Glasgow Herald - Puberty Blockers for Scots children must be banned

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Opinion piece fro Dr Azeem Ibrahim:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23739201.puberty-blockers-scots-children-must-banned/

Great clear article.

Yes it is. Hadn't heard of this before

In Canada, a father has been jailed for opposing his child’s gender transition. He insisted that his child, who was 13 at the time, was still a ‘she’ – an utterance which is (quite literally) considered criminal violence in Canada.
He refused consent for her to be given puberty blockers. Dragged through the courts, fined thousands, and imprisoned, the father was unable to stop his child being given not just puberty blockers, but cross-sex hormones, causing them to go through puberty with testosterone and changing his child’s life forever.

That's an awful case.

https://debbiehayton.com/2021/04/25/father-jailed-for-calling-his-transgender-child-who-was-born-female-his-daughter-and-denouncing-her-medical-treatment/

Update on that : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-father-transgender-son-pub-ban-1.6931954

Loved this guy's uncompromising language.

Really good article. Just a shame that it needs to be written.

It is a good article.

I was aware there are all sorts of things wrong with WPATH but I don’t think I’d realised that “In fact, only a third of WPATH’s ethics committee are medical doctors.” It’s a small point in amongst many bigger ones, but shocking nonetheless.

Glad to see this article and hope there will be more rational debate in Scotland in future.

It's a good article, let down by this section:

In many cases, the children affected are girls – now around 75% of them – and many also suffer from autism and other issues which are known to affect socialisation. There are strong correlations between such mental disorders and gender dysphoria.

Autism isn't a mental disorder FFS! That said, the point about the hugely disproportionate number of Autistic girls who go on puberty blockers does need to be highlighted

Yes, that's badly worded. I suppose he could be referring to 'other issues' and including mental disorders in there?

WPATH isn't a medical organisation. Susie Green is a member.

And, apparently, helped to write some of their guidance.

An IT consultant.