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  HEALTH Most trans children just going through a phase, advises NHS The Tavistock Centre in London will close after a report said that its transgender practice was not safe ALAMY Eleanor Hayward , Health Correspondent Tuesday October 25 2022, 12.01am, The Times Most children identifying as transgender are simply going through a “transient phase”, new NHS guidance states. Doctors caring for youngsters distressed about their gender have been told that it is not a “neutral act” to help them transition socially by using their preferred new names or pronouns. The draft guidelines say doctors should “carefully explore” all underlying health problems, including mental ill health, amid concerns that the NHS is rushing  children  on to irreversible puberty-blocker medication. The new “watchful approach” adopted by the NHS is a significant  change of course  from the “affirmative” approach advocated by campaign groups, including Mermaids. The NHS England document states: “The clinical managemen

COMMENT JK Rowling’s brave trans stand has been vindicated Every day brings new reasons to thank the Harry Potter writer for fighting extreme gender ideology MADELINE GRANT PARLIAMENTARY SKETCHWRITER 12 October 2022 • 7:00am The transgender children’s charity Mermaids hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory recently. In fact, recent weeks may rank as the worst time for sea maidens since the mermaid-impersonating cleric Parson Hawker was shot at on suspicion of being a French spy while he sat singing on a rock in Bude harbour during the 19th century. Last week,  Jacob Breslaw resigned as a trustee  after a newspaper exposed his links with a pro-paedophile organisation. Yesterday it emerged that Darren Mew, Mermaids’ digital engagement officer, had dressed up as a sexy schoolgirl and posted pictures of his genitals on social media. The Charity Commission is investigating Mermaids after a  Telegraph  investigation  found it was handing out breast-binders to girls as young as 13, sometimes

  JK Rowling: Sturgeon is deaf to women’s concerns over gender ID As a new poll suggests the first minister is out of step with voters, Rowling argues that if any woman suffers under new gender ID rules, the blame will rest with Holyrood Protesters against the Gender Recognition Act outside Holyrood ALAMY JK Rowling Saturday October 15 2022, 6.00pm, The Sunday Times Just over a week ago, I posted a picture of myself wearing a T-shirt printed with the words “Nicola Sturgeon: Destroyer of Women’s Rights” on Twitter. I did this to show my solidarity with women who were protesting outside the Scottish parliament against the proposed Gender Recognition Act reform bill. Some of the women, like  Maya Forstater  and Helen Joyce, have public profiles, but most of the women protesting do not. They also knew they might be taking a risk in demonstrating. It takes guts for Scottish women to stand up for their rights these days — not, I should emphasise, anywhere near the same guts as Iranian women