Organisations
Genspect Home – Genspect
Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine Home | SEGM
Bayswater Support – a support group for parents whose children make sense of themselves as trans or non-binary Home – Bayswater Support
Our Duty – a support group for parents who are concerned about the adoption of gender identity by their children. Welcome | Our Duty
Safe Schools Alliance is a grass roots organisation promoting safeguarding in UK schools Homepage – Safe Schools Alliance UK
VictimFocus is an organisation that is working to change the way professionals and the public understand, perceive and discuss victims of abuse, trauma and violence. Victim Focus | Home |
Brenda Myles Smith is an autism advocate and trainer who has written extensively on the Hidden Curriculum Brenda Myles | Brenda Smith Myles
Parents of ROGD Kids – a resource set up by a group of parents whose children appear to have very suddenly identified away from their sex Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) (parentsofrogdkids.com)
Detrans Voices is a community resource created for, by, and about people who have detransitioned and/or desisted from transgender self-identification Read Stories – Detrans Voices
Gender Health Query is a resource and community for those concerned about the number of same-sex attracted adolescents affected by medical treatment for gender dysphoria Gender Health Query (genderhq.org)
8.2 Written Media
An article from The Velvet Chronicle about a US teenage girl who detransitioned and was later diagnosed with Autism: https://thevelvetchronicle.com/double-mastectomy-at-15-detrans-16-year-old-now-seeks-reversal/?fbclid=IwAR1kT2YEtFO1JzUIKcSDv0an41btvOn_3K5oMxaB-dS34FlvLAQkBUY94FE
An article by Sian Griffiths for The Sunday Times, about an autistic teenage girl being treated at The Tavistock GIDS: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/my-child-needs-therapy-not-drugs-7z632m2x7
An article by Sian Griffiths for The Sunday Times looking at evidence presented to the High Couty by Professor Christopher Gillberg, about why girls who are autistic or anorexic appear more likely to say they want to become boys: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/autistic-girls-seeking-answers-are-seizing-on-sex-change-3r82850gw?–xx-meta=denied_for_visit%3D0%26visit_number%3D0%26visit_remaining%3D0%26visit_used%3D0&–xx-mvt-opted-out=false&–xx-uuid=0bd1da4c158dc054d064a794ede438da&ni-statuscode=acsaz-307
Daily Mail article about parents who were investigated by social services after refusing permission for their autistic son to commence puberty blockers (this pre-dates the High Court ruling regarding their use): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6817935/Autistic-boy-taken-care-school-reports-parents-refusing-allow-sex-change-treatment.html
An article in The Gender Report Canada, outlining the reasons for the Swedish change in policy for treating gender dysphoric youth: https://genderreport.ca/the-swedish-u-turn-on-gender-transitioning/
Guardian article about children and young people transitioning in Sweden which references Autism and ADHD: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/22/ssweden-teenage-transgender-row-dysphoria-diagnoses-soar
Spectrum website article about Autistic girls possibly experiencing puberty early: https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/q-and-a/puberty-may-arrive-early-for-some-autistic-girls/?fbclid=IwAR2lxE7PNw_YFfntKh-eL61bMXsj_cKp3yzs2cJKXwB7rBg7nNWLy1nwAhU
Article from the Daily Mail about Sue Evans and ‘Mrs A’, one of the claimants in the Keira Bell case: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7610877/SUE-REID-autistic-teen-asked-change-sex-school-GP-psychologist-agreed.html
One of the ‘parents story’ pieces on the GIDS website that references Autism: http://gids.nhs.uk/parents-story-charlotte
Article by Dr Will Malone disputing the ‘born in the wrong body’ narrative. https://www.sott.net/article/421017-Gender-identity-and-why-no-one-is-born-in-the-wrong-body
Review of Australian drama First Day by transwoman Debbie Hayton: https://debbiehayton.com/2020/08/28/first-day-the-drama-about-a-transgender-12yo-shouldnt-be-on-the-bbc-childrens-channel-its-harmful-shameless-propaganda/
PBS article about health problems in the US associated with Lupron: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/women-fear-drug-they-used-to-halt-puberty-led-to-health-problems
Study into WPATH by Gender Report – Canada: https://genderreport.ca/bias-not-evidence-dominate-transgender-standard-of-care/
Article investigating Dr Jack Turban, an outspoken critic of Abigail Shrier’s book Irreversible Damage: https://uncommongroundmedia.com/jack-turban-investigated-americal-medical-association/
Interview in Feminist Current with three young women detransitioners in Germany: https://www.feministcurrent.com/2020/08/07/interview-sam-nele-and-ellie-transitioned-as-young-women-living-as-men-before-realizing-theyd-made-a-mistake/
Article about research indicating that autistic female masking increases mental health problems: https://news.byu.edu/intellect/women-camouflaging-autistic-traits-suffer-severe-mental-health-challenges-byu-study-finds?fbclid=IwAR3iFjJ0yPKOJH8kqsJa-6uSwP4jGOGxGR1IhHDmOAJ6jeP7M-Aovp-Nkyc
Article by Tania Marshall on early signs of Autism in girls: https://taniaannmarshall.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/first-signs-of-asperger-syndrome-in-young-girls-pre-school/
Blog post by an autistic detransitioner: https://destroyyourbinder.tumblr.com/post/620860243262488576/unriddling-the-sphinx-Autism-the-magnetism-of
