Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Scottish gender services, Mpox and the BRAT Summer Olympics

Understand the LGBTQIA+ headlines and keep track of the latest queer content and perspectives. This week, QueerAF is written by Rowan Gavin.

💬 This week:

• More Cass Developments: What does a small policy change at a Glasgow gender service tell us about the future of trans healthcare in the post-Cass Review world? We investigate.
• What The Pox: A new outbreak of mpox leads to calls for faster action from governments. We look back at what we learned from our acclaimed podcast on the topic.
• BRAT Summer Olympics: Gold for Khelif, a lawsuit against Rowling and Musk, a perfect sendoff from Daley and history made in the Paralympics - we bring you all the goss from the games. 

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Scottish Gender Clinic Ends Self-Referrals In Latest Cass-Driven Policy Move

TL;DR: The Sandyford clinic Gender Service in Glasgow has stopped taking self-referrals from young people and, in a more unusual move, from adults. It’s the latest in a series of policy decisions driven by the Cass Review, and could be part of a dangerous precedent for further restrictions on care for trans adults.