NICE but naughty

A system designed to fail trans kids

jane fae
11 min readAug 21, 2022
Adapted from A Naughty Maid (Das freche Mädchen) by Ludwig Knaus (1829–1910): public domain

Back to factual. This time, a quick canter through the anomalies of drug prescribing in the UK; what’s wrong with the system; and why, if you tried to design a system to make life difficult for trans kids you would be pushed to come up with a more toxic one.

Now read on…

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Shocking, innit? All those poor vulnerable young people being turned into guinea pigs — not literally, of course! — just to satisfy the greed of a big farmer. Sorry: Big Pharma! with a capital B and a P and harm in the middle!

Down with untested drugs!

That’s why the time has come to stop feeding untested and off-label drugs to trans kids…

What? No!

I’m talking about pregnant women. Worried about infection? Well, tough: no more cefalexin for you! Ditto magnesium sulphate — even if you do reckon you’re at risk from pre-eclampsia. As for high blood pressure: for you, ma’am, the nifedipine is over. You’ll just have to practice relaxation and controlled breathing instead.

At this point, some of you are likely going: has jane taken leave of her senses? Does she hate women? Why would she insist on people suffering when we have medical treatments…

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jane fae
jane fae

Written by jane fae

Feminist, writer, campaigner on political and sexual liberty who also knows a bit about IT, the law and policing. Not entirely serious…