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End of puberty blockers for minors: England reviews its treatment of gender dysphoria

Author / Source : IEB Published on : 13/05/2024 Thematic : Status of the human body / Gender and sexuality News Temps de lecture : 2 min.

In 2021-2022, there were more than 5,000 referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) run by Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (compared with 250 in 2011-2012). In response to this increase in cases, the NHS has asked Dr Hilary Cass, former President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, to conduct an independent review of gender services for minors. In 2022, an interim report from this study warned of the dangers of systematically prescribing puberty...

Gender reassignment: more and more Belgian teenagers are being prescribed puberty blockers

Author / Source : IEB Published on : 02/04/2024 Thematic : Status of the human body / Gender and sexuality News Temps de lecture : 1 min.

More and more teenagers in Belgium are taking puberty blockers to halt the sexual development of their bodies during adolescence. In just three years, 60% more of them have been prescribed these hormone treatments by their doctors, in an attempt to relieve the unease they feel about their biological sex. They are 684 young people between the ages of 9 and 17 in 2022, compared with 432 in 2019, reveals a survey carried out by the De Morgen (24/01/2024). Half of them are being treated at the...