Hyperbolic claims are made by gender activists concerning the risks of suicide to young people identifying as transgender. The truth is almost a complete reversal of what the gender activists claim. Unfortunately, we are familiar with cases where transition has culminated in the young person taking their life. It is reasonable to surmise that the … Continue reading The Myth of Suicide
Newsletter – October 2020
This last couple of weeks have seen some important developments.In Australia, the case known as ‘Re:Imogen’ (already setting a poor tone by using a girls’ name for a boy) resulted in a ruling against the mother seeking to protect her son from medical harm. Despite this incredibly sad (and in our view, misjudged) result, the … Continue reading Newsletter – October 2020
Policy for the United Kingdom
There is no evidence of any benefit to sufferers of post-pubertal sex dysphoria from medical intervention. Mental health outcomes are not improved by gender transition. Our Duty takes the view that medical treatment to imitate the opposite sex is not just unnecessary, it is harmful. There is no doubt that young people who come to … Continue reading Policy for the United Kingdom
Call for Articles
Help us spread the word. We would like to publish the following articles on our website. Resource limitations mean that we cannot write all of them, at least not at the urgency required. Why gender identity should not be conflated with sexual orientation.A real exposition of the suicide statistics (it is transgender regretters who are … Continue reading Call for Articles
Research Updates – Summer 2020
In a short thread on Twitter, renowned Harry Potter author JK Rowling neatly summarised these new papers: NHS identity clinics have been functioning as if acting outside the ordinary requirement of good medical and psychiatric practice.Some may dismiss this paper by experienced psychoanalyst Marcus Evans, but they do so at their own peril.Freedom to ThinkIt … Continue reading Research Updates – Summer 2020
Gender Ideology
This is an excellent documentary by 'The State Media' explaining the ins and outs of Gender Ideology. https://www.thestatemedia.com/2020/09/10/the-state-media-launch-with-gender-ideology-documentary/ When the video is available on YouTube (activists are trying to get it removed) it can be found here: https://youtu.be/9Zkc4P0rpI4 If the full two and half hours is a bit much to watch in one go, the … Continue reading Gender Ideology
Canada bullies dutiful parent
This is possibly the most shocking story concerning the gender transition of a young person that we know of. Robert Hoogland is facing a jail sentence for the "crime" of trying to protect his daughter from being transitioned by the state. The Canadian court in British Columbia has placed reporting restrictions on this case, forcing … Continue reading Canada bullies dutiful parent
Informed Consent
Keira Bell is a detransitoner – a young woman who used to be transgender but has since desisted from the medication and behaviours associated with transgenderism. In January 2020 Keira joined the legal action being pursued by Susan Evans, a former employee of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), and a parent "A" of a … Continue reading Informed Consent
Aaron on Becoming
This article originated as a Twitter thread by Francis Aaron https://twitter.com/FrancisAaronUK and is reproduced here by kind permission. As a unique amalgam of Nietzschean philosophy and satirical rap, it manages somehow to explain to the wider world what we non-affirming parents 'just know' but find difficult to explain ourselves. This is the first line in … Continue reading Aaron on Becoming
Freedom to think
the need for thorough assessment and treatment of gender dysphoric children Copyright: © Marcus Evans 2020 Summary Referrals (particularly natal female) to gender identity clinics have increased significantly in recent years. Understanding the reasons for this increase, and how to respond, is hampered by a politically charged debate regarding gender identity. This article starts with … Continue reading Freedom to think