In Canada, a devoted and brave father is confined to prison pending trial on April12th, 2021 Robert Hoogland has a daughter who wants to be a man. While we all know that it is impossible for a girl to become a man, and we know that it is a parent's duty to lovingly bring their … Continue reading Prisoner of Conscience
Billboard Chris
Chris Elston a.k.a. Billboard Chris is a father of two daughters. He is also a big fan of J K Rowling with her Harry Potter books being a staple of the Elston family bedtime story routine. When Chris became aware of gender ideology he realised the threat that it posed to his daughters. And when … Continue reading Billboard Chris
Detransition Awareness Day
March 12, 2021 the inaugural 'Detransition Awareness Day', provided an opportunity to raise awareness of detransition and of the stories of detransitioners. While Keira Bell is perhaps the most famous of the detransitioners. Many others have found it necessary to unite and to campaign for better treatment, both by society and by the medical profession. … Continue reading Detransition Awareness Day
Conversion Therapy Petition
On Monday 8th March a 'Westminster Hall Debate' was had in the United Kingdom parliament in response to a petition calling for a ban on LGBT Conversion Therapy. The full debate in Parliament is available on Parliament TV The petition calls for the Government to make running conversion therapy for LGBT people a criminal offence. This … Continue reading Conversion Therapy Petition
Newsletter: February 2021
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 … Continue reading Newsletter: February 2021
Dutch call for More Research
More research is urgently needed into transgender care for young people: 'Where does the large flow of children come from?' Thomas Steensma, Dutch researcher into gender treatments and one of the co-authers of the so-called 'Dutch Protocol' has expressed concerns that existing research is an insufficient basis upon which current pathways used to treat adolescents … Continue reading Dutch call for More Research
Newsletter – January 2021
The Cass Review In UK Dr Hilary Cass is leading a government sponsored review into gender identity services for children and young people. The review has just gone live with its own Twitter account. Please follow @thecassreview President Biden In USA, the big news was the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President. On … Continue reading Newsletter – January 2021
Who is Keira Bell?
Keira Bell is a complainant in an important legal case. Her journey from girl to adult woman included a detour through believing she was transgender. Keira Bell In 2013, when she was 16, Keira Bell was prescribed puberty blockers by the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), part of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. GIDS … Continue reading Who is Keira Bell?
The Myth of Detransition
Detransition is the process, usually social sometimes medical, that young people go through when they reject their transgender gender identity after having under gone medical treatment to imitate the opposite sex. When this happens before any medical intervention it is known as desistance. We know that desistance rates are high, about 85% in studies, and … Continue reading The Myth of Detransition
Call to Stop Opposite Sex Imitation on NHS
Our Duty calls on the government to end the scandal of opposite sex imitation medicine