Other websites
Other websites
External resources beyond our own network: international evaluations, scientific networks, parent groups, detransition platforms, women's organisations, journalism and more — per category, with descriptions.
International evaluations & government guidelines
Cass Review
[UK]The independent review of NHS gender care for children and young people, led by paediatrician Hilary Cass. Final report April 2024 — concludes that the evidence for puberty blockers and hormones in minors is 'remarkably weak'.
British human rights commission. Published guidance on single-sex spaces after the For Women Scotland ruling.
NHS England
[UK]Stopped routine puberty blockers for minors outside research settings in 2024.
NICE
[UK]NICE reviews (2020) concluded that the evidence for puberty blockers and hormone therapy in minors is of very low quality.
Palko (Finland)
[FI]Determined as early as 2020 that psychotherapy, not hormones, should be the first-line treatment for gender dysphoria in minors.
British think tank — report on institutional capture around gender at British institutions.
SBU (Sweden)
[SE]Swedish state institute for systematic healthcare evaluations. Concluded in 2022 that the evidence for hormone transition in minors is insufficient.
Tightened its guidelines in 2022: puberty blockers only in research settings.
The Danish Health Authority restricted hormone therapy for minors to a much smaller group in 2023.
Official British web archive with the archived Cass reports and annexes after the GIDS portal was taken down.
Ruling of April 2025: 'woman' in the Equality Act 2010 means biological woman. Binding across the UK.
Ukom (Norway)
[NO]Norwegian healthcare investigation board report 2023: gender care for children does not meet patient-safety standards.
The York team produced the seven systematic reviews that formed the basis of the Cass Review.
Critical scientific networks & expert organisations
4thWaveNow
[US]One of the first platforms (since 2015) of parents of gender-dysphoric teens questioning affirmation-only.
American legal organisation litigating against affirmation mandates in schools and healthcare.
Binary Australia
[AU]Australian advocacy organisation against gender self-ID and for women's sex-based rights.
Bioethics network critically examining the medical ethics of paediatric transition.
Magazine of the Manhattan Institute. Hosted extensive WPATH Files analyses by Christopher Rufo.
British platform of therapists critical of ideological influences in psychotherapy — with an extensive resource list on gender.
Do No Harm
[US]American physicians' organisation fighting unsupported gender care and identity politics in medicine — with research and litigation.
Michael Shellenberger's organisation. Published the WPATH Files with Mia Hughes in 2024: internal leaks showing WPATH clinicians privately acknowledging that minors cannot give informed consent.
Newsletter by Bernard Lane — investigative journalism on gender clinics worldwide.
British blog — published the Dentons document and IGLYO report, among others.
Canadian research into gender transition and detransition.
Generazione D
[IT]Italian network of family members, physicians and researchers.
Genspect
[IE/INT]International network of parents, professionals and detransitioners led by Stella O'Malley. Advocates evidence-based care and family involvement.
Australian legal network litigating cases around gender, free speech and conscience.
French research institute evaluating the medicalisation of gender in minors.
Platform of biologist Colin Wright on biological sex and gender.
British network of parents and teachers monitoring and challenging gender ideology in schools.
International association of physicians and researchers assessing the scientific quality of gender-care research. Publishes analyses of guidelines and studies.
Stats for Gender
[INT]Database of statistics and sources on gender dysphoria, transition and detransition — for journalists, policymakers and parents.
Therapy First
[US]Association of therapists defending psychotherapy as the first-line treatment for gender dysphoria.
Thoughtful Therapists
[UK/IE]British and Irish therapists advocating open, exploratory therapy for gender dysphoria instead of automatic affirmation.
British platform of parents and professionals researching the rise of gender dysphoria among girls.
Wider Lens
[INT]Practice and podcast of psychotherapists Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley — an exploratory approach to gender questions in young people.
Parents & families
British parent-support network; advocates evidence-based care rather than automatic affirmation.
American network for parents of trans-identifying children.
Belgian platform for recognition of concerns around paediatric gender care.
EGGOE Österreich
[AT]Austrian network around gender questions and children.
Gezin in Gevaar
[NL]Campaign platform of Civitas Christiana — follows gender care and gender education from a religious-conservative perspective.
MeMoMa
[NL]Dutch mothers around gender questions — blog and advocacy.
Our Duty
[INT]International parent group — direct criticism of affirmation and advocacy.
Substack of parents with first-hand accounts of the trans-medicalisation of their children.
International parent network around Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria.
New Zealand parent platform against gender ideology in schools.
Detransition platforms & voices
#DetransAwarenessDay
[INT]Platform around the annual Detrans Awareness Day (12 March) with stories and resources from detransitioners.
Group of psychologists experienced in therapy for detransitioners and people with transition regret.
Detrans Help
[US]Non-profit by and for detransitioners — practical resources and attention to the state of affirmative care.
Detrans Support
[INT]Data-driven information on detransition and retransition — for the public, healthcare providers and loved ones.
GENID (Sweden)
[SE]Swedish network of detransitioners and critical clinicians.
Gender Rebels
[NL/INT]Platform of detrans voices, including Dutch-language content.
