# Gender Critical Social Work My attempt at providing a summary of issues and risks relating to gender identity ideology and conflicting rights for Social Workers and other busy professionals working with children and vulnerable adults. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Cultural Construction of The Transgender Child](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/the-cultural-construction-of-the) _2026-07-15 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ Exploring the context around the huge rise in children identifying as transgender from 2015 onwards ## [Exploring Myths in the Cultural Narrative](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/exploring-myths-in-the-cultural-narrative) _2026-03-27 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ 13 minute read ## [The Pathways Puberty Blocker Trial in England – An Unethical, Unnecessary Experiment on Physically Healthy Children](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/the-pathways-puberty-blocker-trial) _2026-01-18 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ I am shocked that the Pathways Trial gained ethical consent; the trial plans to give puberty blockers to around 220 children (10-16 year olds but possibly as young as 8) experiencing discomfort with their sexed bodies (gender dysphoria). ## [Gender Identity in Social Work 2 years on:](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/gender-identity-in-social-work-2) _2025-09-01 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ The Cass Review, Rachel Meade & Lizzie Pitt tribunals and For Women Scotland ## [Why Social Workers Need to be Talking About Gender Identity Issues & The Cass Review:](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/why-social-workers-need-to-be-talking) _2024-10-11 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ An article I sent to Social Work News on 1 October in response to a Social Work Supervision article (my article hasn't been published by them) ## [Update – Cognitive Dissonance and Working with Trans Identified Teens](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/update-cognitive-dissonance-and-working) _2024-08-09 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ 10 minute read ## [The Origins of Gender Identity Theory](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/the-origins-of-gender-identity-theory) _2023-10-20 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ 15 minute read ## [Child Development and Gender Identity – the ‘Transgender’ Child](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/child-development-and-gender-identity) _2023-07-24 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ 15 minute read ## [Examining My Biases; Am I Transphobic?](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/examining-my-biases-am-i-transphobic) _2023-06-08 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ 12 minute read ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QW4QuvuNICV5) _2023-06-08 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [Sex Realist/Gender Critical Vs Gender Identity Beliefs A Quick Guide](https://gendercriticalsocialworker.substack.com/p/sex-realistgender-critical-vs-gender) _2023-05-10 · Gender Critical Social Worker_ 10 minute read