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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Gender dysphoria diagnoses among children in England rise fiftyfold over 10 years

Sad girl looking out of the window.
The growing number of birth-registered females seeking referrals to gender clinics has raised concerns in recent years. Photograph: Andrew Angelov/Shutterstock

The number of children and young people in England with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria recorded by a GP has risen fiftyfold over 10 years, researchers have found, though numbers are still relatively small.

The growing number of birth-registered females seeking referrals to gender clinics has raised concerns in recent years, with tensions over how best to tackle gender dysphoria in children resulting in the Cass review last year.

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