Trans fanaticism takes a hit

The recent Cass Review into gender identity services for children and young people has delivered a severe blow to the delusional transgender campaign. This had been gathering pace for several years, often accompanied by virulent expressions of hate against those who questioned the clearly deranged assumptions underpinning this agenda.

It should be remembered that in the past there was no discrimination towards any individual claiming that they belonged to the opposite sex into which they were born, or to prevent them from dressing accordingly. But it was for the wider public to decide for themselves whether or not to accept their claims and to address such individuals in a manner as they thought fit. Thus their relationship towards society was an entirely private matter and there was absolutely no need for the state or the law to become involved.

Foolishly, governments have given transgender people specific legal rights which have caused unnecessary conflict and dissension within society. Women are concerned that ‘transgender women’ can invade female only spaces such as changing rooms. Biological women athletes and swimmers face wholly unfair competition from men masquerading as women. Many companies have imposed unnecessary speech codes and compulsory pronoun use on their employees, with the threat of disciplinary action against them if they refuse to conform. Women have faced abuse and insults, and sometimes threats from their employers, if they question transgender ideology. So in granting legal rights to those claiming to be transgender, the rights of the rest of society have been seriously impinged.

The most pernicious aspect of the trans mania has been the indoctrination faced by children and adolescents in schools. This has occurred because of the ideological capture of much of the teaching establishment by transgender agitators. This has led to significant numbers of children, mainly girls, to claim that they are transgender. The catastrophic consequences for the young people involved are that they have been placed on puberty blockers, the start of a pathway to irreversible hormone treatment and bodily mutilation, imposed in the delusional belief that this will result in them changing their sex.

The main conclusions of the Cass review were that there was a lack of evidence of the efficacy of the medical interventions, that there was a toxicity of debate creating a climate of fear that prevented the open expression of dissenting opinions, and that many of the children presenting as transgender had other difficulties such as mental health and autism which were not properly investigated.

NHS has welcomed the Cass review and has made a commitment to implement the recommended changes, including the cessation of prescribing puberty blockers. Thus children will no longer be placed on a pathway to irreversible hormone treatment and bodily mutilation. So the removal of this option should lead to a significant reduction in the number of children claiming to be transgender, since the deleterious physical consequences of their delusion beliefs will no longer be on the agenda.

More still needs to be done. Private clinics are not affected and thus could continue to prescribe puberty blockers. So this loophole needs to be closed. Action will also be needed to end transgender propaganda and indoctrination in schools. All legislation relating to transgender people will need to be repealed. Finally, it should be a serious criminal offence for any medical practitioner to provide hormone treatment or bodily mutilation to any patient attempting to change their sex or gender.