Stephanie Davies-Arai: Gender ‘Affirmation’ for Children Is Cruel

The practice of so-called gender affirmation is not kind, but cruel, said Stephanie Davies-Arai, founder and director of Transgender Trend. Speaking to NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme in March, Ms. Davies-Arai said we can either teach children “reality and the truth, which is you can’t change sex,” or transgender ideology, but not “a bit of both.” She also spoke of the irreversible harm that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones can do to children, and said older teens are “a really, really vulnerable age group.” Last month, NHS England confirmed that it will no longer routinely give children puberty blockers because there’s not enough evidence to support their safety or clinical effectiveness....