Cass Report biased and unreliable?

Sorry - there were typos in that. I was just trying to be quick and sometimes it feels like I have fingers like bunches of bananas!

Those BMC/Biomed central journals are run on a pay to publish model where you've got to pay to get your stuff in tjem. Generally they're not considred bottom feeder outlets, but it does mean the business model sometimes supervenes over intellectual integrity.

Last time I sent a BMC journal something, as part of the submission process I was invited to select possible referees and name peope I didn't want as reviewers too. I can't guarantee this has happened in the present case, of course, but these things are sometimes more like pal review than peer review. If it was just sent to others who share the same views, it wouldn't be hard to get it through.

"It doesn't say what I want it to say so it is biased and unreliable".

I’d be posting this (courtesy of separate post by @fromorbit ) every where I see this referenced or touted.

link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11930-025-00404-w?error=cookies_not_supported&code=95857e5f-ddc6-4a0f-891a-fe681728b378

But then Cass is just a woman. What does she know? [sarcasm]

So it's the Cass Report vs the Crass Report. I'm nonplussed that not much has been made of Kennedy's academic dishonesty and - well - cheating. Ethically, it's a huge faux pas.

Well one report was "biased and unreliable* but I don't think that it was Cass.

I could make a comment about a picnic being short of a sandwich on this thread.

Tbh, in the context of the matter under discussion, it's a perfectly sensible comment!

I would not consider eating a sandwich without crisps.

Well unless it was a breakfast sandwich.

Damn. Wrong threat. Please ignore.

Yes. The paper is by "Natacha Kennedy and Mark Hellen" - one and the same person.

And has form for utterly questionable bollocks.

Is this the Natacha Kennedy who wrote a paper 'with someone with a male name' but it was actually his old name.

Quelle surprise.

Mmn. This driven by a political agenda that is entirely rooted in and from an inability to cope with reality as it is, and a belief that facts are what you feel they are. (And anyone saying otherwise is a heteronormative phobic bigot scum right wing voting Trump loving Russian bot saggy titted old middle class microaggressing meanie and Other Words Too.)

They don't have love themselves don't they, not one of them has the relevant qualifications or expertise to criticise the Cass Report, but they still think they're entitled to voice an 'professional' opinion on it. 🤣

They just needed to get something in print to give themselves plausible deniability to ignore a heavyweight medical study. Doesn't matter if the authors are in a completely non medical field or obviously politically motivated. Doesn't matter if it's published in gardeners monthly. They can now say "the discredited Cass review" and quote an academic sounding reference at the majority of the public and politicians who know no better.

People do change their surnames for all sorts of reasons

Women often change their surnames on marriage, and sometimes on divorce.

Some people change them to reflect their cultural background e g. less Anglicised spelling.

Some change them when becoming estranged from their family.

But in this case I would guess it is often precisely in order to "become an entirely different person", with an entirely different sex. Delusional, I know.

I have a question.
I sort of understand changing your christian name if you have gender dysphoria. I might not think it's a good way of dealing with it, but I sort of understand it.

What's with changing your surname as well? You seem like two utterly different people then. Is that in itself the goal? Do you get two votes in any election?

Oh my gosh @MoistVonL I'm crying😂

Just saw this about him and laughed even more
https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Natacha_Kennedy/Mark_Hellen&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop

For you, @TwoLoonsAndASprout and @lechiffre55 , I present Natacha/Mark’s stunning work in two names from one person:

https://itgl.lu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Kennedy-and-Hellen-Transgender-Children.pdf

The editors which allow this shite to be published need to be fired. It is absolutely unethical.

i used to think that peer-reviewed published papers were the best we had in terms of understanding a subject. Authoring a paper with yourself; quoting your own work under a different name (without noting that fact); and making claims, about the quality of data, which you know to be false; all undermine this important academic structure. Any of these should be sufficient to get any papers you have written or reviewed labelled as delinquent or removed from all academic digital libraries and therefore any qualifications based on them rescinded.

its high time the academic world took more care of its legitimacy

edited to remove extra word!

Do they see no irony in the fact they are calling the Cass Review biased? 🫤Their article is political activism (badly) disguised as academic work.

I have seen it being shared gleefully by TRAs, so I've no doubt it will contribute to the misinformation that is spouted about the Cass Review.

Is this true? Ha ha ha ha ha! 😂

The BMJ called the Cass review the gold standard of medical reviews. That’s good enough for me