The FiLiA webinar The Conversion Practices bill: Everything You Need to Know examines the impacts of the government's proposed bill on parents, therapists, social workers, schools and on everyone's rights…
A Bill to ban conversion therapy is currently being debated in the Northern Ireland Assembly. It shares many features of the Westminster bill but also has some significant differences. Both…
The EHRC consultation on their draft technical guidance for schools is open until September 30th. We have responded to the consultation for schools in England but there are also options…
Yet another draft conversion therapy bill has been published after several failed attempts to get a ban into law. This time it’s the Labour government’s version, now called a Conversion…
Through asking a question in the House of Lords Hilary Cass has exposed a shocking case of an eleven year-old boy who as a toddler was told by his parents…
NHS England and NHS Sussex have just published the report of their independent patient safety investigation into the WellBN clinic Brighton. The investigation report is so shocking it's difficult to…
Me and My Dysphoria Monster by Laura Kate Dale, published by Jessica Kingsley in 2022, is a perfect illustration of what 'gender affirmation' means. As the government is proposing the…
NHS England has finally released the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial protocol. The reason it’s almost a year late could reasonably be supposed to be because of the impossibility of the…
Despite the Cass Review and the Supreme Court ruling in April 2025 the problem of gender activism in the NHS is deep rooted and seems impervious to reason or evidence.…
Ideologically-captured local authorities across the UK promote a political, social justice approach towards children experiencing gender-related distress. In this essay Shelley Charlesworth examines the example of Trafford Council to see…