Dr Cal Horton
Following a Cass Review recommendation, the NHS has commissioned a pilot (the R22 Project) for trans kids under 10. Very little information is publicly available on this pilot, with its existence first mentioned here, including an embedded link to the R22 referral form (discussed below). A project proposal for R22 has now been emailed (not Continue reading Trans kids under 10: The NHS Project R22
In January the Council of Europe voted through a ban on Conversion Practices Anti-trans groups love Conversion practices. They have heavily lobbied against bans that cover trans people. They have tried to claim that trans support or affirmative medical care is a conversive practice. They have tried to water down the definition of conversion practices to Continue reading On Banning Conversion…
Trans children have rights under international and domestic law, and we can be more assertive both in calling attention to rights violations, and in demanding institutions uphold these rights in policy and practice. This accountability should be more robust in Scotland, who in 2024 brought the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Continue reading Upholding trans children s rights
[This is really long and is a live-note taking as I read through from pages 27-100 of the report. I won t do beyond page 100] Looking for balance The following image is provided to illustrate contrasting conclusions of different reviews of the same evidence base. One the left, and in favour of trans healthcare we Continue reading Reading Australia s Vine Review: Part Two
On the 28th November, an Australian state review into trans youth healthcare, called the Vine Review, was published. It was commissioned in response to political fear-mongering about trans youth healthcare, including from the UK s Cass Review. It was commissioned specifically for the state of Queensland, who have brought in a politically motivated state bans on Continue reading Reading Australia’s…
In late November I attended the AUSPATH (Australian Association of Transgender Health) conference in Tasmania, Australia. I had been invited as the key-note speaker on the first full day of the conference, given a 50 minute slot (followed by 40 min panel discussion with head of WPATH and head of PATHA (New Zealand Association of Continue reading AUSPATH KEY-NOTE SPEECH
Last week I had the huge privilege of being invited to give a keynote speech at this year’s Auspath (Australian association of transgender health) conference, held in Tasmania. I loved being at Auspath, met many awesome people, and enjoyed learning about Australian approaches and best practices, many of which I wish the UK would learn Continue reading Reflections from AUSPATH
When puberty blockers were banned in June 2024, the legislation included a clause stating that those currently on blockers would not be medically detransitioned, and could continue care if adopted by an NHS GP. Only one NHS GP practice, WellBN in Brighton, agreed to take over this care, with trans adolescents and families from across Continue reading Harming trans kids Using art to capture the…
I m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans healthcare service in Catalonia (Barcelona region), Spain. Transit is respected across the world for being a service that is leading the field in Continue reading Trans health waiting lists are a political choice
Conversion therapy is harmful and shouldn’t inform NHS practice. This shouldn t be controversial, but sadly in the UK conversive approaches are now mainstream. A new article just published today shines an important lived-experience perspective on some old clinical literature. An autoethnographic critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children by Continue…