Puberty blockers
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Helen Joyce on sex, gender identity and human rights
Helen Joyce is Director of Advocacy at Sex Matters.
These are edited versions of Helen’s talks at the conferences held in 2023 in Killarney and 2024 in Lisbon by Genspect, an international organisation advocating for non-medical approaches to gender distress. -
Puberty blockers FAQs
Briefing for MPs and peers, July 2024. A two-page summary of the most frequently asked questions about puberty-suppressing drugs. Large-print version. See also our more detailed briefing for MPs on puberty blockers.
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Puberty blockers – a briefing for MPs
We explain the background to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s decision to end the use of puberty blockers for gender distress, based on the recommendations of the Cass Review. Large-print version of this briefing. See also our two-page Puberty blockers FAQs for MPs.
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Sex and gender: a contemporary reader
Two directors of Sex Matters, Michael Biggs and Emma Hilton, have contributed chapters to Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader, an academic book just published by Routledge and edited by Alice Sullivan (who is in Sex Matters’ advisory group) and Selina Todd. Three further chapters are contributed by members...
18th September 2023
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Gender-questioning teenagers: puberty blockers and hormone treatment vs placebo
This technical paper adds to the literature on the treatment of gender dysphoria by using data from comparable studies on teenagers’ mental health to assess whether puberty blockers and hormone treatment are better than placebo at alleviating distress.
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14th December 2022