How much of a role did ideology play when it came to the behavior of and policies at GIDS? I think it's really complicated. There was a particular group called mermaids, but there have also been others in more recent years. "Gendered intelligence is probably the most influential group," she says. 'Even though they weren't in the room, they were in our minds'
Hannah Barnes is an award-winning investigative journalist, and an author.
Finding your place in the world can be hard. However, some interventions for struggling children may cause more harm than good. Britain's Gender Identity Development Service at The Tavistock Clinic has recently been shut down after controversial use of puberty blockers and Hannah's investigation uncovers exactly what happened.
Expect to learn why there was a huge increase in the number of children being referred for puberty blockers, just how ideological this institution was, whether the effects of puberty blockers can be reversed, whether children can consent to life altering medication, just who is to blame, how these treatments can put children on a one-way-ticket to much more serious procedures and much more…