Article by Dr Gill Prestidge about gender and autistic girls (archived version): https://web.archive.org/web/20200331075308/https://www.Autismhampshire.org.uk/about-Autism/gender-issues-for-autistic-girls
Daily Mail article investigating Autism in referrals: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7793557/A-quarter-youngsters-treated-transgender-clinics-just-autistic.html
Experiences of an autistic desisted woman: https://4w.pub/Autism-puberty-gender-dysphoria-view-from-an-autistic-desisted-woman/
Article about Keir Starmer’s (lack of) engagement with Mumsnet concerns: https://eleanorscottarchaeology.com/els-blog/2020/2/3/keir-starmers-mumsnet-webchat-amp-the-lost-inquiry-into-childrens-safeguarding
Guardian article about trans lobby groups: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/27/trans-lobby-pressure-pushing-young-people-to-transition
Daily Mail article about Keira Bell: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7916945/Woman-given-puberty-blockers-joins-High-Court-fight-stop-drugs-prescribed-children.html
BBC article about Keira Bell: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51676020
Articles about resignations from Tavistock clinic: https://quillette.com/2020/01/17/why-i-resigned-from-tavistock-trans-identified-children-need-therapy-not-just-affirmation-and-drugs/
Audio/visual Media
Channel 4 News report 23/01/21 regarding the Tavistock GIDS leave to appeal the Keira Bell High Court ruling. It features an interview with Dr David Bell, who references the high rate of autistic children being referred: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bHNh7lx2Z4U
Interview with Professor Tony Attwood, from his ‘Ask Dr Tony’ series (September 2017) which discusses gender dysphoria (at 32:50 approx): https://youtu.be/ngFueUBbIA0
A second interview with Professor Tony Atwood from 2018 – although his message has softened somewhat, perhaps due to pressure in response to the growing controversy about the issue: https://youtu.be/bfVhwmE42L4
Discussion of Dr Tony Attwood’s call for an urgent enquiry into the overrepresentation of autistic children presenting at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. https://youtu.be/7zzUK4I5fRo
Interview with Consultant Psychologist Dr Sally Powis where she suggests that if you’ve always feel like you didn’t fit in, there’s a chance you might blame gender not the Autism: https://vimeo.com/169667745
Interview with Dr Sally Powis for the National Autistic Society
Benjamin Boyce interviews Dr Deborah Soh, author of The End of Gender and Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage about the effect of gender identity ideology on young people.
https://youtu.be/DNhn2ufmSVg
The Trans Train – a three part Swedish documentary exploring the work of the Gender identity Service for children and adolescents
Part One – An investigation into the unprecedented rise in adolescent girls experiencing gender dysphoria and being referred to the Sweden Gender identity Service The Trans Train (Swedish spoken, with English subtitles). – video Dailymotion
Part Two – A look at the viewpoint of Swedish politicians on the rise of gender dysphoric youth https://youtu.be/73-mLwWIgwU
Part Three – A look at detransitioners and transition regret (2) Trans Train 3 (Swedish docu with English subtitles) – YouTube
Part Four follows Leo an adolescent who started puberty blockers aged 11. Uppdrag granskning – Mission: Investigate: Trans children | SVT Play
Transgender Kids; Who Knows Best? – a BBC documentary exploring the best approach for parents to take when their child is facing childhood gender dysphoria. https://dai.ly/x58s24i
Trans Kids – it’s Time to Talk a documentary by psychotherapist Stella O Malley, who experienced gender identity issues as a child. Trans Kids — Stella O’Malley (stellaomalley.com)
The Call is Coming From Inside the House – a short documentary comparing the rise in trans identities with social contagion https://youtu.be/PBInNGgdF2M
Dysphoric – a four part documentary series on the rise of gender identity ideology, it’s effects on women and girls, especially in developing countries.
Dysphoric Part One https://youtu.be/w8taOdnXD6o
Dysphoric Part Two https://youtu.be/S3dbikSgvR4
Dysphoric Part Three https://youtu.be/FRePOJ5lbFI
Dysphoric Part Four https://youtu.be/yVzodw938c4
Detransitioners – a video made by a group of detransitioners, some of whom are autistic https://youtu.be/EHGL_JyZOH8
8.4 Research Papers ‘Taking the lid off the box’: The value of extended clinical assessment for adolescents presenting with gender identity difficulties (icf-consultations.com)
Paper by Lisa Littman which led to her initial hypothesis about rapid onset gender dysphoria Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria (plos.org)
Sweden’s Karolinska Institute research into the risk of suicide in the autistic population New Study Finds Autistic Women More Likely to Attempt Suicide | The Mighty
Medscape coverage of the landscape of GIDS referrals in Sweden Referrals to Gender Clinics in Sweden Drop After Media Coverage (medscape.com)
Referrals to UK GIDS – figures over ten year period Referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) level off in 2018-19 (tavistockandportman.nhs.uk)
Piece on the decision by the Karolinska Institute GIDS to end the use of puberty blockers.Sweden’s Karolinska Ends All Use of Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones for Minors Outside of Clinical Studies | SEGM
Research on the issue of informed consent for children and adolescents Full article: Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (tandfonline.com)
The interim report of the Cass Review into the Tavistock GIDS, which highlights the overrepresentation of neurodiverse children being referred to the service Interim Report
