Forgot about this little nugget from #WPATH #SOC8's "mental health" chapter. Yes
.. absolutely.. AND... how about "we recommend that anyone who is caught providing 'reparative therapy' should be formally and permanently prevented from ever providing healthcare again."? There's no reason in the world that this should have been written so spinelessly. #EndConversionTherapy #TransHealth

Susie Green, who was chief executive officer of #mermaids has "left"

From the very little data we have, I am right now thinking it's a voluntary resignation for personal reasons, which wouldn't surprise me given that the whole of the UK media have been egging each other on closer and closer to just literally making "kill specifically this woman and her kids, at this address" a front-page whole-of-page headline

Either way, though, it'll be used to delegitimise the #WPATH Standards of Care, Version 8, which Susie co-authored. Admittedly, #SOC8 was illegitimate anyway (fuck WPATH and fuck their chapter leads for 'Adolescent' and 'Intersex' specifically), but the parts Susie was probably involved in are fine

I have a bit of a situation with my #thesis in that one of the examiners has been... a bit off and I'm trying to determine whether it extends far enough to be considered biased.

The thesis looks at explanatory gaps in language and affirming self-description among non-binary people. I conducted a survey online to gather data.

Some comments from the 2nd examiner are unfair, some just plain wrong.

e.g. one of her complaints is that I shouldn't have allowed #trans or #transgender as options for participants to select under a question about identity because, according to her, trans and transgender are exclusively binary identities.

Which is wrong. Very wrong.

This is one of the items my #supervisor and I sought clarification over. The examiner just quoted #SOC8 at us, which in no way supports her assertions (in fact it supports me) so I have no idea what she's playing at.

She has marked the whole thing as if it were a #LifeSciences paper when it's a #humanities paper. She's asking for, basically, a complete rewrite.

The first examiner had a couple of perfectly reasonable minor corrections. My supervisor has given good feedback throughout. I don't know whether I can #appeal the #MajorCorrections decision on the basis this 2nd examiner held some #bias.

Any #academics #researchers #examiners for #pgr #mres #phd who could offer any #advice, it would be hugely appreciated. I can share further examples from the marking document if needed. A viva is not part of the process, fyi.