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Observer view on gender identity services for children

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Popuptent · 20/03/2022 07:49

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/20/observer-view-cass-review-gender-identity-services-young-people?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 20/03/2022 13:55

@Barrawarra

Good article. Would love to see comments on it.
Me too - but the balanced child centred concerns they'd be won't be allowed, it would undermine their narrative of all opposition as transphobia.
Barrawarra · 20/03/2022 10:30

Good article. Would love to see comments on it.

Hoardasurass · 20/03/2022 10:12

Thanks for posting thi. I'm glad that this is in the observer/guardian as it will bring this to people who don't normally listen to our side

PrelateChuckles · 20/03/2022 09:31

Was surprised to see this today.
Obviously lots of people on social media saying they can't stand that transphobic Observer/Guardian (yet continue to read it daily, from what they post to moan about).

JoyousAsOtters · 20/03/2022 09:27

I was just coming to post about this. It’s clearly taking a stand and making the point that it is about the needs of children, and that it is deplorable to mislabel these concerns as transphobia. Thank you Observer.

MidsomerMurmurs · 20/03/2022 08:38

I think Sonia Sodha writes leader columns for The Observer. She’s a grown up.

Very different from the Mon-Sat Guardian.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 20/03/2022 08:35

Always good when an adult writes for the Guardian / Observer.

334bu · 20/03/2022 08:28

Excellent article. Thank you for link.

ResisterRex · 20/03/2022 08:24

As someone who has raised concerns about the affirmation model and what seems to be known and what seems not to be known due to lack of data, this stood out:

"There has been a deplorable tendency by some to mislabel clinical concerns about the affirmative model as transphobia."

And this:

"Even in the wake of the Cass report’s hard-hitting findings, some clinicians and charities continue in their efforts to shut down legitimate debate about the affirmative model. These adults must examine their consciences, because it is children whose care is compromised as a result of their ideology."

guinnessguzzler · 20/03/2022 08:10

Yes, I was just reading this. Clear, fair, sensible. I think it might have been written by a grown up.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 20/03/2022 08:05

Very good