US ambassador blasts Belgium over mohel arrests
#circumcision
A trial date has been set in Hadachek v. Oregon, an historic lawsuit pursuing equal protection against forced genital cutting regardless of sex assigned at birth. A trial readiness conference is scheduled for Dec 4, 2026. This is the first lawsuit of it's kind to go to the merits of the case.
In light of the proposed "Transgender Bill of Rights", in this thread I want to walk you through research by and about trans, intersex, and gender-expansive people and our lived experiences of unwanted genital cutting vs. gender affirming care. By the end of the thread you will understand the principle of subsidiarity and why forced genital surgeries should be banned.🧵
The blog "This Needs Fixin'" looks at systemic problems in our society and suggests ways to address them.
Here's a randomly-selected link to a vintage post from the archive, dated 2025/10/13:
Just A Tip: Circumcision Does Not Cause Autism; Should Still Only Be For Adults
https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/10/13/just-a-tip-circumcision-does-not-cause-autism-should-still-only-be-for-adults
#Culture #Law #circumcision #body #modification
Here's a randomly-selected link to a vintage post from the archive, dated 2025/10/13:
Just A Tip: Circumcision Does Not Cause Autism; Should Still Only Be For Adults
https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/10/13/just-a-tip-circumcision-does-not-cause-autism-should-still-only-be-for-adults
#Culture #Law #circumcision #body #modification
From The Gruaniad's letters page.
"It never ceases to amaze me that two of the biggest religions in the world, both of which believe God made man in his own image, proceed to “improve” God’s work by deforming a child for “religious reasons”. I believe the practice arose for entirely different reasons but was somehow justified on religious grounds."
Words fail me. WTF is Amazon thinking?
Once upon a time, most people restricted DIY activities to putting up shelves, or a bit of routine car maintenance.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/14/circumcision-kits-found-on-sale-on-amazon-uk
Circumcision kits found on sale on Amazon UK https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/14/circumcision-kits-found-on-sale-on-amazon-uk #Circumcision #Health #UkNews #Amazon #Technology
Lets see if this post can avoid the weirdo intactivists... 🤪
🍆✂️ :tefillin:
"A leaked draft document from #Britain’s #CrownProsecutionService has ignited outrage across #Jewish and #Muslim communities by classifying male #circumcision as a potential form of #childabuse. The guidance, which places the millennia-old covenant of #britmilah alongside virginity testing, hymen reconstruction surgery, and exorcism rituals, represents the latest assault on #religiousfreedom in a nation where traditional faith practices face mounting legal scrutiny. For #Jews, this is not an administrative matter of medical regulation. This strikes at the heart of Jewish identity itself.
The document from the Crown Prosecution Service on “honor-based abuse, forced marriages and harmful practices” states that unlike female genital mutilation, “there is not a specific criminal offense of carrying out male circumcision.” But then it adds the damning qualifier..."
Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/10/circumcision-classed-as-possible-child-abuse-in-draft-cps-document #Circumcision #CrownProsecutionService #Health #Children #Law #Society #Religion #UkNews #England #Wales
Today's pick: The Circumcision (1661) - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. #art #Rembrandt #Circumcision
41 young men die in South Africa from circumcision procedures during initiation ceremonies
JOHANNESBURG — At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #128785584 #Article #Circumcision #Generalnews #Politics #World #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/342476/
"I think we need to be able to laugh about it because...everything is so extremely serious, intense and devastating, wherever you look" - Rebecca Pruzan and Alexander Saul on Snipped https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025-12-17-interview-with-rebecca-pruzan-and-alexander-saul-about-snipped-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #film #ShortFilm #circumcision #movies
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IMAGINE DOING THAT TOOTHBRUSH THING WITH YOUR CLITORIS, MA’AM! Or, fellow men, if you are intact, imagine doing it!
I am 68 now, and I WOULD GIVE MY RIGHT ARM if I could live again, WITH my foreskin!
And, BTW, for most of my life, until ~13 years ago, I thought, “I’m circumcised and I’m OK with it!” – believing that the problems I DID actually have were my own, private, problems.
It was only when someone sent me to https://www.circumstitions.com that I realized that I had these diverse problems in common with circumcised (i.e. genitally mutilated) men. That was a harsh awakening for sure, from the #denial that #intactivists call the #CircumcisionComa.
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This is about the #barbaric #malpractice of #circumcision, of male #genital_mutilation
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Time to share this again because my life’s time is running out, I may have a year or two left but could just as well drop any day. Therefore I need to spread this far and wide, as I am a victim of this #barbaric #malpractice of #circumcision, of male #genital_mutilation.
I was circumcised shortly before my 6th birthday – I FKN REMEMBER HOW MUCH MORE SENSITIVE I WAS “DOWN THERE” before they did it to me, what extremely joyous, “electric”, feelings I had when I touched my glans and played with my foreskin, feelings that ran through my whole body from there.
In my twenties already there was NOTHING of that sensitivity anymore, you could press a #toothbrush against my glans and I’d not even know what was happening there unless I’d LOOK, I am so numb there that I only have very vague feeling of pressure there, and temperature, but nothing erogenous, no joyous feelings anymore.
This this this.
"#Hanukkah commonly evokes light, family gatherings, and childhood memory. But these associations sit atop a much deeper and more challenging history.
Hanukkah marks the only successful #Jewish revolt in recorded antiquity against cultural erasure.
Not against slavery. Not against imperial taxation. Not against foreign rule as such.
Against forced #assimilation.
The Seleucid decrees were not primarily economic or political. They were civilizational. They targeted the infrastructure of Jewish continuity itself: #Torah law and study, #Hebrew language, #Shabbat, #circumcision, and the #Jewishcalendar. #Torahscrolls were destroyed, and those who taught or possessed them were executed. In effect, the decrees aimed to dismantle Jewish memory.
Most ancient peoples who faced comparable pressures disappeared."
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hanukkah-and-the-jewish-refusal-to-disappear/
Weil immer noch viele meinen, dass #Zirkumzision #Circumcision #Beschneidung von Knaben keine #Genitalverstümmelung #MGM sei, oder »nicht so schlimm wie #FGM«.
Hier der Begleittext zum Thema, der von Intaktiv e.V. zusammen mit dem Link auf Facebook geteilt wurde:
»Heute vor 13 Jahren beschloss der Bundestag die Einfügung von Paragraf 1631d , bekannt auch als "Beschneidungsgesetz" , in das Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch ( BGB) . Dieses Gesetz ermöglicht es Eltern, ihren Söhnen ohne Begründung die Vorhaut vom Penis abschneiden zu lassen. Grund genug , daran zu erinnern, dass längst nicht alle als Kind Beschnittenen glücklich und zufrieden mit diesem ungebetenen Eingriff in ihrem intimsten Bereich sind. Seht hierzu die großartige Doku von Insa Onken aus dem Jahr 2022: «
#Paladin #Paladins #Ressurect #Ressurection #Circumcision #HealthPotion #HealthPotions #RP #RPG #RolePlay #RolePlaying #RolePlayingGame #RolePlayingGames.
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