Dr Michael Laidlaw, an endocrinologist, explains in simple terms our main issues with the gender affirmative model of care, and reminds us - it is all about the kids. This short, three and a half minute, video encapsulates the nature of the problem we face. It serves as a great introduction to the reason why … Continue reading Why we are here
Abandonment Swings Both Ways
Sometimes It’s The Children Who Leave, Not The Parents Who Kick Them Out This article was first published in Psychology Today - but quickly taken down - so it must be good! WRITTEN BY Tina TrasterTina Traster is a journalist, an author, and a documentary maker More than a third of New York City’s young … Continue reading Abandonment Swings Both Ways
Challenging Ideas
Introduction Parents of a child who thinks they are transgender often have difficulty challenging the ideas that lie behind their child’s outlook. In the first instance, any challenge to the child’s world view is seen by them as confrontational and is likely to result in ‘push back’. Even parents who have a good relationship with … Continue reading Challenging Ideas
The NHS Service Contract
Services provided by the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS, for children) and the Gender Identity Clinic (GIC, for adults) are commissioned by NHS England. The contract for the commissioning of Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) for Children and Adolescents can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gender-development-service-children-adolescents.pdf It is worth noting that the contract is valid until 1st … Continue reading The NHS Service Contract
The Gender Phantom
This is Michael K Laidlaw, MD's reading of his Gender Identity Phantom article which discusses the multiple problems with the American Academy of Pediatrics dangerous policy paper on comprehensive care for gender confused children and adolescents. https://youtu.be/2vA813jE9X4 First published at gdworkinggroup.org: http://gdworkinggroup.org/2018/10/24/... And referencing: Rafferty J. Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse … Continue reading The Gender Phantom
The Myth of Suicide
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