Gender-Questioning Youth Trend: Explosive Increase in UK Teenage Girls Seeking Gender Care, Cass Review Reveals
London, United Kingdom – In recent years, the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in the UK has seen a significant increase in referrals, particularly among gender-questioning youth. The number of referrals surpassed 5,000 in 2021/2022, marking a notable surge compared to the few hundred referrals reported a decade earlier. Notably, teenage girls accounted for a growing proportion of these referrals, with almost two-thirds of recent cases involving girls. The rise in referrals coincided with a …