We prepared the following briefing ahead of the House of Commons debate on the epetition calling for a Government ban on Conversion Therapy. At the end of the debate, Equalities…
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…
Dear BBC We are writing to you as a matter of urgency concerning an article on the BBC website by Ben Hunte. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55369784 Mr Hunte misrepresents the High Court ruling…
by Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. The Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) and University College London have finally released the results of their experiment on puberty…
The High Court ruled in the case of Keira Bell and Mrs A v the Tavistock that children under the age of 13 are ‘highly unlikely’ to be able to…
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 a landmark judgment that will have repercussions around the world the High Court today ruled that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones are experimental treatments which cannot be given to…
By Jane Galloway Jane is an autistic woman and parent. She campaigns to highlight not only the under diagnosis and support of autistic women and girls, but the lack of…
BBC Woman's Hour reported today on an important change to the NHS website section on gender dysphoria: the NHS no longer says that puberty blockers are 'reversible.' The new updated…
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…