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What's in the Cass Report?
What’s in the Cass Report?
The final report of the Cass Review of gender-affirming care for youth is being taken as vindication from anti-trans activists.
by Evan Urquhart
Apr 15
In 2020, in the UK, in an atmosphere of increasing political anger and animosity directed at the transgender community, pediatrician Hilary Cass was tasked with reviewing the state of gender-affirming care for youth by the NHS. The Final Report of the Cass Review, released on April 9th, is a 388-page document that almost immediately became the center of gravity in the ongoing political debate about how and whether to treat young people with gender dysphoria. The Report made international news and has been taken as vindication by many anti-trans activists.
A document that approaches four hundred pages will be difficult for most people to read in full, meaning that inevitably most of the public will be forced to rely on summaries provided by journalists, commentators, activists, and others. This article seeks to provide a brief but comprehensive summary for Assigned Media’s audience.
The Cass Review vs the Cass Report
Dr. Cass served as the chair of the independent Cass Review and, for four years, sought data and information pertaining to the treatment of gender diverse children and adolescents in the NHS. While it is clear that others collaborated with Cass, and at least one member of the advisory board has been identified, it remains unclear who the board consisted of.
The Review comissioned a series of studies from the University of York, in England. These included systematic reviews of the evidence on treatments for gender dysphoria in youth, a survey of European youth gender clinics, an investigation of treatment guidelines, a quantitative study of the youth seen by the GIDS clinic in England, and a qualitative study of young people, parents, and clinicians’ attitudes and thoughts on treatment. The Report relies in part on this material, although it includes many other sources of information and in some places lapses into speculation with no clear evidentiary basis.
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