AI Uncovers Hidden Differences in Male and Female Brain Structures – Neuroscience News

Summary: Researchers use AI to reveal distinct cellular-level differences in the brains of men and women, focusing on white matter. These findings show AI can accurately identify sex-based brain patterns invisible to human eyes.

The study suggests that understanding these differences can enhance diagnostic tools and treatments for brain disorders. This research emphasizes the need for diversity in brain studies to ensure comprehensive insights into neurological diseases.

Men and women are known to experience multiple sclerosis, autism spectrum disorder, migraines, and other brain issues at different rates and with varying symptoms.

A detailed understanding of how biological sex impacts the brain is therefore viewed as a way to improve diagnostic tools and treatments.

Results revealed that the computer programs could accurately distinguish between biological male and female brains by spotting patterns in structure and complexity that were invisible to the human eye.

Source: AI Uncovers Hidden Differences in Male and Female Brain Structures – Neuroscience News

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto apologises after settling two defamation cases – ABC News

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has issued a public apology after settling two defamation cases brought against him by activists Kellie-Jay Keen and Angie Jones.

The women were pursuing him over comments he made after they were involved in an anti-trans rights rally on the steps of state parliament in March 2023 called “Let Women Speak”.

The event was gatecrashed by Neo-Nazis who performed the Nazi salute multiple times.

MP Moira Deeming’s involvement in the “Let Women Speak” rally led to her suspension and eventual expulsion from the Liberal party.

Overnight, he released a statement saying he never believed or intended to assert that Kellie-Jay Keen and Angie Jones were Neo-Nazis.

He said it was also now clear from public statements made by Ms Keen and Ms Jones that they shared his belief that Nazism was odious and contemptible.

“I recognise that there have been times when my comments could have more clearly differentiated between the organisers of the 18 March 2023 Let Women Speak Rally and the Neo-Nazis who attended the steps of Parliament House on that day,” Mr Pesutto said.

“As far as my comments may have been misunderstood as conveying that I believed this to be the case, I apologise for any hurt, distress or harm that has occurred.”

Mr Pesutto described Ms Keen and Ms Jones as passionate women’s rights activists with long histories of advocacy in Australia and internationally.

“I agree with them that genuine community concerns regarding women’s safety and access to single-sex spaces, services and sport warrant meaningful public discussion,” he said.

“I condemn the use of threats, intimidation and abusive language, particularly misogynistic, vile and explicit language that has no place in our society.”

Ms Keen said she was delighted Mr Pesutto had offered “such a full and magnanimous apology”.

“I hope women throughout Australia should feel a little safer speaking about their fears in public,” she said.

Mr Pesutto continued to face defamation action brought by exiled liberal MP Moira Deeming.

Source: Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto apologises after settling two defamation cases – ABC News

Norwegian Gender Diversity Activist Who Streamed Genital Mutilation Pornography Sentenced To LIFE In Prison | Reduxx

The man behind a lucrative extreme body modification website dedicated to streaming “grisly and gruesome” footage of castrations and limb amputations has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years. Marius Gustavson’s Eunuch Maker site, which operated on a pay-per-view subscription basis, had amassed over 22,000 registered users and brought in nearly £300,000 before it was shut down.

Court proceedings revealed horrific details of the body modification ring, which profited from explicit videos of men undergoing “dangerous, unnecessary and life-changing surgeries,” including the removal of male genitals.

The ringleader, Gustavson, 46, was personally involved in at least 30 procedures between 2017 and 2021 before he was arrested, and had kept dismembered body parts as ‘trophies’ in a freezer at his home.

When handing down the sentence, Judge Mark Lucraft said Gustavson had been the mastermind of a “large-scale,” “gruesome and grisly”, and “extremely dangerous” enterprise, which the judge described as “human butchery.”

Judge Lucraft said he was “entirely satisfied” that the motivation “was a mix of sexual gratification as well as financial reward.”

Gustavson’s legal defense argued on his behalf that he was suffering from body integrity disorder (BID) and was merely attempting to “put a smile on people’s faces” by helping those similarly afflicted.

Prosecutor Carberry KC said there was “clear evidence” of cannibalism and that Gustavson had apparently created an “artfully arranged salad platter” of cooked testicles. Carberry showed the court images of body parts stored in plastic bags contained in Gustavson’s freezer and noted that “it wasn’t unusual for the excised genitalia to be kept by some of these defendants.”

