A trans-identified male in Portugal has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the brutal killing of his father and attempted murder of his mother in what was described in court as a “psychotic” episode.

Tânia Ferrinho, 43, violently stabbed his bedridden mother before turning on his father in a horrific incident that occurred last fall in Samora Correia. The court heard how Ferrinho’s elderly parents, Carlos and Maria, both 77 years old, had suffered numerous instances of violence at the hands of their son, and had already taken out a court order banning him from approaching them leading up to the stabbings.

On October 10, 2022, Ferrinho engaged in an argument over finances with his parents. Ferrinho reportedly had never worked or held down a stable job and was living at home dependent on his aging parent’s resources. On the day of the crime, he had demanded an allowance which his parents refused to provide.

Shortly after, the National Republican Guard (GNR) visited the family’s home to inform Ferrinho that another case was being filed against him for abuse of his parents at the Benavente Court. Ferrinho was already on probation for a 2021 double conviction of aggravated physical assault against his elderly parents, reported Rede Regional.

Just after law enforcement left the premises, Ferrinho entered his mother’s room, where she was confined to her bed due to poor health, and began attacking her with a knife. Leaving her to die, he then began slashing his 77 year-old father repeatedly, chasing him outside to the apartment building’s hallway, where the elderly man fell to the ground. Carlos Ferrinho died of his injuries in December while being treated at the Vila Franca de Xira Hospital.

A recording of Ferrinho’s assault on his father, taken by neighbor who intervened, was presented to the court during proceedings. In the recording, Carlos could be heard saying that Ferrinho had killed his mother, which the court understood to indicate that he had attacked Cristina Maria first, a fact that had previously been unclear.

However, Ferrinho’s mother managed to survive her injuries, but died in the hospital three months later due to illness.

Commenting on the footage of Ferrinho stabbing his father, presiding judge Sónia Vicente expressed shock at both the brutality and the lack of remorse seen on the part of Ferrinho.

“I didn’t see any concern on your part about what was going on there,” said Vicente, who added that she was “impressed” by the level of cruelty on display.

“Your father was already bleeding very profusely and I didn’t see any concern on his part about what was happening, none,” said judge Vicente.

“The defendant knew well that [he] could cause death, a purpose [he] managed to achieve,” states the ruling, in which the court was told that Ferrinho, who was referred to with feminine pronouns, “knew what [he] was doing and did almost exactly what [he] wanted.”

During the trial, Ferrinho’s attorney, Maria João Alves, attempted to portray the assaults as a “psychotic episode,” a claim which the court ultimately rejected.

Ferrinho’s gender identity was also brought up during court proceedings. Alves, defending, argued that the killing occurred following a series of traumatic events, including his “gender change.”

Ana Gomes of the Public Prosecutor’s Office made an effort to rationalize the murder as being the result of “the inner conflict” presented by Ferrinho’s transgender identity. Gomes stated that there is “sensitivity to understanding the inner conflict of someone who, from a young age, does not identify with the gender they were born with.”

However, Gomes further added that “[he] did not show any remorse” for the crime, and asked for a sentence which considered the gravity of the offense.

Sources of the conflict between Ferrinho and his parents were said to have centered around his sex change procedures, which they disapproved of. Ferrinho began to identify as transgender in 2020, when he legally changed his name to Tânia.

Another significant source of tension related to finances. The Public Prosecutor’s Office told the court that the relationship was strained due to the “inertia of the defendant” in finding a job while using his parent’s income for “online shopping.”

Ferrinho’s case first became known to the wider public after media reported that female prison guards had refused to conduct strip searches on him during his detention in a women’s prison. Despite retaining a male sexual organ, Ferrinho demanded to be searched by women guards at the Tires Prison Establishment.

The women employed at the prison refused, because “the procedure involved biologically seeing a person of a different sex and seeing a penis,” said the president of the Association of Heads of the Guard Corps Prison, Hermínio Barradas.

After an hour, two female guards ultimately conducted the search “under protest.”

