People in the other separate KF thread about Travistock seem to think so too, that troonery is going mainstream now, but I don't know. The report seems to be somehow critical of the current handling of the situation but it's being a bit vague and mostly highlighting over and over again how we don't know much about long term effects of treatments and procedures, how data is missing, how there should be a commission discussing every patient's potential treatment etc. I haven't read the report carefully yet, just jumped through paragraphs and this is what I'm getting.
See, I'm reading all of that as typical "civil servant" language: it's always very restrained and neutral, and you have to read between the lines a bit. People only get granted positions like this if they have learned to communicate in the most patient and anodyne way possible.
This "journal entry" seems pretty clear that they prefer a non-affirmation model. And I don't see how anyone can interpret this paragraph from the interim report in any other way:
"Each regional centre will need to develop links and work collaboratively with a range of local services within their geography to ensure that appropriate clinical, psychological and social support is made available to children and young people who are in early stages of experiencing gender distress."
To me that's just a very restrained way of saying "stop throwing hormones to mentally ill and autistic teenagers you freaks."
Elsewhere:
Currently paediatric endocrinologists have sole responsibility for treatment, but where a life-changing intervention is given there should also be additional medical responsibility for the differential diagnosis leading up to the treatment decision.
By "differential diagnosis" they mean ruling out other conditions that might have similar symptoms. You see what I mean about kind of having to read between the lines: it's all very gentle-sounding, but when you put it into plain language it is saying "there needs to be screening to make sure that these kids are not just autistic or depressed, and the doctors treating them cannot be trusted on their own."
(Interim report download link is
on this page for anyone who hasn't read it)
What I'm getting from it is that Dr Cass/her team are being ambiguous on purpose, not wanting to rock the troon boat, knowing what the outcome would be.
Yes, but I think it's also an effort not to embarrass or criticize other professionals or institutions too directly, which as a bonus gives a lot of them an "out" since their reputations are intact.
I am afraid that they are right. Until now, there was only one clinic for the whole country. It was staffed by irresponsible lunatics, but they were so overwhelmed and the waiting lists so long that many of the children's trans delusions disappeared before they saw a staff member.
If there are more clinics soon, the wait times will be shorter and parents can go doctor shopping. This is how it works in many US states and also European countries like Germany. A clinic doesn't want to castrate your "trans" child? Just drive to another clinic, no matter how long the drive is.
I disagree. I don't know anything about Germany, but when it comes to the US I think you're mixing up private clinics with government-funded ones. Private clinics are going to keep doing their shit as long as it's legal and they can profit from it (which is why I think troonery is going to last longest in the US) but so far government healthcare systems have had a good record of scaling back treatment once they look into it and see that the evidence is not there.
(Also, there are already
multiple gender clinics in the UK, just private ones. If parents want to doctor-shop in order to castrate their kids they can do it already)
