Unsurprisingly, the activists who chanted “trust the science” lacked well-conducted studies and evidence to justify their support for “gender-affirming care”; the people who couldn’t provide robust arguments resorted to demonizing anyone who doubted their conclusions. Given the absence of data to refute the substance of the Cass Report, activists are trying to discredit the review because of its images.  

It has been confirmed that the Cass Report includes at least two images generated by artificial intelligence. The cover art shows a child from shoulders-down leaning against a wall, but the fingers are weirdly melded together. Later in the document, there is an image of a teenager with pink and yellow hair; the eyes are a bit odd, and the buttons on the jacket don’t quite match. 404 Media verified that the image of the teenager was AI-generated and sourced from Adobe Stock images.

Activists seized the opportunity to invalidate the entire report.