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A file picture of young children. Concerns have been raised about the quality of the evidence surrounding use of puberty blockers for gender dysphoric young people
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
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LAST month the BBC’s Newsnight programme joined a growing media focus on the work of the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), which is the only service for gender dysphoric children and adolescents in the UK.
Gender dysphoria is a condition where a person feels discomfort and unhappiness over their biological sex.
The controversy the Newsnight report explored was in relation to the Tavistock’s early intervention study (or the puberty blockers trial as it’s known), which in a trial group reduced the age at which GIDS prescribed puberty blockers to treat dysphoria from age 16 to 12.
ROGER D HARRIS and SARA FLOUNDERS challenge propaganda against the blockaded socialist island
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AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young