The BMA is to undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review – the independent report on gender identity services for children and young people in the UK, published earlier this year. Members of the BMA’s Council recently voted in favour of a motion which asked the Association to ‘publicly critique the Cass Review’,
More ...30th April 2024 Details about the review are on the government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nhs-constitution-10-year-review/nhs-constitution-10-year-review Statement regarding the review Everyone deserves timely access to holistic, high-quality healthcare and to be treated with dignity, privacy and respect throughout their treatment and care. This includes trans, non-binary and intersex people who already face significant barriers and inequality when accessing NHS
More ...NHS England’s consultation on an interim service specification for services for children and young people with gender dysphoria has now closed. Next steps NHS England will now be reviewing and analysing responses and a report summarising all the feedback they have received will be published in early 2023 on their website below alongside the final
More ...The Equality and Human Rights Commission released their response to the government’s consultation on banning so-called conversion therapy (CT). After reviewing this document, GIRES’ trustees feel compelled to call attention to the attempt in this response to legitimise a wide range of CT practices (as defined by the Cooper report, which was produced by a
More ...This release is distributed by Trans media Watch on behalf of the Gender Inclusion Network The Gender Inclusion Network (GIN), a major new global movement, dedicated to countering anti-trans propaganda at home and abroad, and spear-headed by academics in UK universities, was launched this week by Professor Sally Hines, Chair of Sociology at the University
More ...The legal position on parental consent for puberty suppressing treatment in cases of gender dysphoria 26th March 2021 Update fron GIDS: The High Court has this morning handed down a judgment that confirms parents can consent on behalf of their child for hormone treatment to suppress puberty. Read the judgment on the Judiciary.uk website. The
More ...New research into harm caused by gender identity conversion therapy Conversion therapy includes medical, psychiatric, psychological, religious, cultural or any other interventions that seek to erase, repress or change the sexual orientation and/or gender identity of a person. New research, overseen by an independent research monitor, has revealed that gender diverse people – normally children
More ...GIRES has signed up to the following unified definition of transphobia: The core value underlying all transphobia is a rejection of trans identity and a refusal to acknowledge that it could possibly be real or valid. Transphobia has no single, simple manifestation. Rather, it is enacted through a complex array of ever-shifting behaviours and arguments
More ...GIRES submission to Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government In 2020 the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government made a call for evidence as it launches a technical review of provision of toilets for men and women. The review will take place during 2021. GIRES is aware that there are many misconceived and
More ...WPATH, EPATH, USPATH, AsiaPATH, CPATH, AusPATH, PATHA Response to Bell v. Tavistock Judgment Statement Regarding Medical Affirming Treatment including Puberty Blockers for Transgender Adolescents Final Statement Regarding Informed Consent Court Case (PDF 316 KB)
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