Recent developments have sparked a significant debate over the use of puberty blockers in children, leading to a series of actions and reactions across the UK and beyond. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has decided to ban the use of puberty blockers for children, citing a lack of evidence supporting their safety and efficacy. This decision was influenced by Oxford sociologist Michael Biggs' investigation into the Tavistock pediatric gender clinic's use of these drugs, which revealed negative outcomes that had been kept secret. Critics, including Kate Harris, Co-founder of AllianceLGB, have labeled the administration of puberty blockers to children as ranging from 'utterly shameful' to 'criminal child abuse,' with concerns about the long-term impacts on children's health, including potential damage to their bones, brains, and fertility. The Health and Safety Executive announced it would not follow international trans health guidelines by WPATH after a scandal, prompting discussions on the nature of gender-affirming care for children. In response to these developments, there have been calls for judicial reviews to stop what some see as political indoctrination in schools regarding gender identity, supported by the Bad Law Project. Additionally, the controversy has led to acts of vandalism, such as the attack on Radio-Canada's headquarters by far-left extremists, in retaliation to reports criticizing gender transition therapy for minors. Amidst this contentious backdrop, WPATH has removed its 'Standards of Care v8' from its website, following revelations of medical mistreatment and fraud, signaling a potential overhaul of its guidelines and leadership.
The organization issued draft standards with age guidelines on genital surgeries and hormone therapies and then abruptly stripped out all such guidelines days before publication of the final document. Now it abruptly pulls down the entire document from its website https://t.co/MRblkv1ouA
Andrea Long Chu "makes the case for child gender transition using the most unpopular rationale possible: in essence, that minors should be allowed to have ... gender surgeries if they want them, simply because they want them," @helenlewis writes: https://t.co/tMxs0DwA9w
Victory! Quack trans group @WPATH has deleted its pseudoscientific "Standards of Care v8" from its website! This comes two weeks after the release of the WPATH Files, which revealed widespread medical mistreatment and fraud WPATH yesterday: WPATH today: h/t @Janedoeordont https://t.co/Rtz7hLyaas
WPATH has deleted the page referencing the Standards of Care 8 and appears to be overhauling both its leadership listing and member directory - which includes doctors and medics who prescribe "puberty blockers" and perform genital surgeries. WPATH has thus far escaped regulation… https://t.co/bTx6CnUaqE https://t.co/T7Fw98l6Ey
Now that puberty blockers have been banned, it's time to ban Covid vaccines for children too, and for the same reason – because they do more harm than good and the evidence of benefit isn't there, says Mike Fairclough. https://t.co/HCXKaEgeXr
Supported by The Bad Law Project. 💪 Cabinet ministers face court action over allegations of woke indoctrination in British schools. https://t.co/Apq5zGCpeG
Ministers face court action as woke indoctrination 'runs riot' in UK schools https://t.co/NIAfFw6yFx
Welsh Labour accused of letting children change gender without telling their parents as less than half of schools in Wales would inform family of pupil's decision https://t.co/o1PeYxhgq1 https://t.co/xmNRDU9cjM
Please stop letting quack doctors hurt children. The UK’s National Health Service has outlawed puberty blockers in its hospitals. California should do the same. Gov. @GavinNewsom please stop this. https://t.co/JOaFZz1RGr
Radio-Canada’s headquarters in Montreal was vandalized by far-left extremists last Wednesday, an act claimed online as a rebuttal to the controversial report on gender transition therapy for minors. https://t.co/zgUrPv6NGy
A disturbing column, published anonymously, vehemently opposed the findings of a scathing Radio-Canada report on gender clinics rushing minors to chemically transition with puberty blockers. MORE: https://t.co/9qfcNxT965 https://t.co/OpBaQvXTms
