An article by Dr. Hilary Cass, former president of England’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, published in the British Medical Journal this month is sending shock waves through the “trans” cult.
England’s National Health Service (NHS) commissioned a review of available research pertaining to the care of gender dysphoric minors with the goal of improving care. Dr. Cass was hired to head up the independent review. Based on her recommendations, the NHS has already banned the administration of puberty blockers to children under 18, and according to the Guardian, “England’s health regulator will take enforcement action against private clinics that prescribe puberty blockers to under-18s in defiance of the NHS’s ban.”
Dr. Cass’s review analyzed, “53 previously published studies” about “what is known—and what is not—about the risks, benefits and possible side-effects of such hormones on young people.”
Disturbingly, “[a]ll but one study, which looked at side-effects, were rated of moderate or low quality, with the researchers finding limited evidence for the impact of such hormones on trans adolescents with respect to outcomes, including gender dysphoria and body satisfaction.” (emphasis added)
This follows the January 2023 publication of an article titled “The Myth of ‘Reliable Research’ in Pediatric Gender Medicine: A critical evaluation of the Dutch Studies—and research that has followed,” published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy.
The increasingly suspect nature of “treating” gender dysphoria in minors with puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery is based on two infamous Dutch studies by the same researcher that were published in 2011 and 2014.
Those studies form the basis of the pseudo-scientific, special interest organization World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare (WPATH), which has been on the warpath against sex sanity since its founding in 1979 by Berlin-born sexologist Harry Benjamin.
The new article is based on a critical review of the Dutch studies in which the authors found the following:
- “Lack of a control group”
- “Small final sample” (55)
- “High risk of bias”
- “Incompleteness of evidence regarding physical health risks”
- “Poor generalizability/applicability to current cases”
This last problem is particularly noteworthy. The authors explain that, “Today, most youth suffer from post-pubertal onset of gender dysphoria and significant mental illness—two clinical presentations the Dutch explicitly disqualified from their studies. As such, none of the Dutch findings are applicable to most of the youth seeking treatment today.”
The sandy foundation on which the “trans” tower is built is crumbling, and yet ignorant and cowardly public servants in government schools, state legislatures, and Congress continue to promote gender theory revealing again their lack of both compassion and intellectual curiosity.
For the safety and health of children, parents should ensure that their pediatricians, school board members, administrators, and teachers are aware of these two reviews.