Dr. Hilary Cass, who authored the long-awaited British report criticizing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> medical procedures for children, said she is not taking public transportation due to safety concerns.
The Cass Review was <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> earlier this month. It is the result of a major independent <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> on children and gender identity <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/implementing-advice-from-the-cass-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commissioned</a> by Britain&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS) in 2020.
Cass herself is a pediatrician and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
“The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress,” Cass stated in her report.
In an <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hilary-cass-i-cant-travel-on-public-transport-any-more-35pt0mvnh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The Times of London published Friday, Cass, 66, said she has received “vile” abusive emails and been warned to stay away from public transportation in the wake of her report.
“There are some pretty vile emails coming in at the moment. Most of which my team is protecting me from, so I’m not getting to see them,” she told the paper.
“I’m not going on public transport at the moment, following security advice, which is inconvenient,” Cass said.
What bothers her more, however, is the &#8220;disinformation&#8221; surrounding her report.
“I have been really frustrated by the criticisms, because it is straight disinformation. It is completely inaccurate,&#8221; she said.
“What dismays me is just how childish the debate can become. If I don’t agree with somebody then I’m called transphobic or a TERF [trans-exclusionary radical feminist].”
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Just before the Cass Review came out, accusations circulated that the report had wrongly excluded dozens of transgender studies, a claim Cass said is false.
Labour MP Dawn Butler claimed there were about 100 studies that were not included in the Cass Review, and &#8220;we need to know why.”
&#8220;You don’t get up in parliament with an intent to spread misinformation,&#8221; Cass said.
“If you deliberately try to undermine a report that has looked at the evidence of children’s healthcare, then that’s unforgivable. You are putting children at risk by doing that,” she said.
Asked whether the attacks bother her, Cass said, &#8220;No.&#8221;
“It’s personal, but these people don’t know me,&#8221; she said. “I’m much, much more upset and frustrated about all this disinformation than I am about the abuse. The thing that makes me seethe is the misinformation.”
Cass&#8217; much anticipated report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/weak-evidence-britains-nhs-to-review-all-transgender-treatment-after-major-report">sharply criticized</a> the transgender medicine industry targeting youth, saying the evidence for gender medicine is built on “shaky foundations.”
Cross-sex hormones — estrogen and testosterone — should be prescribed to trans-identifying 16 and 17-year-olds only with an “extremely cautious” approach, and there should be a “clear clinical rationale” for not waiting until the teen is 18, the report says.
Waiting would preserve fertility and manage any other conditions. The report also warns that children who are referred to gender services present with high rates of abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse and parental substance abuse.
Cass cautioned that she has also spoken to detransitioners who “deeply regret” their earlier transitions.
After the report&#8217;s release, the NHS responded saying it will review all transgender treatment it provides, including to adults, and all new treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds will be paused immediately.
Scotland also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotland-pauses-transgender-medications-for-minors">said</a> it would pause all new prescriptions of transgender medications for minors.

