BBC interview with Cass. 'Both sides weaponised'

And the reason there are so many women on the GC side is that we have been around long enough to see/ experience the worst these men can do and that many of us have children/ grandchildren and want to protect them from these men. And yet both sides are ‘just as bad’ and ‘weaponising kids’?!!!

The reason why GI was pushed at kids was so adult AGP men could use them as an excuse to get into women only spaces.

She hasn't properly understood this issue at all.

“Weaponised” suggests using children for some other means within the debate.

No, Hilary, protection of children is the goal.

How can you talk about the damage that is done to children - whether through hormone treatments, sport, or single sex spaces where children have been assaulted - without talking about children?

She’s too determined to be seen as neutral she’s forgotten what she is: a paediatrician where the wellbeing of children is paramount.

Yeah, I just read that article and was pretty surprised. She says ‘extremists’ on both sides have weaponised children, but only really talks about the impacts of trans extremists. She recognises that many (most?) children desist from a trans identity, but supports the puberty blockers trial - to stop charlatans issuing inappropriate drugs.

Why does the trial not start by quantifying how many children desist and trying to work out how to identify which ones to treat? She says that many children adopt a trans identity in response to social media’s promotion of gender stereotypes, but offers no counter to address this beyond the PB trial.

edited to add; disappointing lack of critical thinking/genuine understanding of the GC position

I know someone who emailed Chris Mason at the BBC after he trotted out the ‘two sides are equally problematic’ line, asking for evidence of violence and law-breaking from the GC side of the debate. He hasn’t said it since!