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I had the opportunity with @sashabaker98 and @trans_safety to speak to young trans people whose parents joined the Bayswater Support Group. Their stories show the negative impact that the kind of advice promoted by the group had on their lives.
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Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm that the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.
Content warning: discusses conversion abuse
Our investigative reporting on Bayswater has been hidden due to the new online safety bill - 1. By what parameters? 2. Appealing the decision doesn’t seem to be straightforward 3. The automatic age-verification tools are obviously flawed
twitter / uk "online safety bill" law censoring investigative journalist @vrocca_'s reporting on transphobic conversion therapy group Bayswater
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twitter / uk "online safety bill" law censoring investigative journalist @vrocca_'s reporting on transphobic conversion therapy group Bayswater
Which was a two-part investigation into their lobbying of government policies and what advice was shared behind closed doors
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A few months ago, we revealed the connection between Wes Streeting and the group for @WeAreQueerAF
wearequeeraf.com/revealed-st…
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As the political influence of pro-conversion therapy parents continues unabated, we spoke to some of the children and young adults who have been victimised by Bayswater members. CW: child abuse.
transsafety.network/posts/my…
Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm that the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.
Content warning: discusses conversion abuse
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transsafety.network/posts/my…
Sasha Baker and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm that the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.
Content warning: discusses conversion abuse
🚨I wrote a piece about Wes Streeting meeting with Bayswater Support Group, a parents group lobbying to pass legislation harming trans people, and promoting anti-trans conversion practices - with @sashabaker98 for QueerAF
wearequeeraf.com/revealed-st…
Please support QueerAF to see more stories like these, which often struggle to see the light in a media landscape that is often adverse to stories about the harms perpetrated against trans people in the UK
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And that on their private forum, the group was promoting resources and tips to stop their own children from being trans - from destroying their belongings to blocking their internet access to Childline
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So excited to be a finalist for a British Journalism Award alongside @vrocca_ for our @TBIJ investigation into the parents behind policies harming trans children throughout the UK. I hope this nomination shines a light on the issues highlighted in our investigation.
Congratulations to all the finalists for the 2024 Press Gazette British Journalism Awards for public interest journalism. And thank you to our sponsors: @StarlingBank, @amazon and @RenewableUK. Here is this year's shortlists (news provider of the year shortlist still to come).
It's incredible to see that the investigation that @sashabaker98 and I worked on for @TBIJ was shortlisted for a British Journalism Award in the Social Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion Journalism category. We are beyond grateful!
Congratulations to all the finalists for the 2024 Press Gazette British Journalism Awards for public interest journalism. And thank you to our sponsors: @StarlingBank, @amazon and @RenewableUK. Here is this year's shortlists (news provider of the year shortlist still to come).
And the first podcast I worked on as a researcher when I was working at @NovelPodcasts for @tcm, 'The Plot Thickens: Decoding John Ford', got nominated at the Signal Awards in two categories! And you can vote for it 🤠
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The first was published during the election campaign and revealed the role played by a group of parents, who undertake conversion practices towards their children, in influencing a rollback of trans rights under the Tory government thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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.@sashabaker98 and @vrocca_ also reported on how abuse by parents in the group included destroying their trans children's belongings, blocking access to Childline, and sending them to conversion therapists: thebureauinvestigates.com/st…