Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
@CanSG_org
We are a group of UK and Ireland based clinicians calling for greater understanding of the effects of sex and gender in healthcare #FirstDoNoHarm
Gender affirming surgery: a systematic medical deception can-sg.org/2025/07/04/gen…
Where do we even begin? First, this is a misnomer term that describes disorders that impact the development of the reproductive system. They have nothing to do with gender identity. Second, no human has been born with fully developed reproductive systems of both sexes. In very…
Not one part of this makes sense, because it is a lie.
Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife and Beth Upton sex-matters.org/case-briefings…
Obviously it would take time away from tweeting vapid slogans and hiring men to be women's representatives, but perhaps @UN_Women might consider addressing the desperate situation of women in Afghanistan.
Very important and urgent :- As the Taliban continue mass arrests of women, our greatest concern is for widowed women—those who have no man in the house and are too afraid to leave their homes. We are working to deliver essential food and supplies directly to their doors during…
One of the most common sex spectrum arguments is the conflation of sex determination mechanisms with sex. But chromosomes do not define sex. Male and female are defined by the organization of anatomy with respect to gamete type.
French health authorities have abandoned draft treatment advice that would have treated 16- and 17-year-olds as if they were adults and enabled their fast-track gender medicalisation under the banner of “depathologisation”. Link in tweet below.
Woman of the Day German-Swiss philosopher, psychologist and psychotherapist Carola Meier-Seethaler died OTD in 2022, aged 95. A lifelong feminist with clear values, she resigned from the National Ethics Committee, the Catholic Church and at 95, was cancelled for refusing to…
Peter Jenkins; ‘affirmative therapy’ as a gateway to the harms of ‘gender affirming medical care’. : criticaltherapyantidote.org/2025/07/13/tra… Please circulate widely!
The American Supreme Court upholds the state of Tennessee’s right to protect minors from harmful ‘gender affirming’ medical treatment. Peter Jenkins. genspect.substack.com/p/skrmetti-wpa…
In her report to #HRC59, UN expert @UNSRVAW calls for reaffirming importance of sex in description of violence against women & girls. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
Too many posters here wonder if this is about females who claim to be male. No. These are males, whose lactation fetish extends to wanting help to breastfeed infants. thecritic.co.uk/when-breast-is….
Scottish Trans worries that 'men who can breastfeed' might not be protected under maternity rights. We think they should be investigated for endangering babies, not protected! thescottishsun.co.uk/news/15029262/…
Characteristically impeccable, detailed analysis of the Supreme Court judgment in @ForWomenScot from the winning barrister Ben Cooper KC oldsquare.co.uk/ben-cooper-kc-…
Astounding report by @ProfAliceS. Case after case of academics intimidated & silenced. With universities complicit. An affront to academic freedom. And from August, unlawful.
The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today. sullivanreview.uk/documents.php
Quite the disappointment for me has been the medical journal editors who have suppressed work in this area. The senior doctors who have libelled and name-called in the process are also culpable.
Astounding report by @ProfAliceS. Case after case of academics intimidated & silenced. With universities complicit. An affront to academic freedom. And from August, unlawful.
💥Part II of @ProfAliceS’s review is out today - this time focusing on barriers to research on sex and gender /1
The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today. sullivanreview.uk/documents.php
It was a pleasure to speak to @Emmabarnett on @BBCr4today this morning about my report on barriers to research on sex and gender, published today. Listen from 49 minutes in: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today. sullivanreview.uk/documents.php
Wes Streeting's Review of Cross-Sex Hormones: a step forward but still a long way to go can-sg.org/2025/06/30/wes…