Mick Hartley

An interesting coda to yesterday's violent demo outside the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender conference. From the Mail:

A CBBC presenter has been accused of leading a transgender rights mob that yesterday set off smoke bombs and tried to storm a conference on gender issues.

Dr Ronx Ikharia, who presents Operation Ouch!, was seen using a loud hailer outside a meeting of doctors and academics at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London….

In a speech outside the First Do No Harm conference, Dr Ronx said: 'I am a doctor of 13 years, I am a trans, non-binary doctor and Can-SG is doing harm.'

Dr Ronx, 40, presents alongside twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken on the popular children's health show Operation Ouch!

Last night, Stephanie Davies-Arai, of campaign group Transgender Trend, said: 'A CBBC presenter should not be involved in protests against evidence-based medical care for children.

'That Dr Ronx led a mob that prevented attendees from accessing the conference is a serious public order infraction.'…

In an Instagram post yesterday, Dr Ronx said: 'To see people who are 'professionals' tut, frown and take pictures of us as if we are the enemy whilst accessing the conference was not nice. The intellectualisation of trans bodies frames our existence as debatable.'

Um. You were violently attempting to stop medical professionals from attending a conference. That's not nice. Plus of course the usual line about any debate on transitioning in youngsters being somehow an existential threat to all trans people. No discussion allowed: just go with the ideology.

Author Helen Joyce said: 'This is somebody with influence with children. Adults were behaving like tantruming toddlers.'

A trans activist children's BBC presenter. Not a surprise.