The current GIDS Executive leadership team has been disbanded following the Keira Bell judgement and the Care Quality Commission’s inspection rating of ‘inadequate’ - the lowest a healthcare provider can…
Keira Bell was interviewed on Monday 4th January on a daily lunchtime Channel 4 Entertainment and Lifestyle show ‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’. You can see the full transcript of the interview…
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…
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…
Last year the BBC commissioned Professor Richard Sambrook to review the online behaviour of programmes and staff as part of ongoing work on the issue of impartiality. Although the Sambrook…
The link between autism and gender dysphoria is explored in this guest post by Millie (a pseudonym), an Autistic solo mum, researcher and advocate. Millie was diagnosed with autism late…
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…