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For me it began with a graph. In 2017, I was shown a chart of children referred to GIDS, the Tavistock and Portman Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service clinic in northwest London. Overall case numbers had...

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… would grow up a lesbian. But then puberty loomed. Now at secondary … daughter was recommended for the puberty-blocking drug Lupron – a … identity and proceed towards blockers, or one who “in stealth” …

The damage done is immeasurable. No one knows how years of ideological dogma, inappropriate treatment and a culpable failure to consider the overall mental welfare of the children treated by the Tavistock Clinic will affect the thousands referred to its Gender Identity Development Service....

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… clinic’s reckless prescription of puberty blockers, ministers have shut it … to question the reliance on puberty blockers, analyse the …

In "Clinical and Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents: When Doing Less Is Helping More," psychologist David Schwartz, Ph.D. exhorts clinicians to treat children and adolescents with gender dysphoria using psychotherapy rather than pharmacological...

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… genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers, are all clinical practices … we are instigating.” Although puberty blockers are promoted as “a …

Following extensive stakeholder engagement and a systematic review of evidence, England’s National Health Service (NHS) has issued new draft guidance for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors, which sharply deviates from the “gender-affirming” approach.

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… made by a centralized Service and puberty blockers will be delivered only in … process . The NHS states that puberty blockers can only be …

Is Britain tiptoeing away from a medical scandal? Until recently, many gender specialists in the National Health Service (NHS) treated trans-identifying children by broadly following an “affirmative” approach which accepts patients’ self-diagnosis as the starting-point for treatment. That can mean...

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… That can mean the prescription of puberty blockers from early adolescence, … little known about the effects of blockers, which prevent the … That can mean the prescription of puberty blockers from early …

Recently, The Lancet published an editorial defending broad availability of medicalization of gender-dysphoric youth. The editorial was written in response to several US bills that aim to limit the use of hormones and surgery in minors. It asserted that hormonal and surgical interventions for...

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… are proven treatments; that puberty blockers are fully reversible and … to the Editor (LTE). The LTE “Puberty Blockers for Gender …

In a watershed moment, on February 3, 2026, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ (ASPS) issued an official position statement recommending that a key step of “gender-affirming” care—surgical intervention—be delayed until the patient is “at least 19 years old.” It is the first major medical...

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… including social transition, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones. … includes endocrine treatments (puberty blockers and cross-sex … including social transition, puberty blockers, and cross-sex …

The UK’s National Health Service will close the world’s largest pediatric gender clinic, the Gender Identity Development Service in London (GIDS) often known as the Tavistock, after the NHS Trust which houses it. An independent review condemned the clinic as “not a safe or viable...

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… agonist (GnRHa), often called “puberty blockers.” Dr. Hilary Cass, former … buying time to make a decision, puberty blockers may disrupt that …

A year ago, the Finnish Health Authority (PALKO/COHERE) deviated from WPATH's "Standards of Care 7," by issuing...

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… that psychotherapy, rather than puberty blockers and cross-sex … largely reserving puberty blocker and cross-sex … raise the concern that puberty blockers may negatively impact brain …

The following publication by Hannah Barnes appeared in the New Statesman online on 27 May 2025. The article has been reproduced below fully, with permission.

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… Bell, who was prescribed both puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones … have banned the prescription of puberty blockers for children …

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What Went Wrong at the Tavistock Clinic for Trans Teenagers?

Clinical Damage: The Tavistock Clinic’s closure follows a damning report on ideological malpractice

Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria

The NHS Ends the "Gender-Affirmative Care Model" for Youth in England

Britain changes tack in its treatment of trans-identifying children

Gender-Dysphoric Adolescents and Gender Transition Regret: What We Don't Know

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons Rejects Adolescent Gender Surgery and Raises Serious Concerns Regarding All Minor Gender Transitions

World's Largest Pediatric Gender Clinic Shut Down Due To Poor Evidence, Risk of Harm and Operational Failures

One Year Since Finland Broke with WPATH "Standards of Care"

Exclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormones