UK teen girl wanted to be male; got breasts removed, took testosterone. Now 23, she says doctors should have 'challenged' her decision — and is suing. - ""Initially I felt very relieved and happy about things," Bell told the outlet. "But I think as the years go on you start to feel less and less enthusiastic or even happy about things."In the end, she decided to stop taking cross-sex hormones last year. Now at 23, Bell noted to the BBC that she accepts her sex as a female — but she's also angry about what happened to her... Bell is taking legal action against the National Health Service gender clinic, and a judge cleared the way for a full hearing of the case against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, the BBC said.Lawyers will argue that children cannot give informed consent to treatment delaying puberty or helping them to transition, the outlet added... Bell herself admitted to the BBC that when she went to clinic years ago, she would say "it was saving me from suicidal ideation and depression in general and at the time I felt it relieved all those mental health issues I was feeling, alongside gender dysphoria."In addition, Bell told the outlet that if she had felt more accepted by society as a teen, she might not have wanted to change her gender — though she added she wouldn't have wanted to listen to challengers of her transgender desires."I feel I could say anything to my 16-year-old self, and I might not necessarily listen at that time," Bell added to the BBC. "And that's the point of this case, when you are that young you don't really want to listen. So I think it's up to these institutions, like the Tavistock, to step in and make children reconsider what they are saying, because it is a life-altering path.""
Tavistock study highlights danger of transgender treatements - "The critics of Tavistock were right. Tavistock knew that the results of their study would hurt their case, and so delayed its release until after the High Court judgement. Trans treatments are hurting kids, full stop. The evidence is mounting. It is time for other courts to follow the UK’s example."
NHS Tavistock child gender clinic rated 'inadequate' - "A rating of inadequate is the lowest a healthcare provider can receive from the Care Quality Commission. It means that a service is "performing badly". Gids had been rated good at its last inspection in 2016, but since then a number of concerns have been raised about the service... it was not possible to clearly understand why clinical decisions had been made.After reviewing 35 care records, the CQC found there was "no clearly defined assessment process" and "many records did not demonstrate good practice".The records also appeared to be "insufficient" in considering the needs of young people with autism spectrum disorders."
Gender clinic bosses at controversial NHS facility are removed - "The management team of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London has been 'disbanded'... Stephanie Davies-Arai, of Transgender Trend, said: 'It's no surprise that the management team has been disbanded.'Referring to how the High Court heard about serious harms caused to youngsters, such as infertility, she said: 'Lessons must be learned so that this never happens to our children again.'The CQC later found that GIDS in many cases had no proper records justifying treatment decisions for vulnerable children"
Transphobia!
Tavistock puberty blocker study published after nine years - "All but one child treated for gender dysphoria with puberty-blocking drugs at a leading NHS clinic also received cross-sex hormones, a study has shown.The Tavistock and Portman Trust has argued the treatments are not linked.The High Court ruled last week that under-16s are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to be treated with puberty-blocking drugs.The trust said the study's findings were not accepted by a peer-reviewed journal until the day of the judgement... previous research suggested all young people who took blockers went on to take cross-sex hormones - the next stage towards transitioning to the opposite gender.The Tavistock's newly published findings appear to confirm this, with 43 out of 44 participants - or 98% - choosing to start treatment with cross-sex hormones... Lawyers representing the claimants said there was "a very high likelihood" children who start taking hormone blockers will later begin taking cross-sex hormones, leading potentially to infertility and impaired sexual function.The Tavistock argued puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were entirely separate stages of treatment and one does not automatically lead to the other.The judges rejected that argument, saying "in our view this does not reflect the reality"... The published study showed that treatment with the blocker brought about no change in psychological function... after a year on blockers, there was a significant increase in those answering the statement: "I deliberately try to hurt or kill myself"... The study also measured the impact of puberty blocking drugs on children's height and bone density.The researchers found that suppressing puberty "reduced growth that was dependent on puberty hormones".Height growth continued, "but more slowly than for their peers"."
