'Educating' the ambulance service

Thanks to the Fair Cop folks for alerting me to this beauty.

Ok, this one is so insane, it took a few days before I was able to convince myself it wasn’t a parody. But it appears to be real!

But it’s real, all right.

Ben @4NaanJeremy

@worriedmumofone I wouldn’t say it’s all going in a positive direction. Just found out that several ambulance services, mine included, will be dishing out learning resources in which they suggest David Bowie was trans and that Fallon Fox is inspirational.

ambulancelgbt.orgThe Ambulance Service Trans Toolkit

There’s a revealing line early on: “Trans people are often expected to educate and explain trans issues to healthcare staff who are lacking in education.” This is that specific form of education that amounts to “trans people must be centred in everything”, whether the record backs it up or not.

The claims are so nutty it’s hard to know where to begin. Perhaps with the fact that that they’re trying to trans Bowie?

There’s a whole section entitled “Trans People and the Stonewall Riots” which is full of the usual lies/historical revisionism.

It spins the now-familiar fiction about the Stonewall riot being started by trans people and regurgitates vague references to, “Transgender women of colour.”

Even a modicum of research would reveal that Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson, the two black men whose lives are frequently appropriated by trans activists, were not trans; they were gay male drag queens. And by his own admission, Johnson was not even present at the start of the riot.

For a true account of what happened at the Stonewall Inn that night, listen to eye witness, Fred Sargeant on the subject.

This list of ‘dos and donts will be familiar to anyone who has dealt with this most demanding, fragile and controlling of demographics.

But it’s in the sports section where it goes from being demanding to downright disturbing.

One of the trans sports stars listed is mixed martial arts fighter, Fallon Fox.

For the uninitiated, Fallon Fox served in the US navy before transitioning in 2006. He later took up MMA fighting, women's MMA fighting, that is.

On 2nd March 2013 Fox took just 39 seconds to defeat Ericka Newsome in an MMA fight. He whacked her in the face with this kneecap, rendered her unconscious and she never fought professionally again. In September 2014 Fox crushed Tamikka Brents' skull, ending her career. Neither Newsome nor Brents had been informed of Fox's trans status; they had no idea they were being expected to get in the ring with a male.

So let’s recap. This is an official guide for frontline NHS staff that features countless untruths, out-and-out propaganda and, most horrifically, celebrates a man who severely beat up two women and still boasts about it.

NOTE: Ben here brought the guide to our attention. Ben, if you read this, I’d love to publish whatever you have to say on the matter. Get in touch!

Ben @4NaanJeremy

@Carriedenne1 @worriedmumofone @MattHancock @jameskirkup @JuliaHB1 @SVPhillimore @JournoStephen @Bernard_Lane @suzanne_moore @VictoriaPeckham @DouglasKMurray @MaajidNawaz Ambulance staff, at least those on the frontline, are in my experience some of the least woke NHS staff around. The problem is that like everywhere else the management are obsessed with diversity to the point that this stuff flies under their radar without questioning.