[Note: This event happened in December of last year but this stuff is still insane and I wasn’t really able to post much at that time so here we go]
Stop the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial
The NHS has approved a £10 million clinical trial of puberty blockers despite serious ethical, scientific, and safeguarding concerns. Genspect opposes this trial and is calling for evidence-based approaches that protect vulnerable young people from experimental medical interventions.

Stand with us outside the Department of Health to demand an end to the PATHWAYS trial.

Everyone welcome – from all political parties & campaign groups, and none.

Protest to Stop the Puberty Blockers Trial - Wednesday 17th December 2025, 1pm at Department of Health, 39 Victoria St, London
Why We Oppose the PATHWAYS Trial
The trial raises profound ethical, scientific, and safeguarding concerns that have not been adequately addressed.

No Detransition Safeguards
The words “detransition” and “regret” appear nowhere in the trial protocol—despite being the most well-documented adverse outcomes of puberty blocker treatment.

98% Proceed to Cross-Sex Hormones
The trial protocol acknowledges that blockers disrupt natural recovery, with 98% proceeding to sterilising cross-sex hormones. This is not a neutral “pause.”

Insufficient Duration
Regret typically takes 7–11 years to manifest, yet the trial runs for just two years. It cannot measure the most predictable long-term harm it will cause.

Neurodivergent & LGB Youth at Risk
Children with autism, ADHD, and same-sex attraction will not be excluded—despite these being identified as factors leading many to later regret transition.

Activist Diagnostic Criteria
The trial adopts the ICD-11 diagnosis of “gender incongruence”—a vague, activist-created label that pathologises natural gender non-conformity in children.

Data Linkage Study Abandoned
The NHS refuses to track outcomes for 9,000 children already treated at the Tavistock before enrolling hundreds more.