What’s Current: China’s first gender identity clinic for children and adolescents opens in Shanghai

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  • China’s first gender identity clinic for children and adolescents has been established at the Children’s Hospital of Fudan in Shanghai.
  • The rate of those who “detransition” or experience transition regret may be higher than previously believed. According to a study published by the Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research, only 24 per cent of those surveyed informed their clinicians of their decision.
  • Indigenous women called for greater awareness of how femicide and ecocide are connected at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
  • The BBC has quit a diversity scheme run by LGBTQ charity Stonewall, citing impartiality. The decision comes after an investigation by broadcaster Stephen Nolan into the connection between the news outlet and the lobby group.
Genevieve Gluck

Genevieve Gluck is a writer and advocate for women's sex-based rights and creator of Women's Voices, an audio library dedicated to bringing awareness to feminist texts and speeches.