Helen Webberley
Role at the time: Doctor, medical educator and GenderGP founder
Condemned
Statement summary
Webberley argues that the report's correlations do not justify treating gender-affirmation support as a cause of radicalisation. She criticizes using that interpretation to shape healthcare policy.
“This is not how evidence-based research works, and it is not how policy affecting trans people's healthcare should be made.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)HHS gender-affirming care radicalisation claimWebberley's response to NPR's account of the report
Webberley argues that the report does not support the policy implications drawn from it.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.