Mick Hartley

From the Times:

Children as young as six are on waiting lists for NHS gender clinics in England, figures show.

In total, there are 4,079 children waiting to be seen at three specialist clinics which provide support for young people in distress about their gender identity.

This includes 260 children of primary school age — between five and 11. At least one of those children but fewer than ten were aged six or younger, NHS England said, but it would not give an exact number as this could breach confidentiality.

There are three children’s gender services in England, in London, Bristol and the southwest, which provide “holistic” support including counselling and autism assessments. 

From August, children at the clinics will be eligible to sign up to a NHS puberty blockers trial which will recruit up to 250 girls and boys as young as 11.

It’s not the children: it’s the parents.