17-yr-olds to be fast tracked to adult gender services by the NHS
Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Transgender Trend has seen a copy of letters sent from NHS England to all 17-yr-olds currently on the GIDS waiting list, offering a transfer…
The Supreme Court decision in the Keira Bell case is not a loss
The decision by the Supreme Court to deny Keira Bell and Mrs A permission to appeal the Court of Appeal judgment is disappointing. But it is not a loss. Keira…
Tavistock Appeal against the Keira Bell High Court judgment
The Tavistock appeal against the High Court judgment in the Keira Bell and Mrs A judicial review will be heard on June 23rd and June 24th. The hearing is expected…
‘The Gender Clinic’ revisited in light of the Keira Bell judgment
by Susan Matthews The issue that the High Court had to consider in the Bell v. the Tavistock Judicial Review was whether (or at what age) children can give informed…
The Tavistock’s Experimentation with Puberty Blockers, part 4: The Judicial Review
by Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Keira Bell’s and Mrs A’s claim against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust led to a momentous judgment on 1…
In whose best interests? The transitioning of preschool children
The following post examines two cases concerned with the transitioning of preschool children, both heard in the High Court, but which had very different outcomes. We wrote about both these…