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Shon Faye: The transgender issue

Shon Faye: The transgender issue

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Stephen Sackur interviews author and journalist Shon Faye

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According to research in the US and the UK, roughly one in 100
may be transgender. But the fact that the debate about
transgender rights has become a political battleground isn’t
driven so much by the numbers but more by conflicting ideologies.
Stephen Sackur asks author and journalist Shon Faye if all the
attention on issues of sex, gender and identity is making it
easier to be trans or not.

This programme is subject to clarifications. In the interview
with the transgender activist and writer Shon Faye, the presenter
said: “There's quite a lot of data now on this, self-harm is a
problem for people who are in this situation and suicide is also
more common among trans young people than among the rest of the
population”. In fact, the overall position is unclear as there is
limited data on suicides among young trans people.

On the point made by Shon Faye that puberty blockers are
reversible, the NHS says little is known about their long term
side effects in children with gender dysphoria, and that although
the Gender and Identity Service (GIDS) advises this is a
physically reversible treatment if stopped, it is not known what
the psychological effects may be.

Details here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/