Accompanying article by Hannah Barnes, associate editor of the New Statesman and author of “Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children”
RT @stackdpodcast: Our very own @dhinojosa at #gids talking about the Interpreter pattern.
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I felt hopeful after my GP referred me. Four years on, I'm still waiting to be seen
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/i-felt-hopeful-after-my-gp-referred-me-four-years-on-i-m-still-waiting-to-be-seen/ar-BB1lEuvb?ei=11
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Care failings may have contributed to transgender boy’s death, inquest concludes
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/care-failings-may-have-contributed-to-transgender-boy-s-death-inquest-concludes/ar-BB1lwoQq?ei=7
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Mother criticises ‘agenda from above’ after release of Cass report | Transgender | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/10/mother-criticises-agenda-from-above-cass-report-trans
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Police dismissed concerns over suicidal trans teenager, mother tells inquest
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-dismissed-concerns-over-suicidal-trans-teenager-mother-tells-inquest/ar-BB1lh5MH?ei=7
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This.
@2damntrans@twitter.com:
"The NHS removing access to puberty blockers from trans children (with the exception of “clinical research”) is child abuse, medical negligence, and the result of political lobbying, not science. Let’s get that clear right now."
Also unclear why having experts from the old centre involved with the new service is such a problem. Surely they're experts? How very Tory to sideline experts whose advice they don't like.
And then there were the parents of a child who (checks notes) had been on the Gids waiting list for 18 months and nothing much had happened. Sounded like they wanted a doctor to tell their child to pull themselves together, rather than taking their thoughts and feelings seriously.
This was another bizarre segment from this morning's Today Programme. It ended up sounding like an absolute nothingburger, with people trying to make out that it's a bad thing if clinicians have a preference for an 'affirming' approach over, apparently, assuming gender dysphoria is just a symptom of mental illness.
BBC News - Child gender clinic reform 'under threat', says Sajid Javid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65245498