Mick Hartley

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  • Not Glastonbury

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  • Back to the future

    Here we go.

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    A kind of hip Nuremberg.

    Next up, Kneecap…

  • The Queer Birth Club

    And we thought all this was behind us. From the Telegraph:

    NHS midwives have been trained by a trans workshop that promotes male breastfeeding, The Telegraph can reveal.

    The Queer Birth Club runs “LGBTQ+” competency and lactation classes, using the tag line “birthing people ain’t all women”.

    The group has provided training sessions for NHS England and a number of trusts across the UK, and its founder has given talks at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

    One nurse who raised concerns about the training is now facing disciplinary action.

    The NHS worker told The Telegraph: “The content of these sessions undermines established clinical standards and introduces extreme ideological beliefs that have no place in healthcare settings.”…

    The Queer Birth Club has said that it has also provided training in universities and its courses are embedded in some midwifery and doula training programs.

    It promotes breastfeeding by trans women and claims that it is “transmisogyny” to say that the milk produced by biological men is “less”.

    This is despite concerns over the safety of the milk, which is produced after taking a series of medications to induce lactation.

    Domperidone, the drug commonly used to stimulate lactation, was not intended for this purpose, but is prescribed off-label by doctors. Janssen, which manufactures the drug, has recommended against it because of possible side effects to a baby’s heart.

    A small price to pay for the validation felt by the man celebrating his fetish new gender identity.

    Concerns have also been raised about the impact testosterone could have on babies who are being naturally breastfed by trans men.

    The Queer Birth Club say that their “lactation competency” training, which they advertise with a cartoon of a person breastfeeding with the message “trans joy” covers “inducing lactation, feeding after top surgery, co-nursing”.

    Feeding after top surgery? After a double mastectomy? Good luck with that.

    Another of their posts on social media shows a drawing of a person with a beard and a pregnancy bump with the slogan: “Boys have babies too.”

    The club has previously provided “cultural awareness” training for midwives through NHS England and courses for a number of NHS trusts across the UK. It is listed as a recommended resource on several NHS websites.

  • Donkeys

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    JKR’s charity Lumos has, to date, helped more than 23,000 children.

    Her sexual assault service Beira’s Place has helped at least 2000 women gain access to support.

    She helped fund the rescue of more than 100 females lawyers and their families from Afghanistan when they faced being murdered.

    She opened a fund to help women who have been discriminated against due to their gender critical views.

    She has given courage to thousands more women to stand up for their sex-based rights.

    So lads, we know who you mean by ‘the rest of us’.

    It’s men, isn’t it?

  • Bookshops against Rowling

    e=”padding-left: 40px”>As it dawns on the extremists that they are going down with a sinking ship because they overreached on their demands and bullied and cajoled refuseniks, their rising desperation only makes them look more ludicrous. Some time ago, when yet another trans activist announced on X that he was burning Rowling’s books, she had the perfect riposte: “I get the same royalties whether you read them or burn them. Enjoy your marshmallows!”

  • The effects of oestrogen on men

    found that several months of estrogen use led to “an increase in ventricular volume and a decrease in brain volume.” Studies in male rats showed similar effects: estrogen and testosterone blockers reduced brain volume and altered brain chemistry. The authors suggest these changes may result from disruptions in how water is regulated in brain cells—potentially mimicking patterns seen in degenerative diseases.

    The paper also notes that levels of BDNF—a brain chemical critical for mood and memory—tend to decline in patients on cross-sex hormones. Low BDNF is associated with depression and shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region essential for memory. Taken together, these findings raise the possibility that estrogen may produce lasting changes in male brain structure and function.

    Not to worry. It's all part of "gender-affirming care".

  • “We Will Dance Again”

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  • The fate of Syria’s Christians

    rian violence’ is to imply mutuality where there is none. Minority victims are not aggressors. They are certainly not the ones who need to show ‘restraint’…..

    The erasure of Syria’s Christian presence would not only be a humanitarian tragedy, it would also mark the loss of one of the most ancient expressions of the faith. Christianity has existed in Syria since the first century AD. The Apostle Paul’s conversion took place on the road to Damascus. The followers of Jesus were first called ‘Christians’ in nearby Antioch. Cities like Aleppo, Homs and Maaloula were home to thriving Christian communities long before most of Europe was evangelised.

    Facing ongoing threats, persecution and economic collapse, thousands of Syrian Christians are desperate to flee – not from lack of love for the country, but out of sheer necessity. Without immediate protections, Christianity in Syria risks becoming a memory, its ancient churches left as hollow monuments in a country that once helped carry the faith to the world.

    Not featuring in a demonstration near you any time soon. No one cares. Israel's not involved.

  • A search of two halves

    Scotland leads the way once again:

    New Police Scotland guidelines which allow transgender suspects to request officers of different sexes to frisk various parts of their body have been described as a “botched compromise”.

    The advice — designed to accommodate people who have not completed a full surgical transition — would mean detainees could ask for a woman to search their top half and a man to search below the waist.

    Brilliant.

  • Pond life

    f which are not permitted”.

    Other women have complained about “trans-identifying men staring at women and girls in the showers and changing facilities”; and “felt violated in what they considered was a women-only safe space”.

    The fact that there's a mixed bathing pond puts the lie to any excuse about these men going where they feel comfortable. They're going there to make the women feel uncomfortable. And for a bit of ogling. All you need is a wig, as the Beatles didn't quite say.

    One pond user, who wishes to remain anonymous, complained: “I was showering outside after my swim, when a big man with a long wig and a long coat came walking down the path to the pond area.

    “This man came and lingered in the restricted area between the outdoor showers and the fence, where my towel was draped. He stood there turned at an angle, looking at me and evidently wanting me to know that he was looking at me.

    “I was trapped, because I was naked, and my towel was on the fence behind him.”

    In 2019, the pond changed its rules to allow trans women – that is biological men – to use the facilities, claiming it was required under the Equality Act.

    When the change was being discussed, Charles Lord, from the City of London Corporation, said: “It shouldn’t be controversial. It shouldn’t be a debate. Trans women are women, trans men are men.”

    Idiot.

    Even after the Supreme Court judgment, the Corporation put out a statement indicating it would not change its policy, saying: “Any unlawful discrimination will not be tolerated. Our gender identity policy is designed to ensure our services are welcoming to everyone, including all who use the bathing ponds.”

    Trans women have been allowed to use the pond since the judgment, even though the signs say “women only” and “no men beyond this point”.

    The changing hut at the ladies’ pond contains open communal showers and an open changing area.

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