Transition and Detransition: A conversation between sisters
Sisters Andrea (l) and Sinead (r) Sinead Watson is a detransitioned woman who began medical transition in 2015 at age 24 at the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow. She began to…
An open letter to the BBC from Transgender Trend
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…
Tavistock’s Experimentation with Puberty Blockers: Scrutinizing the Evidence
Tavistock's Experimentation with Puberty Blockers: Scrutinizing the Evidence by Michael Biggs, Dept of Sociology, University of Oxford (2 March 2019) In 2010, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust’s Gender Identity Development…
Butterfly : A Mermaids Tale
Butterfly, an ITV drama starring Anna Friel, follows a family as they try to understand their troubled gender non-conforming 11-year-old. The ‘inspiration for the show very much came from…
Suicide by trans-identified children in England and Wales
This is a guest post from Michael Biggs who researched and wrote this analysis in September 2018 in response to the trailer for the new ITV drama Butterfly which promoted…
A Scientist Reviews Transgender Suicide Stats
The transgender suicide statistics above were presented by the charity Mermaids at the Trans Equality Legal Initiative day event in London on November 18, and subsequently shared extensively on…