In a series of articles for Quillette, Angus Fox describes in detail the experiences of families with boys who think they are transgender. The link to the quantitative survey mentioned in the final essay can be found at the bottom of this page. Introduction When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on … Continue reading Lost Boys – The Survey
The Myth of Detransition
Detransition is the process, usually social sometimes medical, that young people go through when they reject their transgender gender identity after having under gone medical treatment to imitate the opposite sex. When this happens before any medical intervention it is known as desistance. We know that desistance rates are high, about 85% in studies, and … Continue reading The Myth of Detransition
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 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
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
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
US Supreme Court Testimony
https://mercatornet.com/interrogating-the-transgender-agenda/63387/ A psychiatrist questions the scientific and medical basis for current treatments of gender dysphoria. Dr Paul McHugh is one of America’s leading psychiatrists. The article below is his testimony to the US Supreme Court in the case of R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. An employee of the … Continue reading US Supreme Court Testimony
Desisters and Detranstitioners
While there are extensive protocols for working with children, adolescents and adults who wish to transition, nothing exists for those working with desisters or detransitioners. With very little research and no clear guidance on how to work with this population. This 'debate' paper by Catherine Butler and Anna Hutchinson calls for more research and services … Continue reading Desisters and Detranstitioners
Desistance
This is the study from which the 88% desistance rate comes from: www.researchgate.net/publication/5657572_A_Follow-…ResearchGate Transgender Trend has a useful page on desistance: Children Change Minds
LOGIC Study
Longitudinal Outcomes of Gender Identity in Children (LOGIC) is a longitudinal study exploring the development of gender identity in children and young people aged between 3 and 13 years at the start of the study. Conducted in the UK, the study began in 2019 and is following participating families at three time points over a … Continue reading LOGIC Study