A disturbing column, published anonymously, vehemently opposed the findings of a scathing Radio-Canada report on gender clinics rushing minors to chemically transition with puberty blockers. https://t.co/9qfcNxT965
“A press statement issued by the campaigners, who are supported by the Bad Law Project, says that affirmation – unquestioning acceptance of a child’s right to choose their gender – is political indoctrination.” https://t.co/redwUeFCnh via @theconwom
Puberty blockers in children were always an unregulated live experiment based on no evidence, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. The NHS is right to ban them. https://t.co/gWXtKswt9y
Reacting to @AndreaLongChu's @NYMag essay arguing for unreserved access to gender-transition treatment for anyone at any age for any reason, @JesseSingal writes: Andrea Long Chu’s ‘New York’ Cover Story About Trans Kids Is, Above All Else, Lazy https://t.co/ml8kSAHi9E
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pointed to international evidence to support her opposition to children using puberty blockers as she faces pressure from groups opposed to her recent ban. Read more: https://t.co/zRhQqzAPzJ https://t.co/OJr33lTmCd
It’s impossible to fully undo the effects of cross-sex hormones or heal the scars of mastectomies or genital surgeries. So why do some activists insist that parents rush kids into sex-change surgeries and inject them with sterilizing drugs? https://t.co/5lw4MxzrGf
Sheila Gunn Reid discussed Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's continued opposition to the carbon tax and her comments to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after their recent meeting. https://t.co/uaSmUUbXLl
How I took on the puberty blocker orthodoxy – and won by Dr Michael Biggs https://t.co/HIte6qKD7Y
How I took on the puberty blocker orthodoxy – and won https://t.co/HIte6qKD7Y
Opinion: Is Danielle Smith winning? https://t.co/8GgnWgJ9Hv
Today we delivered our application for a judicial review to stop the political indoctrination of our children in school. 🌈 We will be providing more updates in the coming days. https://t.co/rl4bkPNuLt
This morning solicitors representing parents and in association with the #BadLawProject @BadLawTeam delivered our application for a judicial review to stop the political indoctrination of our children in school. Hugely proud of such a fantastic team. Let kids be kids! https://t.co/kIGiIjjDju
ICYMI... ‘We all said puberty blockers are utterly shameful, and I would say they verge on criminal child abuse’ ‘Gay kids were being ‘fixed’, heterosexualised, on the NHS’ - Kate Harris, Co-founder @AllianceLGB | @andrewdoyle_com https://t.co/TsJUFi98YI
‘We all said puberty blockers are utterly shameful, and I would say they verge on criminal child abuse’ ‘Gay kids were being ‘fixed’, heterosexualised, on the NHS’ - Kate Harris, Co-founder @AllianceLGB | @andrewdoyle_com https://t.co/pVtYNByjJB
‘Is it good, or bad? Is it harmful? Is it actually child abuse?' 'We have to ask those questions and not just accept unquestioningly that gender-affirming care is ‘good’ for children.’ Stephanie Davies-Arai, Founder of Transgender Trend | @cwknews @Transgendertrd https://t.co/ZDegNaTDZo
"The dishing out of puberty blockers was totally insane. Parents are chastised just for giving kids a bit of Calpol. Yet the NHS was giving drugs to vulnerable kids that could alter their bodies and damage their bones, brains and fertility." @JuliaHB1 on the spiked podcast: https://t.co/YF8ATlQjLx
‘What a shock! Who knew that a 9-year old couldn’t consent to life-altering puberty blockers!’ The Health and Safety Executive has announced they won't follow the international trans health guidelines written by WPATH following the recent scandal | Free Speech Nation https://t.co/D9qgxhTSsj
Oxford sociologist Michael Biggs recounts how his investigation of the use of puberty blockers by England's Tavistock pediatric gender clinic led to the banning of such drugs for gender dysphoria in kids. The clinic had kept secret the negative outcomes. https://t.co/18Q5fOug3L
American media promotes dangerous puberty blockers and surgery for kids. Note @washingtonpost narrative that Republicans are leading an "assault on transgender rights" Next day, the UK stopped puberty blockers for kids, because there's no evidence for them. https://t.co/0tBvFBgn9D