UK: "a former social worker at a GIDS satellite clinic in Leeds estimated that “only 2-3%” of the children seen by staff would have continued to identify as transgender for life if they had not been referred for medical intervention."
"Her estimate is broadly in line with the beliefs of Domenico Di Ceglie, who founded Gids in 1989, who said only 5% of patients would transition and 60-70% would be gay.
"Studies elsewhere had shown that for the majority of young people who experienced gender dysphoria as children, their desire to change sex would disappear during puberty."
"Some staff at GIDS feared that children who would have reconciled themselves with the body they were born with were being denied that chance by the use of drugs."
🧵US- A letter to Philip B. Corbett, asst managing editor for standards at the NYT, from "a collective of NYT contributors w/serious concerns about editorial bias in the newspaper’s reporting on transgender, non-binary, & gender nonconforming people." nytletter.com
Re: This article by Katie Baker: nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/… "The piece fails to make clear that court cases brought by parents who want schools to out their trans children are part of a legal strategy pursued by anti-trans hate groups."
"These groups have identified trans people as an 'existential threat to society' & seek to replace the American public education system w/ Christian homeschooling, key context Baker did not provide to Times readers." This is outrageous!
🧵Great news: Dr Stephen Levine is an invited member of a Cochrane Collaboration subcommittee currently preparing a systematic review of the scientific literature on the effectiveness of puberty blocking hormones & cross-sex hormones for gender dysphoria for adolescents.
Cochrane Reviews are a well-respected cornerstone of evidence-based practice, comprising a systematic review that aims to identify, appraise, and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria in response to a particular research question.
Dr Levine recently submitted an amazing expert affadavit in the Wisconsin case of parents B.F., T.F., P.W. AND S.W., vs KETTLE MORAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT over improper social transition of their children in school. Please read it: will-law.org/wp-content/upl…
🧵IRELAND: The education minister quietly plans to extend self-ID to 16-year-olds.
Currently, 16-year-olds can get a gender recognition certificate with parental consent and approval from the court, but the government believes this to be too 'onerous.'
"The Government is planning to make this less onerous by extending self-declaration to this age group, with counselling supports for these families."
Meaning any family who objects will receive counselling support for their 'wrongthink'.
This is especially shocking in light of recent events in England, Wales and Scotland, where self-ID and gender transition for minors have been widely criticised and led to the resignation of Scotland's First Minister.
Genspect's 'World of Gender News' thread for Wednesday, 15th February. Thread updated throughout the day with the latest news on sex and gender from around the world. 🗞️
Big story: Sturgeon resigns amid a public backlash to self-ID.
SCOTLAND: "The revelation is the latest twist in the controversy surrounding Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which allows people as young as 16 to “self-identify” without medical oversight."
ATTN US PARENTS-RE: SOCIAL TRANSITION in school without your consent: Here is a helpful summary of points from an Expert Affidavit by @eanderh, a former USPATH President & WPATH board member, clinical psychologist & open transwoman who works with trans-identified youth. THREAD ⤵️
" A summary of my opinion is as follows:
a/ A child or adolescent who exhibits a desire to change name and pronouns should receive a careful professional assessment prior to transitioning.
b/ A request to change name and pronouns may be the first visible sign that the child or adolescent may be dealing with gender dysphoria or related coexisting mental-health issues.
🧵UK: today in the Telegraph: SHOCKING data on CHILDREN referred to GIDS gender clinic:
-35% “present with moderate to severe autistic traits”- compared w/ 2% of kids in the UK thought to have an autism spectrum disorder! Archive: archive.is/2023.02.14-070…
▶️More than 25% of kids referred to GIDS gender clinic had spent time in care (foster care) compared with 0.67% of the general population.
▶️Kids referred to GIDS gender clinic were 10 X more likely than the national average to have a ***registered sex offender*** as a parent. This is a MASSIVE red flag.