is 5ft 4in. Ms Cunningham said it led to doubts over claims, raised in proceedings, that Ms Peggie had “cornered” Dr Upton on Christmas Eve. Dr Upton said: “I don’t think a feeling of being cornered is purely based upon physical attributes.” The doctor denied attempting to “assert dominance” over Ms Peggie and claimed to have been trying to “de-escalate” the situation, while being faced with transphobic harassment. The tribunal has previously heard evidence from Ms Peggie about an incident when she was 17, when she was sexually assaulted by a doctor who made an excuse to examine her breasts unnecessarily. Ms Peggie has said trauma from that incident contributed to her desire to have access to single-sex spaces at work. The tribunal continues. Article Name:I am biologically female, trans doctor claims Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Daniel Sanderson SCOTTISH CORRESPONDENT Start Page:9 End Page:9

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Trans doctor accused of changing room ‘role play’ David Leask, Sarah Ward A transgender doctor has been accused at an employment tribunal of “role playing” as a woman by using a female changing room. Dr Beth Upton and the Fife NHS health board were taken to the tribunal by Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy for 30 years who was suspended after an incident in the women’s changing rooms at work on Christmas Eve 2023. Peggie lodged a complaint of sexual harassment or harassment related to a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010 regarding three incidents that took place when she shared a changing room with Upton. Peggie was suspended in January last year over an allegation of bullying and harassment lodged by Upton. Naomi Cunningham, representing Peggie at the tribunal in Dundee, accused Upton of “immersive role play”. Cunningham said: “What Sandie Peggie has done by withdrawing from [the] changing room when you were there is opted out of immersive role play. That’s why you were angry with her ... I want to suggest that the reason it’s not acceptable to you for one colleague to opt out, is the danger that one voice telling the truth will break its spell. It’s like the child in the emperor’s new clothes. That one voice saying you’re a man will break the spell.” Upton replied: “There is no immersive role play. I’m not concerned about an emperor’s new clothes moment. I’m asking all colleagues to treat me with respect as I treat them. I’m not a man.” The tribunal had also heard that on Christmas Day 2023 Upton had raised safety fears with a line manager about using the female changing room when Peggie was there, but had used it again three days later in her presence. Explaining why, Upton told the tribunal: “I thought I would put my big girl pants on and be brave.” The tribunal continues.
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NHS betrays mums Daily Mail12 Feb 2025 IT’S revealed that more than 1,000 transgender patients a year are having referrals for surgery on the NHS to remove their breasts. Meanwhile, women are struggling to get fertility treatment and basic maternity care. A declining birth rate, and ‘our’ NHS would rather pay for someone to selfmutilate than help them have children? Madness. Article Name:NHS betrays mums Publication:Daily Mail Start Page:15 End Page:15
Streeting backs health minister who says you can identify as a llama Daily Mail12 Feb 2025By David Churchill Chief Political Correspondent Worrying: Ashley Dalton and a llama WES Streeting yesterday backed a new health minister who said people can identify as a llama. The Heath Secretary was confronted in the Commons about remarks by Ashley Dalton, who was appointed on Monday. She claimed in 2016 that anyone who decides they are a llama should be treated with ‘dignity and respect’ and allowed to keep that identity. Mocking the remarks, Reform UK MP Lee Anderson asked Mr Streeting: ‘The new health minister has stated that it’s OK for a human being to present as a llama. ‘So, what I want to know is, if I have a family member who presents as a llama and suddenly becomes ill in the middle of the night, do they send for a doctor, a vet or a straitjacket?’ Rather than condemn Ms Dalton’s comments, made during an exchange on social media site X, Mr Streeting said: ‘I can just say to the honourable member that my honourable friend the Minister for Public Health believes in treating every human being with the dignity and respect they deserve.’ Ms Dalton was chosen by Sir Keir Starmer to replace Andrew Gwynne, who was sacked at the weekend after The Mail on Sunday revealed his involvement in a WhatsApp group in which racist, sexist and anti-Semitic messages were exchanged. In newly found comments, Ms Dalton has also suggested abandoning the term ‘Dear Sir or Madam’ as it ‘assumes there are only two genders and that everyone must pick one’. On X in 2016, she added: ‘Trans women are women. Don’t assume you know anything about their bodies or anyone else’s.’ And claiming that trans women – born biological males – should be able to use female toilets, Ms Dalton said: ‘My point is toilets shouldn’t force folk to be publicly misgendered.’ She also asked: ‘Is reproduction that important?’ A Health Department spokesman last night said: ‘We are committed to protecting single-sex spaces, including wards.’ Article Name:Streeting backs health minister who says you can identify as a llama Publication:Daily Mail Author:By David Churchill Chief Political Correspondent Start Page:17 End Page:17
Trans doctor ‘went into female changing room despite colleague’s fears’ Daily Mail12 Feb 2025By Dan Barker Nurse: Sandie Peggie A TRANS doctor used the women’s changing room at her hospital despite a colleague’s concerns, a tribunal heard yesterday. Dr Beth Upton said she decided to put on her ‘big girl pants and be brave’ and use the changing room just days after being challenged about it by a veteran nurse. Dr Upton, who was born a man but now identifies as a woman, accused nurse Sandie Peggie of bullying for raising concerns. The 29-year-old doctor was told she should not be using the room at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy in Fife, by Mrs Peggie on Christmas Eve 2023. After being suspended over a resulting bullying allegation, Mrs Peggie, who has worked at the hospital for 30 years, took NHS Fife and Dr Upton to a tribunal. The hearing has already been told that Dr Upton insists she is ‘biologically female’ and she claims there is ‘no agreed definition of biological sex’. She started transitioning three years ago and told the tribunal she felt entitled to use female changing facilities because ‘I think I’m a woman’. However, Naomi Cunningham, who represents Mrs Peggie, said ‘insisting that her client and her colleagues’ accept Dr Upton used the women’s changing room without showing ‘any signs of discomfort’ was asking ‘Not as brave as I thought’ them to ‘pretend to believe something which you and they both know is false’. Mrs Peggie, who has said she was ‘embarrassed and intimidated’ by Dr Upton’s presence in the changing room, had encountered her there three times in 2023. During the first two she had waited outside, but after the third on Christmas Eve she challenged her. Yesterday the doctor told the Dundee-based tribunal she had gone to the female changing room again on December 28. She said: ‘I got to work, and on the spur of the moment I thought “yeah, I’ll put my big girl pants on and be brave”. ‘Unfortunately it turns out I’m just not as brave as I thought I was and decided to exit when I felt I was a further risk of harassment.’ The visit came days after an email to line manager Dr Kate Searle, sent on Christmas Day, in which Dr Upton said she did not ‘feel safe using the changing rooms’ while Mrs Peggie was there. Ms Cunningham said there were ‘mixed messages’ about whether or not it was true that Dr Upton was afraid of Mrs Peggie. The lawyer suggested she made up the December 28 incident because there had been no action following her ‘extraordinarily serious complaint against a colleague’. Ms Cunningham added: ‘You were frustrated… you were driving the message home something needs to be done.’ Dr Upton said she ‘didn’t fabricate this’. She also insisted she was not obliged to share her trans status with patients. The tribunal continues. Article Name:Trans doctor ‘went into female changing room despite colleague’s fears’ Publication:Daily Mail Author:By Dan Barker Start Page:23 End Page:23
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Trans doctor: Patients have no right to know my biological sex The Daily Telegraph12 Feb 2025By Daniel Sanderson Scottish correspondent A TRANSGENDER doctor at the centre of a legal dispute over changing rooms has insisted they do not have to disclose their biological sex to patients who request a female physician. Dr Beth Upton, who was born male but identifies as female, said that it was “not appropriate to disclose private matters” to those seeking care, including their “trans history”. The medic said that while requests to see other doctors would be accomodated, the onus was on the patient to make it clear if they were uncomfortable seeing a transgender doctor. Lawyer Naomi Cunningham, who is representing nurse Sandie Peggie, put it to Dr Upton that the stance was “extraordinary cruel” for patients who may have suffered traumatic sexual violence from men and then slowly came to the realisation “that you’re male”. This was disputed by Dr Upton, who said that doctors should not be expected to disclose personal information before interacting with patients they are trying to care for. Ms Peggie, 50, claims she faced discrimination and harassment as a result of NHS Fife allowing Dr Upton access to female changing facilities at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. Under questioning, Dr Upton said they would not proactively disclose their trans status to a female patient who had requested to see a woman doctor. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to disclose private matters of my personal life to any of my patients,” Dr Upton said. “Be that my trans history, my medical history, my sexual orientation, my place of residence, my age. “These are not things that I’m obligated to share with the patient, because they have a bearing on my ability to care for that patient. If the patient, for any reason, doesn’t wish to be seen by me, and they communicate that to me I don’t see them.” Dr Upton said it would be “upsetting” to learn that a female patient did not feel comfortable with them but rejected Ms Cunningham’s claim that putting them in a position where they had to raise the issue was “cruel”. The 28-year-old, who began transitioning to live as a female in 2022, claimed the implication of Ms Cunningham’s question was that all doctors would have to tell patients about their gender identity and “sex assigned at birth” before any interaction. “It’s an imperfect world and we do our best,” Dr Upton said. “We ask people if they’re comfortable talking to us. I appreciate it might be upsetting for that person if they view me as a man, and I’m sorry for that, I’d feel horrified that I’d upset somebody. “But I can’t take that as a given, because I don’t have that information.” A confrontation between Dr Upton and Ms Peggie, on Christmas Eve 2023, is at the centre of the landmark employment tribunal. Ms Peggie had encountered Dr Upton in the female changing rooms on two previous occasions that year, and left both times. The tribunal continues. Article Name:Trans doctor: Patients have no right to know my biological sex Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:By Daniel Sanderson Scottish correspondent Start Page:8 End Page:8
NHS ‘top surgery’ The Daily Telegraph12 Feb 2025 SIR – As a network of clinicians with experience of, and an interest in, sex and gender in healthcare, we read Hayley Dixon’s article (February 10) with concern. The reported increase in NHS bilateral mastectomy (“top surgery”) referrals may only represent the tip of the iceberg: we do not know how many people seek surgery privately. While the NHS is careful to say that all patients referred for surgery must have “gender dysphoria”, this in and of itself is not an exact diagnosis. Elsewhere, the NHS rightly has to meet a very clear diagnostic threshold in order to undertake operations. Fundamentally we question the idea of treating psychological distress through life-changing surgery. NHS England states that the aims of surgery are to reduce gender dysphoria and improve health, quality of life and social functioning. Even if it were possible to measure all these aims, NHS England is not yet doing so and is continuing to fund surgery with no idea whether positive outcomes are being achieved. Since the 2015 Montgomery ruling on informed consent, surgeons are duty-bound to fully explain all the risks and benefits of surgery to a patient. By definition, that requires a clear understanding of what the “benefit” is. We have no current evidence to support any such understanding. That means it is impossible for any surgeon to obtain fully informed consent from a patient. Until it can demonstrate – to the high evidentiary standard we expect in healthcare – that the benefits of top surgery outweigh the risks, we urge NHS England to cease funding this surgery. Louise Irvine and Stella Kingett Co-chairs, Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender London W1 Article Name:NHS ‘top surgery’ Publication:The Daily Telegraph Start Page:15 End Page:15

