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Genspect Bigger Picture Conference

Kilarney April 2023 Review by Robin Ion I spent four days at the end of April 2023 at the Genspect Bigger Picture conference in Kilarney, Ireland. The aim of the event was to promote exploration  of how best to support people who experience gender dysphoria, including those who have regrets about social and/or medical transition […]

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A response to Dr Helen Webberley’s open letter to Dr Hilary Cass

A response from the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender to Dr Helen Webberley’s open letter to Dr Hilary Cass, Chair of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young PeopleC Dr Helen Webberley’s challenge to Dr Hilary Cass recycles the inaccuracies and misconceptions that have resulted in far too many […]

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Review of book by Hannah Barnes: ‘Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children’

By Stella O’Malley:- When journalist Hannah Barnes carried out an exposé on the Tavistock for Newsnight in 2019, she was so shocked at what was uncovered that she took time out from working at the BBC to write her book, Time To Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for […]

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Open Letter to NHS chiefs: The importance of the word “woman” in communication about women’s health

This is an open letter to the NHS chief executives and chief nursing officers of the four UK nations, as well as relevant ministers, calling for the reinstatement of language that uses the word “woman” in NHS communications about women’s health. Please sign our letter to NHS chiefs – all are welcome to sign: To: […]

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Dr David Bell letter to Guardian about Gender Identity Development Service

On 27 January 2023 The Guardian newspaper published the following letter by Dr David Bell, former staff governor at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, on its Gender Identity Development Service. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/27/gender-identity-treatment-needs-greater-caution When considering the interim report by Dr Hilary Cass on gender identity services for children and young people, your article overemphasises the […]