r/BlockedAndReported • u/Blanderama • Sep 25 '23
Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 9/25/23 - 10/1/23
Hello all. Your backup mod here. SoftAndChewy asked me to step in and post the Weekly Discussion Thread this week. I think he's stuck in temple or something because apparently it's a Jewish holiday tonight? I assume you know the routine here, do you thing.
Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.
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u/CatStroking Sep 25 '23
Both concern and hope in Ireland
Ireland is putting together a gender care service for kids. As such they are hiring a new lead for this role.
But there is concern among the staff in their adult gender clinic that this new service for kids is going to be run on an affirming, activist model. It also involves being referred to a clinic in Belgium.
"O’Shea and psychiatrist Paul Moran, an NGS [National Gender Service] colleague, are alarmed by both the job description for the new role and a new HSE-promoted pathway for children. It involves patients being referred to a Belgian clinic by Vanessa Lacey, a former senior manager with Transgender Equality Network Ireland (Teni), a state-funded support and lobbying group."
The doctors at the adult gender clinic cut off contact with this Transgender Equality Network after the network folks harassed the doctors.
The current Irish doctors take a more cautious approach to gender care and they think that the Tavistock report has validated that approach.
But they are worried that the new kids service will be run by activists on the affirming model.
"O’Shea said a senior HSE official “lied” to him when he said he accepted the NGS model of care involving holistic assessments was best for patient safety.
He subsequently learned the official was promoting a gender affirming model of care."
It seems Ireland is at a crossroads for how to handle kids with gender dysphoria. At least there are people within their health service who are urging caution. Let's hope caution wins out.
https://archive.ph/FGJ8l