February 2021 got off to a good start with Our Duty founder Keith Jordan getting a wider audience for concerns around the United Kingdom’s approach to medical treatment in respected magazine The Critic:
https://thecritic.co.uk/what-the-media-missed-about-the-care-quality-commissions-tavistock-report/
The Irish College of GPs reverses its stance on puberty blockers, and this was reported in The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/irish-college-of-gps-reverses-stance-on-puberty-blockers-nh7kj6xbm
An interesting article highlighting the similarities between the self-harm of ‘cutting’ and the self-harm of adopting a transgender identity attracted more attention than it might have otherwise received. It was promoted then ‘cancelled’ by The Tavistock and Portman (home to the UK Gender Identity Services) library Twitter account:
Here is the controversial article: https://merionwest.com/2021/02/09/cutting-through-identities-to-alter-the-body-or-to-heal-the-mind/
The ripples created by the Keira Bell court case continued with more outlets looking more closely at puberty blockers. This time in The Economist: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/20/little-is-known-about-the-effects-of-puberty-blockers
In UK The Daily Telegraph carried out an investigation into Gender GP. Gender GP is an enthusiastic (some might say cavalier) advocate of the medicalisation of transgender identities. An archived version for those without a Telegraph subscription: https://archive.is/EKbP5
Thursday 25th saw Senator Rand Paul question the United States nominee for deputy health secretaty, Rachel Levine:
On February 27th a Dutch news outlet reported that Thomas Steensma, an academic frequently cited by advocates of medicalising gender had sounded a warning on inappropriate use of his prior studies: https://www.ad.nl/nijmegen/dringend-meer-onderzoek-nodig-naar-transgenderzorg-aan-jongeren-waar-komt-de-grote-stroom-kinderen-vandaan~aec79d00
