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https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/29/puberty-blockers-ban-tory-government-lawful-high-court-rules
In response, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said:
Children’s healthcare must be evidence-led.
Dr Cass’s review found there was insufficient evidence that puberty blockers are safe and effective for children with gender dysphoria and gender incongruence.
[the cass report make explicit notice it does not reccomend the supension of puberty blockers, due to the harm it would have on children, and the number of kids actually making it through the system to be prescribed them, inconsequential]
[puberty blockers still will be prescribed to cis children, including, but not limited too, those experiencing puberty related gender dysphoria from hormone imbalences]
[there are some carve outs for those recieving medication already, but new apllication are to be paused. the political implications of a health body ruling this way are massive in a atmosphere where trans people already struggle to access care through the NHS, even if already prescribed. as a 29 year old adult who recieves that same puberty blocker, i regularly face denial of care due to rulings like this creating an atmosphere of fear within practitioners]
We must therefore act cautiously and with care when it comes to this vulnerable group of young people.
I am working with NHS England to improve children’s gender identity services, and to set up a clinical trial to establish the evidence on puberty blockers.
was at trans pride this weekend, kids, families, trans people and their allies, fifty thousand of them, marching with one single message.
absalutely fuck wes streeting
medicalisation to restrict LGBT people healthcare is nothing new, nothing that the community hasn't forced change on before as the government and and sideline handwringers spoke about "evidence" and "fears". ironically so wes himself didn't have to live a life of criminilisation or forced castration. this sort of policy is up there with section 28. it also sparks fears of further restrictions as the cass report is introduced on 18-25 year olds.
trans people are united in this, the doctors and charities that speak for us and to us are united in this. transition is a right, to deny that is abuse. we do not question if our child says they're gay, we trust and support them, puberty blockers allow the child, with support of clinicians and family, to make that choice. allowing puberty while they learn who they are, takes that choice away from them. that causes irrecoverable damage to them and restricts their life. in worst case scenarios, leads them to take their life.
of course, even if you do not care about trans people, i find it hard to believe any person is excited by the precedent that any sitting health secutary can ban a globally accepted piece of health care at ideological whim. with roll back from womens rights, abortion, and wider lgbt rights all over the anglo political sphere at the moment. this is chilling. especially as the tories, and their right wing funders, are now seeing if they manafacture consent they can ban healthcare, then have labour cosign it.