The NHS has announced that the Gender Identity Development Service, UK's only gender clinic for children is to be closed. Our Duty has been critical of this service provided by The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation trust since our foundation in 2018. Announcement https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/implementing-advice-from-the-cass-review/ Our Duty Statement Parents of children who believe themselves to be … Continue reading Response to Announcement of GIDs Closure
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Where did you get that idea from?
As we continue our work with families affected by having a chid who thinks they are transgender, we are learning more and more about the social contagion aspects. We have yet to discover a child who decided they were the opposite sex without having experienced external influence to suggest this to them. "Maybe you are … Continue reading Where did you get that idea from?
Best Practice Care for Transgender Ideation
Current best practice (20th April 2022) seems to be that advocated by the State of Florida in the United States of America. The following is reproduced from their factsheet: Systematic reviews on hormonal treatment for young people show a trend of low-quality evidence, small sample sizes, and medium to high risk of bias. A paper published in … Continue reading Best Practice Care for Transgender Ideation
ROGD Phases -Time for Some Definitions
For decades, researchers and psychologists have recognized that the levels of “insistence and persistence” of gender dysphoria in children are important factors to measure. These experts have identified what most wise people instinctively know: there is a difference between a child’s temporary (and entirely appropriate) self-identification as a cat or Batman, and an extended commitment … Continue reading ROGD Phases -Time for Some Definitions
The Abyss
This is how it feels to watch my child embrace gender ideology: It’s like I am watching my daughter jumping into the abyss. She is falling in slow-motion, having purposely leapt past me into a gaping hole with no bottom in sight. I am holding out my hand to catch her as she falls past, … Continue reading The Abyss
“I’ll call on the little boy in the back”: Advice from a Therapist
PITT is written and edited exclusively by parents with children that identify or have identified as “trans”. We were born of parent support groups and have pooled our efforts to bring our stories to others, in the hopes that we can help our children and other children that have been swept up in gender madness … Continue reading “I’ll call on the little boy in the back”: Advice from a Therapist
The One Way Street
Resources Needed for Desisters and Detransitioners in Schools My son decided he was “trans” 2 years ago. But since that time, he’s changed his mind. He now knows he’s male and has stopped talking about gender. He is now concentrating on his next journey—college. But there’s a problem: how does he walk back from the trans … Continue reading The One Way Street
An Open Letter to Lesbians-United.org
Dear wonderful, brave, wise women, Thank you for being the voice of reason in the world where children can consent to be mutilated before they have a chance to learn that gender and biological sex are two different things. I urge you, however, to stand up not only for children, but also for teenage girls. … Continue reading An Open Letter to Lesbians-United.org
It’s Wrong to Play the Pronoun Game
I’m a parent of a “trans identified” teen, so the pronoun dilemma is close to home for me. However, as a society, we cannot tackle this issue only when it impacts us personally —we need to band together as a society to say no to this toxic ideology, and saying no to pronouns is a … Continue reading It’s Wrong to Play the Pronoun Game
Why T is different than LGB: a parent’s perspective
When my older daughter was in her early teens, she enjoyed going to Teen Pride events. For a while, she dated girls. She never “came out”, it wasn’t necessary. She knew we didn’t mind whether she dated girls or boys. The only action we had to take was to drive her to her dates. Easy.My … Continue reading Why T is different than LGB: a parent’s perspective