![]() ![]() ![]() In 1996, the GIDS was transferred to the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, a non-profit corporation that offers mental health services as part of the UK’s National Health Service. ![]() The GIDS was founded in 1989 by its original director, Domenico Di Ceglie, in connection with London’s St. The Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service From heated words splashed across tabloid covers and social media to mass resignations, open letters, book banning, and legal interventions, the controversy at the GIDS serves as something of a microcosm of the wider cultural debate on transgender children. Over the last few years, the tensions and conflicts among the GIDS personnel concerning how best to treat gender dysphoric children has become an international spectacle. The GIDS is the sole gender clinic serving children in Britain. Perhaps the best glimpse of this “Battle Line” can be found at the Gender Identity Development Service (the GIDS) housed within the London-based Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. This issue has become, as one scholar puts it, the “Transgender Battle Line.” But no aspect of the transgender discussion has ignited more controversy than how best to care for children who experience gender dysphoria. The cultural tensions surrounding transgender experience are evident. Tavistock: A Microcosm for How Best to Care for Trans* Kidsīy Dr. ![]()
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