Tavistock gender clinic whistleblowers have been vindicated | The Spectator - "The Care Quality Commission has released its reports on the gender identity services offered by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. They make for grim reading.The CQC describes an NHS facility that — until last month — put vulnerable children on a pathway to the use of untested medicines and life-changing interventions, sometimes without keeping proper records proving consent for treatment or demonstrating the reasons for that treatment. An NHS service where staff were afraid to raise concerns about procedure and practice for fear of 'retribution' from their employers. An NHS service that failed to ask fundamental questions about the growing number of vulnerable children being presented for treatment... These CQC conclusions are a significant vindication of a small but important group of people who have been raising concerns and questions about the Tavistock and its Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) for several years. They include whistleblowers from the Trust such as Marcus Evans, a psychoanalyst and one of the governors of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust who in 2019 resigned over the management of the service. They include clinicians such as Kirsty Entwistle, who I wrote about here in 2019. And they include David Bell, another Tavistock clinician who first raised concerns about the GIDS in 2018.The accounts of these whistleblowers have not been welcomed by people who should have listened. In some cases, the Trust appears to have sought to penalise them: Dr Bell is currently raising money for legal advice over what he says are 'disciplinary proceedings which the Tavistock and Portman Trust has instituted against him in connection with his speaking and writing on the subject of Gender Dysphoria.' (The Trust has declined to comment on this.)... Beyond dealings with the Trust itself, people who raise concerns about the GIDS have sometimes faced accusations of being motivated by bigotry and regressive ideology (US media outlets are particularly guilty of this). Similar allegations have also often been levelled at journalists doing the basic job of journalism and asking questions about things in the public interest. Sadly, I am reliably informed that even senior officials at the Trust have privately impugned the motives of journalists analysing the work and management of the GIDS. The CQC report resoundingly vindicates the journalism of good reporters such as Hannah Barnes and Deborah Cohen at BBC Newsnight, who have investigated the GIDS in the face of resistance. It also shows that a 'shoot the messenger' culture around trans issues can do real harm. For several years, anyone raising doubts about the GIDS ran the risk of being accused of transphobic bigotry, something that undoubtedly meant it has taken longer than it should have done for the failings of the clinic to be brought to light and (hopefully) addressed... One of the most striking findings in the CQC report concern autism. The children seen by GIDS are more likely than the general population to show signs of autism. The relationship between autistic spectrum disorders and gender identity is very poorly understood and inadequately researched. But the GIDS does not appear to have assigned much importance to this issue"
Puberty blockers: Under-16s 'unlikely to be able to give informed consent' - "Paul Conrathe, the solicitor for both claimants, said the ruling was "an historic judgment that protects children who suffer from gender dysphoria".He said the judgment showed "that a culture of unreality has become embedded in the Tavistock"."This may have led to hundreds of children receiving this experimental treatment without their properly informed consent," he said."
Unlikely means still potentially possible. Yet trans activists are upset, because they want as many kids as possible on blockers
Puberty blockers are not the same as contraception - "Bell v Tavistock recognises that puberty blockers, which arrest the natural sexual developments that take place during adolescence, are not comparable to contraceptives or abortion treatments. It recognises that whether a young person can consent to treatment is not just dependent on age but also on the effect and complexity of the treatment prescribed... The crucial point of the Fraser ruling was the recognition that the bedrock of consent is a person’s ability to understand what the treatment is (including its risks and benefits) – and that this is not necessarily determined by age... ‘For many children, certainly younger children, and some as young as 10 and just entering puberty, it will not be possible to conceptualise what not being able to give birth to children (or conceive children with their own sperm) would mean in adult life. Similarly, the meaning of sexual fulfilment, and what the implications of treatment may be for this in the future, will be impossible for many children to comprehend.’"
Feminists claim that abortion is harmful, which is why you can't force people with uteruses to have them, but at the same time they claim that teens are able to consent to them. Not to mention how bodily autonomy doesn't matter when it comes to vaccination. This points to a bad faith strategy of profferring incomplete arguments to get the desired results
If a young person can understand the risks and benefits of contraception, why not the risks and benefits of sex (with someone of age)?