Child, five, referred to clinic over transgender feelings
By Lucy Ballinger, BBC News:
A five-year-old was referred to a specialist NHS clinic as a result of transgender feelings last year.
The child was one of 75 referred from Wales due to their gender confusion – almost double the previous year.
Seven years ago there was just one Welsh referral through the NHS.
The figures are from the Tavistock clinic – the only centre offering gender identity treatment to young people in England and Wales – which have seen a sharp rise in recent years.
About 2,000 children and young people were referred there through the NHS last year – an increase of 42% on 2015/16. The increase in referrals from Wales was 79%.
Experts say Wales is “catching up” and the rise is because of increasing awareness of gender identity issues.
See also: Too young to cross a street but old enough for a sex change, by Julie Borg, World
More than 200 children under the age of 14 died in the United States in 2014 after being struck by a car. Another 8,000 suffered injuries, according to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
A new research study conducted at the University of Iowa has determined children younger than 14 do not possess the cognitive skills and judgment to safely cross a street. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published an excerpt of the study in its Daily Briefing, a nod some physicians found ironic, given the organization’s support for transgender treatment.
“This same AAP, however, also frequently promotes the claim that children this age or younger are cognitively capable of deciding that they are the wrong sex,” noted Michelle Cretella, president of the American College of Pediatricians, a conservative alternative to the AAP. “Moreover, the AAP also deems children cognitively competent to consent to puberty blockers, toxic sex hormones, and mutilating sex reassignment surgery.”
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