Sue Evans
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 73 |
Date of birth | July 7,1951 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | New York |
United States | |
Education | High School of Music & Art |
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ID | 804277 |
Sue Evans Life story
Sue Evans is an American jazz, pop, classical, and studio percussionist and drummer.
NHS use of puberty-starts Blocker legal challenge
Legal steps taken against the NHS on the prescribing of drugs to delay the puberty.
the papers were filed at The High court by A Mother and a nurse against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust runs the UK's only gender identity development service (Gids).
the attorneys argue that it is illegal to prescribe medicines, as the children can not give informed consent to treatment.
The Tavistock said it was a "cautious and considered" approach to treatment.
the papers were officially filed on Wednesday by the lawyers of the Complainant.
The Tavistock three weeks to submit a response, after which a judge reviews the case and decides on the timing of any hearings.
- references toThe nurse, Sue Evans , left the Gids More Than a decade ago, after more and more worried about teenagers who wanted to transition to another gender and the puberty-blockers without appropriate assessments and psychological work.
Since then, she says, younger kids are the drugs that block the hormones that cause puberty-related changes, including deadlines and facial hair.
The Number of Young People , based on the Gids rose from 678 in 2014-15 to 2,590 in The Past year.
this 2,590:
Ms Evans said: "I used to feel worried it was given-to 16-year-olds.
"But now that is has lowered the age limit, and children under the age of maybe nine or 10 when you are prompted, informed consent, to a completely experimental treatment, the long-term consequences are not known. "
'young'The mother, known only as A woman, has a 15-year-old with autism who is on the waiting list for The Treatment of Gids.
she told Bbc News that your child, the outside world, like a boy, But as long as she is happy to allow that it is extremely required to are concerned about the possibility of drugs, which are not fully understood.
"I'm worried that they will look at your age and say, 'Well, she still says that's what she wants, and that is why we are said to have a medical way,'" A woman to Bbc News .
"And your communication of what you feel on the inside is a little different because of her autism spectrum, I fear that what she says and what she means are often two different things. have "
What is the puberty-blockers are?
you are the drug that can break break the development of the things like Boobs, periods, facial hair and voice
you can be prescribed to children with " gender dysphoria that do not match their gender at birth with their gender.
This is thought to weigh them more time, they your options before you go through the physical changes of puberty.
Though puberty blockers are described, which are confirmed by the NHS as a reversible, Gids.
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said A woman, her child was too young to judge really, the possible effects of puberty blockers on the rest of your life, including such things as fertility.
"As a youth, what we think will make us happy, not necessarily what will make us happy," she told Bbc News .
"It might help us in the short term - But it could also help us in the long run. "
'as good'A Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust official, said: "It is appropriate for us to comment in detail in advance all of the planned court.
"The Gid is one of the longest-established services of its kind in The World , with an international reputation as a careful and considered.
"put Our clinical interventions in the National set of service specifications.
"Nhs England monitors our service very closely.
"The service has a high level of reported satisfaction, and was rated "good" by the Care Quality Commission. "
gender, transgender people
Source of news: bbc.com