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But what can I do – Dr Ruth Pearce Posts about But what can I do written by Ruth

There are two things you can do right now to support young trans people in England.

1) Engage in political advocacy and community support. I've got *loads* of advice on this in my blog post and zine "But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic".

Screenshot of this consultation landing page with these contact details highlighted: Contact NHS England Specialised Commissioning england.scengagement@nhs.net Clinical policy for prescribing of masculinising and feminising hormones for children and adolescents who have gender incongruence or dysphoria Overview NHS England is committed to working with a wide range of patients, patient groups and other stakeholders in developing the services it commissions. In line with NHS England’s published methods for the formation of national clinical commissioning policy, public consultation presents an important step in the process. It allows us to test and get feedback on proposals; check that draft policies are well evidenced; ensure potential impacts have been fully captured, are clearly understood and that appropriate mitigations have been identified; and, consider alternatives before final decisions are taken.

screenshot of consultation detail details, with the following sentence highlighted: “In 2025 a Policy Working Group was formed by NHS England to establish the evidence base for MAF Hormones.” As part of the response to the Cass Report, published in 2024, and alongside the immediate further restrictions put in place, NHS England committed as a priority action to conduct a full review of the MAF Hormones policy through a process of updated evidence review and public consultation. In 2025 a Policy Working Group was formed by NHS England to establish the evidence base for MAF Hormones. NHS England commissioned a third party to undertake a further independent evidence review of published evidence including research that had been published since NICE’s previous review of the evidence in 2021.

Question to hive mind: Does anyone have access to any information about which people/clinicians were part of

i) this NHS England Specialised Commissioning group: www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation...

ii) This “Policy Working Group”
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/cl...

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Trans healthcare needs to be led by trans people, to be accountable to trans communities and trans youth.

Folks who don't believe in the existence of a trans child cannot continue to hold the reins of healthcare policy and governance.

This is where we start.

Yesterday the NHS banned all under 18 prescriptions of HRT for trans young people.

This ban was justified by 10 new studies that largely stated NO EVIDENCE for under 18s HRT exists.

The study underpinning this played one particular trick.

Let's briefly look at how the NHS rigged the game 1/5

Check out our latest podcast episode!

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Nakagawa Miyu, one of the stars of the Blue Boy Trial movie, has won Best New Actress at the Osaka Cinema Festival. (Via Asahi)

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A person holding a placard reading "Stand With Trans Members"

"Stand With Trans Members"

Taken at @guidersfortrans.bsky.social's Birmingham protest, 10th January 2026

A person holding a placard reading "Stand With Trans Members"

"Stand With Trans Members"

Taken at @guidersfortrans.bsky.social's Birmingham protest, 10th January 2026

I mention my tattoo in this ep, so here it is (as much as I'll show publicly 👀)

It's the path of my chronic pain (one of), the tat is a reclamation of sorts/honouring that. Also spot the all bruises that's a hEDS thing, the finally known cause of said pains lmao #disability #ehlersdanlos

Check out our latest podcast episode!

Check out our latest podcast episode!

You can listen to us attempting to explain the chaotic mess that UK law has become for trans people here 🎧

My placard from the London Trans+ Pride protest march last year!

This is an important article, especially as the mainstream media in the UK frequently reports that everything is fine and transgender people are just making a fuss.

Trans kids under 10: The NHS Project R22 Following a Cass Review recommendation, the NHS has commissioned a pilot (the R22 Project) for trans kids under 10. Very little information is publicly available on this pilot, with its existence f…

Trans kids under age 10 - the NHS's project R22:

New blog examining the NHS's latest pilot project on younger trans children: growinguptransgender.com/2026/03/02/t...

Episode 150 is packed with content.

What the trans logo at the top Below is episode 150, below it says "good law, great acting" To the left is Jolygon Maugham and to the right is Abigail Thorn Between them is a gavel. Below that is text that's says interviews with Abigail Thorne and Astrid from trans solidarity alliances

New Podcast Episode: Good Law, Great Acting

We speak to @theabigailthorn.bsky.social about her latest play BLINK

@transexilenetwork.co.uk submission to GANHRI

And we speak to @transsolidarity.bsky.social regarding the high court case against the EHRC

And more

whatthetrans.com/ep150/

Episode 150!

