TELEGRAPH VIEW: The tragic consequences of Tavistock’s gender dogma: Children and parents fell victim to a system that was too quick to affirm a child’s new identity

The tragic consequences of Tavistock’s gender dogma: Children and parents fell victim to a system that was too quick to affirm a child’s new identity

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29 July 2022 • 6:00am

The Tavistock clinic is to be closed by next spring 

The Tavistock gender identity clinic is to be shut down by the NHS after a review found it is unsafe for children. Critics had long argued that the clinic, which could give puberty blockers to under-16s if they were deemed able to give consent, was catapulting children into drastic surgical change to their sex without proper consultation. The paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass found it was “not a safe or viable long-term option”.

Concerns about Tavistock were raised as long ago as 2004 by staff, and it has since been accused of being heavily influenced by groups such as Mermaids and Stonewall while cutting out parents, who were told they were guilty of “transphobia”.

In 2020 the High Court ruled in favour of Keira Bell, a 23-year-old who took puberty blockers at 16 prior to reassignment surgery, which she later regretted. It found that under-16s were highly unlikely to be able to give informed consent to take the medication, but this ruling was subsequently overturned when the Tavistock Trust appealed.

Children and parents fell victim to a system that was too quick to affirm a child’s new identity and recommend medical treatment on this basis, disregarding other possible mental health issues. It is appalling not only that such suffering should be inflicted by medical professionals, but also that it has taken so long to put a stop to it.

In light of Dr Cass’s report, NHS England says it will take a more “holistic” approach to treatment in this area. It certainly must now be conducted with more caution and transparency. While such changes are welcome, it is a tragedy that hundreds of young lives may have been blighted, some irreversibly. Such is the price of dangerous dogma ignoring caring common sense for far too long."

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