According to Gustavon’s LinkedIn profile, he was a volunteer and Senior Steward for London’s Pride organization between 2016 to 2019. His first Eunuch Maker site was registered in 2016, and in 2018, he started a film production company called Nullset.

Prior to his relocation to London in 2012, Gustavson was Chairman of the Board for the Buskerud chapter of transactivist lobbying group The Norwegian Organization for Sexual and Gender Diversity, now known as FRI. Gustavson was involved in a leadership position at the organization from 2001 through 2007. During this time, FRI went by the name ‘The National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation,’ or LLH.

In 2018, The Norwegian Organization for Sexual and Gender Diversity (FRI) successfully lobbied the World Health Organization to officially depathologize fetishism, sadomasochism, and fetishistic transvestitism by removing them from the 11th revision of the International Classifications of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11).

Trans-Identified Male Rapist Housed In Women’s Prison Files Lawsuit Demanding To Be Released Into Women’s General Population | Reduxx

A trans-identified male inmate serving three life sentences for crimes against women has filed a discrimination lawsuit in an attempt to be transferred into the general population among female prisoners. Thomas Preston Lamb, also known as Michelle Renee Lamb, is currently detained in a women’s facility in Topeka, Kansas, but has been kept separate from the female inmates — an arrangement Lamb deems unacceptable.

Lamb wrote. “I’m being treated as if I’m public enemy number one here at TCF, being escorted by two officers all the time. I feel miserable and wake up crying at night. I’m denied the most basic need, especially for us females: the need to have close contact and relationships with other females.”

Prison officials also noted that Lamb had already been allowed multiple exceptions to housing rules, including permission to buy makeup and earrings. Since claiming a female identity in 2006, Lamb has been provided with “female undergarments” by the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) while incarcerated, with the intimate clothing described as “therapeutic for Lamb’s gender dysphoria.” He has also been provided with estrogen and testosterone-blocking drugs.

Leading up to his November lawsuit, Lamb had been threatening prison officials in an attempt to increase his access to the female prison population.

Lamb, who is described as “female” in the state Criminal Justice Information System and referred to as a “transgender female” in court records, was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Karen Sue Kemmerly, a 24 year-old student at the University of Kansas-Missouri, around December 5, 1969.

Lamb murdered Kemmerly after she commented he was a “handsome man,” and told him he was “very capable sexually,” which sent him into a violent rage as he saw himself as a woman. Lamb strangled the woman to death, and left her nude corpse in a cornfield. The young student’s body was found approximately five days after her death on December 7.

Source: (19) Trans-Identified Male Rapist Housed In Women’s Prison Files Lawsuit Demanding To Be Released Into Women’s General Population

Male Inmate Charged with Raping Woman Inside California Women’s Prison, CDCR Confirms Pregnancy

Natalie* had been housed with Tremaine Carroll in a prison cell in Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) for just a few days when she says he attacked her in the shower and raped her. According to charges filed by the Madera County District Attorney’s office – which includes enhancements because Tremaine has prior sex offenses – there was at least one other victim at the prison besides Natalie.

Before California passed SB 132, “The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act”, the law already allowed males who had surgery, and were deemed to not pose a “management and security risk”, to request housing in women’s facilities. However, the law did not allow men with penises, or those who were considered too dangerous, to be housed with women, regardless of gender identity. That all changed when California passed SB 132, which went into effect in 2021.

After serving nearly two decades of his sentence, Tremaine began identifying as a woman and seeking transfer to a women’s facility shortly before SB 132 went into effect. The law was intended to facilitate the transfer of male inmates like Tremaine, who had penises and did not meet security standards for “gender identity” based housing in the women’s prison.

SB 132 is being challenged by four women who have already experienced harm from this policy: Janine Chandler, Krystal Gonzales, Tomiekia Johnson, and Nadia Romero, who are represented by the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF).

Tremaine is one of four intervenors in the lawsuit, represented by the ACLU of Southern California and other advocacy groups supporting the right of male prisoners to self-identify into women’s prisons. Even if they have ordinary male anatomy. Even if they are sex offenders. In a sworn declaration to the court, Tremaine stated, “I am not a threat” to the women at CCWF.  Now, he is charged with forcibly raping two of them and has been moved back to the men’s facility.

