Girls who don't like dolls are treated as transgender, claims Tavistock clinic whistleblower
Dr David Bell said that those unwilling or unable to conform to gender stereotypes are misunderstood as being transgender
Dr David Bell, a former governor at the gender identity NHS trust, said that under the influence of political lobby groups such as Stonewall, clinicians believe that the only acceptable explanation for a range of complex issues is that a young person is transgender.
The consultant psychiatrist described his former employer, the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, as a gateway to puberty blockers, which put children and young people on the path of a lifetime of medical treatment. Around 98 per cent of teenagers who were put on to puberty blockers went on to take cross sex hormones, he added.
Dr Bell said that rapid progression to drugs and even surgery in the NHS was a form of conversion therapy as with proper treatment, many of the children would go on to be gay or lesbian.
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In recent years, the number of girls being referred has increased dramatically. Last year 1,512 females were referred, compared to 704 males. In both sexes, children as young as three were sent to the service.
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He said that as he was preparing the 2018 report into the Tavistock, around a quarter of all clinicians working in the London clinic contacted him to express deep concern about the treatment and some were no longer sleeping because they felt that they were unwillingly being complicit in doing harm to children.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/girls-dont-dolls-treated-transgender-171030304.html
LiberalLoner
(11,467 posts)janterry
(4,429 posts)people subscribed to the reddit detransition (r/detrans).
That's a lot of regret
sinkingfeeling
(57,835 posts)Silver Gaia
(5,361 posts)But I loved Barbie dolls because I loved making clothes for them.
Not liking dolls doesn't "mean" anything!
malthaussen
(18,572 posts)... but I liked playing War and other gender-appropriate pasttimes, too. Nevertheless, my father was worried I'd "turn gay," and did his best to beat the tendency out of me.
-- Mal
Aristus
(72,187 posts)I don't think my father was worried that I was gay (I'm not.) I just think he was worried that I wouldn't turn out rugged and athletic like himself. He never beat me, but he bullied me into every sport I ever played; I guess he was hoping that others would do the beating for him.
malthaussen
(18,572 posts)Not to me, you'll note. It was a long time ago, and I've long come to realize the shortcomings of the man. Oddly enough, though he was free with his fists, he always pulled his punches. I conclude he didn't want to hurt me. He had a very ignorant and narrow world-view, but was not wilfully ignorant like so many. He could occasionally be reasoned with, it just took a lot of work.
-- Mal