Reposted by The Portal Bookshop
#Fantasycon - pleased that @portalbookshop.bsky.social is now stocking The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror and will be my Northern Powerhouse. #queer #sff
My Top Tips for Loving a Lizard went down a storm at a 9.00am post karaoke hungover reading so visit @wtpress.bsky.social too.
![Let Women Play Sports
Making competitive sports fair [QR Code]
[A cartoon of trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard]
How sex testing impacts women
(And why the Olympics banned it decades ago) [QR Code]
[A cartoon of Black cisgender and intersex runner Caster Semenya]
How you can support the women being targeted:
- learn the facts
- challenge prejudice
- add your voice to calls for equality
- educate others! [QR code]
[A cartoon of white cisgender swimmer Rebecca Adlington]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c5txoj725algwbad5fgoaeke/bafkreihm3lbwdgnsqdgi4pdnf4af536uggsn6top74tbzetl32qbw4y72a)
![SAVE TRANS HEALTH CARE
[QR CODE] TransActual's GP guide for supporting Trans patients
sources: [2 QR codes] Scan here to read about wait times
Scan here to read the Healthwatch Report for
York GPs
Gender Identity Clinics have years long wait lists - the worst wait for someone referred now is 224 Years before a first appointment, let alone any care
York GPs are increasingly refusing "shared care" for trans people (where they prescribe meds and monitor the patient's progress, following instructions from specialists, as they do with many other conditions like diabetes, arthritis, or ADHD).
Local trans and nonbinary people have been refused routine blood tests and medication even if they have a diagnosis. In some cases people have been told their existing prescriptions will be stopped, stripping them of care they've already received for years
How To Help:
Offer to attend appointments with your Trans friends so their doctor knows there is accountability
Join your GP surgery's patient feedback group and speak up for Trans healthcare
Contact Wes Streeting directly and pressure him to improve nationwide care: dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c5txoj725algwbad5fgoaeke/bafkreihqjc5ngonzic5clmpaitwfi5w3ybhqjknqlme22deb7z3qmbytvy)
