When judges express surprise, it’s worth paying attention. The word “surprising” occurs several times in this week’s on children given hormone-blocking drugs and changing gender. This should prompt a much wider debate about the unanswered and often unasked questions underpinning the recent growth in the number of children being treated for gender issues.Many of those questions must be faced by the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. The only UK clinic treating “gender-variant” children, Gids was revealed in the judgment to have failed either to...…When judges express surprise, it’s worth paying attention. The word “surprising” occurs several times in this week’s on children given hormone-blocking drugs and changing gender. This should prompt a much wider debate about the unanswered and often unasked questions underpinning the recent growth in the number of children being treated for gender issues.Many of those questions must be faced by the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. The only UK clinic treating “gender-variant” children, Gids was revealed in the judgment to have failed either to...WW…

Imagine you have a child who says they believe they were born in the wrong body, describing what amounts to a fundamental and painful mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity. Imagine the child you see as your daughter declaring that they are in fact a boy. Where would you turn for information? No doubt a lot of people in such a position would consult the NHS. That ‘mismatch’, after all, could be a sign of gender dysphoria, a condition recognised – and treated – by the health service. What would you find if you looked up this issue on the excellent and comprehensive...…Imagine you have a child who says they believe they were born in the wrong body, describing what amounts to a fundamental and painful mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity. Imagine the child you see as your daughter declaring that they are in fact a boy. Where would you turn for information? No doubt a lot of people in such a position would consult the NHS. That ‘mismatch’, after all, could be a sign of gender dysphoria, a condition recognised – and treated – by the health service. What would you find if you looked up this issue on the excellent and comprehensive...WW…