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Two years after being tasked with commissioning a review of medical evidence surrounding gender-affirming care for trans youth, Utah’s own state health department has concluded that trans healthcare bans “cannot be justified.” The Republicans who commissioned the study aren’t too happy about it.

Back in 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill that placed an indefinite “moratorium” on doctors prescribing gender-affirming care like hormone therapy and puberty blockers to trans youth. That bill ordered the Utah Department of Health and Human Services to compile their report in order to produce recommendations for the state government on whether or not to lift the moratorium.

This week, the department delivered their long-awaited, over 1,000-page report — which is dated August 6, 2024 — to Utah lawmakers. The report’s authors found that “the consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric GD [gender dysphoria] patients.”

The authors added that “the evidence also supports that the treatments are safe in terms of changes to bone density, cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic changes, and cancer.” Trans youth who had received gender-affirming care were within the bounds of normal, non-pathological ranges for these conditions.

y’all this is huge. please don’t “water is wet” all over it! I understand that we all already know this… The point is that the world doesn’t know or care or believe and so these studies really fucking matter!

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the ranis needed a reality that would break. they needed it thin and weak, a reality that would not hold up to the slightest bit of scrutiny. so they chose a right-wing populist’s fantasy. amazing

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I'm scrolling through Rhianna Pratchett's bluesky and saw her say Granny Weatherwax could probably bend the One Ring to her will.

Now I can't get out of my head this image of her rolling her eyes at all the self-important men at the Council of Elrond and doing it herself because they would just bungle it, giving Gandalf a stern talking-down-to, being jealously unimpressed with Galadriel's treehouse, sending Shelob running, and generally stomping her way across Middle Earth and into Mordor to chuck a piece of jewelry into a volcano.

She would be complaining the ENTIRE time.

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Reblog if you’d be okay if your friend came out as transgender

let’s see how many transphobics we can weed out

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My 13th Doctor in suspenders/braces fixation is getting out of hand 😬

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I would love for 14 to recount his adventures to Donna tho

14: "Oh right! You know the archaeologist we met in that library who knew me but I didn't know her?"

Donna: "The pretty one you were bickering with?"

14: "Yeah! You are never going to believe who she is, you ready for this?"

Donna: "Well, go on! Who is she?"

14: "My wife."

Donna: *Extremely loud gasping, nearly spills her wine* "NO"

14: "Yes!"

Donna: "NO!"

14: "Yes!"

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oh how the turns have tables

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The good news is, there's nowhere to go but up. I love that attitude for you.

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imagine looking in your rear view mirror and you just see this

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My crack theory is that Graham O'Brien is the ancestor of "moisturize me" (Cassandra O'Brien). Sure, people can have the same last name, but we don't know if Graham had a wife before Grace or if he had kids he lost contact with. Actually, don't think too hard about it. It's just a headcanon I have to amuse myself.

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SEASON 2 OFFICIAL TRAILER #2 | Doctor Who

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DOCTOR WHO — Season 41 THE ROBOT REVOLUTION (episode 1) written by Russell T. Davies | directed by Peter Hoar LUX (episode 2) written by Russell T. Davies | directed by Amanda Brotchie THE WELL (episode 3) written by Russell T. Davies & Sharma Angel Walfall | directed by Amanda Brotchie LUCKY DAY (episode 4) written by Pete McTighe | directed by Peter Hoar THE STORY & THE ENGINE (episode 5) written by Inua Ellams | directed by Makalla McPherson THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST (episode 6) written by Juno Dawson | directed by Ben A. Williams WISH WORLD (episode 7) written by Russell T. Davies | directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai THE REALITY WAR (episode 8) written by Russell T. Davies | directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai

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Okay I feel like we really can't ignore this anymore. Trump opening his tweet re: arresting Mahmoud Khalil with "Shalom!" was an obvious dogwhistle.

Now, in his (illegal) executive order to disband the Department of Education, the children he's putting in the front row to 'sign' it with him are visibly black and Jewish. They are scapegoating minorities - particularly Jews - to be blamed for their shitty choices.

And the awful thing is, leftists are buying it. I'm begging you not to. The majority of Jews voted against him. The majority of Jews do not want anything he's doing to happen.

But unfortunately, this man has a Jewish son-in-law and daughter to parade around as proof the Jews support him, and I need you to understand this isn't true. They are outliers. They do not represent most of us. They are being used as cover while Trump blames his subversion of free speech on the Jews. Please don't allow it.