You’re probably familiar with the Cass Review which came out last year in the UK. That report, which was four years in the making, concluded that gender-affirming care and the medical pathway many kids with gender dysphoria were put on was not the best approach. It resulted in changes to the UK approach to trans issues including putting an end to the use of puberty blockers for pediatric patients.
This month another report came out which identifies another nationwide problem with adopting the trans agenda wholesale. The Sullivan Review, written by sociology professor Alice Sullivan, looked at the ways in which careless use of the words sex and gender resulted in years of poor quality data collection.
In February 2024 the government commissioned the UCL professor Alice Sullivan to review how data on sex and gender identity was collected by public bodies. Her…