UK doctor prescribing cross-sex hormones to children as young as 12 As charities call for NHS to lower age limit of 16 for hormones, parents are taking their children to private clinics for treatment
A doctor in Wales is prescribing cross-sex hormones to children as young as 12 who say they want to change sex, arguing that if they are confident of their gender identity they should not have to wait until 16 to get the treatment.
Helen Webberley, a GP in Wales, has set up a private gender clinic and recently started treating children, a “handful” of whom she has started on cross-sex hormones, including a 12-year-old. Continue reading... The Guardian
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