OpinionAugust 7, 2024
The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children
A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe
Ruth Pearce is a lecturer in community development at the Glasgow University School of Education in Scotland and senior fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies in Chicago. She is author of the book Understanding Trans Health and editor of the Community Development Journal.
The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children
A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe