Lilly

Heterosexuality remains beyond criticism, while same-sex desire is fiercely contested. Where have we seen this before? Think about that before policing lesbian & gay sexuality.

We are told, without irony, that lesbian desires are informed by normative standards. False: women are endlessly encouraged to despise female bodies and centre our lives around men. So desiring the female form & loving women is inherently radical, oppositional.

Being lesbian or gay is once more reduced to a "preference", implying our sexuality is something we can discard at will or reshape to meet social expectations placed upon us. More classic homophobic tactics...

It's Sunday, which is meant to be my Twitter free day, but first a quick thread about ongoing claims that lesbian women (& increasingly gay men) experiencing same-sex attraction is "problematic". Gather round.

I often hear trans activists claim that they are so special, the entire field medicine "knows nothing about them" and on that account they dismiss all medical opinion that doesn't validate their demands. As a doctor, I disagree.

Women and lesbians are doing a great job organizing and resisting the trans lobby. Gay men I see scattered about here and there...passionate yes, but not organized. Is it about time we change that brothers in arms?

She will speak to people in confidence