Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 11hWhen the conversation about fertility preservation happens on the day someone finally gets their prescription, it's… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/tra… 030
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 13hI put a simple question to ChatGPT: who's winning the trans debate? What came back was more interesting than I expected. Find out what I think it all means.youtube.comI Asked ChatGPT Who’s Winning The Trans Debate… Here’s What I FoundI asked ChatGPT a simple question: "What exactly is the trans debate, and who is going to win?" What followed was a fascinating deep dive into gender identit... 001
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 14hIncredible work from everyone currently explaining, with great confidence, that trans healthcare is ideologically driven, while the Endocrine Society, WPATH, the WHO, the American Medical Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics are over here having published exactly the opposite… 020
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 15hThe Department of Justice used to be on the side of trans students. Now it's suing schools for supporting them. I've written about what's really going on here:helenwebberley.comKCK schools sued over trans policies. Are SMSD and Olathe next? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe DOJ has flipped sides and is now suing districts that protect trans students. Here is what that means. 130
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 17hA claim went out on television that puberty blockers 'switch off your ovaries or testicles'. That's not what they do. I've taken… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/wha… 011
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 17hThe moment when someone you love uses your name, unprompted, naturally, as if it were the only name they ever knew for you: that is one of the small, enormous things. If you have had it, you know exactly what I mean. If it is still coming, it is worth everything it will take to get there. 000
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 19hSandie Peggie says staff stayed quiet because they were frightened. I believe her. But I keep thinking about a different silence. Read what I think is really going on:helenwebberley.comNHS nurse claims staff stayed silent over trans rights 'out of fear' | Dr Helen WebberleySandie Peggie is taking the RCN to tribunal. The silence she describes on NHS wards matters most for the trans patients in those wards. 071
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 21hThe argument that trans people should wait longer, prove more, and ask for less is not a medical position. It is a political one. Every other area of medicine asks whether treatment works, then provides it. Only in gender care do we add a second test: has this person suffered visibly enough, for…helenwebberley.comWhat the NHS wait for trans healthcare does to a teenager | Dr Helen WebberleyThe wait is the harm. Robyn's story, and what families can do right now. 091
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026Everyone seems to have a view on what's harmful to trans people. I have a view too, and it might not be the one you're expecting.youtube.comThis Is What's Really HarmfulWant to read more about this? I post daily here 👉 https://bit.ly/helenwebberley✅ SUBSCRIBE 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@HelenWebberley?sub_confirmation=1CONN... 021
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026To everyone who spent the weekend calling gender-affirming care 'experimental' on the internet: oestrogen therapy has been in clinical use longer than colour television. Testosterone has a similarly ancient track record. Puberty blockers were prescribed routinely decades before a single trans young… 052
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026A butterfly gown, a packed front row, and a 17-year-old who already knows what she's doing. I've written about what Kai Schreiber's week actually means.helenwebberley.comKai Schreiber walks Thom Browne as her parents cheer from the front row | Dr Helen WebberleyNaomi Watts and Liev Schreiber sat together to watch their daughter Kai make her Thom Browne debut. A beautiful moment, and a visible one. 011
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026Something small and true for a Monday morning: the people who knew you before and still use your name, still show up, still get it right without being reminded every time, those people are a gift. Let yourself feel that today. 031
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026Withholding gender-affirming care is a decision, and it has consequences. A parent's refusal is not neutral. Young trans… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/par… 030
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026The centrist pitch sounds reasonable until you watch where it ends. Labour tried it. Trans youth healthcare was criminalised. A trans cancer patient gets a side room. My full take is here.helenwebberley.comCentrists won't tell you where 'moderating' on trans rights ends up | Dr Helen WebberleyEvery concession becomes the new floor. The UK Labour Party is the case study centrists never mention. 020
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 28/09/2026There is a sentence I hear all the time from people who came to trans healthcare late: 'I thought I had missed my chance.' Let me tell you why that sentence is wrong, and what it costs when people believe it. 151
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 27/09/2026Parents who affirm their trans child are not brainwashing anyone. The evidence is clear, the major bodies… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/aff… 041
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 27/09/2026Trans kids exist in every classroom. The question isn't whether schools should acknowledge that, it's why so many still don't. My take is atyoutube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAt0DG6uM5I 030
