KCSIE 2026 advises caution but fails to explain why
The updated Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE 2026) has been published after consultation and is due to come into effect in schools in September. This guest post was written…
Conversion practices bill: where’s the evidence?
The draft bill to ban conversion practices is the most vindictive attack to date on the rights of parents of gender distressed children to parent freely and without fear. If…
The Conversion Practices draft bill is anti-Cass
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…
Opinion Poll: Two-thirds say “Stop NHS Puberty Blocker Trial”
In a public opinion poll two-thirds of people say “Stop the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial” with the strongest opposition coming from parents of children under 18. A large majority call…
What is the impact of schools trans policies on children of trans parents?
Photo by Kyle on Unsplash We have long been concerned about the impact of schools trans policies on two specific groups of children: the siblings and the children of trans…
Court refuses to treat provision of cross-sex hormones to child over 16 as an exceptional case
[Note: the judge referred to Child Q as ‘he’ throughout. We refer to Child Q as a girl for clarity of understanding]. The second recent case concerning a teenage girl’s…
Family Court: President of the Family Division issues warning against GenderGP
A judgment was handed down on Wednesday by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, on a case in the family court concerning an adolescent girl (J) who had…
Teenage gender identity crisis – a parent’s story
ID:75453421 This is a guest post by the mother of an autistic adolescent girl who went through a teenage gender identity crisis, brought on by wider mental health issues. Many…
The parents who challenged the Tavistock GIDS
In 2018 there was a lot going on at the Tavistock GIDS; the Trust had commissioned an internal review following serious concerns expressed by clinicians, documented in a report by…
When a teenager says they’re transgender
Last month we published an article written by an experienced clinical psychologist on the risks of socially transitioning young children. We are very grateful for this follow-up post on the…