Portugal passed a law allowing sex self-identification in 2018, but Ferrinho’s case is said to be the first known instance of a clash between female prison staff and a violent trans-identified male inmate. Reports of the incident note that the guards “fear the arrival of new transgender inmates.”

Reports of Ferrinho’s conviction refer to him either as a “trans woman,” or in some cases, simply as a “woman,” and utilize the feminine tense and pronouns. It has yet to be reported whether Ferrinho will be incarcerated in a women’s correctional facility, but he was seen being escorted by female guards out of the courthouse following his sentencing.

The court ordered Ferrinho to 22 years in prison for the murder of his father and to 11 years and six months for the attempted murder of his mother. But because the sum of the two prison sentences exceeded the maximum prison sentence allowed in Portugal, Ferrinho was handed a single sentence of 25 years in prison.

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A Scottish man has been handed a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the chilling abduction and sexual assault of a local child. Andrew George Miller, also known as Amy George, was initially arrested in February in connection with the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl, who he abducted “while dressed in female clothing,” according to the Edinburgh High Court. He was also found in possession of horrific child sexual abuse materials.

On February 5, Miller approached the child and offered her a drive home while wearing women’s clothes. After winning the girl’s trust, Miller took her to his own residence and confined her in his bedroom, where he repeatedly sexually abused her over a 27-hour period.

The child asked to be allowed to go home, at which point Miller told the girl he intended to keep her in captivity and that he was her “new family.” According to court records, Miller exposed his genitals to the victim and forced her to watch pornography and “fetish videos.”

The victim was first reported missing from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders area after failing to return home following a play-date with friends.

Police said she was around a “20 minute walk from home” before she disappeared without a trace, prompting a massive multi-agency operation into locating her. Countless volunteers took to the streets in a bid to find the youngster.

Police Scotland announced that the girl had been found on February 7 in the village of Gattonside, and she was promptly returned to her family. Later that same day, law enforcement announced Miller’s arrest in connection to the girl’s disappearance. The girl had managed to locate a landline telephone while Miller slept and called the police.

Officers arrived on the scene quickly, where they found Miller wearing a bra with silicone breasts, women’s underwear, and tights. CCTV footage later recovered by law enforcement showed Miller abducting the girl.

Presiding judge Lord Arthurson commented on Miller’s “nauseating depravity” when delivering the sentence today.

“Dressed and presenting as a female, you offered the child a lift, drove past the area of her home, took her into your house and removed her phone. You assaulted her on arrival, carried her into the bedroom, removed her lower clothing and immediately commenced her ordeal of deplorable penetrative sexual offending. You made her wear tights, in keeping with your long standing perverted fetishistic interests,” the judge said.

Lord Arthurson further emphasized that he believed Miller’s feminine appearance was a ruse designed to earn the trust of his victim.

“One only has to ask oneself the simple question: would an 11 year old girl have willingly entered your car had you presented as a man? The answer is that obviously she would not. Your intentions were wicked and predatory, and clearly involved a substantial component of planning.”

It was noted by Lord Arthurson that upon his arrest, Miller denied harming the girl and insisted that he had behaved in a “motherly way” towards her. He also claimed to have performed volunteer work as a Good Samaritan. Miller described the abduction of the child as a “game,” according to a risk assessment report, and appeared to place responsibility for his sexual offending on the victim.

The Risk Management Authority also said Miller frequently discussed his desire to “limit the impact” of his predatory actions on the “wider trans community.”

During the course of the investigation, it was revealed that Miller had ten previous convictions, but that he had “never before received a custodial or even a community‑based sentence.” In addition to pleading guilty to the charges of abduction and sexual abuse of a minor, Miller also admitted to the possession of multiple indecent images of children, including media depicting the anal rape of a young child. He curated his sick collection over the course of 19 years.

Lord Arthurson sentenced Miller to 20 years in prison, with an extension period of eight years.

Miller was formerly the owner of Miller Butchers of Melrose, a poorly-rated meat shop which recently shut down. Despite floundering in recent years, the shop had a long heritage in the community and had previously been well-regarded as it was passed down through the Miller family.

Miller Butchers of Melrose was briefly mentioned in Career of Evil, a crime novel published under JK Rowling’s pen name, Robert Galbraith. For a period of time, a Career of Evil-themed display was shown in the butcher shop window.

Miller’s transvestic tendencies were apparently well-known to his neighbors.

A source local to Miller told Reduxx that he had been labelled “tranny Miller” while in high school because of his proclivity for cross-dressing, and that he had been known as a “knicker pincher” even as a student.

After graduating, Miller apparently began occasionally dressing in women’s clothes both in the community and in his butcher shop. Two sources independently claimed that Miller had past contact with police for stealing women’s undergarments from clotheslines.

Reduxx has previously located two Facebook profiles belonging to Miller, one of which utilizes a “female” identity under the name “Amy George.” Miller appears to have operated the accounts simultaneously, posting on both his “male” and “female” identified accounts regularly.

In January of this year, Miller made a post on his “male” account alluding to the debacle surrounding Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act.

“Silly Billys [sic] in Westminster… Never mess with Scottish Transgender Issues,” Miller wrote just days after the UK Government moved to block a piece of Scottish legislation which sought to significantly relax the requirements for individuals to change their legal sex in Scotland.

In January of 2020, Miller posted on teaching children to explore their identities.

“That simple question that we ask ourselves… who am I? Deliver that same question to your children. Let them be themselves. Guide them, but not with boundaries. Teach them, but not with misguided morals. Love them and let them know and feel that they are loved, because that is the greatest gift of all,” Miller posted as “Amy George.”

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The Washington Post is under fire after sympathetically profiling a trans-identified male who enrolled in a sorority at the University of Wyoming and reportedly exposed his erection to the female members. Artemis Langford, who began identifying as a “lesbian” in 2017, was accepted into Kappa Kappa Gamma despite not even meeting basic eligibility requirements.

Langford became the subject of international attention earlier this year after multiple female KKG members launched a lawsuit against the national governing body of their sorority demanding his removal.

Although Langford required a majority vote to gain admission to KKG, one sorority member came forward to state that the female members were initially promised anonymity in the voting process, only to then be told they would have to identify themselves on the ballot form. This resulted in many of the women feeling “intimidated” into voting for Langford to avoid accusations of “transphobia.”

Following the launch of their lawsuit, the women were similarly denied anonymity by the court.

As previously reported by Reduxx, the female KKG members involved in the lawsuit noted that there had been several disturbing instances of inappropriate behavior from Langford following his admission.

Court records revealed that the young women alleged Langford, who is 6’2″, had been voyeuristically peeping on them while they were in intimate situations, and, in at least one occasion, had a visible erection while doing so.

“One sorority member walked down the hall to take a shower, wearing only a towel … She felt an unsettling presence, turned, and saw [Langford] watching her silently,” one court document, which had anonymized Langford, reads.

“[Langford] has, while watching members enter the sorority house, had an erection visible through his leggings,” the suit says. “Other times, he has had a pillow in his lap.”

The complaint adds that Langford is “sexually interested in women” as evidenced by his Tinder profile “through which he seeks to meet women.” It is further alleged that Langford took photographs of the women while at a sorority slumber party, where he also is said to have made inappropriate comments.

“Smith repeatedly questioned the women about what vaginas look like, breast cup size, whether women were considering breast reductions and birth control.”

Langford “was supposed” to leave the slumber party by 10 p.m. that evening but did not, saying that he intended to leave after the women fell asleep. After singing to himself at approximately 11 p.m., Langford finally left the residence at midnight, only to return the next morning.

At that time, it is stated that Langford stood silently in the corner of the room while watching other pledges change out of their sleeping garments.

The lawsuit also highlighted a disturbing incident involving one of the women as she changed her clothing.

Unaware that Langford was in the house, she faced away from the other members and removed her shirt in a communal area. The woman, who was not wearing a bra, turned to discover Langford staring at her after she had put on a clean shirt.

Curiously, court documents also reveal that Langford was admitted to KKG despite not even meeting their basic eligibility requirements.

