I just saw this petition response which mentions NICE are getting involved with a review of child gender services.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318025?reveal_response=yes#response-threshold
Stonewall and Gendered Intelligence, are, amazingly, happy about this response, or at least are pretending to be.
twitter.com/Genderintell/status/1286628492420034560
Unsure if they're too thick to realise the implications of an evidence-based review, if they genuinely believe the weight of evidence favours the "affirmative approach" they lobby for, or if they simply realise that arguing with it would be a very bad look - perhaps they are planning to lobby, nobble or otherwise influence NICE (who shouldn't be lobbyable apart from stakeholder consultations, but I don't have much faith in any institutions these days.) Or maybe this is a thing Stonewall/GI to energise their supporters - organise a petition against something no one was considering, present the response as a hard-won victory against oppression.🤔
Anyway the NICE review is excellent news. It's been driving me insane that this hasn't been done. As far as I know it hasn't been done anywhere in the world so the NICE review (assuming no nobbling) will help kids in other countries too.
This is what NICE do when developing guidelines, process described in exhaustive detail.
www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg20/chapter/introduction
If you are involved with an eligible and relevant organisation (eg for parents of ROGD kids or kids with autism) see this link on how to register as a stakeholder and input into this consultation. www.nice.org.uk/Get-Involved/stakeholder-registration