The Tavistock has faced increasing pressure in recent years. There were rising referrals and a long waiting list but at the same time some former staff were raising concerns about the way it operated.

Then, former patient Keira Bell went to court saying she had not been challenged enough about her decision at 16 to take drugs that began her transition from female to male - a decision she later regretted. Earlier this year, Dr Cass's report said there was a lack of understanding about why the type of patients the clinic was seeing was changing, with more female to male patients and more autistic children. Dr Cass also highlighted inconclusive evidence to back some of the clinical decision making.

The clinic's imminent closure will be a source of worry for other young people wanting support with gender dysphoria. The hope is the services that replace it will be more helpful, useful and efficient.

Based on this article, at least part of the reason the clinic shut down was because of concerns over its practices and rushing children too quickly into medically transitioning via puberty blockers, hormones, etc. Detransitioners' stories are being made more and more public, and there is more whistleblowing. I would say that is a sign that people are waking up to these horrific gender practices. It took several years of complacency and brainwashing via gender ideology to get to the screwed up point we're at - it's most likely going to take just as long if not longer to get ourselves out of this mess. One step at a time.