FOR THE RECORD

The Bill threatens to turn teachers and social workers into enforcers of minority ideological beliefs and practices.

Debunking claims made in support of transgender ideology: Children know who they say they are (Gillick Competence), Social Transition is harmless, Transgender children exist, Affirmation saves lives, We need a ban on trans conversion therapy, Puberty blockers are safe, Regret is rare, Being trans is like being left handed, Why do you care it's a tiny number of children?...

The Pathways trial rests on the unexamined assumption that childhood “gender identity” is an innate, medicalisable entity. Child development science – from Piaget to Winnicott – demonstrates the opposite.

EBSWA’s submission explains why we are calling for the Bill to be dropped. We believe that the Bill's provisions would interfere with parents rights and professional judgment, forcing social workers to impose an unevidenced ideological belief in "transgender identity".

X posts from EBSWA member @prof_curiosity The rates of detransition - reversing a gender transition and returning to one's biological sex - are growing rapidly, particularly among young women who transitioned in their teens. Forums for detransitioners now number in the tens of thousands. The phenomenon is not surprising. Five foundational frameworks in developmental psychology effectively predicted it. Their common message: adolescence is characterised by social contagion, co

I have examined all the major (and most of the minor) child development theorists, in the writing of my handbook around child development and gender identity. And not one of these empirical theories supports the "transchild" construct. Indeed, all of them, individually, provide strong evidence against this construct. In addition, they explain why gender identity is attractive to vulnerable children, and why detransition is inevitable for most "transchildren."