Mick Hartley

Another sad tale of gender kiddies and their distraught parents who, post-Cass, can't get those lovely puberty blockers. In the Guardian, unsurprisingly. One of the kiddies knew he was trans at the age of three, and was referred to child mental health services at the age of six. Those clever parents, spotting the problem so early! 

Joan Smith at UnHerd:

“Hannah has always said she [sic] would kill herself if she had to go through male puberty,” the mother adds. Such threats are a familiar response from children who’ve been encouraged to regard “gender-affirming” treatment as a right. But it raises a difficult question: if children’s self-diagnosis can’t be challenged, does that also apply to suicidal ideation?

The really shocking thing about hostile responses to Cass is what they reveal about the indoctrination of children. A 17-year-old trans boy — a girl, in other words — who obtained puberty blockers at the age of 14 tells the Guardian about her “huge terror” of puberty. “My body was changing in a way I actively hated,” she says.

The fact that children are being encouraged to hate their own bodies is one of the most pernicious aspects of gender ideology. But the “trans child” narrative is crucial to trans activism, which depends on the notion of an innate “gender identity” that manifests itself in infancy.

“Gender treatment” sounds innocuous, but it isn’t. There is undoubtedly a group of children who have psychological problems, including depression and anxiety, and they should be able to access appropriate treatment via the NHS. Thanks to Cass, they’re now protected from being prescribed powerful drugs that will lead to infertility and early-onset osteoporosis.

It may save the children, but it makes those trans-friendly parents very cross.