The Collapse Of The UK’s Gender Identity Clinic - Hannah Barnes - #611

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Hannah Barnes is an award-winning investigative journalist, and an author. Finding your place in the world can be hard. However, some interventions for struggling children may cause more harm than good. Britain's Gender Identity Development Service at The Tavistock Clinic has recently been shut down after controversial use of puberty blockers and Hannah's investigation uncovers exactly what happened. Expect to learn why there was a huge increase in the number of children being referred for puberty blockers, just how ideological this institution was, whether the effects of puberty blockers can be reversed, whether children can consent to life altering medication, just who is to blame, how these treatments can put children on a one-way-ticket to much more serious procedures and much more… Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at https://boncharge.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:33) How Hannah Thought Her Book Would Be Received (04:39) The Story of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) (19:19) When GIDS Started Using Puberty Blockers (30:35) Are Puberty Blockers Reversible? (40:45) Is it Ethical for Minors to Consent to Life-Altering Procedures? (42:28) How Many Young People in Gender Clinics Are Simply Gay? (47:21) The Mental State of Young People Referred to GIDS (57:42) What Caused the Influx of Admissions to GIDS in 2015/16? (1:05:47) The Role Ideology Played in Gender-Affirming Policy (1:14:00) Why Are There So Many Problems & Who is to Blame? (1:26:13) The Lesson Chris Has Learned from Hannah’s Book (1:30:38) Where to Find Hannah Extra Stuff: Buy Time To Think - https://amzn.to/3GkjIRX Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.2	My guest today is Hannah Barnes.
0:05.2	She's an award-winning investigative journalist and an author.
0:09.5	Finding your place in the world can be hard.
0:12.1	However, some interventions for struggling children may cause more harm than good.
0:17.4	Britain's Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock Clinic has recently been
0:21.9	shut down after controversial use of puberty blockers and Hannah's investigation uncovers
0:27.7	exactly what happened.
0:29.8	Expect to learn why there was a huge increase in the number of children being referred
0:34.3	for puberty blockers, just how ideological this institution was, whether the effects of
0:40.0	puberty blockers can be reversed, whether children can consent to life-altering medication,
0:45.7	just who is to blame, how these treatments can put children on a one-way ticket to much
0:50.8	more serious procedures, and much more.
0:55.6	A very spicy, probably quite hotly contested topic today.
1:02.3	However, Hannah is unbelievably measured in the way that she puts this across.
1:07.5	It's evident that she is really trying hard to be objective, to not try and trigger tribal
1:12.3	responses.
1:13.3	The work that she's done here is super, super impressive.
1:16.8	I really hope that you enjoyed this one.
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