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Britain&#8217;s National Health Service (NHS) will review all transgender medical treatment in the wake of a highly-anticipated review that found such treatment is built on &#8220;weak evidence.&#8221;
The landmark final <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released Tuesday by pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass is the result of a major independent <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> on children and gender identity <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/implementing-advice-from-the-cass-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commissioned</a> by the NHS in 2020. Cass is a former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
&#8220;The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress,&#8221; Cass stated in her report.
The evidence we do have for gender medicine is built on &#8220;shaky foundations,&#8221; she wrote in an accompanying <a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q814" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">editorial</a> published in a medical journal.
Puberty blockers should no longer be prescribed to children except in the context of research due to these powerful drugs&#8217; effects on brain development and bone health, the report says.
Cross-sex hormones — estrogen and testosterone — should be prescribed to trans-identifying 16 and 17-year-olds only with an &#8220;extremely cautious&#8221; approach, and there should be a &#8220;clear clinical rationale&#8221; for not waiting until the teen is 18, the report says.
Waiting would preserve fertility and manage any other conditions. The report also warns that children who are referred to gender services present with high rates of abuse and neglect including sexual abuse and parental substance abuse.
Cass cautioned that she has also spoken to detransitioners who &#8220;deeply regret&#8221; their earlier transitions.
The report also demanded an end to the &#8220;toxicity of the debate,&#8221; which it called &#8220;exceptional.&#8221;
&#8220;There are few other areas of healthcare where professionals are so afraid to openly discuss their views, where people are vilified on social media, and where name-calling echoes the worst bullying behaviour. This must stop,&#8221; Cass wrote.
The NHS <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-englands-response-to-the-final-report-of-the-independent-review-of-gender-identity-services-for-children-and-young-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a statement on the Cass review a day after its publication, detailing the actions it will take in response.
The NHS said it will review all transgender treatment it provides, including to adults, and all new treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds will be paused immediately.
&#8220;In view of your advice about the need for caution in the initiation of medical interventions for young people under 18 years of age, our letter instructs the adult gender clinics to implement a pause on offering first appointments to young people below their 18th birthday,&#8221; the NHS said in its response.
The NHS is taking other measures as well, including establishing at least two new children&#8217;s gender services locations and working on clinical guidance explaining that puberty blockers are no longer routinely available.
Last week, the Tavistock clinic, England&#8217;s only youth gender identity clinic, officially closed its doors after being dogged by controversy for years.
The clinic, the biggest in the world, <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/03/inside-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-centre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> thousands of children for puberty blockers. In its last years, Tavistock began to see an increasing flood of young girls with gender-related distress asking for drugs despite having other mental issues like depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and histories of abuse.
In the U.S., <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indianas-ban-on-transgender-medical-services-for-minors-can-take-effect-court-rules#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least</a> 23 states have already moved to ban medical transgender services for children.

‘Weak Evidence:’ Britain’s NHS To Review All Transgender Treatment After Major Report

'Weak Evidence:' Britain's NHS To Review All Transgender Treatment After Major Report

London&#8217;s Victoria &amp; Albert Museum took some serious backlash over the weekend after it was reported that an exhibit on British humor had included the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher alongside Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler in a short list of &#8220;contemporary villains.&#8221;
The exhibit, which was meant to show how British humor had evolved over time, showcased Victorian &#8220;Punch &amp; Judy&#8221; puppets along with a caption that included the following:
<blockquote>Over the years, the evil character in this seaside puppet show has shifted from the Devil to unpopular public figures including Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatcher and Osama bin Laden, to offer contemporary villains.</blockquote>
Critics were quick to address the issue, with many noting that whatever people thought of Thatcher — Britain&#8217;s first female prime minister — she hardly belonged on a short list of &#8220;villains&#8221; that only included 9/11 architect and al Qaeda terrorist bin Laden and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Nile Gardiner, former aide to Thatcher, argued that the museum should lose access to any government funding over the display. &#8220;The V&amp; A should have its public funding taken away because it&#8217;s engaging here in political activity,&#8221; he said.
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&#39;The V&amp;A should have its public funding taken away because it&#39;s engaging here in political activity.&#39;
Former aide to Margaret Thatcher, Nile Gardiner, reacts to the V&amp;A exhibition listing Margaret Thatcher as a &#39;contemporary villain&#39; alongside Hitler and Osama Bin Laden. <a href="https://t.co/ZEXjmguHIv">pic.twitter.com/ZEXjmguHIv</a>
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Deputy leader of Reform UK, Ben Habib, argued that whatever one thought of Thatcher&#8217;s politics, she was an important part of Britain&#8217;s history. He added, &#8220;Whoever made this decision should be sacked.&#8221;
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&#39;Whoever made this decision should be sacked&#39;.
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&#8220;It’s staggeringly offensive to bracket Britain’s first female Prime Minister with a genocidal maniac and a terrorist,&#8221; Telegraph associate editor Camilla Tominey <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/16/victoria-albert-museum-margaret-thatcher-exhibition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
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🖊 &quot;Why does the V&amp;A think Margaret Thatcher is a villain equivalent to Hitler?&quot;
&quot;It’s staggeringly offensive to bracket Britain’s first female Prime Minister with a genocidal maniac and a terrorist&quot;
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&#8220;Whoever wrote that caption should be called out publicly for being a moron, or perhaps more usefully sent to read a Ladybird book of modern world history. It is sadly symptomatic of the woke, luvvie-dom nonsense that persists in our public institutions,&#8221; Sir Connor Burns, a former trade minister and Conservative MP said. &#8220;They should be given a serious rap across the knuckles and a clarion instruction to grow up.&#8221;
According to a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13207861/Anger-museum-lists-Margaret-Thatcher-Punch-Judy-villain-alongside-Hitler-Bin-Laden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Sunday by The Daily Mail, the V&amp;A took in the majority of it&#8217;s funding from the government through the Department of Culture — to the tune of £67 million — in the last year.

