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andrewducker- New government plans could see you jailed for life over propaganda
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- Heartbeats and bunnies, how simple repeating patterns lead to chaos (and back again)
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- 'The Good Place,' 'BoJack Horseman,' and the Audacity of Committing to Decency
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- The EU has released a Q & A on the draft negotiating directives
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- Brexit fuelling surge in support for Scottish independence, but work still to be done on currency and economics
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- Children as young as 9 locked up by Indian police for speech violation
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- Graham Linehan is compiling a horrifying database of conversion therapists willing to abuse young trans people
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- Symptomless coronavirus spreader had symptoms after all
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- I'd give this prosthetic three thumbs up
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- 'Happy Brexit Day' Norwich flat residents unite to show support
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- What is SAP? And how are they worth $163Bn?
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- Cats! On! Statues!
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Date: 2020-02-05 01:02 pm (UTC)Oh yes.
Know how many successful 'conversions' of trans kids (or adults, come to that) there have been?
Zero................
This is abuse- end of, so why isn't it and these snake oil men (and they are all men) cracked down on?
Grrrr!
There are people pushing for that crackdown.
Date: 2020-02-05 04:39 pm (UTC)https://globalnews.ca/news/6425378/calgary-councillors-want-ban-conversion-therapy-ban/
And from CBC News, July of last year:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/conversion-therapy-what-you-need-to-know-1.5209598
Re: There are people pushing for that crackdown.
Date: 2020-02-05 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 01:25 pm (UTC)