A medical tribunal has determined that it is appropriate to put pre-teen girls on testosterone if they believe they are transgender, and that the medical professional simply needs to “move with the times” on transgenderism.
The argument was heard during a malpractice tribunal for Dr Helen Webberly, the founder of the GenderGP website, who was accused of failing to provide good clinical care to three biologically female patients, age 11, 12, and 17, who believed themselves to be transgender.
Allegations were brought against Webberly by the General Medical Council, with the statement of facts noting that at only 12-years-old, Webberly had put one of the girls on testosterone. 83 of the allegations against her were not proven, with only 36 allegations being proved.
None of the proven allegations related to actually putting pre-teen girls on testosterone, and in fact, Angus Macpherson, the chairman of the panel, argued that there was nothing wrong with doing so.
“The tribunal finds that the reluctance of the Endocrine Society and others to embrace enlightened views of transgenderism is symptomatic of the tendency in all professions to be slow to move with the times,” Macpherson argued.
“This inertia in respect to medical attitudes to transgenderism mirrors past attitudes to homosexuality, which was classified by the APA as a mental illness until the 1973 edition of their DMS,” he continued, describing Webberley as being “at the vanguard” of evolving “transgender healthcare.”
The Gender GP website was seen as an “alternative” to desperate young people, Macpherson argued, despite the fact that Webberley was convicted in 2018 of running the independent practice without being registered.
Speaking in 2021, Webberley told the press that giving very young children puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones couldn’t be tantamount of experimentation, because “doing nothing and waiting to see what happens causes puberty to happen.”
“We can ask the transgender adults of today when they knew they were trans and they will say they knew something wasn’t right when they were growing up,” Webberley said. “They might not have known why they didn’t fit in or what the language was to explain it at the time but they knew from a really young age – even if they couldn’t describe it at the time as being transgender.”
“Don’t pass judgement until you’ve spoken to these people who are begging for us to stop their puberty because you will be converted,” she continued. “You will realise that they do know what they’re talking about. People are struggling so much that they’re harming themselves and contemplating suicide. The evidence is still there but you’ll still get people who don’t care to listen to it.”
On her Twitter page, Webberley continues to this day to advocate for extremely young children, some in primary school, to become transgender, and has posted articles advocating putting children on cross-sex hormones as soon as possible.
I love parents and trans kids that can support and encourage each other 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ https://t.co/z98axbGhAV
— Dr Helen Webberley 🏳️⚧️🧜♀️🏳️⚧️ (@MyWebDoctorUK) March 2, 2022
Trans youth denied hormones at greater risk of depression, suicide https://t.co/VTImLJMcRN
— Dr Helen Webberley 🏳️⚧️🧜♀️🏳️⚧️ (@MyWebDoctorUK) December 15, 2021
