not so long ago in 2010, a0 girls under 18 were referred to the gender identity development service in the uk. by 2018, that number had risen from a0 to 1,800. now, that suggests that perhaps it isn t that children are experiencing something fundamentally different. it s just standards of diagnosis and the way clinicians are dealing with this is fundamentally changing. is that what you think? well, i actually think. i mean, it goes back to your earlier question about my experience growing up. as i said to you, when i was growing up, when i turned on the television or opened a newspaper the internet was very ropey in those days but i didn t see any trans people, so therefore i did not come out until my 20s. what is happening now, i think, is that more and more young people are aware of the existence of gender diversity, of trans people, of gender nonconforming people. and so a lot of young people are able to give voice to what some people have always felt. and i think. you know, i
and all her friends now understand her to be a girl, even though she was assigned male at birth, the alleviation in her distress compared to how she was before, that for me is the convincing argument in her case. and i think it s about looking at balancing. what we have to look at with young people is balancing the severe distress that gender dysphoria can cause versus all potential options for them. of course, potential risks. and a constant review with the child themselves. but what is really going on here? because the data is extraordinary. there seems to have been this exponential sort of explosion in the numbers of children who are being taken to clinics and who are being reported as experiencing gender dysphoria in recent years. you know, i think the figures that were used in the new statesman magazine not so long ago in 2010, a0 girls under 18 were referred to the gender identity development service in the uk. by 2018, that number had
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figures that were used in the new statesman magazine not so long ago in 2010, a0 girls under 18 were referred to the gender identity development service in the uk. by 2018, that number had risen from a0 to 1,800. now, that suggests that perhaps it isn t that children are experiencing something fundamentally different. it s just standards of diagnosis and the way clinicians are dealing with this is fundamentally changing. is that what you think? well, i actually think. i mean, it goes back to your earlier question about my experience growing up. as i said to you, when i was growing up, when i turned on the television or opened a newspaper the internet was very ropey in those days but i didn t see any trans people, so therefore i did not come out until my 20s. what is happening now, i think, is that more and more young people are aware of the existence of gender diversity, of trans people,