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London Museum Showcases ‘Contemporary Villains’: Hitler, Bin Laden, And … Margaret Thatcher?

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Television host Piers Morgan called &#8220;bulls***&#8221; on his guest — a doctor in Britain&#8217;s National Health Service  — for referring to the October 7th massacre as &#8220;an act of resistance&#8221; and claiming that Hamas was not a terrorist organization but a group of &#8220;freedom fighters.&#8221;
Morgan posted a clip from the interview on his show, &#8220;Piers Morgan Uncensored,&#8221; with NHS Dr. Wahid Asif Shaida, to social media with the caption, &#8220;&#8216;How can you, a British NHS doctor, say that&#8217;s a &#8216;welcome punch on the nose&#8217;?&#8217; Piers Morgan vehemently challenges Dr Abdul Wahid for his comments about the Hamas attacks on Oct 7.&#8221;
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&quot;How can you, a British NHS doctor, say that&#39;s a &#39;welcome punch on the nose&#39;?&quot;
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Morgan began with a clip from another interview in which the doctor referred to Hamas terrorists as the &#8220;brave Mujahideen&#8221; and called the deadly October 7th attack on Israeli civilians a &#8220;very welcome punch on the nose.&#8221;
Morgan asked how he, as a doctor with the NHS, could refer to Hamas&#8217; unrestrained brutality against women and children as &#8220;resistance.&#8221;
&#8220;How can you categorize a terror attack — in which 1,200 mostly innocent civilian people were brutally attacked, raped, tortured, beheaded, and murdered — how can you, a British NHS doctor, an NHS doctor in Britain, how can you say that&#8217;s a &#8216;welcome punch on the nose&#8217;?&#8221;
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Dr. Shaida said he would answer the question, but only if Morgan agreed to let him give his full response — which the host said he would do.
&#8220;I will be frank, I&#8217;ll be as concise as I can be,&#8221; Shaida said. &#8220;But if you give me the courtesy of letting me answer fully.&#8221;
Morgan once again agreed, and Shaida began, &#8220;I will defend the right of the Palestinians to resist an occupation. When you look at that —&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not resistance, that&#8217;s terrorism!&#8221; Morgan objected.
Shaida pivoted slightly, suggesting that October 7th only seemed like terrorism if one believed that the history of the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians had only begun that day. He then complained that the word terrorism itself had become too &#8220;political,&#8221; but Morgan brought the conversation back to the topic at hand.
&#8220;You can be deeply sympathetic to the plight of Palestinian civilians, which I am by the way and have expressed many times,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;What you can&#8217;t do is be weaselly-mouthed about what happened on October the 7th. That was a grotesque terror attack.&#8221;
Dr. Shaida continued to complain about the &#8220;politicization&#8221; of the word terrorism, and Morgan finally asked him directly: &#8220;Do you think what happened October the 7th was a terror attack?&#8221;
Shaida pushed back again, calling it &#8220;resistance.&#8221; He went on to cite the Islamic &#8220;standard in conflict&#8221; which did not allow the killing of children or women or mutilation of those they did kill — and Morgan immediately pointed out that Hamas had done all of those things and more.
&#8220;If anybody did that —&#8221; Shaida said.
&#8220;What do you mean, &#8216;if&#8217;?&#8221; Morgan practically shouted back. &#8220;They literally broadcast it on their own streaming platforms! Hamas broadcast it merrily to the world. &#8216;Here&#8217;s us doing these terrible things.&#8217; What do you mean, &#8216;if&#8217;?&#8221;
Shaida eventually conceded that 1,200 people had been killed on October 7th.
&#8220;By terrorists?&#8221; Morgan prompted.
&#8220;By people who were resisting an occupation,&#8221; Shaida insisted.
&#8220;Bulls***,&#8221; Morgan lost his patience.
&#8220;Have you not heard the adage: &#8216;One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter&#8217;?&#8221; Shaida tried once more, but Morgan was not having it.