The Transgender Law Center and ACLU of Southern California, representing Carroll in the case, did not immediately reply to comment.

Tremaine is just one of the many dangerous men with whom the women in California prisons are now forced to live. One-third of the men requesting transfer into California women’s prisons are sex offenders. According to FOIA records, 50% of men in federal prison who identify as women are sex offenders. This is likely understating the problem – Tremaine himself is not considered “sex offenders” under this definition, despite his first- and second-strike offenses being for a kidnapping which included “forced oral copulation.”

Source: Male Inmate Charged with Raping Woman Inside California Women’s Prison, CDCR Confirms Pregnancy

Man accused of ‘escalating’ sexual attacks on strangers repeatedly bailed | SMH

Police warn nothing will stop Geoffrey Postle from allegedly sexually and physically menacing women, teenagers and even children in Sydney’s streets, trains and shopping centres for his own gratification.

In just six months, the deeply disturbed man allegedly offended eight times, often in breach of bail, with police claiming he threatened and exposed himself to strangers, and, on one occasion, stuck his hands down his pants in front of a little girl – before licking his fingers and staring at her mother in the face.

Police warn nothing will stop Geoffrey Postle from allegedly sexually and physically menacing women, teenagers and even children in Sydney’s streets, trains and shopping centres for his own gratification.

In just six months, the deeply disturbed man allegedly offended eight times, often in breach of bail, with police claiming he threatened and exposed himself to strangers, and, on one occasion, stuck his hands down his pants in front of a little girl – before licking his fingers and staring at her mother in the face.

Prosecutors on Friday told the Downing Centre Local Court that Postle needed to be forced into treatment because there is a “sexual aspect to the majority of offences and that may pose a significant risk to the community”.

Defence lawyer Heidi Heathcote argued Postle needed to be released for assessment, which wasn’t available in custody, so he could ask the court to dismiss the charges under mental health laws.

“I’m going to be compliant with any medical conditions, and I’ve had an injection today which would cover me for the next month,” Postle told the court.

Postle said he would see a counsellor and had a “relapse prevention plan”.

The matters were adjourned until June 20 at Downing Centre Local Court, when Postle’s lawyers are expected to apply for his charges to be dealt with under mental health legislation.

Source: 12ft

Protect the rights of Biological Females Eligibility : Residents of Western Australia Only

To the President and Members of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia in Parliament assembled. We the undersigned …

1. Are deeply troubled that the Cook Labor Government are pushing legislation that will allow any male, but most alarmingly male perpetrators of violence against women, to legally change their sex to female and access female-only spaces;
2. Remind the Government that the United Nations Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has recently highlighted the potential for sexual predators to abuse such laws;
3. Call on the Government to acknowledge the vulnerability of biological females and their right to freely assemble and associate in spaces exclusively with one another should they wish to do so for safety, sport, recreation or any reason;
4. ⁠Urge the Legislative Council to refer the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes) Bill 2024 to the Standing Committee on Legislation for a public inquiry to ensure this right is protected rather than undermined or destroyed.

And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.

https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/LCePetitions.nsf/petitions/24-0019

Source: LC e-Petitions

UN throws out Stonewall’s bid to downgrade EHRC over trans row

Britain’s human rights watchdog has accused “activist” trans rights campaigners of attempting to “unduly influence” its legal independence after successfully resisting an attempt to strip it of its international status.

Stonewall and other LGBTQ+ organisations made a formal complaint against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) last year. They claimed that the commission was “trans-hostile” and “not fit for purpose”, criticising its decision to back new legal protections for biological women.

In May last year Stonewall and other LGBTQ+ bodies claimed that the EHRC was “actively harming” trans people. They highlighted the commission’s support of plans by Kemi Badenoch, the women and equalities minister, to introduce legal protections for biological women.

The complaint by Stonewall prompted a “special review” of the ECHR’s status by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, a UN-affiliated body which accredits human rights watchdogs. The alliance concluded its review and confirmed that the EHRC remained “fully compliant” with its obligations and was operationally independent.

Source: UN throws out Stonewall’s bid to downgrade EHRC over trans row