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- Welsh Gender Service: An apology, but no details on timelines for an investigation into the pause of gender affirming surgeries we revealed with What The Trans?! just a month ago.
- Sandie Peggie: The nurse, whose case against an NHS trust was a significant loss for the gender critical movement, is back with new action aimed at her union, over the same incident.
- Fishes: What can the oceans, and the amazing creatures under the waves, teach us about queereness? Nicola Anne Beck explores in the Queer Gaze.
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NHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits the "urgent review" still hasn't begun
TL;DR: The NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee has apologised for the "distress" caused by a decision to withdraw care from hundreds of Trans+ adults, but admitted its "urgent review" had still not begun nearlyt a month after care was 'paused'. It has however set out the review will go, patient by patient, and where "it is appropriate", patients will see their care resume.
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