UK Archives — Genspect

Nevertheless, She Persisted: The UK’s 2025 Year in Review

A win is not a win without persistence. The Supreme Court’s April 2025 ruling – that sex means biological...

29th December 2025

PATHWAYS Trial – The Search for the ‘Truly Transgender’ Child Continues

Earlier this year, I was invited to present Genspect’s concerns about the NHS puberty blocker trial to a parliamentary...

4th December 2025

Supporters of the NHS Puberty Blocker Study Are Still Missing the Point

Earlier this year, Genspect UK published a comprehensive report on the ethical and practical challenges faced by the NHS puberty blocker...

23rd October 2025

PRESS RELEASE: Genspect condemns arrest of Graham Linehan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Genspect condemns yesterday’s arrest of writer and satirist Graham Linehan in connection with social media posts. This arrest marks...

3rd September 2025

Cass Called for Caution; the High Court Says Carry On

When the UK placed severe restrictions on paediatric medical transition following the publication of the Cass Report, it seemed the...

7th August 2025

When a Trade Deal Redefines ‘Woman’

In April 2024, the UK Supreme Court gave long-overdue clarity: under the Equality Act, the word “woman” means biological...

27th June 2025

The Cost of Complacency

“The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference.” —Elie Wiesel The UK grooming gangs scandal resurfaced as a major political...

20th June 2025

Letter from Ireland, what is a woman?

Under Irish law, a man becomes a woman if he says he is a woman. Under British law, you...

4th May 2025

Bathbombs and Body Politics: How Corporate Activism Markets Medical Transition to Kids

A disturbing new development has emerged in Lush’s controversial campaign: according to The Times, children as young as seven were...

29th April 2025

Notes on a Detransition: Fetish Scene Abuse, Dissociation, and the Formation of a Trans Identity

(Content warning: This article contains references to extreme sexual violence, abuse and rape.) Victoria G’s disturbing account of how...

3rd April 2025

Nottingham Catholic Schools’ Healthy Approach to Sex and Gender

In May 2024, The Catholic Diocese of Nottingham, which oversees 84 Catholic schools in the area, produced the document Precious...

4th March 2025

More Than 1,000 Patients a Year are Referred for Trans “Chest Surgery” on the NHS

Mental health professionals have long recognised that psychological distress is sometimes projected into the body. Conditions like anorexia are...

2nd March 2025

Blocking the Puberty Blocker Study

When I first set about writing the puberty blocker report, I was advised not to bother – apparently, it would...

17th February 2025

Hearing on Puberty Blockers “Like Travelling Back in Time”

On 22nd January, the UK government’s Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) held an oral evidence session on the safety and...

14th February 2025

Genspect UK statement on the news that more than 1,000 patients a year are referred for trans chest surgery on the NHS

Mental health professionals have long recognised that psychological distress is sometimes projected into the body. Conditions like anorexia are...

10th February 2025

An Ethical Design for the UK’s Puberty Blocker Trial?

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) proposes to inject a new cohort of gender dysphoric children with powerful gonadotropin-releasing hormone...

22nd January 2025

Genspect’s Final Submission to the UK Commission on Human Medicines Puberty Blocker Consultation

Genspect fully supports the Government’s ban on puberty blockers for gender distressed children and young people. We believe the...

30th October 2024

Genspect’s Submission to the UK Department of Health and Social Care’s Consultation on Puberty Blockers

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a targeted consultation on a proposed permanent order...

16th September 2024

Breaking up Is Hard to Do: Why the UKCP Is Right to Leave the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy

Introduction The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is one of the main leading professional associations of therapists within...

12th July 2024

Holding the Space for Exploratory Therapy with Gender-Questioning Clients

The Cass Review for the UK NHS has sharpened wider awareness of the ongoing controversy over exploratory therapy for...

26th May 2024

A Double Standard in the UK’s Genital Surgery Laws?

In this article on a very sensitive topic, I argue that what is considered ‘mutilation’ of the body is...

25th May 2024

Scottish Educational Psychologists and Gender Ideology in Scotland’s Schools: A Conspiracy of Silence?

On 26th February 2024, Genspect published the article by McGuiggan, D’Lima and Robertson, Where are the Educational Psychologists when...

8th May 2024

Reflections on the Cass Report

This is an area of remarkably weak evidence, and yet results of studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people...

17th April 2024

Parenting a Trans-Identifying Child

A parent’s response to the Cass Review’s Final Report Dear Reader, You may be questioning why the Cass Review...

15th April 2024

Genspect Welcomes Dr Hilary Cass’s Report

Genspect welcomes Dr Hilary Cass’s report and we look forward to seeing a wider range of treatment options and...

10th April 2024

The Importance of Special Educational Needs Assessment Concerning Trans-Identifying Children in UK Schools: The Role of Educational & Child Psychologists

Introduction The aim of this paper is to promote the relevance of Special Educational Needs (SEN) assessment to gender-distressed...

2nd April 2024

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