Blog
Welcome to our blog. This is where you can read the latest news from GenderGP and the things that are impacting the trans community. This page is regularly updated, so check in often for the latest updates.
GenderGP statement regarding the GMC hearing of Dr Helen Webberley
GenderGP is incredibly proud of the work that began with our Founder, Dr Helen Webberley, in 2015. This work has facilitated the care and support of thousands of trans people across the world, enabling them to move forward with their...
Update ahead of GMC hearing from Dr Helen Webberley
GenderGP Founder Dr Helen Webberley has been under GMC investigation since 2016. In July this year, she faces the final hearing. We asked her to share her thoughts and fears in the lead up to the event. You can watch Dr. Helen's video here. We are also inviting...
MPTS Hearing Days 33-34
As the last two days were taken up entirely with Dr webberley’s cross examination so instead of a blow-by blow we’ll bring you some of the highlights of the hearing, you’ll find a fuller coverage of the days events on Twitter at @mpts_hearing. Mr Jackson QC began by...
Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) director declares that trans women are “men who self ID as women”
Earlier in 2021 GenderGP wrote to Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) to highlight our concern that a HIS non-executive director had participated in anti-trans discrimination during organised events and online. GenderGP has a policy of non-engagement with any individual...
New Study Asks: is ‘Desistance’ Research Relevant When Planning Gender Affirming Models of Care?
A new study by bioethicist Florence Ashley says that the academically much criticised and debunked suggestion that ‘80% of trans and gender creative children will grow up cisgender’ is misconceived and irrelevant in determining models of care for trans and gender...
MPTS Hearing Days 31-32
When the hearing resumed the Tribunal requested more information from Mr Jackson QC with regard to the allegations surrounding the GenderGP website. The Chair said they would “value further submissions in relation to this allegation and the evidence in support of that...
How Expert Does an Expert Witness Need to be?
In order to serve their purpose and have the gravitas which is required of them in a legal setting, expert witnesses must be two things: Experts - in the field in which they are providing their expertise. Unimpeachable - Afterall, their insights are being sought as a...
GenderGP Reiterates its Commitment to the Trans Community
Committed to delivering the best care to the trans community GenderGP has been at the forefront of gender affirmative care for trans and non-binary people since 2015. We have ALWAYS put the community first: speaking up on their behalf, where others have failed to do...
The Ethics Surrounding NHS Clinicians Providing Both Private and NHS Transgender Healthcare Services
At GenderGP our aim has always been to improve access to care for trans and non-binary individuals of all ages, wherever they happen to be in the world. A key part of this task is looking at the current state of play and challenging it to see how it can be improved....
Letter to Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch Concerning The Conversion Therapy Victims Support Fund
In May 2021, the Government Equalities Office announced that a new support fund, offering substantial help to LGBT people impacted by conversion therapy, would be created and made available to victims of the practice. As we fast approach the end of 2021 we wrote to...
Bell v Tavistock – Verdict Rules in Favour of Greater Autonomy for Trans Youth
We are delighted to learn of the outcome of today’s appeal in the Bell v Tavistock judicial review, which ensures that going forward, like any other young person, trans youth will be able to make their own decisions about their healthcare, providing they are deemed...
