Trans Youth
Transgender youth are not suffering from a social contagion and that transgender people are not identifying as transgender in order to "trans away the gay" or escape homophobia.
Cite as: Jack L. Turban, Brett Dolotina, Dana King, Alex S. Keuroghlian; Sex Assigned at Birth Ratio Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents in the United States. Pediatrics August 2022; 150 (3): e2022056567. 10.1542/peds.2022-056567The sex assigned at birth ratio of TGD adolescents in the United States does not appear to favor AFAB adolescents and should not be used to argue against the provision of gender-affirming medical care for TGD adolescents.
Added: 10 Apr, 202397.5 percent of transgender and non-binary youth still identified as transgender and non-binary 5 years after social transition.
Cite as: Kristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Rachel Horton, Natalie M. Gallagher, Aaron Devor; Gender Identity 5 Years After Social Transition. Pediatrics August 2022; 150 (2): e2021056082. 10.1542/peds.2021-056082More commonly, transgender youth who socially transitioned at early ages continued to identify that way.
Added: 10 Apr, 2023There is no clinical evidence to support the concept of "Rapid onset gender dysphoria" in adolescents.
Cite as: Greta R. Bauer et al, Do Clinical Data From Transgender Adolescents Support the Phenomenon of "Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria"?, The Journal of Pediatrics (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.020We did not find support within a clinical population for a new etiologic phenomenon of rapid onset gender dysphoria during adolescence. Among adolescents under age 16 years seen in specialized gender clinics, associations between more recent gender knowledge and factors hypothesized to be involved in rapid onset gender dysphoria were either not statistically significant, or were in the opposite direction to what would be hypothesized. This putative phenomenon was posited based on survey data from a convenience sample of parents recruited from websites,10 and may represent the perceptions or experiences of those parents, rather than of adolescents, particularly those who may enter into clinical care. Similar analyses should be replicated using additional clinical and community data sources. Our finding of lower anxiety severity/impairment scores in adolescents with more recent gender knowledge suggests the potential for longstanding experiences of gender dysphoria (or their social complications) playing a role in development of anxiety, which could also be explored in future research.
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.020
- https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(21)01085-4/fulltext#relatedArticles
- https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(21)01085-4/pdf
Added: 10 Apr, 2023The Bell judgment was over turned.
Case number: CO/60/2020Cite as: [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, [2022] 1 All ER 416, (2022) 183 BMLR 34, [2021] WLR(D) 490, [2022] 1 FLR 69, [2022] PTSR 544- http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/1363.html
- https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bell-v-Tavistock-judgment-170921.pdf
Added: 2 May, 2023Non-statutory guidance to assist trans students in Scottish schools.
This guidance has been developed from Supporting Transgender Young People which was developed and published by LGBT Youth Scotland in 2017. The guidance is therefore based on the experiences of transgender young people and good practice approaches suggested by school staff, and a wide range of professionals with expertise in the field of education and human rights.
Why is this guidance needed?
In terms of experiences of young people, research8 carried out with around 700 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) young people in Scotland showed that:
- 82% of transgender young people had experienced bullying in school on the grounds of being LGB or T
- 68% of trans young people who had experienced bullying said that it negatively affected their educational attainment
- Only 24% of LGBT young people would feel confident reporting transphobia in school
- 27% of trans young people left education as a result of homophobia, biphobia or transphobia9 in the learning environment
- https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2021/08/supporting-transgender-young-people-schools-guidance-scottish-schools/documents/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools/govscot%3Adocument/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools.pdf
- /post/uk/policies/schools/2021/scotland/supporting_trans_students/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools.pdf
Added: 11 Apr, 2023This Judgment has been overturned Based on the Bell ruling the High Court has ruled that children under the age of 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to treatment with puberty blockers. The court also ruled that it is 'highly unlikely' that a child aged 13 or under would be competent to give consent to the administration of puberty blockers.
Case number: FD21P00063Cite as: (2021) 179 BMLR 139, [2021] EWHC 741 (Fam), [2021] Med LR 365
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Added: 2 May, 2023There is no evidence of ROGD and it forms part of a misinformation campaign that intends to stigmatise and limit access to evidence based care.
There are no sound empirical studies of ROGD and it has not been subjected to rigorous peer-review processes that are standard for clinical science. Further, there is no evidence that ROGD aligns with the lived experiences of transgender children and adolescents.
The proliferation of misinformation regarding ROGD is also infiltrating policy decisions.
Terms, such as ROGD, that further stigmatize and limit access to gender-affirming and evidence-based care violate the principles upon which CAAPS was founded and public trust in clinical science.
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Added: 11 Apr, 2023This Judgment has been overturned Keira Bell who is referred to as Quincy Bell through these legal proceedings, took the Tavistock GIDS service to court to argue that Gillick competance didn't apply to trans children and that the Tavistock GIDS service should not be allowed to prescribe puberty blockers to children under the age of 18. The court ruled in her favour and the Tavistock GIDS service was not allowed to prescribe puberty blockers to children under the age of 18.
Case number: CO/60/2020Cite as: [2021] PTSR 593, (2021) 177 BMLR 115, [2021] ACD 22, [2022] 1 FLR 30, [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), [2020] WLR(D) 655- http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2020/3274.html
- https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bell-v-Tavistock-Judgment.pdf
Added: 2 May, 2023