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
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
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
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
ROGD Week 2020
This year ROGD Week runs from 20-26 July What is ROGD? Find out about Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria here. #ROGDWeek2020 is an opportunity to raise the profile of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) on social media. It is now two years since Lisa Littman published her paper exploring the phenomenon of post-pubertal gender transition in young … Continue reading ROGD Week 2020
Newsletter – July 2020
Debate and Sunlight Our June Newsletter briefly mentioned the furore from believers of gender ideology around some tweets made by JK Rowling before concentrating on the Newsnight documentary about safeguarding concerns at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. This month, in almost a mirror image, our report can briefly mention that Newsnight documentary before … Continue reading Newsletter – July 2020
Safeguarding Campaign
Our Duty is encouraging everybody with social networking profiles, to use the shield emoji 🛡️ whenever commenting on safeguarding matters. Include it in your profile e.g. on Twitter if you believe the safeguarding of our youth is of utmost importance. What is safeguarding? Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of … Continue reading Safeguarding Campaign
Happy Birthday J.K.Rowling
Did you know that JK Rowling’s and Harry Potter’s birthdays are coming up soon? Many of us have felt heartened and grateful for JK Rowling’s recent contributions to the discussion around gender ideology. Rowling shares a birthday with her beloved literary progeny – July 31. Harry Potter fans will recall that the boy wizard receives … Continue reading Happy Birthday J.K.Rowling
Irreversible Damage
The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters Abigail Shrier, a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, has written a serious and thorough book examining the peer contagion of girls deciding they are "transgender". Under the influence of friends and social-media influencers, entire groups of female friends in colleges, high schools, and even middle schools across … Continue reading Irreversible Damage