The High Court in London is hearing a case that could stop trans teenagers in the UK from getting puberty blockers. Two women have brought the case.
One is the mother of an autistic 16-year-old awaiting treatment. To protect her child’s identity, she is only called Mrs A. The other is Keira Bell, now 23-years-old.
At 16 she took the hormone blockers before transitioning to male at 17. However she later destransitioned to female again. The first day of evidence focused on the pair’s claims against the UK’s only National Health Service gender clinic that treats children.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust runs the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), based in Hampstead, north-west London.