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ghostxxhile t1_jaznuiw wrote

Reply to comment by innocuousEclair in Žižek Has Lost the Plot by elimial

Even The Guardian?

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/02/tavistock-trust-whistleblower-david-bell-transgender-children-gids

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innocuousEclair t1_jazz077 wrote

Yes, even the Guardian. It was so bad there that at one point the Guardian in America said something.

Here it is.

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ghostxxhile t1_jazzpyf wrote

The issue isn’t with Trans rights, it’s about private clinic contracted by the NHS handed out hormone treatment to children without thorough examination from the view of a senior consultant whose heads of Trust tried to silence. If there practice was so morally sound they would have allowed transparency in the report and wouldn’t have tried to shut him down.

This about consent of the child, not being pushed by doctors bankrolled by a public sector contract or pushy parents and be careful and being sure.

The somehow idea that this is against trans rights lack nuance. It isn’t a case of denying treatment, it’s about being damn sure that there isn’t any other underlying mental health issues that maybe spurring the dysphoria like autism, depression or other such things.

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innocuousEclair t1_jb00e7r wrote

Stranger, I'm quite sure you aren't reading what I'm saying. I'm talking about bias in the British press. Getting some facts right while spinning them to paint transness in a negative light is still anti-trans. The problem with trans healthcare in the UK is not that too many kids were getting drugs, but that so few trans youth were being seen compared to the number of referrals. The wait lists for first assessments are astronomically high.

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ghostxxhile t1_jb00vye wrote

Yes I have no doubt there are various publications presenting the closure of the Tavistock clinic as a means to promote anti-trans idealogy however the point in question, from what I understand is where the closure of Tavistock just and whether it’s practice was sound.

It’s a tragedy that Trans kids face these waiting lists but so is every other sector, including those with cancer, so it’s fundamentally how poor the NHS is being run that is the main problem.

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innocuousEclair t1_jb05fww wrote

Its practice wasn't sound. There is no sound public healthcare option for trans people, let alone trans youth, in the UK.

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