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Older woman determined to age disgracefully and love life all the way ❤️❤️❤️ Active supporter of Trans Rights
Older woman determined to age disgracefully and love life all the way ❤️❤️❤️ Active supporter of Trans Rights
![We write on behalf of the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective about a matter of immediate and
grave public concern. We have seen recent reports1
that young people and families have received NHS
letters stating that endocrine care, including blockers and HRT, is being fully withdrawn within seven weeks
(31 July 2026), and that forced medical detransition is being imposed. If that report is accurate, this is not a
technical change in commissioning. It is coercive state action with direct, foreseeable consequences for
trans children and young people.
Particularly concerning is the apparent convergence between Government policy and the stated objectives
of organisations that have argued that transition itself has become "ethically untenable" following the
Supreme Court's judgment in For Women Scotland2
. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information
requests3
indicate sustained engagement between the Department of Health and Social Care and
organisations including Sex Matters, LGB Alliance and Transgender Trend.
The legal and human rights stakes here are serious. The Supreme Court itself recognised4
that the trans
community is “historically and currently a vulnerable community” which Parliament has sought to protect.
The Human Rights Act brings into UK law rights including the right to life, the prohibition on inhuman or
degrading treatment, respect for private and family life, and protection from discrimination, while the
Equality Act expressly protects the characteristic of gender reassignment. A policy that compels withdrawal
of medically indicated care, or forces young people into detransition, raises profound questions under all
of those protections.
The clinical case is just as damning. TransActual reports5
that more than 80 clinicians, researchers and
academics have signed an open letter6 warning that NHS England’s evidence reviews on gender-affirming
hormone therapy have no clear rationale, ignore previous and ongoing research[...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njup4kv6td4bzhh6g64faacb/bafkreihjrcjmbru5kq3inngrgecdnkugearjehprmd4t6g363fo4mvgdjm)
