- Support networks, including family, friends, carers, or partners
National consultation on transition-related healthcare - submit your views today at wp.lancs.ac.uk/transadultspsp
and prioritise the most important questions for non-surgical transition-related healthcare research.
Seeking input from:
- Adults (18+) who have accessed, are accessing, or are seeking access to transition-related care
- Healthcare professionals
The Trans, Non-Binary & Gender-Diverse Adults Priority Setting Partnership - delivered by @LancasterUni and funded by @GenderedIntelligence - is working with communities and healthcare professionals to identify
Trans Safety Network encourage our supporters to engage with the James Lind Alliance consultation to set research funding priorities.
She outlines how this approach, as recommended by the Sullivan report, is a poor method for capturing data about gender minorities and broader society.
Kim Hipwell analyses how recent parallel usage of self-reported gender with their usual 'observational coding 'in the European Social Survey highlights the unreliability of observational coding.
transsafety.network/posts/europe...
Graphic reading 'the UK Government-commissioned 'Sullivan Review' of sex and gender in data and research collection threatens British research and trans inclusion. Here's why.'
📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
![Interviewees reflected upon a very different approach to being questioned within affirmative services. One parent commented that “I think she probably trusted [affirmative GP] more because he was trans—That first appointment was extraordinary because [adolescent], I think, felt seen for the first time, felt heard… and I felt like he was asking questions that were pertinent”. Several parents felt that an affirmative service created a safe space where trans adolescents could speak honestly about their feelings and their worries. One parent described seeing their child open-up more in one affirmative appointment, than in 2 years in a non-affirming service:
I was just quite blown away. I was like, Wow. We sat in that office for 45 minutes. I came out like almost puzzled. I’m like years. I was almost ** angry when I left, about the Tavistock again. In f****** years. Never once has somebody sat down and talked to my daughter like that, like she’s a person and it’s not an interrogation. It’s just a holistic health approach to a trans young person. It was wonderful actually.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:imuudyzzfj56y3lxiy35kop2/bafkreicj4pu3riwh4ubicpfecwycvcu72365xqx6g5t3ujnfvkvtlhftpq@jpeg)
Interviewees reflected upon a very different approach to being questioned within affirmative services. One parent commented that “I think she probably trusted [affirmative GP] more because he was trans—That first appointment was extraordinary because [adolescent], I think, felt seen for the first time, felt heard… and I felt like he was asking questions that were pertinent”. Several parents felt that an affirmative service created a safe space where trans adolescents could speak honestly about their feelings and their worries. One parent described seeing their child open-up more in one affirmative appointment, than in 2 years in a non-affirming service: I was just quite blown away. I was like, Wow. We sat in that office for 45 minutes. I came out like almost puzzled. I’m like years. I was almost ** angry when I left, about the Tavistock again. In f****** years. Never once has somebody sat down and talked to my daughter like that, like she’s a person and it’s not an interrogation. It’s just a holistic health approach to a trans young person. It was wonderful actually.
Participants in Dr Horton's study contrasted abuse under GIDS and the new Children and Young People’s Gender Service with the affirmative approach of WellBN GP practice, which provided real space for exploration and reflection.
WellBN is now under NHS investigation for providing this care.
Incredibly important new study from Cal Horton @fiercemum.bsky.social - the first to look at England's post-Cass child/adolescent gender clinics. Dr Horton found patients and families are being actively harmed, with one young person describing appointments as "the worst thing I’ve ever experienced”.
@ilyarabbit.bsky.social and Chloe F outline how the policies of NHS integrated Care Boards and inadequate equality impact assessments are leaving trans patients at risk of serious medical harm.
transsafety.network/posts/defini...
Emails should include your name, DOB and NHS Number to assist your GIC admin in finding your record. If you have been referred but not been seen by a GIC, you can still contact the GIC you were referred to.
I do not give my permission for any aspect of my patient data to be submitted to, or collected for, the purpose of any research or non local audit without my express permission in writing being obtained in advance.
We also suggest you email your GIC the following to ensure your opt-out is clear and ask to have a note of this added to your care record.
This can be done via the following links, the first to stop GP records being shared and the second to stop secondary care records being shared: www.nhs.uk/using-the-nh...
digital.nhs.uk/services/nat...
In light of this, Trans Safety Network strongly suggests all transgender people in England consider opting out of their healthcare data being used for research.
As such, its unclear why they have been chosen to audit and choose research priorities for transgender adults. We believe it will be hard for patients to feel their best interests will be considered during audits and research recommendations due to the associated baggage and lack of expertise.
www.transgendermap.com/wp-content/u...
Beyond this, to our knowledge no members of this group have experience working with adult transgender people.
and a 2025 FOI asking for minutes + associated documents for the CYPGS Research Oversight Board revealed a communications strategy that suggested CYP clinicians should “possibly participate” in conferences hosted by SEGM + CAN-SG, whilst only mentioning WPATH and BAGIS conferences “for awareness”.
... and SPLC listed hate group SEGM (www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...), ...
Other members of the board are associated with anti-trans groups CAN-SG (www.transgendermap.com/issues/regre...), ...
We have previously raised concerns about its chair, Simon Wessley in this article.
Trans Safety Network are concerned to see that NHS England have committed to expanding the role of the National Research Oversight Board for Children and Young People’s Gender Services to cover audit and research for adult patients too.
Legal fee fundraiser for trans woman facing serious charges over arrest at a Trans Kids Deserve Better demo. Please support by sharing and donating if you can afford to.
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@sasha98.bsky.social provides analysis of just how precarious and inconsistent access to trans healthcare on the NHS has become. They highlight how official guidance has favoured giving hostile and nervous clinicians excuses, rather than empower or expect them to provide good care standards.
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Thanks for letting us know. Will look into this
Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
Hi, sorry we don't have a copy of this, and it doesn't seem to be archived (besides the page in this thread that also blocked us). It might be something to try and FOI?
We have previously reported on Wessely's harms to the disabled community transsafety.network/posts/simon-...
We stand in solidarity with disabled people and psychiatric survivors. Trans liberation cannot be won without disabled people's liberation.
Fonagy was involved in the feasibility research for the highly damaging Serenity Integrated Mentoring scheme that caused immense harm to psychiatrised people by criminalising mental distress stopsim.co.uk
