The astonishing admission in the Health Research Authority report: The purpose of puberty blockers is to commit children to permanent physical transition

by Michael Biggs The Health Research Authority (HRA) has just published its investigation into the 2010 experiment with puberty blockers, or more precisely its role in giving ethical approval and…

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Does Tavistock GIDS fast-track 16+ referrals of adolescents with gender dysphoria?

by Susan Matthews, academic and contributor to the book Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body and the follow-up book Inventing Transgender Children and Young People, available…

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“We Really Really Tried.” A 2017 Letter from GIDS Clinicians Ignored by The Guardian

In today's Observer, sister paper to the Guardian, there is an article about the current controversies surrounding Tavistock GIDS, and the concerns expressed by current and former GIDS clinicians and…

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