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It was a resounding win last night to lay aside the ridiculous notion that LGBTQ+ people are being failed by allies standing up to support them. The future must be equality for all 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @cambridgeunion @AndrewBoff
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Dr Helen Webberley (she/her)
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Dr Helen Webberley (she/her)
@HelenWebberley
Challenging misinformation & showcasing the beauty of gender diversity.
- The regret rate of gender-affirming surgery is 0.3%. The regret rate for knee replacement surgery is 6-30%. "Transition regret" is a false narrative being pushed by the media to prevent people from getting access to life-saving, gender-affirming healthcare. However...
- In 2019, Caster Semenya was told she could no longer participate in sport unless she took hormone suppressants. As a doctor, I find this unacceptable. Medicine is prescribed for the benefit of the patient's health - not because a sports committee dictates it. Genetic
- I know where I’ll be stopping for my morning cuppa tomorrow morning.☕ Everyone shouting #BoycottCostaCoffee because it “promotes the mutilation of teenage girls” have completely missed the point. Top surgery is a completely routine and normal procedure that helps reduce gender
- By the time a trans person comes out to you, they have already done hours, weeks, and YEARS of research, questioning and soul searching. Don't say "are you sure?" Say "how can I help?"
- If you've ever bought Viagra, you've purchased gender-affirming care. You know what else counts as gender-affirming care? 👉Hair transplants. 👉Breast enhancements. 👉Eyelash extensions. 👉Hormone therapy. 👉Lip filler. 👉Facelifts. 👉Haircuts. 1/2
- So let me get this straight... "Feminists" are attacking trans women for trying to gain equal rights. They're making up lies about them. They're banning them from certain spaces. And reducing them to nothing but their gender. Sound familiar? 1/3
- Detransitioning isn't the "I told you so!" moment that some would like us to think it is. When transgender people detransition, they're not saying, "Oops, I made a mistake. I've changed my mind - I'm not transgender any more." What actually happens, and I've personally seen
- Ten reasons why we should absolutely prescribe puberty blockers: 1️⃣ Because girls’ voices shouldn’t break 2️⃣ Because girls don’t want an Adam’s apple 3️⃣ Because girls don’t want to grow beards 4️⃣ Because boys don’t want to develop breasts 5️⃣ Because boys don’t want their height
- Stating your pronouns isn't for you. 👉It's for the trans woman who hasn't come out yet. 👉It's for the trans man who feels he doesn't "pass." 👉It's for the non-binary person who is terrified of being their true self. Because when everyone states their pronouns, it
- To any trans person out there who may be feeling despondent today - check out this guy's face which is full of confidence and know that you are real and you deserve to be you 🕺😏🏳️⚧️
- I can’t believe this needs to be explained, but trans people aren’t struggling because they’re trans, they’re struggling because the system punishes them for it.
- There was a time when trans healthcare was viewed as a medical miracle. Now, there's so much red tape that it's been rendered unrecognisable. I see a future where trans healthcare is as straightforward as getting a mole checked out. Accessible. Non judgmental. Non
- Trans women are women. Full stop.