Day One Sunday 5 July
Introduction: Dr Louise Irvine Co-Chair CAN-SG
Welcome address
Why this conference is important for children and young people
Panel One: History and aetiologies
Chair: Dr Stella Kingett
Speakers
A brief history of the rise of the Dutch protocol
How the availability of puberty suppression transformed the social, cultural, and medical landscape
Diagnoses and language in gender medicine
Panel Two: Evidence, uncertainty, and risk
Chair: Dr Louise Irvine
Speakers
Diagnostic, aetiological, and prognostic uncertainty in youth gender medicine
Breaking the Mold: How the American Society of Plastic Surgeons decided to put evidence first
Is there equipoise for interventional trials?
Panel Three: Research
Chair and speaker: Prof Alice Sullivan
Barriers to research in gender medicine
Effect of puberty blockers on the adolescent brain
Hormones in gender medicine: What are the harms?
Panel Four: Ethics
Chair: Zhenya Abbruzzese
Evidence, Ethics, and Youth Gender Dysphoria
Pathways puberty blocker trial: Safety and ethics
Plus speaker giving a parent’s perspective.
Ethical dilemmas for parents of trans identified children
Day Two Monday 6 July
Panel Five: Social and cultural influences
Chair: Dr David Pilgrim
Speakers
Social transition: what’s the harm?
Beliefs about medical transition and the body in online trans spaces
Social pressures on young women
Detransition pathways: going back but moving forward
Beyond Trans: what kind of support do detransitioners need?
Panel Six :Psychotherapy
Chair: Dr David Bell
Speakers
Embodied distress in adolescence
Psychotherapeutic work with gender-distressed youth
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Working psychotherapeutically with families of gender-distressed youth
Panel Seven: Clinical perspectives
Chair: Dr Aileen O’Brien
Speakers
Uncertainty and risk: Should general practitioners prescribe cross-sex hormones?
The link between Autism Spectrum Disorders and gender-related distress
Pelvic floor complications of testosterone use in women and how physiotherapy can help
Panel Eight: Looking to the future.
Chair: Sue Evans with panel of contributors
How can we support young people, moving forward?
Sue Evans, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Anna Hutchinson,
Michael Kerr, Dr Stella O’Malley, Dr Stephen Levine, Hannah Ryan, and parent perspective
Closing remarks
Dr Stella Kingett: Co-Chair CAN-SG
