https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/private-gender-affirming-care-ban
'Following a recent decision in England by the National Health Service to stop
prescribing puberty blockers for transgender youth, former U.K. Prime Minister
Liz Truss introduced a bill that would outlaw gender-affirming care for trans
youth. The bill would also eliminate any recognition of social transition and
would define sex to exclude transgender individuals in the Equality Act.
Currently, transgender youth can still access gender-affirming care through
private clinics. However, Truss's bill ran into trouble on Friday when, instead
of being debated, Members of Parliament spent hours deliberating over ferrets
and pet names, exhausting the available time and preventing the bill from being
heard.
As of this week, the National Health Service in England has declared that it
will no longer permit transgender youth to receive puberty blockers for gender
dysphoria. Although the announcement sparked significant public backlash, its
practical impact was somewhat mitigated by the extreme waitlist for care, which
exceeds five years. Only a hundred transgender youth had been prescribed
blockers of the thousands waiting for an appointment. Importantly, the decision
does not affect care through clinical research trials and does not affect
private clinics—a route many parents had already pursued due to the surging
wait times at the limited number of NHS clinics providing care.
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss introduced a bill aimed at curbing that latter
route of obtaining care. The proposed legislation would criminalize the
prescription of gender-affirming care to transgender youth. It seeks to prevent
"the recognition of gender inconsistency in children," which is defined as
"referring to a child with language that is inconsistent with their sex" and
"treating a child in a manner that is inconsistent with their sex." However,
the bill does not specify how boys and girls should be treated in accordance
with the law. Additionally, it proposes amendments to the Equality Act to
define sex to exclude transgender individuals and end protections in bathrooms
and other similar spaces.'
Via Susan ****
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