Maia Poet
[US]Substack of detransitioner Maia Poet — reflections and criticism of affirmative care.
Michelle Alleva
[CA]Canadian detransitioner — essays and source archive on transition and regret.
Post Trans
[INT]Collects detransition stories, including Dutch translations.
Post Trans UK
[UK]British sister site of Post Trans — stories of detransitioners in the UK.
Walt Heyer's platform with testimonies of transition regret.
Sinead Watson
[UK]Substack of Scottish detransitioner Sinead Watson.
Women whose partner transitioned — stories and advocacy.
Transregret
[US]Collects personal testimonies of people with transition regret.
Walt Heyer
[US]Personal site of detransitioner and author Walt Heyer.
Women's and feminist organisations — gender-critical
British organisation around women's categories in sport and single-sex spaces.
FiLiA
[UK]British feminist organisation with an annual conference — defends women's sex-based rights.
Scottish legal network. Won the 2025 Supreme Court ruling that 'woman' in the Equality Act means biological woman.
IW Features
[US]IWF's research and storytelling platform — interviews with detransitioners and critical analyses.
American women's organisation — campaigns around women's sport, single-sex spaces and paediatric care.
LGB Alliance
[UK]British LGB organisation without the T — founded by dissident Stonewall members, focused on sexual orientation rather than gender identity.
Australian LGB organisation without the T — focus on sexual orientation, critical of gender self-ID.
Sex Matters
[UK]British human-rights organisation (Helen Joyce, Maya Forstater) — single-sex spaces, legal strategy, advocacy.
Kellie-Jay Keen's platform — 'Let Women Speak' gatherings where women speak freely about sex and gender.
Research initiative by Kathleen Stock and Julie Bindel on lesbian identity apart from the trans movement.
VoorZij
[NL]Dutch foundation for women — critical of gender self-ID.
Woman's Place UK
[UK]British campaign network for women's rights and single-sex spaces.
Women Are Human
[INT]International archive of women's-rights incidents in the context of gender self-ID.
International declaration for women's sex-based rights.
American radical-feminist organisation for women's sex-based rights — litigates in court.
Independent journalism — investigation & opinion
Investigative journalist analysing the WPATH controversies and paediatric care.
Substack of researcher Eliza Mondegreen on the gender-medicine world, WPATH conferences and detransition.
Free speech on campus.
Genspect Substack
[INT]Official Genspect substack — analyses, interviews and updates.
HP/De Tijd
[NL]Dutch opinion magazine — first-person accounts of transition regret.
Podcast/substack by Corinna Cohn and Nina Paley — a heterodox view of gender and sexuality.
Flemish humanist network — critical articles on the WPATH Files.
Coalition of lesbian, gay and bisexual people critical of gender ideology within their own movement.
American legal news platform — litigation around transgender care and Title IX.
PowNed
[NL]Dutch documentary on transition regret ('PowNed Of View').
Dutch Reformed daily — critical reporting on gender care and the WPATH Files.
American platform on children, gender and education — critical of the medicalisation of childhood.
Reuters Investigates
[INT]Investigation into American gender care ('Youth in Transition').
Spiked
[UK]British libertarian magazine — frequently critical of identity politics and gender self-ID.
The Critic
[UK]British opinion magazine — critical articles on Tavistock, Cass and gender ideology.
The Federalist
[US]American conservative opinion platform — coverage of the WPATH Files and paediatric care.
The Free Press
[US]Bari Weiss' platform — extensive trans coverage (the Reed revelations, Texas Children's).
Canadian news and opinion platform with extensive trans coverage.
The Spectator
[UK]British weekly with extensive trans coverage (Douglas Murray, Julie Bindel, Jo Bartosch).
The Times
[UK]British daily — extensive reporting on the Cass Review and the GIDS scandal.
UnHerd
[UK]British opinion platform — frequently critical of affirmation orthodoxy.
Vasterman
[NL]Blog of media scholar Peter Vasterman on media coverage of transgender youth.
Authors, books & publishers
Abigail Shrier
[US]Journalist, author of 'Irreversible Damage' (2020) and 'Bad Therapy' (2024).
Encounter Books
[US]American publisher — 'When Harry Became Sally' (Ryan Anderson).
Hachette UK
[UK]British publisher — Kathleen Stock's 'Material Girls'.
J.K. Rowling
[UK]Gender-critical statements on sex and sex-based rights.
Smartphones, mental health and young people.
Philosopher, author of 'Material Girls' (2021).
British publisher — Helen Joyce's 'Trans'.
OUP publication 'Gender-Critical Feminism' (Holly Lawford-Smith).
Stella O'Malley
[IE]Psychotherapist, founder of Genspect, author of 'When Kids Say They're Trans'.
Swift Press
[UK]British publisher — Hannah Barnes' 'Time to Think' (the Tavistock revelations).
Sport — federations with sex-based categories
World Athletics
[INT]Excluded trans women who went through male puberty from the women's category in 2023.
Cult studies — academic framework
Hassan's BITE model of cult control.
Scholarly association for cultic studies.
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