BBC Newsnight report on the Tavistock GIDS
The report on the Tavistock GIDS, broadcast on Newsnight on Thursday, is the latest installment of a news story that began in 2018. Towards the end of that year, David…
The NHS, Tavistock clinic and other professional health bodies, GPs: policies, practice guidelines and treatments
Covid-19 and trans healthcare provision
Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis we have been watching transgender support groups and health services to see what advice and information is being offered to children and young…
Living with a transgender foster child
This is a guest post from the mother of a transgender foster child, detailing her experience with doctors, therapists and social services as she tries to protect the child in…
The BAGIS Scientific Symposium: in search of the Overton window
A report on the BAGIS Scientific Symposium in Durham, October 3 - 4 2019 by Susan Matthews ‘My musings on my last thread really reminded me of how angry…
The astonishing admission in the Health Research Authority report: The purpose of puberty blockers is to commit children to permanent physical transition
by Michael Biggs The Health Research Authority (HRA) has just published its investigation into the 2010 experiment with puberty blockers, or more precisely its role in giving ethical approval and…
Autistic Girls : Gender’s silent frontier
Jane Galloway at age 16 A guest post by Jane Galloway Jane Galloway is an Autistic woman with ADHD. Like so many autistic females, she was only diagnosed in her…
Does Tavistock GIDS fast-track 16+ referrals of adolescents with gender dysphoria?
by Susan Matthews, academic and contributor to the book Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body and the follow-up book Inventing Transgender Children and Young People, available…
“We Really Really Tried.” A 2017 Letter from GIDS Clinicians Ignored by The Guardian
In today's Observer, sister paper to the Guardian, there is an article about the current controversies surrounding Tavistock GIDS, and the concerns expressed by current and former GIDS clinicians and…
Tavistock’s Experiment with Puberty Blockers: an Update
by Michael Biggs, Dept of Sociology, University of Oxford (22 July 2019) Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust started an experiment in 2011, using Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone agonist (GnRHa) to block puberty in…
The Surge in Referral Rates of Girls to the Tavistock Continues to Rise
Following an unprecedented surge in 2015, the referral rate of girls to Tavistock GIDS continues on its upward trajectory. The number of boys referred over the past year remains the…