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Christian wins six-year legal battle after school sacking Jonathan Ames - Legal Editor Kristie Higgs was said to have brought her school into disrepute A school administrator has won a sixyear battle over the right to express Christian beliefs after senior judges said she was wrongly sacked over social media posts. Lawyers for Kristie Higgs predicted the ruling in the Court of Appeal would have “significant ramifications for Christian freedom in the workplace”. They added that the judgment would boost “the freedom of any employee to express biblical principles on marriage and family, some of which may express opposition to LGBTQI-plus ideology, in public or private, without the fear of losing their livelihoods”. Higgs, 49, claimed she was compared to a Nazi after the head teacher at Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, was passed a screenshot of one of her private Facebook posts. Higgs, a mother of two who had spent seven years as a pastoral worker and administrator, was dismissed for bringing the school into disrepute and sued at Bristol employment tribunal for discrimination in a claim that sought more than £55,000 in damages. In their ruling, three appeal judges said that Higgs’s sacking “was unquestionably a disproportionate response”, and that “even if the language of [the posts] passes the threshold of objectionability, it is not grossly offensive”. The judges, led by Lord Justice Underhill, vice-president of the Court of Appeal, said “there was no evidence that the reputation of the school had thus far been damaged” and “there was no possibility that, even if readers of the posts associated [Higgs] with the school, they would believe they represented its own views”. Speaking on the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Higgs said “expressing biblical Christian teaching on gender and sexuality may appear to be offensive to those who hold the opposite views, but as today’s judgment signals, Christians have a right to express their beliefs publicly”. In 2018, Higgs posted two comments under her maiden name on her private Facebook page, which did not refer to her employment. She had discovered that her child’s school (not Farmor’s) planned to introduce books from the group “No Outsiders” on the subject of gender identity. Her first post called on friends to sign a petition objecting to plans to introduce relationship and sex education for primary pupils. Her second linked to an article on the rise of transgender ideology in US children’s books and she wrote: “This is happening in our primary schools now.” The head teacher at Farmor’s received an anonymous complaint and launched an investigation. Lawyers for Higgs said she was “subjected to a sixhour interrogation during a disciplinary hearing” at which her beliefs “were described as akin to that of a pro-Nazi right-wing extremist”. Higgs’s original employment tribunal, which began in 2019, ruled in favour of the school, and said those reading the Facebook posts could have concluded that she was transphobic and homophobic. Her lawyers appealed, arguing the judge had erred in law and that “no reasonable and informed person ... could conclude anything other than the posts were a critique of a certain approach to education”. In 2022, the appeal was postponed after the judge was forced to recuse from the presiding panel a lay member who was a transgender activist said to have been linked to the campaign group Stonewall.
Vibe Shift Kristie Higgs’s free speech victory heralds a wider backlash against woke oppression Kristie Higgs has been vindicated. After a six-year battle, the 49-year-old school administrator from Gloucestershire has won a ruling that she was wrongly sacked due to her Christian views on gender. Back in 2018, Ms Higgs posted comments on her private Facebook page that were sceptical about transgender ideology being taught in classrooms. Her lawyers stated that she was then subjected to a long interrogation during which her Christian views “were described as akin to that of a pro-Nazi right-wing extremist”. She was dismissed for allegedly bringing the school into disrepute. But yesterday, a panel of three senior judges concluded unanimously that her sacking was “unquestionably a disproportionate response” and the Facebook posts Ms Higgs shared were not grossly offensive. They concluded that there was zero evidence that the school had been brought into disrepute and no evidence that its reputation had been damaged. It is absurd that the case has dragged on: her appeals have been rescheduled twice after lay members were deemed biased due to pro-transgender views. But such persistence has unquestionably scored a meaningful victory for freedom of speech, even if Ms Higgs’s life and career have been upturned by her dismissal. For too long, trans rights activists have sought to intimidate and silence critics who dared to disagree with their progressive views. Those who took a biblical Christian approach to gender and sexuality, as Ms Higgs does, were silenced. There is no logical or sensible world in which her views could be deemed extremist, nor did she express them in an intemperate manner, as the judges ruled. It is also worth noting that many employment contracts include clauses about bringing their employer into disrepute. That was wielded to drive Ms Higgs out of employment. It may be time for a wider rethink about whether such standards need to be made more benign. Ms Higgs’s victory is part of a wider cultural fightback against excessive ultra-liberal fashionable views, often described as woke. Whereas those bent on pursuing “social justice” at all costs were once leading our cultural debate, those taking a more tolerant approach are now winning the argument. The election of Donald Trump as US president has been heralded as a “global vibe shift”, where the balance of debate has firmly shifted away from ultra progressive to one that is rooted in reality. That is especially so when it comes to the gender debate. Many large employers are seeking to jump aboard this new vibe after previously embracing an ultra-liberal view. Google, for example, has removed Black History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays from its calendars, opting instead to only show public and national holidays. This follows the company’s decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies after Mr Trump led the way in the federal government. Deloitte has followed the example of many others by cracking down on gender-identifying pronouns. And BP has followed the president’s lead in renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. If there is one lesson to be taken away from this frantic back-pedalling, it is the shamelessness of companies that cynically promoted woke issues to benefit their profiles, only to abandon them at the drop of a hat. Their pronouncements on cultural issues should never be taken seriously again. Businesses should stick to what they are meant for: producing wealth and creating jobs.