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 27/09/2026The Lib Dems have committed to restoring trans rights. It's a meaningful set of proposals. But I keep coming back to the same question: restore what, exactly? My full take is athelenwebberley.comLib Dems commit to restoring trans rights | Dr Helen WebberleyThe Equality Act hasn't changed. But the way it's being applied has. Helen unpacks what restoring trans rights must actually mean. 130
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 27/09/2026The grief is real. The fear is real. So is the child standing in front of you. I've written about what parents… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/par… 020
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 27/09/2026From the archive, still true: Trans, black, tall, short - they are just adjectives to the word 'Woman'helenwebberley.comTrans women need to be recognised as women | Dr Helen WebberleyThe logic used to exclude trans women from womanhood is the same logic used against Black women before. Angela Y Davis saw the pattern. 161
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 27/09/2026A bar asked customers to cover clothing designed to exclude trans women. That was enough to bring protesters back two Sundays running. The Sports Bra's response is worth reading. My full take here:helenwebberley.comProtesters clash again outside Portland's The Sports Bra | Dr Helen WebberleyThe Sports Bra asked customers to cover anti-trans messaging. Then the street outside became a battleground. 122
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 26/09/2026I made an imprecise claim on live television and I'd rather correct it than let it stand. What does the science actually say… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/whe… 011
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 26/09/2026A story worth your weekend: Transitioning as a trans man after raising your familyhelenwebberley.comTransitioning as a trans man after raising your family | Dr Helen WebberleyOtto raised his children as their mother. At sixty-two, he stepped into himself, and his family grew with him. 001
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 26/09/2026"Intimate partner violence, not hate", as though those two things can't share the same root. I've written about what this Manhattan Institute report gets wrong, and why it matters who's making the argument.helenwebberley.comWhat the 'trans murder rate' debate is really telling us | Dr Helen WebberleyIntimate partner violence is not evidence that transphobia is not a problem. It is what marginalisation looks like up close. 010
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 26/09/2026A new government, and trans people in the UK are still losing ground. Schools, healthcare… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/lab… 010
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 26/09/2026Six hospitals. Same pattern every time. No wrongdoing, no court ruling, no evidence of harm. Just federal pressure, and children left mid-treatment. My full take:helenwebberley.comWhat the Trump DOJ settlements mean for trans youth care | Dr Helen WebberleySix hospitals. No wrongdoing found. Federal pressure alone ended care for trans young people mid-treatment. 001
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 26/09/2026What landed best this week: Dems with anti-trans views are on the ballot. What should pro-trans voters do with them?helenwebberley.comDems with anti-trans views are on the ballot. What now? | Dr Helen WebberleyHelen Webberley on the brutal calculation facing pro-trans voters when their own party lets them down. 001
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026A post is going round claiming a trans woman can't need both gynaecological and prostate care. She can. The anatomy is… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/tra… 051
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026Transness and eating disorders show up together far more often than most clinicians expect. I've been exploring why, and what good care actually looks like.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ecNg1Nq-uE 000
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026To everyone who has ever told a trans person that their HRT is experimental or dangerous: testosterone therapy and oestrogen have been used in medicine since before most of their critics were born. The only thing that changed is who is taking them, and the outrage arrived precisely at that moment…helenwebberley.comHRT milestones: physical changes, euphoria and affirmation | Dr Helen WebberleyWhat changes on HRT, when it happens, and why celebrating each milestone is part of transition. 030
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026"We were promised a sisterhood and given a brother." Strip that premise away and the lawsuit has nothing left. My full read of what is actually happening in this federal appeal is athelenwebberley.comSorority alumnae take trans lawsuit to federal court | Dr Helen WebberleyThe Kappa Kappa Gamma case is back in federal court. Helen Webberley on what it means for trans women and single-sex spaces. 030
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026One person's story. One very particular way of telling it. And a whole community being used… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/d-s… 010
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026The prostate does not define the person. The body carries the history of where it has been, not a verdict on who its owner is. Trans people navigating surgical care deserve straight answers about what their anatomy does, without the question being treated as strange or embarrassing. Good medicine…helenwebberley.comWhat happens to the prostate after vaginoplasty | Dr Helen WebberleyIt stays, it shrinks, and it mostly stays quiet. Here's the honest answer. 040
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026Gillick competence gets misrepresented constantly, and the people who pay for that are parents trying to do right by their… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/chi… 000
