Following the Cass Review, trans kids are no longer able to receive puberty blocker prescriptions from Sandyford, Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under 18s.
[...] Hormone blockers have been used for decades safely, and the vast majority of trans kids that go on to transition are happy.
A common argument against blockers is that trans kids are not old enough to make such decisions. This is exactly what puberty blockers are for; to hit the pause button on any irreversible changes; to give trans kids time to make these decisions.
We urge Sandyford clinic to immediately resume providing trans kids with their life-saving puberty blockers.
All these headlines have been generated to make a whole eleven (11) children a year who receive healthcare of this unimaginably miserable for no good reason.
An incredibly petty, cowardly decision from the scottish govt, caving to transphobic pressure from the press, tories and briefcase transphobes in labour.