Islington South CLP passed this motion on 19 February 2025.

We call on Wes Streeting as Health Secretary to withdraw his support for the ban on puberty blockers for trans young people.

As on many medical questions, randomised controlled trials are impractical and unethical here. But puberty blockers have been in use for many years now, and international evidence shows that puberty suppressing hormones are a safe and effective way to temporarily pause a young person’s puberty, giving them time to consider their options for transition.

Rather than honouring Labour’s manifesto commitment to “remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance”, the ban strips trans young people of their bodily autonomy, undermining important medical principles, such as Gillick Competence, in favour of upholding the Conservative approach of politicising the lives of trans people.

The Cass Review did not go so far as to recommend a ban on puberty blockers for trans young people.

Also, the CLP’s LGBT Forum invited Pride in Labour to speak at a Forum meeting on 26/2/25.

Resources at https://transcend.org.au/resources/evidence/ may be useful for debate in other CLPs, especially https://transcend.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Transcend_AusPATH_Pubert-blockers-evidence-brief_2024.pdf