Tavistock Gender Clinic to close - it failed vulnerable under-18s

Dr Cass wrote to NHS England in July 2022 setting out the key components of a new regional service model, as described in the Review’s interim report. The letter also provides advice on how gaps in the existing evidence base may be addressed.

cass.independent-review.uk/publications/

Homophobic husband played a massive part in what happened to SG’s son. Much better to have a daughter than a gay son. I hope I never meet any of these people irl, I’d probably end up being arrested ?

I've posted about this on another thread but it's relevant here too.

Did it occur to no-one to let the boy play with the toys he wanted and like the characters he wanted to, without fuss from adults?

(This is only a small extract. You can read the rest on the GirlGuiding Magazine website, linked below)

‘We often meet people who don’t understand how we, as parents, “could let our boy become a girl”', says Jane. ‘Did we want them to be a girl? Was it parental influence? Shouldn’t we have just told them to stop? Understandable questions. Perhaps the best way to explain it is walk you through our story.’

Jane and her husband Mike started noticing that Rainbow identified more with female characters, toys and books when she was 18 months old. ‘Some people suggested we just say no, encourage her to identify with the male characters, but how can you explain that to a young child? To what end? No to playing with toys she loved or characters she loved to pretend to be? It felt cruel to say no, to the say the least.’

girlguiding.foleon.com/guiding-magazine/guiding-summer-2022/rainbow-girl

I’ve just realised that Susie Green’s son is nearly 30 now, really didn’t realise how old s/he was until I saw it mentioned on Twitter. I hope s/he has a happy life, goodness knows s/he deserves it.

I don’t know if this video has been posted before. And yes, Mermaids should definitely be the next horrific organisation to go. How this woman ever managed to persuade so many that what she was advocating was the right thing to do, I’ll never understand. I wonder what her child will think of her in future years?

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/the-video-that-should-destroy-mermaids?r=k9z5j&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

So sensible. Hopefully an holistic approach, good data and record keeping will mean that young people will receive the best treatment possible rather than the lazy 'affirmation get them on puberty blockers' as soon as possible route too many have taken. Well done all those brave people who risked everything to expose the clinic's shortcomings.

Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) clinic has been accused of rushing children into life-altering treatment on puberty blockers.

The paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, who is leading a review of the service, issued a series of recommendations today for a radical overhaul of how the NHS treats young people who are questioning their gender identity.

She found that the Tavistock clinic was “not a safe or viable long-term option” and that other mental health issues were “overshadowed” when gender was raised by children referred to the clinic.
Amid concerns that the clinic fails to take into account wider health problems before putting children on puberty blockers, Cass added: “Staff should maintain a broad clinical perspective in order to embed the care of children and young people with gender uncertainty within a broader child and adolescent health context.”

She found there was “a lack of agreement, and in many instances a lack of open discussion” about whether unhappiness with gender in adolescence was permanent or temporary.

This is the best of news for all those parents who's children have been channelled through this experiment factory.

[Dr Hilary Cass] suggested introducing local hubs, writing that the current provider model "is not a safe or viable long-term option".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62335665