While KKG requires applicants to have a 2.7 Grade Point Average (GPA), Langford only had a 1.9 at the time he submitted his membership request, and was not on a grade probation. The legal complaint notes that this indicates Langford’s application was “evaluated using a different standard.”

On October 14, the Washington Post released an extensive profile on Langford sympathetically portraying him as the victim of a hate campaign. In one section, the writer, William Wang, attempts to compare Langford’s transgender experiences and the history of women being excluded from higher education institutions.

“A history major, she started researching the origins of American sororities. The earliest began in the 19th century, when few women attended colleges. They often found themselves alone and denigrated, and they banded together to prove themselves equal to men,” the article reads, using feminine pronouns to refer to Langford. “Artemis saw her own life in their stories. Fitting in had never come easily.”

In another section of the article, parallels are drawn between Langford and Matthew Shepard, a murdered University of Wyoming student who was alleged to be the victim of a hate crime in 1998. While Shepard’s death heralded in a wave of anti-hate legislation as it was believed he was targeted due to his homosexuality, recent investigative journalism suggest the drug trade was more likely to have been the primary motive.

Claims that Langford had been spotted with an erection were also refuted in the article, with the Washington Post pointing to a single sorority member’s testimony in order to discredit the allegations of several others involved in the lawsuit.

On social media, the Washington Post‘s article prompted a wave of criticism from users dissatisfied with the attempt to portray Langford as a victim.

“This article is such sickening misogyny I can’t believe you printed it,” women’s rights advocate and Reduxx contributor Jennifer Gingrich said. “What about the rights of the young women who felt violated by a man in their private, female-only spaces? Why don’t THEIR feelings matter?”

“Women and girls should not be forced to move over and shut up because of the wants and demands of some male people,” another user wrote in response to the Washington Post.

"man takes fetish way too fucking far"

— Eva Kurilova (@eva_kurilova) October 14, 2023

Some condemned the Washington Post for utilizing feminine pronouns to refer to Langford, suggesting it was a deliberate obfuscation of reality.

“Just because your style guide insists on ‘proper’ trans pronouns doesn’t mean readers don’t recognize that this is a confused male insisting on inhabiting women’s spaces,” user Scott G wrote.

As of the time of this writing, the Washington Post‘s X post on Langford’s story has received over 4,700 overwhelmingly negative replies compared to just 698 ‘likes.’

Context by Community Notes, X’s user-driven fact-checking feature, has also been affixed to the post, with users stating: “Langford is a heterosexual man. In 2018, the Sorority changed its rules to allow men to join it if they claim to be trans. Langford used this to get a place. Sorority members tried to remove Langford after male pattern lewd behavior but failed due to the 2018 rule change.” A link to earlier Reduxx coverage was then provided as a source.

Despite expressing overwhelming discomfort with Langford’s admission to the sorority, on August 25, Judge Alan Johnson dismissed the case of Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, claiming that re-defining “woman” to include males was “Kappa Kappa Gamma’s bedrock right as a private, voluntary organization — and one this Court may not invade.”

In his decision, Johnson wrote: “The University of Wyoming chapter voted to admit — and, more broadly, a sorority of hundreds of thousands approved — Langford. With its inquiry beginning and ending there, the Court will not define ‘woman’ today. The delegate of a private, voluntary organization interpreted ‘woman’, otherwise undefined in the non-profit’s bylaws, expansively; this Judge may not invade Kappa Kappa Gamma’s freedom of expressive association and inject the circumscribed definition Plaintiffs urge.”

While the KKG bylaws state that “a new member shall be a woman,” Judge Johnson found that no bylaw defined “woman.” Johnson also cited a 2018 Guide for Supporting our LGBTQIA+ Members which states: “Kappa Kappa Gamma is a single-gender organization comprised of women and individuals who identify as women whose governing documents do not discriminate in membership selection except by requiring good scholarship and ethical character.”

While the female complainants have expressed a desire to appeal the decision, there have b been reports that KKG administrators are attempting to bar the young women from doing so.

