The First Do No Harm Unity Rally in Anaheim, California showcased the broad support that exists for an end to so-called 'gender affirming care'. Other groups in attendance included Partners for Ethical Care, Gays Against Groomers, Lesbians United, and more. A full write-up of the day's events was written by Brad Jones of Epoch Times … Continue reading Report from Anaheim
Response to Announcement of GIDs Closure
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
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
BBC Newsnight – Safeguarding Concerns
Clinicians reported worries that some patients were referred onto a gender transitioning pathway too quickly.Clinicians were discouraged from voicing concerns about children’s welfare to lead safeguarding officer & referring cases where they feared abuse to social services https://youtu.be/zTRnrp9pXHY BBC Newsnight - June 18th 2020 Newsnight report on the failures of GIDS (NHS gender identity service). … Continue reading BBC Newsnight – Safeguarding Concerns
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
Will Malone Interview
https://youtu.be/vfQDdArmJMY Resisting Adolescence - Episode Two Endocrinologist Will Malone is interviewed by Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull - a.k.a. Posie Parker. This interview is notable for the way Kellie-Jay gets Dr Malone to convey the information in a way that is understandable to the layperson
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
BBC Newsnight
This TV programme includes an interview between Emily Maitlis and Elizabeth van Horn of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. During this interview, Emily Maitlis asks some of the questions we had previously pitched at the Council of Governor’s meeting. Specifically, that people are put on medical pathways without the requisite evidence, and that … Continue reading BBC Newsnight