Absolutely crazy that we have put so many episodes out.

What is your favourite episode?

What the trans logo at the top Below is episode 150, below it says "good law, great acting" To the left is Jolygon Maugham and to the right is Abigail Thorn Between them is a gavel. Below that is text that's says interviews with Abigail Thorne and Astrid from trans solidarity alliances

New Podcast Episode: Good Law, Great Acting

We speak to @theabigailthorn.bsky.social about her latest play BLINK

@transexilenetwork.co.uk submission to GANHRI

And we speak to @transsolidarity.bsky.social regarding the high court case against the EHRC

And more

whatthetrans.com/ep150/

Solid article by @flintywrites.bsky.social.

Deffo worth a read!

How many more times must the EHRC be reported, before GANHRI takes notice and does something about their accreditation?

A really good article by @flintywrites.bsky.social

Thank you to the orgs who shared this with us before release so we could get something out.

Also, photo credit to @nearchitecture.bsky.social with this lovely photo

The pressure on the EHRC is continuing to mount as more and more organisations speak out...

A photo from a Trans Rights Protest taken on film by Lily when live reporting for What The Trans. In a large group of people the centre of the picture is taken up by a sign saying "EHRC is Broken, Led by bigots, It enables hate, It silences Truth" the background of the sign is the trans flag colours of Pink Blue and White

BREAKING: “Politically Captured” EHRC Reported to Global Human Rights Authority YET AGAIN

The Lemkin Institute, Dr. Victoria McCloud and TEN are calling for the EHRC to be demoted, read why ⬇️

whatthetrans.com/ehrc-poltica...

#breaking #news #uk #transrights #ehrc @flintywrites.bsky.social

A photo from a Trans Rights Protest taken on film by Lily when live reporting for What The Trans. In a large group of people the centre of the picture is taken up by a sign saying "EHRC is Broken, Led by bigots, It enables hate, It silences Truth" the background of the sign is the trans flag colours of Pink Blue and White

BREAKING: “Politically Captured” EHRC Reported to Global Human Rights Authority YET AGAIN

The Lemkin Institute, Dr. Victoria McCloud and TEN are calling for the EHRC to be demoted, read why ⬇️

whatthetrans.com/ehrc-poltica...

#breaking #news #uk #transrights #ehrc @flintywrites.bsky.social

We've just wrapped recording the latest episode! Some very juicy info and fun interviews to juxtapose some of the more awful recent events.

Definitely not one to miss 🎭

We’ve tracked the cases Sex Matters has intervened in since the Supreme Court ruling - including the recent High Court challenge brought by @goodlawproject.bsky.social

This is what the anti-Trans+ machine looks like in practice.

Help us hold them to account👇

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Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

❗ Gender Recognition Order 2026

"[It] will revoke the 2022 order and will ensure that information that may otherwise be protected under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 can be lawfully disclosed for the specific purpose of the data linkage study."

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A photo of Abigail Thorn with Ashleigh and Flint from WhatTheTrans sat down in front of a deep pink background advertising Abigail's New Play Blink. Abigail is wearing a very elegant deep blue dress, Ashleigh is wearing a powder blue waistcoat and black skirt. And Flint is wearing a dark green and black striped suit. All are smiling

Super cool things happening in the next episode just saying 👀

A photo of Abigail Thorn with Ashleigh and Flint from WhatTheTrans sat down in front of a deep pink background advertising Abigail's New Play Blink. Abigail is wearing a very elegant deep blue dress, Ashleigh is wearing a powder blue waistcoat and black skirt. And Flint is wearing a dark green and black striped suit. All are smiling

Super cool things happening in the next episode just saying 👀

Image shows various workers (Construction, barista, flight attendant, scientists). Text reads: Trans workers and allies: we want to hear from you. Read on to find out more.

Text reads: Recent court decisions have created a workers’ rights crisis for trans people. Help us push the government to change outdated regulations and keep workplaces inclusive.

Complete our survey today, so that we are able to challenge this Government to change the law and ensure all workers can go to work with safety and dignity.

Recent court decisions are making it increasingly difficult for trans and nonbinary people to go to work with dignity and privacy. Complete our Workers Survey to help us push the government to update the law and make trans inclusion possible again!
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