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A trans-identified inmate in Oregon has received a “vulnerable” designation by an Oregon Court, entitling him to special protections and privileges due to his gender identity. Zera Lola Zombie, who is currently in custody for the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, had previously been granted temporary relief from what he claimed was male violence targeted against him.

Zombie, born Daniel Lee Smith, first filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) in 2021 alleging he had suffered discrimination on the basis of his gender identity. Amongst the grievances, Zombie claimed he had been subjected to “ongoing harassment” by staff and fellow inmates while incarcerated at male institutions.

Following the launch of his suit, Zombie was briefly transferred to the Coffee Creek Women’s Correctional Facility, but was quickly moved back to the male estate just weeks later for unknown reasons.

Speaking to Reduxx last month, ODOC Media Manager Amber Campbell explained that though housing decisions are reviewed every six months, Zombie was returned to a men’s prison just three months after being sent to the women’s facility.

Though the lawsuit is ongoing, Zombie’s lawyers filed a motion in early September demanding a number of measures be put in place to “protect” Zombie from dangerous male inmates. Among the requests were that Zombie be housed in a private cell on a unit with no sex offenders, and that he ultimately be transferred back to Coffee Creek.

As previously reported by Reduxx, one day after the motion was filed, an Oregon Court temporarily granted Zombie’s request to be designated a “vulnerable” person and ordered ODOC to comply with a number of his demands. The court put the measures in place until September 29, but has now issued a follow-up order extending the motion.

According to the most recent order, filed on September 30, the court has affirmed Zombie’s “vulnerable” status and granted him an “extraordinary remedy” after being satisfied with his claims that accommodations were required to prevent him from being subject to “irreparable harm.”

Among the protections Zombie will receive is a fully private cell where he cannot be “viewed while nude by male inmates and staff.” Another order allowing Zombie to shower and dress away from male inmates and staff suggests that female staff will now be responsible for his cell inspections and physical exams.

Zombie, who is classified as a “female” inmate in the Oregon inmate directory, will also be provided separate meal and medication times to avoid inmates he has previously filed complaints about.

Curiously, Zombie’s demand to be re-transferred to the Coffee Creek Women’s Facility was denied a second time by the court, though no reason was provided. That Zombie was hastily removed from the women’s facility and has been repeatedly denied a transfer since calls into question what took place at the prison to make both ODOC and the court reluctant to allow him to return.

Zombie is currently serving a 35-year sentence for charges including the brutal 2014 murder of Samantha Brown, who had been his girlfriend at the time. Brown was beaten to death, her corpse left in the trailer home she and Zombie shared. While the motive for the crime was never made clear, Brown was survived by four young children. 

During the trial, Zombie pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault to avoid possible murder and attempted murder convictions that could have put him in prison for life without parole. He was also charged with an additional first-degree assault on a separate individual, as well as a count of manufacturing meth. 

Zombie began identifying as transgender in 2020 and started a hormone regimen around that time. He has since changed his name and gender marker on legal documents. His attorneys in the lawsuit also insist he has developed “obvious breasts” due to his hormones, and have used the point to emphasize he is at heightened risk in a men’s prison.

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A women’s rights activist was kicked out of a bar in Glasgow last night, reportedly because she “looked like a TERF.” Jenny Watson says she was surrounded by trans activists and forced out of the bar after silently recording a drag queen insulting Harry Potter creator JK Rowling and other women who are critical of gender ideology.

Following the incident, Watson took to her X account to explain that she had been sitting silently and recording a drag performer at the Polo Lounge in Glasgow as he made derogatory remarks about women he classified as “TERFs.” While the acronym means “trans-exclusionary radical feminists,” it has been applied more broadly to any woman critical of gender ideology, and is often used alongside threats of violence.

“For the first time in my life, I have just got chucked out of a gay bar,” Watson said in a series of videos she shared. “There was a drag act… I took a video of him saying that there’s going to be ‘a thousand TERFs’ in Glasgow tomorrow… we hate the TERFs.'”

Watson described how she was swiftly challenged by the crowd when she began filming the drag performer as he made statements against “the TERFs.”

