Readers respond to an article by Freddy McConnell and an editorial about Dr Hilary Cass’s review of NHS England’s gender identity services for children and young people
In our view, Freddy McConnell’s opinion piece (Hilary Cass’s proposals are mostly common sense. She must reject anti-trans bias with the same clarity, 11 April) implies that support for the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) fundamentally undermines trans people’s identities and rights, and that clinicians who question the innate model of gender identity – as do CAN-SG members – do not have the best interests of patients at heart and are “denying the existence” of trans people.
We reject these claims. In fact, it is suppression of research and debate in this area that undermines proper understanding of gender identity and the right to effective, safe medical treatment.
