Trans lobby’s win is heartbreaking

LAST week the Court of Appeal overturned a landmark ruling banning the prescribing of hormone blockers to children under 16 without the consent of their parents.

This effectively gives the green light for clinics such as the NHS-run Tavistock (which challenged the ban) to put children as young as ten on the path to gender reassignment – without having to worry about their parents obstructing that decision.

It’s being claimed as a mighty victory for trans activists who believe there should be no obstacles to a person’s desire to change sex, regardless of their age or mental competence, and that to even question that decision is an act of wicked prejudice.

But, as the case of Keira Bell – who brought the original case against the Tavistock – proves, some youngsters do change their minds and sometimes a desire to change sex does not turn out to be gender dysmorphia, but an expression of something else.

The idea of a young woman ending up permanently scarred and infertile – as with Keira – because they had mistakenly embarked on a path of gender reassignment is, to me, heartbreaking. And just as wrong as a trans person being forced to live a lie.