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
Billboards in USA
In an effort to raise awareness about the medical treatment of children and teenagers with gender dysphoria, a group of parents commissioned a billboard in Los Angeles. It went up in October 2020 and received minimal attention. A second billboard was commissioned in November in close proximity to Kaiser Permanente Hospital where there is a … Continue reading Billboards in USA
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
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
Meeting the Tavistock
Parents with children affected by gender incongruence have an opportunity to have their voices heard at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The Tavistock is home to both GIDS (The Gender Identity Development Service - the service for children under 18) and GIC (The Gender Identity Clinic - the service for adults). Today, 11th … Continue reading Meeting the Tavistock
Australia to investigate autism link
Health ministers in charge of children’s hospital transgender clinics across Australia should take responsibility for investigating the overrepresentation of teenage patients with autism, according to federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Mr Hunt’s intervention follows reports in The Australian that a leading authority on Asperger’s syndrome, Tony Attwood, wants an inquiry into the autism trend, and … Continue reading Australia to investigate autism link
Autism link to Trans Identities
This piece by Bernard Lane in The Australian is a thorough report on how autistic children and adolescents can be misdiagnosed as being transgender. https://twitter.com/Bernard_Lane/status/1269026208831938560 Archive Link: https://archive.ph/LwFCj
NHS Updates Guidance
https://twitter.com/jameskirkup/status/1268461888775602177 James Kirkup asks: Given that the NHS now says that hormone therapy for gender-variant children has unknown long-term effects on the physical and mental health of those children, why is the NHS still using such treatments on children? And we would add… Why is the NHS still using such treatments on adolescents and young … Continue reading NHS Updates Guidance
Oh Crumbs!
The Genderbread person is kicked out of school in Australia. https://twitter.com/Bernard_Lane/status/1262606820482285568 Also reported in The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8333507/Controversial-transgender-education-tool-Genderbread-Person-pulled-NSW-school.htm
In Australia
Health Minister Greg Hunt remains silent on whether there will be a probe into transgender health care in Australia. The issue is not going away. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/hunt-keeps-mum-on-his-veto-of-probe-into-trans-kids-treatment/news-story/e8ac16080f335168563f49c1a1b13d64