Keira Bell (right) outside Londons Royal Courts of Justice after winning her judicial review on 1 December, 2020. (Twitter/ Belstaffie) 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 Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service
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Environment minister Zac Goldsmith. (Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press South/Getty Images) 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 (18 March), Goldsmith described puberty blockers as a “brutal pathway” despite the treatment being safe, well-studied and
A person holds a sign that reads “We Love Our Trans Youth” during a rally at the Alabama State House to draw attention to anti-trans legislation. (Getty/Julie Bennett) 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
Exterior view of Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in Central London. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Concerns have been raised over the “censorship” of trans issues after the BBC unpublished a doctor’s heartbreaking fears for young patients in light of last year’s controversial puberty blockers High Court ruling. The broadcaster said it
Puberty blockers are used to give kids who are trans and/or questioning their gender time to consider. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/ Getty) 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
The Royal Courts of Justice where the High Court is located in London. (Getty/ BEN STANSALL/AFP) Many parents and carers of trans children are afraid to tell their kids about the High Court ruling on puberty blockers, Mermaids has reported. The High Court ruled on 1 December that transgender under-16s must understand the implications both
Keira Bell (right) outside Londons Royal Courts of Justice after winning her judicial review on December 1. (Twitter/Belstaffie) Keira Bell, the 23-year-old who last week won a landmark judicial review stopping the NHS prescribing puberty blockers to trans youth, wants doctors to help gender dysphoric young people “reconcile with their sex”. Bell won her judicial
Last week, the UK’s High Court granted a landmark judicial review into whether young transgender people can give informed consent to puberty blockers. The legal challenge is an attempt to force trans teens to go before a judge before being given medical treatment by doctors. But what are puberty blockers? Puberty-pausing medication, known as puberty