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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks

‘I’ve had to become my own doctor’: trans young people on life after the Cass review

Grin sitting with his back against the wall and his feet resting on the banister on a staircase
Grin, 17, obtained hormones privately online at 14 with the support of his parents. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian

After the landmark Cass review into the care of young people questioning their gender this year, puberty blockers have in effect been banned in England, Wales and Scotland for the treatment of under-18s with gender dysphoria.

Dr Hilary Cass, the report’s author, had criticised the lack of evidence surrounding the benefits and risks associated with the drugs, which delay the onset of puberty.

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