Huge rise in number of Britons trying to change gender
by Kate Lyons, Guardian:
The number of Britons taking steps to change their gender has shot up dramatically in recent years, leaving vulnerable people waiting years for treatment.
Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal increases in the number of referrals to all of the UK’s 14 gender identity clinics (GICs) in recent years, with a number of clinics experiencing increases of several hundred percent.
At Charing Cross in London, the oldest and largest adult clinic, the number of referrals has almost quadrupled in 10 years, from 498 in 2006-07 to 1,892 in 2015-16.
“It obviously can’t continue like that forever because we’d be treating everyone in the country, but there isn’t any sign of that levelling off,” said James Barrett, consultant psychiatrist at the Charing Cross clinic.
A clinic in Nottingham reported a 28-fold increase in referrals in eight years, from 30 in 2008 to 850 in 2015. It expected this to increase to more than 1,000 referrals during 2016.
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