Medical professional – Dr Adrian Harrop from Liverpool – and GenderGP, a private healthcare provider for trans UK citizens, have both appealed against the recent British court ruling to prevent children under 16 from accessing puberty blockers without legal approval.
Dr Harrop, who defended the rights of young trans people, told the BBC: “It makes me terribly worried that there is now nothing there for those children, and nothing that can be done to help them.
Parents are being left at a point where they’re having to struggle to cope with these children who are in a real state of distress and anxiety.
Sadly, there is a very real risk of seeing more suicides.”GenderGP added: “The mental health implications of this cannot be underestimated,.