Mick Hartley

And we thought all this was behind us. From the Telegraph:

NHS midwives have been trained by a trans workshop that promotes male breastfeeding, The Telegraph can reveal.

The Queer Birth Club runs “LGBTQ+” competency and lactation classes, using the tag line “birthing people ain’t all women”.

The group has provided training sessions for NHS England and a number of trusts across the UK, and its founder has given talks at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

One nurse who raised concerns about the training is now facing disciplinary action.

The NHS worker told The Telegraph: “The content of these sessions undermines established clinical standards and introduces extreme ideological beliefs that have no place in healthcare settings.”…

The Queer Birth Club has said that it has also provided training in universities and its courses are embedded in some midwifery and doula training programs.

It promotes breastfeeding by trans women and claims that it is “transmisogyny” to say that the milk produced by biological men is “less”.

This is despite concerns over the safety of the milk, which is produced after taking a series of medications to induce lactation.

Domperidone, the drug commonly used to stimulate lactation, was not intended for this purpose, but is prescribed off-label by doctors. Janssen, which manufactures the drug, has recommended against it because of possible side effects to a baby’s heart.

A small price to pay for the validation felt by the man celebrating his fetish new gender identity.

Concerns have also been raised about the impact testosterone could have on babies who are being naturally breastfed by trans men.

The Queer Birth Club say that their “lactation competency” training, which they advertise with a cartoon of a person breastfeeding with the message “trans joy” covers “inducing lactation, feeding after top surgery, co-nursing”.

Feeding after top surgery? After a double mastectomy? Good luck with that.

Another of their posts on social media shows a drawing of a person with a beard and a pregnancy bump with the slogan: “Boys have babies too.”

The club has previously provided “cultural awareness” training for midwives through NHS England and courses for a number of NHS trusts across the UK. It is listed as a recommended resource on several NHS websites.