In March 2025, NHS England released the Draft Service Specification for the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (Version 5), outlining the framework for providing care to children and young people experiencing gender incongruence. This document, informed by the Cass Review (April 2024), proposes a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to support this vulnerable cohort, emphasising … Continue reading NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service: Draft Specification and Our Duty’s Response
NHS Published Trans Guidance for GPs
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Date: 12th April 2025 Our Duty Welcomes NHS England's Firm Guidance Against Unregulated Providers of Hormonal Interventions for Children Our Duty, the international group of parents committed to safeguarding children from the harms of gender identity ideology, welcomes the latest guidance from NHS England which provides unequivocal clarity: General Practitioners … Continue reading NHS Published Trans Guidance for GPs
NIHR’s £10M PATHWAYS Project: A Flawed Approach That Ignores Key Safeguarding Concerns
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has announced a £10 million investment into its PATHWAYS project, aimed at developing and evaluating interventions for young people experiencing gender-related distress. While the inclusion of psychosocial factors is a positive step, the project's reliance on NHS Gender Services as its primary research setting is deeply … Continue reading NIHR’s £10M PATHWAYS Project: A Flawed Approach That Ignores Key Safeguarding Concerns
NIHR PATHWAYS: A Misguided Use of £10m?
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has announced a significant £10 million investment into a PATHWAYS (Puberty suppression And Transitional Healthcare with Adaptive Youth Services) project, aimed at developing and evaluating interventions for individuals experiencing gender-related distress. The study includes the following threads: PATHWAYS Engagement – This advises the research team on … Continue reading NIHR PATHWAYS: A Misguided Use of £10m?
UK Doctors Face Challenges in Providing Care for Gender-Diverse Patients, Study Reveals
A recent study has highlighted significant challenges faced by UK general practitioners (GPs) in delivering adequate healthcare to patients identifying as transgender or gender-diverse. The research, published in Healthcare, points to a lack of clear national guidelines, inconsistent monitoring of hormone treatments, and insufficient communication between primary and secondary care providers. Conducted across two large … Continue reading UK Doctors Face Challenges in Providing Care for Gender-Diverse Patients, Study Reveals
Trump signs executive order protecting children from gender medicine
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION On January 28, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation," aiming to halt medical interventions on minors that are intended to alter sex-traits in the name of so-called ‘gender affirmative care’. The order asserts that such procedures, including … Continue reading Trump signs executive order protecting children from gender medicine
Queensland Takes Bold Action on Hormone Therapy for Minors
In a significant move aimed at safeguarding children, the Queensland government has announced an immediate freeze on hormone therapy for new patients under 18. This decision follows revelations from a Cairns gender clinic, where children as young as 12 were reportedly prescribed puberty blockers without parental consent or sufficient medical oversight. The review marks a … Continue reading Queensland Takes Bold Action on Hormone Therapy for Minors
At the turn of the year…
Looking back and looking forward. It is that time of year, again (number seven since we parents started getting organised in 2018), when we look at what progress we have made and what challenges lie ahead.For individual families, our stories are palpably different now we know so much more about how to handle transgender ideation … Continue reading At the turn of the year…
United States vs Skrmetti
Why Skrmetti is Important for Parents Fighting Gender Ideology The United States Department of Justice has picked a fight with Jonathan Skrmetti, the Attorney General of Tennessee. The case will be heard on December 4th 2024United States v. Skrmetti may appear at first glance to be a straightforward legal challenge to Tennessee’s SB1, a law banning gender-transition procedures … Continue reading United States vs Skrmetti
Our Duty Initial Response to the Charity Commission Inquiry into Mermaids
Our Duty, as the ethical and objective alternative to Mermaids in the UK, welcomes the findings of the Charity Commission's inquiry into Mermaids and the concerns raised about its governance and safeguarding failures. For years, we have expressed deep apprehension regarding the ideological influence Mermaids has wielded, particularly in promoting medical transitions for children without … Continue reading Our Duty Initial Response to the Charity Commission Inquiry into Mermaids