{"id":161265,"date":"2022-07-30T00:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T00:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=161265"},"modified":"2022-07-30T00:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T00:42:16","slug":"kids-referred-for-puberty-blockers-after-just-one-consultation-at-controversial-gender-clinic-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/kids-referred-for-puberty-blockers-after-just-one-consultation-at-controversial-gender-clinic-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids referred for puberty blockers after just ONE consultation at controversial gender clinic | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KIDS as young as 14 were referred for puberty blockers after just one consultation at a controversial transgender clinic, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Whistleblowers at the Tavistock Centre, which is due to be shut down, revealed the speed at which youngsters were put forward for life-changing drugs at the start of the transitioning programme.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a6ee9888-8591-42c2-93ef-401f37436a2d.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr David Bell, who blew the whistle on the centre in 2018, said children were &quot;terribly let down&quot; at the North London clinic.<\/p>\n<p>He claims he knew of at least one child sent for puberty blockers after one consultation.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Telegraph: \u201cThey [patients] took the drugs and they went to opposite sex hormones and they had parts of their body removed, their breasts, their vaginas.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bell added how a victim of the clinic told him she did not have the body of a man but instead that of &quot;a mutilated woman and that&#x27;s what I have to live with\u2019&quot;.<\/p>\n<h3><span>READ MORE ON GENDER ISSUES<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000660289154.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>NHS to close UK&#8217;s only children&#8217;s gender clinic after report branded it &#8216;unsafe&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lv-comp-rotting-body-in-garbage-3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Smell leads to rotting body in such bad state cops couldn&#8217;t tell the gender<\/h3>\n<p>The &quot;regime\u201d that kids went through to be prescribed the drugs were four to six hour-long appointments &#8211; a programme he described as &quot;ludicrous&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>But despite repeated complaints and concerns for welfare from a variety of sources, Tavistock pushed on regardless with its &quot;unsafe&quot; drugs programme and practices.<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid desperate calls from parents and campaigners to end use of puberty blockers immediately, fearing they alter kids&#x27; brains.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Hilary Cass, who is leading a review of Tavistock that began in March, warned the drugs could trigger the \u201crewiring of neural circuits\u201d in youngsters wanting to transition.<\/p>\n<h3>Most read in UK News<\/h3>\n<p><style data-emotion=\"css ksk4ta\">.css-ksk4ta{opacity:1;display:block;border-radius:inherit;height:104px;width:156px;-webkit-animation:fadeIn 300ms;animation:fadeIn 300ms;}@-webkit-keyframes fadeIn{from{opacity:0;}to{opacity:1;}}@keyframes fadeIn{from{opacity:0;}to{opacity:1;}}<\/style>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/254ded2d-e66c-4b57-8971-0b9116c11d65.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1b3rpqk\">.css-1b3rpqk{width:470px;height:104px;margin:0;padding:0 16px 0 16px;border:1px solid #dcdddd;background-color:#ffffff;}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1ip4d38\">.css-1ip4d38{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:100%;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-align-content:center;-ms-flex-line-pack:center;align-content:center;-webkit-box-flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-wrap:nowrap;-ms-flex-wrap:nowrap;flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:flex-start;justify-content:flex-start;margin-left:calc(-4px\/2);margin-right:calc(-4px\/2);width:470px;height:104px;margin:0;padding:0 16px 0 16px;border:1px solid #dcdddd;background-color:#ffffff;}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 14dqn90\">.css-14dqn90{display:-webkit-inline-box;display:-webkit-inline-flex;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;margin-left:calc(4px\/2);margin-right:calc(4px\/2);}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 12an5ma\">.css-12an5ma{font-family:The Sun;font-size:20px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0%;font-stretch:normal;padding:1px 0px;}.css-12an5ma::before{content:'';display:block;height:0;width:0;margin-bottom:calc(-0.261875em + -1px);}.css-12an5ma::after{content:'';display:block;height:0;width:0;margin-top:calc(-0.25em + -1.3px);}<\/style>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\">\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1xa6fgb\">.css-1xa6fgb{color:rgba(58,121,187,1);text-transform:uppercase;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;margin-right:4px;}.css-1xa6fgb:hover:not(:disabled){-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<p><span>SCHOOLGIRL &#x27;MURDER&#x27; 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However, it was overturned on appeal after judges said it was for &quot;doctors and not judges to decide on the capacity of a person under 16 to consent to medical treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Demand for the Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents (GIDS) at Tavistock soared from 138 in 2010-11 to 2,383 in 2020-21.<\/p>\n<p>Since then it is feared thousands of kids have been damaged by the practices at the centre.<\/p>\n<p>Other concerns raised have included \u201cover-diagnosing\u201d of gender dysphoria, and the increasing number of girls getting referred who question their gender identity.<\/p>\n<h3><span>Read More on The Sun<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000728606465.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Genius \u00a32 item that saves space in your hand luggage<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/COMP-KE-TWIN-UP-HAIR.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>I wanted to save \u00a31.6K by doing my hair extensions at home&#8230; it was a fail<\/h3>\n<p>When Tavistock closes in September, people between the ages of 14 and 25 who believe they are trans will be moved into regional centres which that will take a more &#x27;holistic&#x27; approach to treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The creation of regional hubs, recommended by Dr Cass, will provide care and support.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/19367529\/tavistock-centre-transitioning-puberty-blockers-one-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIDS as young as 14 were referred<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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