AN EXPRESSION OF CONCERN "The authors of this letter, including several transsexuals, are deeply unsettled by recent disclosures of how gender identity issues in children are being handled by GIDS, the Gender Identity Development Service, allegedly in response to pressure from trans lobby groups. Notably, the recent resignation of Marcus Evans as governor of The Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust and his allegation that staff work in “a climate of fear” resulting in highly vulnerable children and young people at risk of "long-term damage”. We call for an independent open inquiry to examine claims of serious concern with current treatment protocols. Too little is understood about long-term effects on the body by puberty-blocking hormones administered to young school children. We fear that these drugs, though given in hope of improving lives, may actually result instead in unforeseen lifelong consequences for those they
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