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Victory for Christian sacked by school over posts on trans books Daily Mail13 Feb 2025By Eleanor Harding and Aidan Radnedge Long battle: Kristie Higgs won her case A CHRISTIAN school worker has won a landmark appeal after being dismissed over social media posts about transgender books for children. Kristie Higgs, 47, was sacked in 2019 after sharing Facebook posts criticising plans to teach pupils about LGBT relationships in primary schools. In one post, she shared an article on the rise of trans ideology in children’s books in US schools and said: ‘This is happening in our primary schools now.’ She posted a link to a petition against government plans to introduce relationships and sex education to children in primary schools. She said this was after learning the Church of England school attended by her child planned to introduce books on ‘gender identity’, including one titled My Princess Boy. Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, where she worked as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager, said the posts risked damaging its ‘reputation’. Mrs Higgs maintained that her ‘deeply held beliefs’ about trans ideology are guided by her Christian faith. In 2020, a ‘Pray it will be a landmark day’ tribunal concluded her religion was a ‘protected characteristic’ as defined by the Equality Act, but that the school had dismissed her lawfully. The Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned the decision in June 2023 but concluded the case must be reconsidered. And yesterday judges upheld her claim of wrongful dismissal, saying that while her conduct was ‘unwise’ it was ‘disproportionate’ to fire her. Mrs Higgs said: ‘I pray today will prove to be a landmark day for Christian freedoms and free speech.’ Article Name:Victory for Christian sacked by school over posts on trans books Publication:Daily Mail Author:By Eleanor Harding and Aidan Radnedge Start Page:28 End Page:28
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It shouldn’t take the threat from Reform to kill Labour’s trans cult The Daily Telegraph13 Feb 2025Suzanne Moore Nigel Farage’s party manifesto attacked ‘transgender indoctrination’ The Government contains many ministers who, not that long ago, said that men could be helped to grow their own cervixes (David Lammy), that rapists should be in prisons of their own choosing (Lisa Nandy), and that it was unproductive to talk about anatomy (Rachel Reeves). Emily Thornberry, Angela Rayner, Lisa Nandy and former shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey called for anyone with “transphobic” views to be expelled from the Labour Party. By 2021 Keir Starmer was wavering. He thought it was “not right” for Labour MP Rosie Duffield to say that “only women have a cervix”. He also stated that “99.9 per cent of women do not have a penis”. Unsurprisingly, Duffield left the party and now sits as an independent. And what happened to that precious 0.1 per cent of “women” that do have a penis? I guess they joined the Green Party or the Lib Dems, who are fully on board with this absolute baloney. This week, in what is reportedly a response to Reform UK’s surge in the polls, Labour has, apparently, quietly dropped its plans to make it easier to legally change gender. It had intended to replace the older, more rigorous, system in favour of a simple registration requiring just one doctor to sign it off. This was rightly seen by many as self-ID through the back door, a process by which someone can identify as the opposite sex without surgery or any medical transition. In other words, an official sanctioning of a fantasy. None of this has ever been popular, but has been part of Labour’s timid acquiescence to its loud-mouthed activists. It has been obvious for some time that the wheels are coming off the gender ideology bus. Anyone with any political nous could see that stopping all this would be like taking candy from a baby. Reform has that nous; so does Donald Trump. His signing of an executive order keeping men out of women’s sports is one of the most popular things he has done. Even 67 per cent of the Democrats support it. This will not ban trans people from playing sports: they can simply carry on playing in the category of their biological sex. Seeing men atop podiums in women’s cycling, swimming and boxing has been the most visible sign of the utter unfairness of the idea that gender trumps biological sex. It is clear that male puberty gives men an advantage over women and a female is not merely a man who has artificially reduced his testosterone. All Reform had to do was say it, too, is not going along with this patent idiocy for Labour to run scared. Reform membership is growing. The Government has to deal with this reality: that pragmatism is more important than seeking the dwindling votes of far-Left trans activists. Certainly, some progress on that front has already been made. The Cass Review reaffirmed the NHS’s decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers for children. None the less, it is absolutely shocking that the NHS is still carrying out so many mastectomies on young women with gender dysphoria. The cutting off of healthy breast tissue because of a psychological condition is profoundly unethical. Part of me is glad that Labour has seen the light. Or rather, taken off its ideological blindfold. But that this is being done to stop voters drifting off to the Right appals me. All the women and men (often gay) who have been penalised for standing up for women’s and girls’ rights… why were we demonised, ignored and called fascists? Huge mistakes have been made over the past few years in pitting the rights of trans people against the rights of women. Mistakes have been made in denying that there was any conflict in the first place, and in making this a Left versus Right issue. Many women I know will never vote Labour again because they feel so completely let down by its actions. It should not have taken the threat from Reform, the Cass Review and some welcome straight-talking from Wes Streeting for us all to be able to say that men are not women. We should have been listened to. Or is Nigel Farage more important than all the women who have stood up and lost their livelihoods for pointing out that the emperor was naked? Talk about flashing male entitlement in our faces. It has been obvious for some time that the wheels are coming off the gender ideology bus Article Name:It shouldn’t take the threat from Reform to kill Labour’s trans cult Publication:The Daily Telegraph Author:Suzanne Moore Start Page:3 End Page:3

