Insight from Dr Helen Webberley

How to find trans-competent mental health support Trans-competent mental health support means working with a therapist or counsellor who understands gender diversity without treating your identity as something to be questioned or fixed. I'd look…

Anti-trans campaigns, antisemitism, and the abuse framing Anti-trans hostile campaigns often adopt the structure of antisemitic conspiracy theory: an invisible, powerful, and malevolent group is said to be orchestrating harm to children through trans…

JK Rowling's anti-trans funding and legal campaigns JK Rowling has directed substantial Harry Potter-derived wealth towards legal action against NHS gender services and anti-trans influence campaigns. This is part of a coordinated, well-funded pattern…

Private vs NHS gender-affirming care in the UK: costs and timelines NHS gender-affirming care in the UK involves waiting lists that commonly run to five years or more before a first appointment, and longer before any prescription is issued. Private providers can move…

NHS gender clinic waiting times: the real picture NHS gender clinics are legally required to see patients within 18 weeks of referral under the NHS Constitution. In practice, waiting times across UK gender services now run to seven years or more.…

Testosterone doses for trans men: how they compare to male levels Testosterone doses for trans men are prescribed to bring hormone levels into the normal male physiological range, typically 10 to 35 nmol/L. Because absorption, metabolism, and individual response…

Labour's anti-trans policy package: what is actually happening The Labour government has pursued a systematic package of anti-trans policies: draft school guidance that restricts how trans children can be recognised, healthcare restrictions that limit access to…

Sex, gender, and biology: what medicine and law actually say In medicine and law, sex and gender are recognised as distinct. Sex refers to a cluster of biological characteristics, including chromosomes, hormones, gonads, and anatomy, that do not always point…

The testosterone contradiction at the heart of anti-trans politics When Pete Hegseth and others promote testosterone supplementation to make soldiers stronger, they are championing the same hormone trans men take as part of gender-affirming care. The argument that…

When allies default to they/them instead of learning your pronouns Using they/them as a default for trans people without checking is not a neutral, safe choice. It replaces one assumption with another and still centres the ally's convenience over the trans person's…

GenderGP: structure, funding, team, and governance GenderGP is an online private gender-affirming care service founded by Dr Helen Webberley. It is funded through the fees people pay for consultations and prescriptions, with no NHS or state funding.…

Why trans women in sport face more scrutiny than trans men Trans women face vastly more media, policy, and public scrutiny in sport than trans men do, and the gap exposes the real logic at work. If the concern were genuinely about physical advantage, trans…