“Everybody surrounded me, and they were [saying], ‘You look like a TERF, you shouldn’t be here. This isn’t the right place for you.’ I was literally just there, sitting with my drink. I was not being rude, doing anything… and they were telling me, ‘You look like a fucking loser.’ Then the bouncers came over.”

In another video clip of the incident Watson shared on X, drag and burlesque performer Tom Harlow can be seen standing on stage naming women’s rights campaigners such as JK Rowling, Julie Bindel, and Member of Parliament Joanna Cherry, all of whom have vocally opposed sex self-identification policies which allow men to be legally designated as “female” without restrictions.

“Joanna Cherry, Julie Bindel, and JK Rowling are all meant to be speaking this weekend,” Harlow says, while audience members react with disgust. Harlow then informs the crowd that Glasgow Trans Rally had organized a counter-protest outside of the venue scheduled for the following day. He adds that he intends to attend the demonstration to “sing show tunes at bigots,” and says, “We fucking hate you, Joanna,” while miming a punch with a clenched fist.

Harlow’s statement was a reference to the women’s rights conference known as FiLiA, a two-day event being held over the weekend. FiLiA was launched in 2013 with the purpose of “strengthening the Women’s Liberation Movement” and upholding women’s sex-based rights, including the right to female-only spaces and protection from male violence.

Trans activists had attempted to have the conference shut down in the days leading up to the event. Glasgow Trans Rally encouraged their supporters to target the venue and harass event organizers on social media. Two days before the conference, the venue’s management attempted to cancel FiLiA’s reservation, but backed down after being told they should expect a legal challenge if they followed through.

Watson continued to explain that one of the bouncers who had her removed from Polo Lounge informed her that the staff were taking “extra precautions” due to the FiLiA conference.

“I had no idea who this drag artist was,” she says, incredulous. “Then I got a few messages from people saying, ‘The person you’re recording is unhinged.'”

Watson continued in a statement: “The Polo Glasgow is unsafe for lesbians. If you are a lesbian do not go there, especially alone, you will be put at risk. You will be told that ‘you look like a pathetic loser for going alone.’ You will be surrounded by a mob and then the bouncers will kick you out, simply for having a drink and recording (as one does) part of a drag act.”

Watson explains that she had been approached by groups of people who “recognized” her from social media, and were clearly looking for a hostile exchange.

“I engaged civilly with them, yet still I was the one who was kicked out. I repeat – this establishment is dangerous for lesbians. This is new homophobia and lesbians are at the bottom of the hierarchy.”

Watson has been the target of abuse in the past due to her experience speaking out for the rights of lesbian women to hold single-sex events. Earlier this year, she came under fire after voicing frustration with the trans-identified males claiming to be lesbians who were attending weekly lesbian speed dating evenings she organized in London.

Watson described to journalist Julie Bindel how one trans-identified man pushed himself against a lesbian in the restroom.

Another was seen sporting a visible erection while wearing purple spandex. Several trans activists created a WhatsApp group in order to coordinate their attempts to have her lesbian-only events shut down by urging participants to complain to venue staff. She has also been reported to her London council employers as “transphobic” for insisting that “lesbians don’t have penises.”

As he stated he would, Harlow turned up outside of the FiLiA conference with a small crowd of protesters, where he has been recorded shouting “fuck you” at the women in attendance.

In a brief biography of Harlow provided to Miss Burlesque Scotland, a competition for which he has performed and competed, Harlow is described as “an international and award-winning showboy” known for his “classic stripteases with a male twist, bump & grind as well as his unique vocal blend of showtunes & FILTH!”

Harlow previously drew criticism in July after Glasgow museum The Burrell Collection hosted an all-ages LGBT event where Harlow performed. The museum hit back at critics by stating, “The Burrell Collection is an inclusive, welcoming museum and the Pride event celebrates this. Tom Harlow is performing classic cabaret and giving insight into the art of performance make-up in a set for all ages.”

Harlow’s website features photos and purchasable prints of himself naked. As previously reported by Reduxx, Harlow has performed as a merman in an adult strip show called “The Salty Seaman”. He would later adapt the character to be aimed at children.

