The NHS is training midwives to advocate for male breastfeeding and operate under the slogan "birthing people ain't all women", new documents have revealed.
The organisation delivering the training, known as the Queer Birth Club, delivers courses on LGBTQ+ competency and lactation support.
Its training materials incorporate messaging that challenges traditional concepts of pregnancy and childbirth, including promotional content featuring the phrase "birthing people ain't all women".
These educational sessions have been conducted for NHS England and multiple healthcare trusts throughout the United Kingdom, with the organisation's founder presenting at the Royal College of Midwives.
The Queer Birth Club, delivers courses on LGBTQ+ competency and lactation support
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A healthcare worker who expressed objections to the training programme now confronts disciplinary proceedings.
The NHS employee stated to The Telegraph: "The content of these sessions undermines established clinical standards and introduces extreme ideological beliefs that have no place in healthcare settings."
The Queer Birth Club has confirmed its involvement in delivering training at universities, with its programmes integrated into certain midwifery and doula educational curricula.
The organisation advocates for breastfeeding by transgender women and characterises any suggestion that milk produced by biological males might be inferior as "transmisogyny".
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Multiple NHS websites feature the club as a recommended resource for healthcare professionals.
There are concerns regarding the safety of pharmaceuticals employed to stimulate lactation in biological males.
Domperidone, frequently prescribed off-label for inducing milk production, was not designed for this application.
The drug's manufacturer, Janssen, has cautioned against its use due to potential cardiac effects on infants.
The organisation pushes the message 'birthing people ain't all women'
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Additional concerns exist about testosterone's possible influence on infants nursed by transgender men.
The organisation's "lactation competency" programme, promoted with an illustration depicting breastfeeding alongside the phrase "trans joy", encompasses "inducing lactation, feeding after top surgery, co-nursing".
Their social media features artwork showing a bearded pregnant figure with the caption: "Boys have babies too."
Advocates have urged the NHS to conduct an urgent evaluation to guarantee that "training and care provision is urgently grounded in biological reality".
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