Puberty blockers are medications that pause the hormonal process of puberty. They have been used for decades in children with precocious puberty,…
GnRH agonists suppress the pituitary signals that drive gonadal hormone production; the gonads themselves remain intact. That distinction matters…
Public funding of puberty blockers is a standard healthcare commissioning decision, not a misuse of public money. These medications have been used in…
Australia is developing national clinical guidelines covering puberty blockers for trans and gender-diverse young people. When ABC News covered this…
Patha v the Crown is a New Zealand High Court legal challenge to the government's ban on puberty blockers for transgender youth. Brought by trans…
Puberty blockers pause puberty and their effects are largely reversible when stopped. They work by mimicking GnRH, a hormone the brain naturally…
Puberty blockers for precocious puberty and gender dysphoria are the same medications: GnRH analogues that pause the hormonal cascade driving…
Puberty blocker bans in the UK and beyond are political decisions that contradict the international medical consensus. Puberty blockers pause puberty…
Trans people can and do have biological children, though the routes vary considerably depending on timing and what medical steps have been taken.…
The 'Wolves in White Coats' report was commissioned by the Trump-era HHS and is a political document, not independent research. Its central fraud…
The finalised Medicaid ban ends federal funding for gender-affirming hormones, puberty blockers, and surgery for trans minors, with existing patients…
The Trigonometry debate between Dr Helen Webberley and Kellie-Jay Keen covered puberty blockers, hormones, surgery, legal rights, and the history of…
NHS gender clinic waiting lists now exceed 80 months in many parts of the UK, with some clinics projecting waits measured in decades rather than…
Anti-trans disinformation typically arrives in a handful of recurring shapes: safety rhetoric that frames trans inclusion as a threat, false balance…
Labour has maintained high visibility at Pride events while overseeing policies that have stripped rights from trans people: a continuation and…
Anti-trans activists, including Keira Bell and the Bayswater Support Group, have brought a High Court challenge against the NHS clinical trial…
Cornwall Council voted 31 to 27 against a motion that would have barred looked-after children in Cornwall from participating in the PATHWAYS puberty…
Helen has been clear that the Cass Review is internationally discredited. When a doctors' union stops pushing back, it is worth asking why, and what…
The UK Pathways Trial for puberty blockers has set a minimum participation age of 11, after the MHRA paused it in February 2026 over safety concerns.…
A brand-new migraine medication has been cleared for trials in children as young as six, raising questions about why established puberty blockers…
Dr Helen Webberley challenges Professor Sir Chris Whitty's decision to remain silent on the puberty blocker debate, arguing that clinical leaders…
A detailed examination of the legislation restricting puberty blocker access for trans young people and what it means in practice.
Helen Webberley responds to Dr Hilary Cass's Times Radio interview with her own perspective on schools, transgender young people, and the evidence…
Puberty blockers offer young people a period of pause to explore their identity without the irreversible changes of puberty.
When Open Door Community Health Centers stopped offering gender-affirming care to trans youth under federal pressure, providers and advocates in…
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that family doctor Henry Ajaero discriminated against a transgender teenager by refusing to administer a…
The Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta has invoked the medicine chest clause of Treaty 6, signed in 1876, to establish a safe haven for…
The Trump administration's escalating moves against trans healthcare, cutting Medicaid coverage, subpoenaing hospitals, and referring clinics for…
Queensland and the Northern Territory have banned puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones for trans and gender diverse young people in their…
Keir Starmer's resignation as Labour leader, after a tenure in which his government banned puberty blockers, attempted a nationwide bathroom…
The Dane County Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution calling on UW Health and Children's Wisconsin to resume gender-affirming care for…
New Zealand's parliament passed the first reading of a bill that would legally define 'woman' and 'man' by biological sex across all legislation,…