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   HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jan-2026 06:29:47 JST HebrideanHecate

   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/26/celia-walden-midwives-newborns-sexual-orientation/

   Asking midwives to record the sexual orientation of newborns is sickening. According to the warped NHS, a baby’s gender identity is now more important than its biological sex

   One midwife was brave enough to blow the whistle, saying staff are “worried” by the forms, but don’t want to raise the issue with NHS managers. Because that’s how effective the gender warriors have been with their intimidation tactics. Like the fearful subjects in The Emperor’s New Clothes, nobody wants to be the one to point out the obvious and say, “But the child is either a boy or a girl!” It gets worse. Whilst there is no obligation to record biological sex on the new American-made software, the default settings do include a form asking for a newborn’s gender identity, pronouns and sexual orientation. You know, alongside the time and date.

   I’m just going to let that sit for a moment. Let us all digest how warped a group of human beings have to be by their own ideology to suggest that a newborn baby could have decided – in the five minutes that he/she/they has existed on earth – that on balance, they are “neutrois” (a non-binary identity for those who aren’t exclusively male or female), “stone butch” (someone who embodies traits associated with feminine butchness or stereotypes associated with traditional masculinity) or perhaps “trigender” (having three gender identities, simultaneously or over time). It would be funny if this were all part of some inconsequential, narcissistic little game that people liked to play in their spare time. Only this new software is being used in at least 10 NHS trusts. Oh, and the “upgrade” cost £450m.

   Identity isn’t just a new toy for a spoilt generation to play around with because they don’t have anything more serious to pour their energies into. Being able to identify one human being from another is critical in a medical context. It’s critical in a societal context too, for our safety, our human rights and our dignity, allowing – among other things – for the orderly functioning of financial and legal systems, and for the protection of both the living and the dead.

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     BILLSan345 (billsan345@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jan-2026 06:37:03 JST BILLSan345

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     @HebrideanHecate In Addenbrookes hospital today (major teaching hub) a poster reads “PEOPLE between the ages of twelve and fifty-five who think they may be pregnant let us know before you have an X-ray….”
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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jan-2026 06:37:25 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @HebrideanHecate A newborn doesn't have a sexual orientation because a newborn doesn't have the capacity to consent to sexual activity. Neither does a newborn have the capacity to decide on his or her *gender identity* (whatever this is).
     I have concerns about adults who think this is useful and important information. It suggests an unhealthy interest in newborns, specifically their sexuality, their ideological stance on a political matter, and potential mental health issues.
     Health Secretary - Please let us know the names of these adults; who designed the questions, authorised their implementation and the payment. I think we should know who they are and why you agreed to this happening.
     Otherwise we may have to draw our own conclusions.
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jan-2026 06:37:43 JST HebrideanHecate

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     @BILLSan345 It is sheer gaslighting, ignorant and downright dangerous.

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     sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jan-2026 02:30:58 JST sj_zero

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     • KeepTakingTheSoma
     The first time I saw that, it was shocking to the conscience.
     
     "Who does your baby want to have sex with?"
     
     Jesus Christ, nobody what's wrong with you?
     
     I have seen paper forms asking the sexual orientation and gender identity of a newborn. Not computer forms, paper. Someone had to design that, had to look at it, and nodded to themselves that this was correct.
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jan-2026 02:31:07 JST HebrideanHecate

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma 100% that, always a red flag, but then trans shit = NONCE.

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     Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jan-2026 02:31:26 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma @HebrideanHecate
     
     I'm pretty sure that nobody who made that software actually thought that midwives would be able to magically know the sexual orientation or gender identity of a newborn.
     
     Sounds like they probably just used a standard "personal data" form that's also used for adults, and neglected to remove the fields that are unnecessary for newborns.
     
     It's pretty standard to reuse components in software, and when the company making it is lazy/incompetent then you get absurd results like this.
     
     No excuse for not having sex on the form.