The Cass Review, a significant report on pediatric gender-transition treatment in the UK, has sparked widespread controversy and debate since its publication on April 9. Misinformation surrounding the review has been rampant, with several activists and media outlets accused of spreading false claims about its content and conclusions. Notably, Alejandra Caraballo and Erin Reed, among others, have been identified as sources of these inaccuracies, alleging that the review disregarded 101 of 103 studies. Contrary to these claims, the Cass Review was based on systematic literature reviews that included 58 moderate- and 2 high-quality studies, and did not recommend banning trans healthcare for individuals under 25. The review has also been criticized for using AI-generated images and for its perceived attack on gender-affirming care, leading to responses from various stakeholders including politicians, activists, and medical professionals.
Activist-Substacker Erin Reed continues to push the false claim that the Cass Review “disregarded massive amounts of research on trans care.” The report, in fact, was based in part on systematic literature reviews that synthesized 58 moderate- and 2 high-quality studies. https://t.co/w84qpaWOkF
✍️ 'The Cass review isn’t the end of the fight. Gender ideology must be banished from schools', writes @AllisonPearson Read her column here👇 https://t.co/DIgCF8sUR3 https://t.co/POleGBeHX7
The Dutch researchers who founded the global pediatric gender-transition treatment model have responded to the Cass Review. They are pushing back against the report. https://t.co/yhbLnBVBbt
Children should get the proper treatment they need, not irreversible harm pushed by ideology. “Dr Hilary Cass' review said children had been let down by a lack of research. She also reported that there was "remarkably weak" evidence on medical interventions in gender care.” https://t.co/pK3j9N4PAq
I fact checked misinformation on the Cass Review. People who falsely claimed Cass tossed almost all research about pediatric gender care include: @OwenJones84, @Esqueer_, @ErinInTheMorn, @RottenInDenmark, @Gorskon, @BillyBragg, @natachakennedy and the 100s of academics who… https://t.co/kRP2qDGdDu
Trans activists are spreading outrageous disinformation about the Cass Review. They claim that Cass has ‘cherry picked’ data to push an anti-trans narrative. They refuse to reckon with the harms that gender medicine has done to kids, says Lauren Smith https://t.co/qXusyWRK3n
🧵:Thoughts on the battle over the Cass Review: 1. Many are furious that systematic literature reviews, they say, set the bar too high, and forbid the acceptance of promising findings from studies on pediatric gender-transition treatment. 🧵See the thread for more🧵 https://t.co/rF4ZYzUTBM
The Cass report should be the death knell for gender pseudoscience https://t.co/jRZ4SWpDXl via @dcexaminer @KayleeDMcGhee is 100% correct in this excellent column.
WPATH responds to the Cass Review, which lambasted them for, it said, exaggerating the strength of the evidence behind its guidelines and citation “circularity”. WPATH dismisses Cass as based on a “false premise” that non-medical means are best for most kids with gender distress. https://t.co/Y2igcUejBY
Some constituents see the #CassReview as a vindication, others as an attack. I asked the Minister to condemn the toxification of sex and gender, gather the further evidence called for by Dr Cass and put in place resources so all young people can access the health care they need. https://t.co/XFU8BDmUBL
THE CASS REVIEW: WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN SCHOOLS Alongside reforms to the NHS we must now root out gender ideology from our schools. Our statutory safeguarding guidance *Keeping Children Safe in Education* downplays a trans-identity as a safeguarding flag. This must be… https://t.co/sQTimAlXZL
Weak Evidence for Gender Dysphoria Treatments, Report Says Four reviews commissioned by the Cass Review interim report have found that evidence for puberty blockers and hormone treatment for gender transition is inadequate, and that most currently used clinical guidelines are… https://t.co/VdQBr8OFQN
Time to kick trans ideology out of the classroom. Schools are where these unscientific, dangerous notions around gender are taking hold. The Cass Review is only the start of the fightback we need, says Joanna Williams https://t.co/C2SFvYNcYh
🚨Cass Review Fact Check🚨 The systematic literature reviews on which the Cass Review were partially based did NOT reject studies on pediatric gender-transition treatment that weren’t randomized controlled trials. They used a validated assessment tool for *observational* studies. https://t.co/pi92dXhDWh
Want to know about the origins of the false claim that the Cass Review discarded all but 2 studies when assessing gender-transition treatment for kids? I have the answers here. It all started the afternoon of April 9, before the review was even out. @Esqueer_ decided to tweet: https://t.co/NR8wq8vhRV
🔴 Health Secretary @VictoriaAtkins is making a statement on the Cass Review. Watch live ⬇️ https://t.co/fv0TdTRoOh
The @CBCNews quotes doctors repeating the false claim that the Cass Review disregarded any studies about pediatric gender-transition treatment that were not randomized controlled trials. The article, by Lisa Johnson @LisaSJ, makes many other false claims. See the 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/9lDGH7weGF
The Cass report, an incredibly influential document used to limit gender affirming care in the UK, uses AI-generated stock images of children from a series in which every nonbinary teen has pink hair and the same haircut https://t.co/jzkfZlFIkv
This viral tweet claims that the Cass Review “recommends banning trans healthcare for anyone under 25”—a claim that is: 🚨FALSE🚨 What Cass *actually* said was: “Given that the changing demographic presenting to children and young peoples services is reflected in a change of… https://t.co/wLX1mahhQW
NEGLIGENCE OF GENDER IDEOLOGY The more I read of Cass Review, the more shocked & appalled I am. Only @reformparty_uk will stop this safeguarding disaster Weak, low quality evidence was used to medically abuse and damage vulnerable children. They had other society & mental…
Erin Reed incorrectly claims that the community note about @BillyBragg's tweet about the Cass Review is in error. Erin and Billy have both falsely claimed that the Cass Review discarded 101 of 103 studies about pediatric gender-transition treatment. 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/Snk02hUO2Y
The 1st person to falsely claim that the Cass Review “disregarded nearly all studies” about pediatric gender-transition treatment was apparently activist Alejandra Caraballo. She claimed this 5 hours before the Cass Review was published on April 9, before she’d actually seen it. https://t.co/8nyVz4As8s