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Business and sustainable development. Accountability. Tax. Feminist test case. Media: Tom Gardner at Slater & Gordon 0207 657 1690 press@slatergordon.co.uk

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    1. Let Toys Be Toys‏Verified account @LetToysBeToys Mar 31
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      ‘Jamie’ by @ollypike: “There certainly aren't many books for younger children about transgender identities & this one is told very gently & sensitively” For a range of children’s books with transgender themes see @LetterboxLib http://letterboxlibrary.com  #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOVpic.twitter.com/75JNRQsfQS

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    2. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater Apr 1
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      As one of the co-founders of Let Toys Be Toys I am utterly disappointed that you are now promoting the ideology which says that a girl who wants short hair, likes fixing things and isn't into sparkles and dresses is 'in the wrong body' and must be a boy. Heartbroken.

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    3. Ape‏ @HumnApeCreature Apr 1
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      Replying to @MForstater @LetToysBeToys

      I'm so sad that @LetToysBeToys are promoting the antithesis of everything I believed they were for. It was my favourite online campaign and I've told so many people about it. Looks like they've been won over by Gendered Intelligence as well as Ollie 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔pic.twitter.com/WPchSfkZ0L

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    4. Ape‏ @HumnApeCreature Apr 1
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      Replying to @HumnApeCreature @MForstater @LetToysBeToys

      It'd be wonderful @MForstater if you set up something new which continues to let girls and boys know they can like any toys, activities and clothes and they don't have to change their bodies, they're perfect as they are. This is so sad.

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      Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater Apr 1
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      Replying to @HumnApeCreature @LetToysBeToys

      I think Let Toys Be Toys has up to this point done a good job of staying out of this debate (the question of how children with dysphoria should best be treated is one for clinicians & medical research) and stuck to fighting gender stereotypes in children's products and marketing

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      • Kathleen 🕷️ #Girly Swot #IStandWithMaya Kathy Cornery Bel Obuoforibo snowyball Z 🤐 Dr Lesley (Ancient Dyke) Semmens🕸 Constantatious Mazula CDM, PDQ, TTFN
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        1. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater Apr 1
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          Replying to @MForstater @LetToysBeToys

          I hope this is just a twitter glitch, rather than a change of position. Let Toys Be Toys is a great single-issue campaign and does not need to endorse others.

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        2. @___Lorenco___‏ @___lor__ Apr 1
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          Replying to @MForstater @LetToysBeToys

          @___Lorenco___ Retweeted @___Lorenco___

          Dysphoria is a true condition yet it is rare. https://twitter.com/___lor__/status/1109489175206813697 … What we are seeing is a rapid rise of kids identifying as "trans" with no prior history of dysphoria. They are learning this from youtube, instagram, It's a social contagion.

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          Replying to @SwearyGodmother
          Gender dysphoria + Body dysmorphia. "Abnormalities in the IF0F have been identified in women with anorexia nervosa as well (repetitive, obsessive/fixated thinking), and it's implicated in the body-centered anxiety that these women have."
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        3. @___Lorenco___‏ @___lor__ Apr 1
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          @___Lorenco___ Retweeted Claire Lehmann  🎄

          Kids go thru natural anxieties about puberty or confronting homosexuality, feelings of not measuring up to models they see on instagram, feelings of not fitting in. Things we all went thru. However, they misplace these normal feelings as being transgenderhttps://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1108143599764406277 …

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          Claire Lehmann  🎄Verified account @clairlemon
          Lisa Littman, the first medical doctor to investigate the contagious nature of gender dysphoria has been vindicated by the academic journal which published her original research. (Activists had complained). Didn't stop her from losing her job, though. https://quillette.com/2019/03/19/an-interview-with-lisa-littman-who-coined-the-term-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria/ …
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        1. *MrsRadFemPirate*‏ @RadFemPirate Apr 1
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          Replying to @MForstater @LetToysBeToys

          It's a the same on FB, the replies from people will hopefully send them a strong message, it's loud & clear that the people following them are not happy with this https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1228944660605937&id=104658933034521 …

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        1. Ape‏ @HumnApeCreature Apr 1
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          Replying to @MForstater @LetToysBeToys

          Exactly

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