Parenting a trans-identified child
We are very grateful to the mother who contacted us recently and agreed to write this account of parenting her trans-identified teenage daughter over a long period of time. She…
Our gender neutral culture erases girls as a sex
A gender neutral culture silences girls, preventing them speaking out about the female experience and the specific disadvantages girls face, for fear of being seen as 'non-inclusive'. This article was…
Girl. Our word for International Women’s Day 2021
On International Women’s Day 2021 we celebrate the word ‘girl’. We are watching as the word ‘woman’ is being erased and replaced with the more ‘inclusive’ spelling ‘womxn’, the gender…
The silencing effect of toxic ideology in schools
A guest post by Craig Rickards, an experienced music teacher who has worked at an all-girls secondary school in England for over thirty years. We are grateful to Mr Rickards…
Gender neutral toilets in schools aren’t working
More and more schools are implementing gender neutral toilets in order to be 'inclusive.' Are they working?
Autistic Girls : Gender’s silent frontier
Jane Galloway at age 16 A guest post by Jane Galloway Jane Galloway is an Autistic woman with ADHD. Like so many autistic females, she was only diagnosed in her…
The Surge in Referral Rates of Girls to the Tavistock Continues to Rise
Following an unprecedented surge in 2015, the referral rate of girls to Tavistock GIDS continues on its upward trajectory. The number of boys referred over the past year remains the…
Breast Binding, Sexual Objectification & Grooming
'Chest binding' is the gender-neutral term for what should really be called breast binding as it refers only to teenage girls who want to flatten their breasts to appear male.…
Johanna Olson-Kennedy and the US Gender Affirmative Approach
"We gender really early" We have heard recent revelations in the press of ex-Tavistock clinicians' concerns about the treatment of children with gender dysphoria and the pressure exerted on them…
Lisa Littman Study is Republished by PLOS ONE
PLOS ONE has republished the study of parental reports of adolescents experiencing Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria by Dr Lisa Littman. This follows a rigorous re-review after the initial publication attracted…