An NHS psychiatrists’ conference on trans healthcare for young people was postponed at the last minute when whistleblowers pointed out a number of panellists had apparent links to “extremist” anti-trans ideologies.
The event – organised by staff at Great Ormond Street children’s hospital alongside NHS training body Health Education England and the North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) – was for more than 100 trainee child and adolescent psychiatrists to hear panels on gender identity and gender dysphoria, including “how to support gender-questioning young people”.
One researcher told openDemocracy the event had been “captured by anti-trans ideologues”.
