Another multidisciplinary group critiqued the Cass Report. They confirmed our working group's findings re: poor methodology and unsupported assertions. This is damning stuff, folks.

Trans Youth have occupied NHS England’s building for days in protest against bans on healthcare and deaths on the waiting list. They’ll be coming down at 1600 today - I’m in awe of their bravery, this is amazing 👏

Highly recommend people read this Yale report on @TheCassReview, mostly because it demonstrates how deep the level of scientific and ethical deception has gone on in the final recommendations. law.yale.edu/sites/default/…

Wrote this because I was tired of the premise that trans people must prove the ‘mental health benefits’ of transition before being allowed to live out their gender. We should be allowed to freely determine how we live out our gender. Any barrier MUST be justified by evidence.

New paper in The Royal Society. Amazing work by Dori Grijseels. Data from 40+ monkeys shows that turn-taking is not a coupled oscillator but stochastic. A features-based model more accurately accounts for the vocal behavior, including in multicaller contexts royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

🧵I have just emailed my returning Labour MP the four recent academic papers that prove the Cass Review is dangerous anti-trans pseudoscience. Opposing Labour's dangerous position on trans rights will require activism and direct action. I see this as a small part of that...

Not trans, but I’m definitely doing this. If you’ve a trans relative or friend you should also write and make an appointment with your new MP. (Mines a Lib dem 🎉) Show them the health care, education, employment rights, privacy and dignity of trans people is important to us all.

Please speak to all the influential *allies* that you know: Challenging the prejudice-driven Cass review is essential to child welfare and LGBT equality. This message needs to get through to new MPs now

Just to be clear, this ban is based on a flawed report that didn’t even recommend a ban, and yet apparently it’s now Labour policy. So much for the claim that Labour only courted transphobia to win the election.

A model of #marmoset monkey #vocal turn-taking #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… #Behaviour Cory Miller Dori Grijseels

Please share: I am a Research Fellow focused on the health & well-being of trans children. I have published 16 peer reviewed articles. I know 100s of trans children, those directly impacted by puberty blocker ban. If any MPs want to get an accurate briefing - get in touch

Labour's manifesto promised to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition & acceptance". That entails ending the Tories' ban on puberty blockers. Young people – cis & trans – must have access to healthcare they need. I'll always stand with the trans community.

Wes Streeting MP is going to implement a fully discredited and globally rejected, pseudoscientific “Review” that excluded trans people, and has excluded trans people from this policy decision, and Has inferred that any “consultation” with trans people will be meaningless.

On the station, on the way to Trans Pride London. Finished my (over-complex) placard. Please feel free to share…

With colleagues at ALBA Network, I'm running an international climate survey for #LGBTQIA+ people in #neuroscience (including #psychology, #psychiatry, etc). It takes 10-20 min & you can enter a drawing for gift cards. Please repost & share w/colleagues. tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro