After a shocking statement into the NHS’s services was released, Big Brother legend Hallie Clark has declared that it is “damaging” for young trans people to be denied medication.
The 19-year-old past assistance worker, who came out as trans on the ITV present, received glowing reviews from viewers and provided more information about her shift on social media last year.
Hallie stated on Sky News that” a safe area needs to be created” for younger people to freely explore their gender identity.
The Cass Report came to the conclusion that the rationale behind giving kids puberty blockers “remains questionable” and that many children who were questioned about their gender identity were being put on irreversible treatment roads without medical information.
She stated to Sarah-Janes Mee,” I think it’s really important for young trans people to have a place where they feel protected and recognized to observe their gender identity and have access to clinically transitioning opportunities.”
I do n’t support prescribing medications for people who have been vetted thoroughly or follow the proper procedures, but it’s just as damaging to refuse to give them the medications they sorely need or are suffering without.
‘ So I think it’s all about creating a space where they can freely explore their gender identity, and feel safe doing so and respected.’
Hallie was only Big Brother’s third transgender contestant, and came out to her fellow housemates on her second day on the show.
The major review of care for young people in England who are gender-asked found that young people were being deceived by a lack of research and evidence on the medical interventions that had come into use as a norm.
The entirety of gender medicine for young people is “built on shaky foundations,” as Dr. Cass herself put it.
These included the use of contentious puberty blockers, which stop bodily processes like breast development and facial hair growth from occurring.
It also took aim at the evidence, or lack thereof, on social transitioning, where a child is treated as if they had switch genders, for example changing pronouns and the use of cross- sex hormones in teenager.
A call for gender services to operate” to the same standards” as other health services for children and young people, with” a holistic assessment” of the people referred, is one of the report’s 32 recommendations.
Such a holistic approach would include a mental health assessment as well as a screening for neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.
The NHS should alter some other gender care standards, according to the Cass report.
This includes a review of its policy to start masculinizing or feminizing hormones in 16-year-old children, with a recommendation for “extreme caution” in the report.
According to Dr. Cass, “hormones should be provided right away rather than waiting until someone reaches 18 .”
According to the review, the use of these hormones should be a part of a study that should include a previously conducted puberty blocker trial, which is anticipated to be completed by December.
In response to the report, NHS England stated that it had written to local NHS leaders asking them to halt offers for first appointments at adult gender clinics for young people before their 18th birthday and that it is “bringing forward its systemic review of adult gender services.”
In general, the health service stated that it was “very grateful to Dr. Cass and her team for their thorough work on this crucial review” and that it would” set out a full implementation plan following careful consideration of this final report and its recommendations.”
Last week, Hallie opened up about her own transition on Instagram, along with a series of childhood snaps.
Marking the Trans Day Of Visibility, Hallie wrote: ‘ Happy trans day of visibility to all of my trans brothers and sisters. Today we Celebrate who we are because we are f***ing FABULO US!
No one’s journey is the same, and we all have their own stories to tell, which is something I find beautiful about our community.
I wish the younger me could see herself now and the woman she has become and everything she has accomplished.
She has a whole community of people who share her feelings, and if I could go back and tell her something, it would be that she is not alone.
It is crucial that we stand together and act as LOUD AND PROUD as possible as a community.
Because the world is currently rough, and our government is more concerned with our gender than with the issues that are actually occurring in this country. So go out there and introduce yourself to everyone! !
‘ Because you are Unique and most of all you are beautiful. I have no idea what else to say besides,” Keep living your goddamn truth!”
After only 21 days on the show, Hallie became the third housemate to be expelled from the Big Brother house.
