The Cass Review Part 2

Hosts: Ez (he/him), Bette (she/her), and June (they/them)

Disclaimer and Content Warning: This episode will be covering topics of mental health, suicide, and The Cass Review. Please contact Lifeline for help.

The week is a special Part 2 discussion on The Cass Review with Ez (he/him), June (they/them), and Bette (she/her). Together they touch on the NHS cover-up of suicides and how the Cass Review treats suicide rates among trans kids; (more info here). The banning of puberty blockers and how The Cass Review treats blockers; (More info about the UK using Emergency Powers To Criminalise Possession Of Puberty Blockers here). As well as SEGM’s recent appearance at the RANZCP and how SEGM influenced Cass.

If you would like to help flood the RANZCP with complaints calling on them to commit to not platforming anti-trans lobbyists at any future events click here. Thanks to the Trans Justice Project for providing this resource and email template that you can copy or you can write your own.

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:27 - News Flash: Criminalised Puberty Blockers in UK
• 02:40 - News Flash: NHS Coverup of Trans Suicides
• 04:31 - UK Minister Kemi Badenoch Tweets for Gender-Critical Views Equality and Health
• 05:02 - SEGM: Clinical Expert Group Update
• 05:55 - Philosophy Tube: NHS Crisis
• 06:25 - Emergency Powers: Outcomes Criminalisation of Care
• 07:15 - UK Labour on Trans Care: Keir Starmer, Wes Streeting,
• 07:52 - Good Law Project: Challenge the ban on puberty blockers.
• 08:09 - NHS Waiting List Coverup: Open Letter
• 09:35 - Cass Review: Research and Tools
• 10:11 - Bette's Hot Take: Cass thinks that “The Ends Justify The Means”
• 11:24 - TERF Wars Spot
• 11:56 - The Cass Review Part 2: Trans Stereotypes
• 13:42 - June’s Mum Anecdote: Trans rights as a think piece.
• 15:18 - Bodily Autonomy
• 15:34 - Cass Review: Social transition outcomes
• 17:07 - Gender Identity: UK school bans - Draft of guidance
• 18:08 - SEGM: SPLC calls SEGM an Anti-LGBT Hate Group
• 18:43 - SEGM: Dr Roberto D’Angelo
• 19:22 - SEGM: Ray Blanchard
• 19:31 - SEGM: Kenneth Zucker
• 20:37 - Main Cause of “Detransitioning”: Lack of peer support or safety
• 22:07 - Mainstream Media: 7’s De-transitioning miss quoting
• 22:34 - Mainstream Media: Guardian DIY HRT Story
• 23:02 - Back to SEGM: RANZCP statement
• 24:22 - Pride is a Riot: Tranzmission Instagram Link
• 26:11 - Erin Reed @erinInthemorning
• 27:16 - Goblin by Junebug
• 29:34 - Interlude: Junebug on Nicholas Cage
• 31:21 - Recap: The Cass Review - it’s not great
• 34:16 - Community Events: Meanjin People’s Pride @ Jagera Arts Centre
• 34:33 - Community Events: First Nations Carpark Gig @ The 4zzz Carpark

Further Reading

• The Cass Review Into Gender Identity Services for Children Part 4: Regret, persistence, detransition, and further mistakes in the Cass review by Gideon M-K
• The Good Law Project Fundraiser to help challenge the ban on puberty blockers
• 15 Bad Faith Arguments Against Puberty Blockers from Growing Up Transgender