My first instinct is to say, great, brave.
But.
My next is to think.
If it were me.
If I worked at the Tavistock, and began that career with great intentions.
And saw the exponential increase in referrals.
And noted the references to stereotypes, time and again.
And noticed parental viewpoints on homophobia
And read some gender critical viewpoints.
And saw the destruction of children's bodies, organs, fertility, health and future psychological wellbeing
And noted the #nodebate and who was driving it
And considered the analagous treatment of anorexic, which would be inconceivable
And watched laws beginning to change making gender an unchallengeable concept, but sex taboo.
If.
How long would I stay in my job? How long would I remain part of it all? Would I offer cautiously worded soundbites to the media whilst processing hundreds of children through that system?
I hope, no.
I hope I would use the extraordinary position of power and authority I possessed to blow the whole thing up. If I could bring some colleagues with me to add voices I would. If not, I'd resign alone, saturate the media with my perspective, and make the biggest noise I could about the whole catastrophe.
Because I couldn't be in a position where I was facilitating harm on this scale.
I keep hoping the Tavistock will, one day, get their ducks in a row, and with one voice say "this has all been a terrible mistake. We thought this was the right thing at first, but it's not. We need to stop. We've got this wrong, very wrong, and we have to halt it all"