Recently I wrote about Dr. Hillary Cass, author of the Cass Review of the treatment of pediatric trans patients in the UK. Dr. Cass’s report essentially makes the case that gender-affirming care is doing harm to children and that the use of puberty blockers and hormones should be suspended until there is more solid evidence on their effects. Trans activists were not pleased about this and she was recently warned not to use public transportation for her own safety.
Dr. Cass said she was less bothered by the threats she has received than by the misinformation she has seen spread about her report. She specifically cited some claims being made by a Member of Parliament from the Labour Party named Dawn Butler.
In the days after the Cass review was published, activists claimed on social media that only two out of 100 studies were included in the report.
Butler told the House of Commons:…
