Mia Wong
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Yeah. So the whistleblowers, they literally reached out to the cast while she was writing the review. She had to be like, hey, restricting puberty blockers isn't good. And like you said, TAS did not recommend to ban puberty blockers. She called for more research into it and like some restrictions, but not an outright ban. That was not anywhere within it.
Yeah. So the whistleblowers, they literally reached out to the cast while she was writing the review. She had to be like, hey, restricting puberty blockers isn't good. And like you said, TAS did not recommend to ban puberty blockers. She called for more research into it and like some restrictions, but not an outright ban. That was not anywhere within it.
Even with her extremism, she's like, maybe we shouldn't restrict it. everything completely, you know, maybe we should just detransition some of the kids. But she did not advocate for a full-on ban, and she has even gone public into the media to clarify that she does not believe in a full-on ban. And yet she ignored the whistleblowers.
Even with her extremism, she's like, maybe we shouldn't restrict it. everything completely, you know, maybe we should just detransition some of the kids. But she did not advocate for a full-on ban, and she has even gone public into the media to clarify that she does not believe in a full-on ban. And yet she ignored the whistleblowers.
Even with her extremism, she's like, maybe we shouldn't restrict it. everything completely, you know, maybe we should just detransition some of the kids. But she did not advocate for a full-on ban, and she has even gone public into the media to clarify that she does not believe in a full-on ban. And yet she ignored the whistleblowers.
She ignored them when they came to her being like, hey, there's evidence that restricting puberty blockers is causing these deaths directly. And she didn't do anything. We don't know the specifics of that conversation. That's not public information. But you read the cast review. You're not coming away with it thinking, oh boy, she's really concerned about kids who are killing themselves.
She ignored them when they came to her being like, hey, there's evidence that restricting puberty blockers is causing these deaths directly. And she didn't do anything. We don't know the specifics of that conversation. That's not public information. But you read the cast review. You're not coming away with it thinking, oh boy, she's really concerned about kids who are killing themselves.
She ignored them when they came to her being like, hey, there's evidence that restricting puberty blockers is causing these deaths directly. And she didn't do anything. We don't know the specifics of that conversation. That's not public information. But you read the cast review. You're not coming away with it thinking, oh boy, she's really concerned about kids who are killing themselves.
You're coming away with it thinking she doesn't believe a shit and she has her own agenda.
You're coming away with it thinking she doesn't believe a shit and she has her own agenda.
You're coming away with it thinking she doesn't believe a shit and she has her own agenda.
When I dripped this story, it was getting no coverage. No other news outlet wanted to touch it. There were actually some journalists I talked to. I'm not going to name any names, but journalists I talked to who were trying to get their editors to publish a story on these claims. And they were like, I don't think so. I think we're going to do that. It's too speculative and things like that.
When I dripped this story, it was getting no coverage. No other news outlet wanted to touch it. There were actually some journalists I talked to. I'm not going to name any names, but journalists I talked to who were trying to get their editors to publish a story on these claims. And they were like, I don't think so. I think we're going to do that. It's too speculative and things like that.
When I dripped this story, it was getting no coverage. No other news outlet wanted to touch it. There were actually some journalists I talked to. I'm not going to name any names, but journalists I talked to who were trying to get their editors to publish a story on these claims. And they were like, I don't think so. I think we're going to do that. It's too speculative and things like that.
People were actively shutting it down, especially in the British media.
People were actively shutting it down, especially in the British media.
People were actively shutting it down, especially in the British media.