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Biology in Medicine

Doctors and colleagues campaigning for the rights of people to be treated according to their sex, and to know the sex of those caring for them.

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Cross sex hormones cause urinary and bowel problems

Our patients need evidence-based healthcare

Through the Looking Glass

A report into trans activism in children’s literature and library services

Response to NHS England consultation on cross-sex hormones in children

Clinical policy for prescribing of masculinising and feminising hormones for children and adolescents who have gender incongruence or dysphoria

Our letter to the new Secretary of State

Welcome to Office and Priorities for Evidence-Based Healthcare Communication and Practice

Non-binary: the doctor's dilemma and avoidance of harm

What response should we have to our non-conforming patients?

Inciteful Sisters podcasts

We have recorded 2 interviews with Jane and Becks from Inciteful sisters. These wonderful women have been platforming such a variety of women’s voices in the last 18 months, so we were absolutely delighted to be asked, having met at FiLia in Brighton last October.

Non-binary: medical experimentation and the avoidance of sex

Part B: The experimentation on non-binary identities

Times Radio interview with Nick Wallis

The halt to the puberty blocker trial

GPs are not obliged to refer to gender clinics

If an intervention is not in the patient's interests then it is legitimate not to agree to it, including referral to any local pilots schemes run by other GPs

Summary of Levy Review concerns regarding gender clinics

Two of the ambitions of the Levy Review were that patients in England should receive the same standard of high quality care from all commissioned gender identity clinics (GICs) and that the standards should be consistent with other NHS services, with risk managed safely.

Response to our letter to Wes Streeting

We wrote to Wes Streeting last month. This is the response.

Pregnancy checks in medical imaging: what NHS radiographers are reporting

In recent months, NHS radiographers have raised concerns with Biology in Medicine about how pregnancy enquiries are now being carried out in clinical practice.

Letter to Wes Streeting regarding the puberty blocker trial

We wrote to the Secretary of State for Health following his appearance on LBC Radio. We are publishing this now, following his appearance in the Commons today.

The APPG for women's rights

We presented at the APPG today 9th December in Parliament

Non-Binary: Social capital and the avoidance of adulthood

This is the first of a series of posts exploring non-binary identities. Here we look at what it means to be non-binary and the reasons young people might choose such an identity.

Trust Me, I’m (Still) a Doctor

“Trust me, I’m a doctor”

Children's Gender Service consultation response

We finalised our response at the last minute, having had to cut down the word count to fit the available space.

Are rates of detransition low?

We often hear it claimed that detransition rates are low, but what evidence supports such a claim?

Information for GPs

Do I have to refer to a gender clinic or prescribe cross-sex hormones?

Template letter to patient from GP about ending cross sex hormone (CSH) prescribing and long-term monitoring

Referral back to Gender Identity Clinics (GICs) which should monitor the long-term outcomes for patients