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Protesters walk out of gender-critical author’s talk at Oxford Georgia Lambert More than 600 people signed a petition condemning transphobia at Oxford University as tensions rose sharply during a talk last night by Helen Joyce, a gender-critical author. Shortly after Joyce, 57, entered Balliol College for a discussion on transgender issues, sex and gender, a group of pro-trans protesters staged a walkout, briefly leaving Joyce and John Maier, the host, at a loss for words. Joyce, a former editor at The Economist, referred to herself as a “sex realist” and said that being transgender was a “rights-destroying belief”. She argues that the belief in being “born in the wrong body” has led to a medical crisis in which young people are encouraged to take life-altering treatments without sufficient scrutiny. Reflecting on detransitioners, including young women who have undergone hysterectomies only to regret them later, Joyce has called this “the 21st century’s greatest medical scandal”. This realisation, she has said, drove her to write Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, a book that became a bestseller and fuelled wider debate on gender identity and medical ethics. Maier, a leader writer at The Times, spent more than an hour discussing Joyce’s views on transgender issues. He said: “In an interview in 2022, you advocated for ‘keeping down or reducing the number of people who transition to limit the harm done’, calling everyone who transitions sex ‘damaged’ and every person who believes what you called ‘gender identity ideology’ a ‘huge problem in the sane world’.” Joyce said: “That’s going to be my epitaph, I’m very proud of myself.” She added: “ People who believe that men can be women and women can be men and believe in it sufficiently strongly that they act on it are rights-destroying people. They are people who advocate for men to go into women’s spaces … they advocate for children to be sterilised. If you believe you can tell children lies about what sex is and you can put children on the path to sterilisation before they are old enough to have an orgasm, you are ... what I said was it was a ‘huge problem in a sane world’.” A globally backed petition accused Oxford of undermining inclusivity during LGBTQ+ History Month and of violating its anti-discrimination policy. A motion was put forward that cited Article 10 of the Human Rights Act and labelled Joyce a “transphobic and trans-exclusionary activist”. The master of Balliol College told the student newspaper Cherwell: “The event has been organised by a student society. As an academic institution within the university, the college saw no grounds to refuse permission. “Freedom of speech allows views expressed to be tested through argument and debate. The same would apply to a similar event with a speaker of a different view. We understand the strength of feeling on the sensitive issues involved and will continue to offer welfare support to any students affected.”
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A brave NHS nurse, the trans doctor and signs that the woke spell of gender ideology is being broken at last Daily Mail14 Feb 2025Jan MOIR Demanding: Dr Beth Upton ALL eyes on my hometown of Dundee, where an employment tribunal is attracting global attention. It is a legal action that centres around a male-bodied transgender doctor and a female nurse who objected to the doctor using the female-only designated changing room in the A&E department of a Scottish NHS hospital. Proceedings are being livetweeted. JK Rowling has taken an interest. Questions have been asked in Westminster and it is fast turning into a landmark case on self-identification in the workplace. Dare I suggest it could even be part of a pushback against the ludicrous extravagances of gender-based ideology, breaking the woke spell that has infected society since the introduction of the Gender Recognition Act in 2010? Let’s live in hope, at least. The story so far. After being suspended from her job at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, following accusations of bullying and harassment on Christmas Eve 2023, nurse Sandie Peggie took the NHS and Dr Beth Upton to tribunal, claiming sexual harassment, harassment related to a protected belief, indirect discrimination and victimisation. NHS Fife tried and failed to have the case heard in private, but thanks to this nurse’s courage, the whole sorry affair has been dragged into the open. To give you a flavour of the fiery proceedings, there was even a prehearing row over whether Nurse Peggie could call Dr Upton a ‘man’ during the case. The doctor’s legal team insisted that this would cause their client ‘immense’ distress, while the nurse’s said she was within her rights. Tell me, in plain English, why this should be so. ‘Because it’s the truth,’ said Nurse Peggie. And there we have the entire complex world of legal gender recognition. The judge ruled on Peggie’s side and I’m going to follow that gender prerogative here. Sue me if your feelings are also hurt by this boldness but, frankly – like so many women – I have had enough of this nonsense. For in sport, in life and in changing rooms, it always seems that the views and validations of a man identifying as a woman are somehow deemed more important than a woman’s right to the dignity of a female-only space. No one can ever tell me why the realities of women matter less than the assumed realities of men. Or indeed why we are just supposed to sit there and suck up this medicine without complaint. But it just goes to show that the plastic patriarchy is every bit as entitled as the real one. This week, Dr Upton has already told the judge that when objections were first raised by Peggie about his presence in the changing room, he had to ‘be brave’ and ‘pull on my big girl pants’. After being granted permission to use the female changing rooms by his line manager, the doctor refused to accept that some female colleagues might be unhappy. ‘I am aware that some people are uncomfortable with trans people, but I don’t think that automatically overrides a trans person’s right to access a changing room which aligns with their gender identity,’ he sniffed. Naomi Cunningham, the formidable barrister for Peggie, said: ‘The reason why some of your female colleagues might be unhappy was obvious. You’re male.’ To which Dr Upton replied: ‘I’m not male. Why they might be uncomfortable with me is up to them. I would disagree that I’m male and would disagree that my presence in the changing room is an invasion of privacy in their space.’ The case, like all these cases, is absurd and fantastical; equal parts farce and tragedy. One can have sympathy for Dr Upton’s position but still understand that here is yet another trans woman demanding absolute respect and veneration for their identity while disregarding the rights of women to assert their own boundaries. TO COMBAT this, thank goodness for the eloquence of Miss Cunningham, who accused the medic of engaging in ‘immersive role play’ about being a woman and claimed that he was angry with Ms Peggie for ‘opting out’ of his fantasy because ‘that one voice saying you’re a man will break the spell’. So beautifully put, so vehemently denied. ‘I’m not a man. Either way, I don’t need the external validation to know who I am,’ said Dr Upton. But that is exactly the point. If such validation were not needed, why was the doctor in the female changing room in the first place? Yet look at him; forcing the issue back then, now filing late accusations that Nurse Peggie was such a ‘bigot’ that she didn’t want to work with him, thus endangering patients’ lives. Yet until her suspension, Peggie had worked as an NHS nurse for 30 blameless years. That’s around 10,000 days and nights, ministering to the sick and frail. Her record is unblemished; no one has ever complained about her care, her skills, her dedication, her presence on the front line of Scottish healthcare for three decades. Isn’t it more likely that as a woman who has been the victim of male sexual violence in the past, that as a woman who was suffering from a heavy menstrual flow at the time – and Nurse Peggie was both these things – she just wants a bit of peace and privacy in a man-free zone? For this, Sandie Peggie has been suspended from a job she loves for over a year. In court yesterday, NHS barrister Jane Russell stooped low enough to bring up Peggie’s political support of Donald Trump, as if this somehow mattered. It is so insulting and clearly ideologically motivated. Yet as the evidence stacks up, it seems both Peggie and Upton are victims of the greasy churn of progressive gender policies and group-think that Nicola Sturgeon left in her wake. ‘It is bunkum to say I spent too much time on gender ideology,’ the former SNP leader said recently, but her curdled legacy is plain to see. Education advisers who want to introduce same-sex toilets in Scottish schools. Male rapists in female jails for a while. And terrified NHS Fife executives with no workplace gender policies in place and a reluctance to uphold single-sex spaces, despite female staff explicitly saying they needed them. Not to mention the craven bosses who backed the transgender doctor all the way while purging themselves of the complaining nurse. Look. No one is arguing with the right of the trans community to live their lives in peace and harmony, but women should be afforded the same freedoms, too. Not kicked to the kerb by health authorities when they raise a bat squeak of complaint. There are those who still become outraged if their biological status and delusions are interrupted by the plain voice of common sense, but at least that voice is getting louder and louder. The case continues. Article Name:A brave NHS nurse, the trans doctor and signs that the woke spell of gender ideology is being broken at last Publication:Daily Mail Author:Jan MOIR Start Page:25 End Page:25
Telegraph [2]
Trans woman accused of abusing girl with ‘penis’ The Daily Telegraph14 Feb 2025 An alleged sex offender who was born male but identifies as a woman is in court accused of raping a young girl. Maddison Wilson, 37, from Portsmouth, is accused of abusing the girl with “your penis”, the charge sheet said. The trans woman appeared at Southampton magistrates’ court accused of raping a girl under 13 and causing or inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity. Both offences allegedly took place in Hull in 2011. The defendant also faces one count of sexual assault against a boy under 13 and one of causing or inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity in Southampton between 2017 and 2020. A plea hearing will be held this month. Article Name:Trans woman accused of abusing girl with ‘penis’ Publication:The Daily Telegraph Start Page:2 End Page:2

Saturday Total: 3

The Guardian [1]
‘A bummer’ Netflix on Emilia Pérez controversy The Guardian15 Feb 2025Catherine Shoard Film editor A senior executive at Netflix has responded for the first time to the controversy that has hobbled the chances of its key Oscars contender, Emilia Pérez. Speaking to Matthew Belloni on The Town podcast, Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, addressed the furore over the film’s star Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced offensive social media posts, which is casting a pall over the record-breaking 13 Oscar nominations clocked up by Jacques Audiard’s musical. “It’s really a bummer for the 100 incredibly talented people who made an amazing movie,” Bajaria said. Netflix and Gascón’s representatives have been criticised for not spotting the tweets earlier. Bajaria said the episode would probably mean a change in internal policy, adding: “I do think it is raising questions for a lot of people about re-evaluating that process.” Yet she also expressed concern about the logistics of such a process. “You also have to [ask]: are we going to actually look at the personal social media of tens of thousands of people, every single day around the world, [given the] amount of original film and TV and co-prods that we make and license? It raises a lot of questions about what that should look like.” Gascón has repeatedly apologised for posts on her X account, which she has deactivated. After an emotional hour-long interview on Spanish TV last weekend, the star has said she will withdraw from the media and film to speak for itself. She will not attend tomorrow's Bafta film awards in London. Article Name:‘A bummer’ Publication:The Guardian Author:Catherine Shoard Film editor Start Page:17 End Page:17
The Times [0]
Daily Mail [0]
