Please read @timeslucy 's investigation in @thetimes - testimonies from five clinicians who have resigned from the NHS children's Gender Identity Development Service because of concerns about safety and ethics.
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They say children still working out their sexuality pushed to transition - turning gay into straight, in response to homophobic bullying (& families), w coaching from outside orgs, at an age when too young to really consent to a pathway which sterilises & removes sexual functionpic.twitter.com/kI8yCFIMMi
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Friends who tell me we should not subject the ideology of gender identity and the organisations that promote it to to normal levels of debate and scrutiny because trans people are a vulnerable minority.... its not that simple.
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These children are a vulnerable minority. Yes children who are gender non-conforming or who have gender dysphoria should be protected, respected & supported. But labelling them 'transkids' politicises when what is needed is individual therapeutic care for overall mental health.
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@PennyMordaunt 's non-answers to women's questions about GIDS https://medium.com/@MForstater/85-questions-outside-the-minister-for-womens-office-32cf4c084b05 …pic.twitter.com/5GgWjjr7js
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@EHRC 's promised guidance to schools trailed with the lobby groups mentioned in Lucy's report (Now over a year late: could it be that what these orgs are telling schools is not actually in line with the Equality Act?
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@UKScouting &@Girlguiding advised by same orgs assume children hv "true gender", see breast binding as normal, view concerned parents as "unsupportive" & tell volunteers to offer complete confidentiality to 'transkids' - putting them outside of normal safeguardingShow this thread -
People who have raised concerns have been thrown out of organisations
@MsHelenWatts, lost their jobs, been removed from social media & professional networks@PilgrimTucker and harassed@CF_Farrow . And many many more afraid to speak up. This is where giving in to#nodebate leadsShow this thread
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