&#8220;Bulls***,&#8221; he said again.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/womens-swimsuits-arent-accessorized-with-a-bulge-riley-gaines-slams-adidas-swimwear-line-modeled-by-male" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> praised the British Cycling organization on Friday after it announced a ban on males competing in the female category, crediting them with &#8220;prioritizing fairness.&#8221;
The former swimming champion — who was deprived of an NCAA award by male swimmer Lia Thomas — responded to news: &#8220;Breaking: British Cycling departs from International Federation rules and limits women&#8217;s competitive cycling to the FEMALE SEX ONLY.&#8221;
&#8220;Great news!&#8221; Gaines tweeted on Friday. &#8220;Prioritizing fairness as intended to be in sports. Women should never be used as collateral damage to validate feelings/identity of others.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s time governing bodies of all sports follow [BritishCycling],&#8221; she added. Gaines also gave a special nod to three-time Olympian female cyclist <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/inga-thompson-3-time-olympian-us-calls-cyclists-protest-against-ucis-transgender-athlete-policy">Inga Thompson</a>, who recently encouraged women to protest the unfairness of women being forced to compete against males in her sport.
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Great news! Prioritizing fairness as intended to be in sports. Women should never be used as collateral damage to validate feelings/identity of others. Its time governing bodies of all sports follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BritishCycling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BritishCycling</a> 
Im certain you played a big part in this! <a href="https://twitter.com/ithompsonfdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ithompsonfdn</a> ⭐️ <a href="https://t.co/3PVua6XYaq">https://t.co/3PVua6XYaq</a>
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The governing body announced that the new cycling policy was made to &#8220;safeguard the fairness of competition,&#8221; The <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12127677/British-Cycling-BAN-transgender-women-racing-female-competition-safeguard-fairness.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
The change includes making the current men&#8217;s category an &#8220;open&#8221; category where trans-identifying male cyclists can compete against other men, while the female category is just for those who were born female, the outlet noted.
British Cycling Chief Executive Jon Dutton said, &#8220;Our new policies are the product of a robust nine-month review process, which we know will have a very real-world impact for our community both now and in the future.&#8221;
&#8220;I am confident that we have developed policies that both safeguard the fairness of cyclesport competition, whilst ensuring all riders have opportunities to participate,&#8221; Dutton added.
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The review concluded that &#8220;even with the suppression of testosterone, trans women who transition post-puberty retain a performance advantage.&#8221;
Trans-identifying male cyclist Emily Bridges blasted the new policy, calling it a &#8220;violent act.&#8221; Bridges was previously set to compete in the female category of the National Omnium Championships. <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/who-is-emily-bridges-trans-cyclist-criticises-new-rules-143636396.html">Bridges</a> previously set the national junior men&#8217;s record over 25 miles before becoming a part of British Cycling&#8217;s Senior Academy in 2019. In 2020, Bridges began identifying as transgender.
The move comes just weeks after trans-identifying male cyclist American Austin Killips won the Tour of the Gila run by the UCI. After the uproar over <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/02/transgender-cyclist-austin-killips-wins-womens-race-causes-outrage/">Killips</a>, the group vowed to review its policy and make a ruling by August, a move many believe will include a ban on males competing in the female category.

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‘Prioritizing Fairness’: Riley Gaines Praises Cycling Group For Ban On Males Competing In Female Category