Last fall, a cabaret performance by Harlow intended for children under 12 was cancelled following public outcry.

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The National Health Service of the United Kingdom is advising “transgender” females who take testosterone to continue doing so even while breastfeeding a baby despite acknowledging the unknown risks the hormone may have to the child.

The worrying guidance was first called to attention by users on social media, prompting a wave of backlash from advocates concerned with women’s rights and child safeguarding.

In a screenshot from the page posted by @GenderReceipts to X (formerly Twitter), the NHS states: “If you have taken testosterone in the past then your milk supply may be affected. So you may not be able to chestfeed your baby,” but continues that if “chestfeeding” is possible while on testosterone, the milk may have trace amounts of the hormone in it.

@GenderReceipts also posted a link to the page, titled Testosterone and Pregnancy, and asked why the NHS would suggest “trans-identified women who ‘chestfeed’ take testosterone” if the impacts on the child’s health were unknown.

“It is unclear what, if any, effect this could have on your baby,” the guidance read. “It is also important to consider your own wellbeing if you are finding that not taking testosterone is triggering dysphoria.”

Speaking to Reduxx, retired family physician Dr. Maja Bowen condemned the NHS for what she labeled an “alarming” guidance.

“There’s a paucity of research into the effects of elevated maternal testosterone on breast milk and breastfed infants,” Dr. Bowen said, noting the existence of three available studies which analyzed the issue of maternal testosterone usage.

“One looked at non-masculinizing dose of testosterone given for depressive symptoms, and two involved masculinizing doses of testosterone given to trans-identifying females as a part of ‘gender affirming’ regimen. In all these studies, either the sex and age of the infant wasn’t noted, or the age of infant was over one years old, or the sex of the infant was male. Therefore we have no long-term data on how this practice would specifically effect female infants, and the evidence of safety in male infants cannot be said to be adequate.”

Dr. Bowen also points out the apparent contrast between the guidance given to trans-identified females, noting how pregnant women and nursing mothers are often inundated with warnings about avoiding certain medication, food, and drink deemed risky.

“In medicine, we always err on the side of caution when we are advising mothers about which medicines are safe to take during pregnancy or lactation. However, the evidence for safety of masculinizing doses of testosterone on breastfed babies of trans-identifying females is inadequate. Therefore, I am alarmed that the NHS is putting the wishes of trans-identifying adults to be ‘affirmed in their chosen gender’ above the safety of children.”

This is not the first time concerns have been raised about official guidance on transgender adults breastfeeding children, though many previous issues have surrounded the phenomenon of trans-identified males inducing lactation for the purposes of “gender affirmation.”

As early as 2018, an endocrinologist from Boston Medical Center claimed that breastfeeding was an important method of validating a trans-identified male’s gender identity.  

In an interview with The New Scientist, Dr. Joshua Safer said: “Many transgender women are looking to have as many of the experiences of non-transgender women as they can, so I can see this will be extremely popular.”

Since then, reports of trans-identified males seeking support from lactation consultants have increased. On social media, many new and breast feeding mothers have also stated they’ve noticed an increase in men attending breast-feeding groups.

As previously reported by Reduxx, two women in Australia received notices from X informing them that they had broken Australian law after posting about a trans-identified male who had been breastfeeding a child.

Issues have also emerged regarding the adoption of “inclusive” language in maternity care, such as utilizing “chestfeeding” in place of “breastfeeding.”

Last year, a collaborative research paper led by Australian academic Karlene Gribble concluded that the adoption of “desexed” language in female-specific healthcare had “serious implications” for women and children.

“Desexing the language of female reproduction has been done with a view to being sensitive to individual needs and as beneficial, kind, and inclusive,” they wrote in the paper. “Yet, this kindness has delivered unintended consequences that have serious implications for women and children.”

Gribble and her team assert that neutralizing the language around motherhood, including “disembodying and undermining breastfeeding,” would result in “reducing protection of the mother-infant [bond]” and the dehumanization of women.

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