Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
The recent decision by NHS England to ban routine use of puberty blockers is a positive step to protect children. Concerns remain about private providers, cross-sex hormones for 16-18 year olds, lack of research, and care for detransitioners. We hope the Cass final report will provide further clarity, but regardless of what is in the final review, the principle of evidence-based care for gender questioning youth has been established by Cass.
First Do No Harm Critical perspectives on sex and gender in healthcare With over 150 attendees, and hundreds from across the world joining the livestream, #FirstDoNoHarm was a resounding success. The sold-out event platformed and hosted clinicians and patients from around the UK, Europe and the US. The conference footage will be free to watch […]
Recently released documentation of internal discussions between members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, including authors of WPATH’s Standards of Care, reveal profound ignorance and lack of concern for the harms and lack of evidence for gender medical and surgical interventions, and a shocking disregard for medial ethics. The WPATH Files Leaked internal […]
Dr. Jane Martin discusses the UK government’s promise to issue guidance for teachers on supporting children dealing with gender identity issues. She explains the complex issue of “social transition”, which is increasingly prevalent in children today. This shift can lead to more invasive and irreversible medical decisions later on. She criticizes educational materials endorsing gender ideology, stating they capitalize on the younger children’s suggestibility and difficulty discerning reality from fantasy. She highlights concerns about the potential for social pressure and suggests the process of persuasion towards social transition amounts to grooming and child exploitation.
Against the weaponisation of youthful suffering An article by a child psychiatrist on the abuse of “suicide risk” in promoting medical intervention for children who identify as trans was recently published in The Critic. The author wrote: When a child identifies as trans, the spectre of suicide is frequently raised by campaigners — sometimes in […]
As a cautionary tale of what happens when we lose sight of ‘primum non nocere’ (first do no harm) as our guiding principle in medicine, the story of epilepsy surgery is exemplary.