Telegraph [2]
Trans child sex offender jailed after police sting • The Daily Telegraph - Saturday • 15 Feb 2025 • By Tom McArdle Bex McCullgh, 25, from North Somerset, was trying to meet a young boy in Bristol A TRANSGENDER paedophile who was caught by police officers while trying to meet up with a young boy has been jailed for four years. Bex McCullgh, from Backwell, North Somerset, was arrested on arrival at the scene in Bristol, where officers were waiting. At Bristol Crown Court, the 25-yearold – who was previously called redacted – admitted a number of offences including attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity. McCullgh was handed an eight-year sentence, four of which will be served in custody, followed by another four on extended licence. Despite court records referring to the paedophile using “he”, police have since referred to McCullgh as “she”. An investigation from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit resulted in an arrest in October last year. McCullgh, who must serve twothirds of the four years in custody before being eligible for release, was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and added to the sex offenders register indefinitely. Det Insp David Wells, from the investigation unit, said: “The sentence handed down to McCullgh reflects the threat she posed to children and, together with the indefinite order, will help prevent her reoffending when she is eventually released. “Our online investigations team is part of a national network who work to identify and arrest offenders looking to sexually abuse or exploit children online.” “Outcomes like this show how important that work is, but equally how essential it is for young people and their carers to be alert to the risks.” Article Name:Trans child sex offender jailed after police sting Publication:The Daily Telegraph - Saturday Author:By Tom McArdle Start Page:6 End Page:6
Nurse’s suspension in gender row ‘ludicrous’, tribunal told The Daily Telegraph - Saturday15 Feb 2025By Mark Macaskill THE decision to suspend a nurse because of a conflict with a transgender doctor was “ludicrous”, an employment tribunal has heard. Sandie Peggie, who has worked at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy for 30 years, was suspended after challenging Dr Beth Upton – a biological male who identifies as a woman – for using female changing rooms on Christmas Eve 2023. She was suspended on Jan 3 last year after Dr Upton made an allegation of bullying and harassment, a tribunal in Dundee heard. It was alleged that Ms Peggie refused to work alongside Dr Upton in the emergency department, leading to concerns over patient safety. Ms Peggie lodged a harassment complaint, with regards to incidents of indirect harassment, victimisation and whistleblowing while the pair shared the changing room. Esther Davidson, Ms Peggie’s line manager, told the tribunal yesterday Ms Peggie’s suspension was “to protect both Sandie, Beth and the patients”. She added that it allowed the board to investigate the allegations against her and support her return to work. Naomi Cunningham, Ms Peggie’s barrister, read emails from NHS Fife’s human resources department that questioned the validity of patient safety concerns, citing a lack of evidence. The tribunal previously heard that Ms Peggie left the changing room on two other occasions prior to Christmas Eve. On that day, they argued when Ms Peggie called the doctor a man and said she felt “intimidated” by the doctor using the same facilities as her. Dr Upton messaged Dr Kate Searle, a line manager, on Christmas Day saying, “I don’t feel safe using the changing rooms when she’s there”, and then contacted the British Medical Association about the incident. Referring to concerns Ms Peggie’s avoidance of Dr Upton would have on patient safety, Melanie Jorgensen, a member of the HR staff, said: “I agree with advice where it feels risk can be managed. Do we have any evidence to support this concern?” An email from another HR worker said: “The nurse hasn’t even been asked about it yet. In all the years in A&E the nurse has never had any concerns. It was ludicrous to have a nurse at home two night shifts a week.” The hearing has been adjourned until July. Ms Peggie’s legal team intends to request a forensic examination of Dr Upton’s phone, regarding notes, the tribunal heard. Article Name:Nurse’s suspension in gender row ‘ludicrous’, tribunal told Publication:The Daily Telegraph - Saturday Author:By Mark Macaskill Start Page:6 End Page:6

Sunday Total: 3

The Observer [0]
The Sunday Times [0]
Mail on Sunday [1]
Waterloo Road fans blast BBC for using sick grandmother to back its woke agenda ‘Offensive’ trans storyline sparks storm The Mail on Sunday16 Feb 2025By Katie Hind CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS CONTROVERSIAL: The death-bed scene with grandmother THE BBC has been accused of using an elderly character’s dementia to boost its woke trans agenda in its school drama Waterloo Road. In last Tuesday’s episode, a trans schoolgirl visits her dying grandmother in her care home – and is offended when the old woman ‘deadnames’ ‘Callous apathy and narcissism’ her, calling her by her former male name. Viewers reacted with fury, claiming the plot portrays the grandmother as transphobic. During the bedside conversation, the teenage trans girl says: ‘It’s Lois, nan. It’s Lois, your granddaughter.’ In her confused state the grandmother replies: ‘I don’t have a granddaughter. Only a grandson. It is you Jake, isn’t it?’ Lois, played by trans actress Miya Ocego, is aghast and tells friends, who advise against seeing her grandmother again. The character complains to the headteacher: ‘What if she never saw me as Lois at all and she was just pretending? What if the dementia didn’t make her forget, it just brought out her true self?’ The headteacher praises the pupil’s bravery. And, in what some saw as a nauseating ending, after the grandmother dies hours after the visit, the trans girl finds she’s left an envelope full of photos of the two of them together. The grandmother has labelled it ‘me and Lois’, apparently proving she respected her gender identity after all. Waterloo Road, which is set in a failing comprehensive school and stars former EastEnders actress Lindsey Coulson, is highly popular with a younger audience. But viewers lambasted the plotline and took to X – some even calling for the BBC to be defunded. More than 4.6million people watched a clip of the scene posted on X. One user wrote: ‘My mum died of Alzheimer’s last September. This is so offensive.’ Another posted: ‘It perfectly encapsulates the trans mindset. Even when the person next to them is dying, it’s all about them. No one else’s feelings are important.’ A third wrote: ‘Imagine the level of callous apathy and narcissism required to use a scene about a dying grandmother with dementia to portray her to be the “transphobic” villain and the trans granddaughter to be the brave and suffering victim.’ Maya Forstater, of humanrights charity Sex Matters, said: ‘The storyline about an elderly woman with dementia who forgets to pretend she now has a granddaughter instead of a grandson is a new low for the BBC. ‘It is incredibly insensitive to dementia sufferers and the families caring for them to use the symptoms of this devastating disease as political propaganda for the discredited practice of transitioning children.’ Ahead of the episode being aired, Ms Ocego, 24, said: ‘When I got the script, I knew they wanted to address her gender identity and I was really happy to do so, to bring more awareness to the trans community and remind everyone that we’re still here, we’re not going anywhere.’ A BBC spokesman said: ‘In the storyline about Lois’ grandmother there are many references to the cruelty of dementia. There is no inference that the character is transphobic and the episode concludes with Lois declaring that her grandmother was a ‘‘real superwoman”.’ Article Name:Waterloo Road fans blast BBC for using sick grandmother to back its woke agenda Publication:The Mail on Sunday Author:By Katie Hind CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS Start Page:15 End Page:15
Sunday Telegraph [2]
FA laces ‘help trans women to get foothold in female sport’ The Sunday Telegraph16 Feb 2025By Patrick Sawer and Hayley Dixon A NEWCASTLE UNITED fan has accused the Football Association’s (FA) Rainbow Laces campaign of trying to “strong arm” the public into accepting biological males in women’s sport. Linzi Smith has launched legal action against football’s governing body to force it to scrap the campaign, which she claims goes against its own ban on political activity. The 34-year-old has told the High Court that the wearing of rainbow armbands and laces on the pitch effectively endorses the contested notion of gender ideology – the belief a person’s gender can differ from their biological sex. Ms Smith, who launched a crowd-funding drive to finance her case, says the FA’s annual Rainbow Laces show of support for the LGBTQ+ community serves to pressure women to accept biological males into their separate activities. In a writ lodged with the court on Tuesday, her legal team states: “The colours generate significant objection from many quarters. The movement with which they are associated is controversial because it is considered by many to embrace what is sometimes called gender ideology; to present a serious threat to free speech; and to seek to strong arm its opponents into permitting biological males into women’s spaces or activities.” The FA’s Rainbow Laces campaign was launched in 2013 as a joint initiative with the Premier league and Stonewall, the controversial LGBTQ+ charity which has campaigned for self-identification of gender. A spokesman for the FA said: “We believe that football should be for all, and we have supported the Rainbow Laces campaign for over 10 years.” Article Name:FA laces ‘help trans women to get foothold in female sport’ Publication:The Sunday Telegraph Author:By Patrick Sawer and Hayley Dixon Start Page:10 End Page:10
Priest faces backlash over trans pride flag draped across altar The Sunday Telegraph16 Feb 2025By Tim Sigsworth The trans-inclusive flag on a communion table in Sunderland Minster’s Bede chapel A CHURCH draped its altar with the pro-transgender Progress Pride flag in an apparent violation of canon law. Sunderland Minster, in the North East, put the trans-inclusive flag on a communion table in its Bede chapel. The Progress Pride flag is an amended version of the rainbow pride flag that includes extra colours and symbols to represent black, transgender and intersex people. It has been criticised for promoting gender ideology and Church of England courts have previously banned its use on altars because it “is not a Christian emblem”. But the Grade II-listed Sunderland Minster, which is part of the Inclusive Church Network that supports permitting same-sex marriage in the Church of England, uses it to decorate the table in its side chapel. The Rev Jacqui Tyson, its associate priest, said on social media that the church was “open to all” as she shared an image of the flag. “I’m proud to serve in a church that is open to God and open to all,” she said. “I love these folk and so does God.” The Rev Dr Ian Paul, associate minister at St Nic’s, Nottingham, told The Telegraph that the use of the Progress Pride flag meant the church was not open to all because it “excludes people who do not accept the false claims of transgender ideology”. “This is a violation of canon law for two reasons,” he said. “First, this is not inclusive, but exclusive – it excludes people who do not accept the false claims of transgender ideology. “Secondly, it distorts and misrepresents the purpose of the Communion table, which is inherently ‘inclusive’ in that it invites all to share in and receive the gifts of bread and wine, which remind us that Jesus died for all. “The Communion table as it is could not be more inclusive. To suggest that it needs a flag or anything else adding to it to make it more ‘inclusive’ is a serious misunderstanding.” In February last year, Naomi Gyane, the chancellor of the Diocese of Leicester, refused permission for the Progress Pride flag to be draped over the altar at St Nicholas’s, Leicester. “The Progress Pride flag is not a Christian emblem,” she said. “Whilst I agree it is a sign of welcome for people from the LGBTQIA+ community and although not itself political, it is a secular contemporary emblem used for many causes and contemporary discourse.” Sunderland Minster and the Diocese of Durham were approached for comment. Article Name:Priest faces backlash over trans pride flag draped across altar Publication:The Sunday Telegraph Author:By Tim Sigsworth Start Page:10 End Page:10

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