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Comment on Communications data privacy and the Queen’s Speech by Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #325

Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #325 — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000

[...] Communications Data and the Queen’s Speech by Zoe O’Connell on Complicity Zoe doesn’t see the need for further legislation – [...]

Comment on Communications data privacy and the Queen’s Speech by Keith Edkins

Keith Edkins — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:16:05 +0000

Actually, telephones are generally shared between a number of people, too. The briefing seems to suggest that if a suspect made a phone call to communicate instead of using the internet, it would be possible for the police to identify them! Retrospectively, and presumably without tapping. Er…

Comment on Communications Interception in the Queen’s Speech: It’s all a bit vague by Communications data privacy and the Queen’s Speech « Complicity

Communications data privacy and the Queen’s Speech « Complicity — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:12:17 +0000

[...] As is typical with internet policy matters coming from the government, it’s all a bit vague. [...]

Comment on Leeds get defensive in Gender Identity FoI response by Pippa

Pippa — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:52:30 +0000

Thanks for this. The most worrying part for me is still the rejection of the latest WPATH standards in favour of the old Harry Benjamin route. It’s a real catch-22 situation: you can’t get treatment unless you live “as your chosen gender”, but living in your “chosen gender” is made practically impossible due to the lack of beneficial changes from hormones!

Transition, to me, implies a crossing over, a journey to an unknown destination. It makes no sense to have some pre-conceived idea of the final destination, it is the process of change that’s important… A process which maybe means, someday, we can get to a place we feel at home. I wish Leeds would wake up to this. As you so deftly put it, “going full-time is far more irreversible than hormones”.

I sincerely hope Leeds staff read this blog.

Comment on Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC by The LDV Friday Five: 5 April 2013

The LDV Friday Five: 5 April 2013 — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:09:51 +0000

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Comment on Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC by Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #319

Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #319 — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:00:58 +0000

[...] 8. Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC by Zoe O’Connell on Complicity. It’s fair to say that Zoe doesn’t have much truck with George Carey’s claims of persecution and marginalisation. [...]

Comment on #TransDocFail hashtag: The Lowlights by The Julie Burchill transphobia scandal: CN Lester writes for So So Gay | So So Gay magazine

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:30:47 +0000

[...] with the medical profession on Twitter – what followed was the revelation of a national, systemic failure of care that should have been the business of every newspaper in the country. To date, I have heard it [...]

Comment on Another day, another trans-related “sex-by-deception” case by Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:16:39 +0000

This case seems to have flown under the radar with all the publicity regarding Lucy Meadows. Have blogged my take on it at http://rachbowyer.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/the-justine-mcnally-case-a-miscarriage-of-justice/

Comment on Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC by beverley

beverley — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:19:08 +0000

One other thing that came to mind. Yhe persecuted group known as the church is exempt from mamy taxes and has been for centuries. If they were truly brought up to true equality then you would really hear some squeals from them

Comment on Dear The Right Revd and Right Honourable The Lord Carey of Clifton, FRSA FKC by Beverley

Beverley — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:51:34 +0000

Nicely made points which just highlight how ludicrous the claims are. I wish that clerics would stick to saving the souls of their flock and leave the rest of us alone, or at least stop persecuting us.

[side note: Hello Padma, long time no see. You are looking well]