GB News: puberty blockers, with Lucy Johnston
I appeared on GB News with Lucy Johnston to talk about puberty blockers, trans healthcare and the rights of trans women. The conversation covered a lot of ground quickly, and several of the points put to me were framed in ways that made them sound more settled than they are. That is how these conversations often work: a misleading claim stated confidently can be difficult to unpick in real time, even when the answer is straightforward.
The questions touched on the safety of puberty blockers, the Cass Review, the Supreme Court ruling, the rise in young people identifying as trans, the work done at GenderGP, and a set of claims about trans women and crime. Some of what was put to me was simply inaccurate. Some carried a kernel of truth wrapped in context that changed its meaning entirely. I answered as clearly as I could.
Below are the specific points that were raised, why they sound plausible, and what is actually true. I have not softened the disagreements, and I have not conceded things I do not believe. The page is here because the record matters.
Moments worth watching
Each one is about half a minute, and has a page of its own.
The myths, answered
What was put to me in this conversation, and what is actually true.
Puberty blockers cause permanent infertility and loss of sexual function
See the answerPrecocious puberty treatment has decades of research; trans use does not
See the answerSocial contagion explains the rise in trans-identifying young people
See the answerThe Supreme Court ruled trans women are not women
See the answerDeeper dives
Some of these claims deserve more than a paragraph, so each one has a film and a full piece behind it.
What this looks like in a life
The studio argument is one thing. These are people it actually happens to.
