An NHS Public Consultation on specialised gender identity services was launched in July and remains open for public response until October 16th, through their online survey here. The new specification which alarms us is the proposal to lower the age of acceptance into adult services to 17 years. Currently young people can be referred from the […]
Government Proposes That Everyone Has The Right To Choose Their Sex
The UK government will hold a consultation this autumn on proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act which would give everyone the right to choose their sex, without the need for a formal diagnosis of ‘gender dysphoria.’ Although not explicitly stated, this would obviously mean a change in the protected characteristic from ‘gender reassignment to […]
Hot Topics In Child Health – A Medical, Political And Ethical Debate
The Hot Topics in Child Health conference on June 12 brought together leading professionals from across Europe to share their expertise and research in the area of ‘transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents.’ Given the recent publication of rising child referral figures from the Tavistock clinic this year, this was a timely and important […]
A Trans Adult Speaks Out Against Gender Indoctrination Of Children
The transgender/transsexual community is not one homogeneous group whose members believe unanimously in the new ‘gender identity’ ideology, although these have been the loudest voices and the ones which have been listened to in the shaping of policy. It’s important to know that there are also many in the community itself who are in fundamental […]
Transgender Kids – Who Knows Best?
The documentary Transgender Kids – Who Knows Best? broadcast on BBC2 on Thursday night, January 12, was a long overdue presentation of an important debate which needs to be heard in public. (It can be viewed here on BBC iplayer, or here if you’re not in the UK.) Previous media coverage of “trans kids” (BBC’s output […]
Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria Research Study
There has been a huge spike in adolescent referrals to gender clinics over the last year (predominantly teenage girls) and very little evidence of any serious critical evaluation of why this is happening coming from clinicians, other than that transgender people have become more known about and accepted. So we’re very happy that a researcher […]