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UK government announces ’emergency puberty blocker ban’ for new patients

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The UK government has announced an “emergency ban” on puberty blockers for new patients. According to GOV.UK, new legislation states that “no new patients under 18 will be prescribed” gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues as treatment for “gender dysphoria or incongruence”. These are medicines that “consist of, or contain” buserelin, gonadorelin, goserelin, leuprorelin acetate, nafarelin or triptorelin. “The NHS stopped the routine prescription of puberty blocker treatments to under-18s following the Cass Review into gender identity services,” reads a statement on GOV.UK. “In addition, the government has also introduced indefinite restrictions to…

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Gender-affirming healthcare is just one small part of trans history

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Five trans and non-binary folk unpack the community’s complex relationship with the medical field and the lessons we can learn from LGBTQIA+ history.  TW: trauma, transphobia, graphic medical descriptions  WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN February marked LGBTQIA+ History Month; a designated period to mark the progress made by our community. Each year the themes serve as an introspective reminder of what we can learn from the past and take forward in the present. This year, the theme was to recognise the queer contributions made in the…

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NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers for trans youth at gender clinics

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The NHS England has revealed new restrictions for the prescription of puberty blockers.  On 9 June, the publically funded health service announced that it will no longer give hormone-blocking medicine to trans youth attending gender clinics.  “Outside of a research setting, puberty–suppressing hormones should not be routinely commissioned for children and adolescents who have gender incongruence/dysphoria,” the NHS said regarding its new “interim policy.”  Instead, puberty blockers will only be made available to children who take part in clinical trials or under specific circumstances – including those who had a…

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Puberty blockers explained, as UK court rules on trans children

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Contested medical treatment for children seeking to transition gender is back in the spotlight, after a British court ruling reawakened global debate about the merits of puberty-blocking drugs. The Court of Appeal for England and Wales said it was up to doctors, not courts, to decide if a child under 16 was capable of consenting to drugs that pause puberty. The ruling comes after a US federal judge in July suspended a landmark Arkansas state law that would have banned doctors from providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or gender transition surgeries…

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