Advocate.comDetransition is rare, but it’s driving anti-trans policy anyway
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/detransition-anti-transgender-policies
Prism & PenAt the gender clinic in Glasgow, whose waiting list I’ve been on since 2021, the average time to get a first appointment currently sits at 224 years. The average life expectancy in Scotland is between 76 and 80 years.
224 years might sound made up, but it’s not.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-224-year-wait-to-see-a-gender-clinic-it-doesnt-have-to-be-like-this-264e75bf14b7?sk=de7acc76fcf915eee354b83fecbbbeba
coldwave -vAbsolutely nobody likes #genderClinics. Historically they set themselves up as the guardians of society, with the reasonable compromise of choosing 5% of trans people to exist.
terfs and fascists are not happy with them for letting 5% of #trans people survive, trans communities are surprisingly not falling over in gratitude for conversion therapy and deadly neglect to 95% of us.
They can't make everyone happy and I'm surprised it lasted this long. They have consistently chosen to stick to their "centrist" position hard. Whenever you see them explaining their policies in an attempt to defend themselves, it's from the one side only: "don't worry, we're torturing trans people hard enough".
terfs and fascists are not happy with them for letting 5% of #trans people survive, trans communities are surprisingly not falling over in gratitude for conversion therapy and deadly neglect to 95% of us.
They can't make everyone happy and I'm surprised it lasted this long. They have consistently chosen to stick to their "centrist" position hard. Whenever you see them explaining their policies in an attempt to defend themselves, it's from the one side only: "don't worry, we're torturing trans people hard enough".
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈#NHS #plans #review of #adult #gender #services following #Transphobic #criticisms in the #CassReview.
#Workers in #adult #genderclinics allege ‘#chaotic’ #administration and ‘#outofcontrol’ #waitinglists
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #Labour #TERFS #NHS #GateKeeping #WorkingAsIntended #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland
AutisticMumTo3Thousands of children still waiting average of 100 weeks for gender care | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/children-gender-care-waiting-list-uk-b2591436.html
SleepyCattenPSA for any trans person on a gender clinic waiting list in England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland considering a move to Wales
The Welsh Gender Service (WGS) will take into account the time you've already spent waiting on another gender clinic's waiting list 🏴
How do we know this?
We emailed the WGS back in November 2023, asking whether we'd have to join the back of the queue at the WGS if we moved to Wales. Their response is shown in the image.
Their email address is [email protected] if you wish to verify this.
Please feel free to boost this, so that more folks are aware of it 
#NHS #NHSWales #NHSEngland #NHSScotland #NHSNorthernIreland #UK #WGS #WelshGenderService #trans #transgender #transition #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GIC #GenderClinics #GenderIdentity #GenderIdentityClinics #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+
Scottish gender clinic pauses prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s | Transgender | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/18/scottish-gender-clinic-pauses-prescribing-puberty-blockers-to-under-18s
#Scotland
#GenderClinics
#PubertyBlockers
#Hormones
#CassReport
#Sandyford
#NHS
#Adult #genderclinics in #England ‘to face #Cass-style #review’ into #trans #Healthcare
“It will be external, rather than done #inhouse,” a #source said. “It will be #led by someone external. It will be fairly #similar to what #Cass did with #childrensservices, but this time it will be looking at #adultservices.”
Cal HortonMy open access articles cited in #PhilosophyTube are available here
On #Trans Children's experiences in UK #GenderClinics
https://bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/1/1-2/3/
And on how the #Pathologisation of gender diversity impacts on #TransChildren in the UK
"Of Course, I'm Intimidated by Them. They Could Take My Human Rights Away" - Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies
Gender clinics engaging with pre-pubertal trans children are divided between those that endorse a gender affirmative approach and those that do not. Little evidence is available on how trans children experience non-affirmative gender clinics in early childhood. This study aimed to understand pre-pubertal trans children’s recent experiences in non-affirmative gender clinics in the UK. Data focused on a cohort of trans children who socially transitioned under age eleven. Data were drawn from semi-structured qualitative interviews with ten trans children and 30 UK-based parents of trans children, focusing on children’s pre-pubertal engagement with UK gender clinics. Themes are presented on 1) inappropriate assessment of gender; 2) trans children under pressure; and 3) distress and trauma in UK gender clinics. The article presents evidence of continued pathologisation and problematisation of childhood gender diversity in UK children’s gender clinics. It demonstrates the harms pf the status quo and the need for systemic reform, providing modern affirmative care for younger trans children.