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026When unions defend trans members, that is not sabotage. That is the entire point of a union. I have pushed back on the piece that calls it a threat:helenwebberley.comTrade unions back trans workers. That is not a crisis. | Dr Helen WebberleyUnions representing trans members is democracy, not disruption. Helen Webberley responds to UnHerd's framing. 052
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 25/09/2026When a paediatrician does not understand gender dysphoria, the child in front of them pays the price. Not with inconvenience. With years. Years of being told their feelings need more investigation, more evidence, more time. I wish my paediatrician had understood me is not a metaphor. It is…helenwebberley.comI wish my paediatrician understood me | Dr Helen WebberleyThe child in the room pays the price when their paediatrician does not understand gender diversity. 040
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026Hospitals going silent. Clinicians still employed but no longer allowed to help. This is what provider retreat looks like in… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/pro… 040
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026A father who never got to meet his son. A grief that runs in two directions at once. I've been thinking about this, and I've put it into words.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPAPjpU0zvg 130
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026I keep seeing commentators describe their complete unfamiliarity with trans healthcare as a kind of virtue: 'I'm just asking questions.' Yes. Questions with predetermined answers, asked loudly, in places where trans people cannot respond without being accused of being defensive. That is not… 1138
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026Two Colorado ballot measures dressed up as child protection would let the government override private medical decisions made by families and doctors. My full take on what is really going on:helenwebberley.comColorado ballot measures would strip trans families of medical privacy | Dr Helen WebberleyTwo Colorado propositions would let government override families and doctors on trans youth care. Here is what they would actually do. 000
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026Your child just told you they're trans, and now you have a hundred questions. But there's one thing that… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/chi… 000
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026There is a version of your future self who got through this period, who found the people and the care and the ordinary Tuesday mornings they needed. That person is not wishful thinking. They are you, further along. Every small thing you do today is part of what gets you there. 031
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026Your GP and your gender clinic are both involved in your care, but who does what, and who's… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/gp-… 122
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026Nassau County told a roller derby league they can't use public parks their own taxes fund. The reason? They won't ban their trans teammates. Here's what I think about that:helenwebberley.comNY Roller Derby League Moves to Jam Blakeman Transgender Ban | Dr Helen WebberleyA roller derby league is suing Nassau County over a ban on trans athletes. Legal experts say the county is on shaky ground. 010
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 24/09/2026What trans people taught me about transition is not what I expected to learn from a career in medicine. The knowledge that matters most in this area does not come from guidelines, it comes from people who have lived it. The guidelines are useful when they follow the evidence. The evidence has…helenwebberley.comWhat trans people taught me about transition | Dr Helen WebberleyThe thing most people needed most was simply to be believed. Helen on what she learned from listening. 031
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 23/09/2026Big Brother's Zelah Glasson sat down with me to talk transition, body image, eating disorders, and losing his father before he could see who his son became. Come and meet him.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgdmGRyS-8 020
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 23/09/2026Extraordinary how providers retreating from trans care in Texas are framing it as a clinical decision while trans Texans are scrambling to find anyone willing to help them. That gap, between the careful press release and the person on hold for the third hour, is where the real story lives. Call it…helenwebberley.comProvider retreat from trans care in Texas explained | Dr Helen WebberleyPolitical pressure is pushing Texas providers out of trans care. Here is what is happening and who is paying the price. 001
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 23/09/2026Colorado wants to put the government between a trans child and her doctor. A dad named Chris is fighting back. My take on what these propositions really do:helenwebberley.comColorado ballot measures would strip trans families of medical privacy | Dr Helen WebberleyTwo Colorado propositions would let government override families and doctors on trans youth care. Here is what they would actually do. 011
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 23/09/2026Seven and a half years on a waiting list isn't an inconvenience. Every month is a permanent physical change nobody… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/nhs… 040
Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 23/09/2026If you are at the stage where transition feels real for the first time, not abstract, not theoretical, but actually yours: that moment is significant. You are allowed to let it land. You do not have to qualify it or manage it or immediately plan the next step. Just let it be real for a minute. 021