An independent review of gender-related medical care for minors and young adults submitted Wednesday to the U.K.’s National Health Service found that previous studies on the topic are of “poor quality” and there is “very limited evidence on the longer-term outcomes” associated with medicalized transition.
“This is an area of remarkably weak evidence, and yet results of studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people on all sides of the debate to support their viewpoint,” Hilary Cass, who led the review, wrote in the introduction. “The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress.”
NHS England commissioned the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People in 2020. (In the report, “young adult” refers to an individual between ages 18 and 30.)
Join the conversation as a VIP Member