Science & statistics

A handy myth-buster copied with kind permission from transfacts.com MYTH: Transwomen have surgery to transition. REALITY: 80-95% of males who identify as transgender keep their penis. Source:  Evidence given by GIRES to MPs at the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s transgender inquiry in 2015.   MYTH: Transwomen in the UK

Gender non-conforming behaviours are very common in young children. Societal and peer pressure pushes children more towards gender conformity as they get older. However, it is not abnormal or unusual for a child to like playing with toys and wearing clothes which are associated with the opposite sex.  It is

Every parent faced with a child claiming they think they are transgender will have heard the terrifying statistics about high suicide rates when transgender children are not supported in their preferred gender identity.  It is frequently mentioned in news reports covering transgender issues and is often a strong emotional motivator

“I was born in the wrong body”. We commonly hear this and similar phrases to describe what it feels like to be transgender. These sound-bites roll off the tongue with ease and have been repeated so many times that it is easy to believe they are true; that the brain is

Sex hormone therapy The NHS does not currently allow children under the age of 16 to be prescribed cross-sex hormones such as testosterone or estrogen.  However, once your child reaches 16 then treatment with cross-sex hormones can be obtained on the NHS. This is a particularly crucial stage in the

The practices of social transition and chest binding are often promoted as harmless as they do not involve any medical treatment or intervention. Here we look at the evidence of the safety and potential effects of these very recent developments which have quickly become widespread. What is a social transition?

Under the age of 16 the only medical treatment that is recommended by the NHS for children struggling with issues of gender identity are PUBERTY BLOCKERS. The drugs used are a class of synthetic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues. By acting on the pituitary gland, these puberty blockers prevent the release of chemical

Introduction At the end of the UK Gender Recognition Consultation, an online survey was commissioned by ‘Women Ask Questions’ and paid for by publicly crowdfunded money raised for this purpose. Populus conducted the survey between 19th and 21st October 2018, using 2074 UK respondents (49% male, 51% female, weighted) across

In July 2017, the government launched a survey to gather more information about the experiences of LGBT people in the UK. The survey response was unprecedented. Over 108,000 people participated, making it the largest national survey of LGBT people in the world to date. The sample was self-selected, and there

There has been a lot of publicity and discussion on social media recently about a study which reports on a trans-identified male who has exclusively breastfeed a baby for the first 6 weeks. So is this possible and who might benefit from this; if male-bodied people are now able to nurse