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Episode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The World

This is probably a preview of things to come in the United States

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While Katie is stranded somewhere in flyover country, buried under 15 feet of snow inside her van with her wife and dog, Jesse interviews Hannah Barnes, the author of Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. Consider this foreshadowing for what is likely to happen in the States.

Barnes’ book

https://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Collapse-Tavistocks-Children-ebook/dp/B0BCL1T2XN

Tavistock gender clinic gets shut down

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62335665

Singal’s very nerdy work on DSM criteria

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Tavistock puberty blocker study published after nine years

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55282113

Jamie Reed’s sworn affidavit

https://www.stltoday.com/online/jamie-reed-affidavit-released-by-missouri-attorney-general/pdf_48d5bafa-46f0-5312-aa42-409ad88bd2e7.html

Jesse explains how self-reported studies are quite weak

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Cass interim report

https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/

The UK’s new guidelines

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/exclusive-nhs-drafts-stricter-oversight-trans-youth-care-2022-10-14/

Mermaids is controversial!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/17/mermaids-why-has-the-trans-charity-been-in-the-news

BBC: Children's gender identity clinic concerns go back 15 years

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54374165

Tavistock trust whistleblower David Bell: ‘I believed I was doing the right thing’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/02/tavistock-trust-whistleblower-david-bell-transgender-children-gids

Image: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 29: A general view outside The Tavistock Centre on July 29, 2022 in London, England. The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) clinic at Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust in North London is the UK's only dedicated gender identity clinic for children and young people. It is set to close after an independent review criticised its services. (Photo by Guy Smallman?Getty Images)

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