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janterry

(4,429 posts)
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 07:21 AM Nov 2021

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
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Girls who don't like dolls are treated as transgender, claims Tavistock clinic whistleblower (Original Post) janterry Nov 2021 OP
Jesus. I didn't like dolls as a kid. But I am female and happy to be so. LiberalLoner Nov 2021 #1
There are more than 23 thousand janterry Nov 2021 #3
I never had a doll as a child. I'm straight. sinkingfeeling Nov 2021 #2
I hated baby dolls. I thought they were kinda creepy. Silver Gaia Nov 2021 #4
On the flip side, I loved dollhouses, and I'm a straight guy... malthaussen Nov 2021 #5
I'm sorry that happened to you, Mal. Aristus Nov 2021 #6
The old man was out one night boozing with my brother and admitted it to him. malthaussen Nov 2021 #7
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
3. There are more than 23 thousand
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 09:28 AM
Nov 2021

people subscribed to the reddit detransition (r/detrans).

That's a lot of regret

Silver Gaia

(5,361 posts)
4. I hated baby dolls. I thought they were kinda creepy.
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 10:00 AM
Nov 2021

But I loved Barbie dolls because I loved making clothes for them.

Not liking dolls doesn't "mean" anything!

malthaussen

(18,572 posts)
5. On the flip side, I loved dollhouses, and I'm a straight guy...
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 11:05 AM
Nov 2021

... 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)
6. I'm sorry that happened to you, Mal.
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 12:28 PM
Nov 2021

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)
7. The old man was out one night boozing with my brother and admitted it to him.
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 12:45 PM
Nov 2021

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

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