This is all very depressing. From the Times: A child under the age of five is among thousands on NHS waiting lists for gender clinics, new figures show. More than 5,700 under-18s are waiting for a specialist appointment at two clinics set up to help children wanting to change gender. The youngest patient is under…

IOC Logic – So the women's boxing final will be between two men? – Of course not: they're in different weight categories so it wouldn't be fair. — Progressive Misogyny (@JustMisogyny) August 5, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Joan Smith has a comprehensive piece at Quillette on Mridul Wadhwa and the Edinbugh Rape Crisis Centre. It's basically, I suppose, aimed at Australian/Canadian readers who may not be familiar with a saga which should be well-known by now to UK readers, but it provides a useful overview of the whole wretched business. Gaslighting Scottish…

According to the Telegraph the whole event has been shambolic. Oliver Brown: I am half-expecting a fight to break out at this IBA press conference. The atmosphere is truly toxic. Malfunctioning video leaks, exploding speakers, an hour-long delay, and a rambling tirade from the organisation’s Russian president via video link. There are serious questions to…

Svetlana Staneva, the Bulgarian boxer defeated by Lin Yu-ting yesterday, hasn't been cowed into acceptance by the IOC as the other women defeated by male boxers seem to have been. She gave a defiant XX sign after the fight (the BBC innocently reported that she "left the arena making a cross with her fingers", with…

No worries, David Miller's solved it. You won't believe who's actually to blame. Just try to guess. https://t.co/uqj07Dwmh6 — ♀️Jennifer Gingrich ✡️ (@fem_mb) August 5, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Sonia Sodha in the Observer – The BMA’s stance on puberty blockers defies the key principle of medicine: first, do no harm: There’s no two ways about it: the Cass review pulled back the curtain on how gender-questioning children have been starkly failed by the medical profession. You might think that would prompt reflection. Not…

A fourth female boxer is knocked out of the Olympics by a male. A defiant Staneva signals the anger we all feel 💪 “I am XX. I am a woman”#paris2024 #fairplayforwomen#SaveWomensSports pic.twitter.com/W6cs4pwRTo — FairPlayForWomen (@fairplaywomen) August 4, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Female boxer makes defiant gesture after being beaten by a biological male at the Paris Olympics.…

Snapshots from North Korea seems to be a new feature at the Daily NK, aimed at English speakers. Two items from the July 29-August 2 selection: Mother reports daughter for watching S. Korean media, shocking N. Korean workers Three female workers in their 20s from the Sinyang Export Clothing Factory in South Pyongan Province were…

Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Professor of Law at Duke, at Quillette – XY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy Explained. Needs to be read in full. Here's her conclusion: I will close by reiterating the three basic points that I and other experts in girls’ and women’s sport have been making for a…