BBC says it’s fine for Newsnight to cover trans issues without talking to a...
The BBC has rejected complaints that Newsnight did not feature a single trans person during a discussion of trans healthcare. Newsnight has aired a series of controversial segments on trans issues that...
View ArticleTrans kids think ‘the world hates them’ thanks to High Court’s cruel puberty...
Trans youth are internalising a message that “the world hates them” as a result of the High Court’s puberty blockers decision in the Bell v Tavistock case last year, according to the CEO of a leading...
View ArticleChilling video sees young woman followed by man demanding she ‘educate’ him...
A maskless man pursued a young sexual health worker and gender consultant in Canada, defying social distancing and filming her against her will, while firing questions about puberty blockers. JK...
View ArticleTrans people in the UK are being crushed by relentless attacks from...
Freddy McConnell is a journalist, dad and trans man. He lost a series of legal challenges in the UK to be recorded as the “father” or “parent” on his child’s birth certificate, and is now taking the...
View ArticleArkansas just passed the ‘single most extreme anti-trans law’ targeting...
The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill that would prevent medical practitioners from providing healthcare to trans minors in a shocking blow to the LGBT+ community. The senate passed HB 1570 on Monday...
View ArticleLeading doctor wants you to know puberty blockers are ‘incredibly safe’...
The head of trans healthcare at one of the largest hospitals in the US has reminded the public that puberty blockers are an “incredibly safe” and “reversible” treatment for transgender children. Dr...
View ArticleNHS England to set up new independent review group to assess puberty blockers
NHS England will establish an independent review body to assess the prescription of puberty blockers to people aged under 16. The health service will set up the body in response to a High Court ruling...
View ArticleDevastating impact of trans healthcare bans confirmed by spate of teen...
A doctor has reported a spike in trans teenagers attempting suicide in Arkansas after lawmakers passed a cruel ban on gender-affirming healthcare. In March, Arkansas became the first US state to ban...
View ArticlePaediatrician explains the life-saving benefits of puberty blockers for trans...
A paediatrician has explained the life-saving benefits of puberty blockers for trans and non-binary youth. Mandy Coles is a clinical associate professor of paediatrics and is co-director of the Child...
View ArticleGood Law Project founder on what we can learn from LGB Alliance, Keira Bell...
There was a big legal win for trans kids a few weeks ago, but you would be forgiven for having missed it – unlike the gleeful media circus when trans rights are stripped away, the triumphs scarcely...
View ArticleNHS clinicians prescribing puberty blockers are ‘extensively, powerfully’...
A court ruling that blocked access to vital healthcare for young trans people was based on “partisan” evidence and must be quashed, the NHS argued today at the Court of Appeal. If the High Court had...
View ArticleNHS ‘obtained consent illegally’ from trans kids for puberty blockers, claims...
The NHS appeal against a controversial judgment that restricts access to puberty blockers for young trans people has concluded. Lawyers for Keira Bell, a young woman who detransitioned, reiterated...
View ArticleBBC accused of ‘deep-rooted transphobia’ after ‘censoring’ vital issues...
Concerns have been raised over the “censorship” of trans issues after the BBC unpublished a doctor’s heartbreaking fears for young patients in light of last year’s controversial puberty blockers High...
View ArticleCourt overturns cruel Keira Bell ruling depriving trans kids of life-saving...
The NHS has won its appeal against a High Court ruling in the Keira Bell case that said trans under-16s can’t consent to puberty blockers and should be made to go before a judge to access the...
View ArticleNot a single trans young person has been referred to a hormone specialist...
Not a single trans young person has been referred to a hormone specialist by the NHS this year, it has been revealed. According to FOI data obtained by the i, no trans person under the age of 17...
View Article‘Anti-trans’ school protester met by hundreds of defiant allies chanting...
An anti-puberty blockers protestor demonstrating outside of a school was met by over 200 people chanting “trans kids matter” and “leave our city”. The crowd gathered outside Broadview Public School and...
View ArticleSwedish health board wants doctors to stop prescribing life-saving puberty...
A Swedish government agency has recommended that puberty blockers be withheld from trans youth, despite overwhelming evidence that the treatment is “life-saving”. The National Board of Health and...
View ArticlePuberty blockers drastically cut suicide risk in trans kids, yet another...
Young trans people who receive gender-affirming healthcare are significantly less likely to become depressed or attempt suicide in the following year, a new study has found. Gender-affirming care for...
View ArticleFailed Tory mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith compares life-saving puberty...
Conservative environment minister Zac Goldsmith, known for failing in his bid to become London mayor, has compared gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth to lobotomies. In a tweet Friday morning...
View ArticleTrans community breathes sigh of relief as Supreme Court rejects puberty...
The Supreme Court has rejected yet another attempt to deny trans kids access to life-saving puberty blockers. Keira Bell first launched legal action against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation...
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