Rosie Duffield in the Mail - Where was Keir Starmer when I was being bullied and threatened by the trans lobby - and, worse, by my colleagues in the Labour Party?
On X, I noticed my colleague Wes Streeting, the Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, was taking the report very seriously. 'The Cass Review must be a watershed moment for the NHS's gender identity services,' he wrote.
'Children's healthcare should always be led by evidence and children's welfare, free from culture wars. Clinicians and parents alike want the best for children at this crucial development stage.
'This report provides an evidence-based framework to deliver that.'
He went on to urge the Government to act and thanked Dr Hilary Cass and her team for their work, adding: 'I am committed to working constructively with the Health Secretary to put children's health and wellbeing above the political fray.'
It was a mature, sober response and I felt relieved that members of my own party were starting to wake up to the damage being done by this insidious ideology.
But there was also another emotion: anger. Because where had the Labour Party been?
At the forefront of my mind was the old cartoon of the lone woman sitting in a boardroom surrounded by men and one of them says: 'That's an excellent suggestion, Miss Triggs. Perhaps one of the men here would like to make it.' The fact is, many women have been shouting from the rooftops about what is happening to gender-confused children and we have been ignored.
Worse, we have been abused by strangers and colleagues for simply expressing the view that children need safeguarding when it comes to life-changing medication.
Usually, my policy is to never tweet anything in anger. But as I scrolled through X to see that another man — this time a political editor — was describing Wes as 'the only politician to say anything sensible about this issue', the dam burst. I typed out a series of incandescent tweets.
'To the many women, blanked, sidelined, dismissed by male leaders when exposing this for years... As male leaders take applause, praise and credit for simply listening to an expert and finally reading the room... Perhaps less moral cowardice now? No apologies to those 'investigated', reprimanded, passed over, bullied, deselected...'
Earlier this week when we had the debate in the Commons on Cass, we heard new lines from the Labour front bench, who now appear willing to accept the report's recommendations.
But not one senior Shadow Cabinet member has yet approached me. I believe the Labour Party thinks 'the gender issue' doesn't matter to the voting public. For them it's a 'culture war'.
At the heart of this attitude is, I believe, a deep-seated misogyny within the party.
I joined politics to put the needs of my constituents first. When Keir became leader, he promised we would always be able to approach him.
But nothing could be further from the truth. The leader of the Labour Party has almost no personal contact with his backbenchers. The last message I sent to Keir, practically begging for support, was ignored.
Keir is bundled in and out of meetings before you even have a chance to say: 'Have you heard about this major medical scandal at the Tavistock clinic?' The truth is I have as much access to the Leader of the Opposition as any of you.
Of course, it's not only male colleagues who have been hostile. There's a group of female MPs, some of whom have behaved appallingly.
Some have 'whispered' loudly about 'f****** terfs' as I walk past. Then, as our official policy appears to change, I'll see them on television saying: 'It's terribly concerning that women haven't been able to talk about this issue.' Their hypocrisy is monumental.
They finally get it. Well, some of them. No wonder they don't want reminding of their past behaviour. And no wonder Rosie Duffield is angry.
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