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Title: U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides...
Post by: Jessica_Rose on February 12, 2026, 05:11:15 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on February 12, 2026, 05:11:15 PM
U.K. government covered up dramatic spike in trans youth suicides, new report says
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/u-k-government-covered-up-dramatic-spike-in-trans-youth-suicides-new-report-says/
John Russell (12 Feb 2026)
The U.K. government appears to have covered up a dramatic rise in transgender youth suicides, according to data obtained by U.K.-based government accountability non-profit the Good Law Project.
The U.K. government commissioned its 2024 Appleby Report after the Good Law Project reported that two whistleblowers with the Tavistock gender clinic alerted the organization to a significant rise in suicides among young people on the NHS's waitlist for appointments to begin gender-affirming care in the wake of the Tavistock case.
... the Appleby Report identified only 12 suicide deaths among current or former Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) patients at the Tavistock clinic between 2018 and 2024. However... the report disregarded young people who were unable to access GIDS care due to long wait times, which, post-Tavistock, now last an average 25 years.
"Good Law Project can confirm that in 2021–2022 suicides of trans children in England surged to 22, a marked increase from 5 and 4 the previous two years," the organization wrote in a February 7 release. "This spike follows the decision by NHS England to pull down the shutters on gender-affirming healthcare for young trans people" following the Tavistock case.
Good Law Project said it was "appalled" that U.K. health secretary Wes Streeting "commissioned and published a report to reassure the public that there was no significant rise in suicide rates, when 22 children took their own lives in a single year: 2021-22." The Appleby report, they said, "denied the reality of trans deaths, as Streeting's ban on puberty blockers denied the reality of trans lives."
The nonprofit claims that Streeting department "fought tooth and nail" to block its freedom of information requests.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/u-k-government-covered-up-dramatic-spike-in-trans-youth-suicides-new-report-says/
John Russell (12 Feb 2026)
The U.K. government appears to have covered up a dramatic rise in transgender youth suicides, according to data obtained by U.K.-based government accountability non-profit the Good Law Project.
The U.K. government commissioned its 2024 Appleby Report after the Good Law Project reported that two whistleblowers with the Tavistock gender clinic alerted the organization to a significant rise in suicides among young people on the NHS's waitlist for appointments to begin gender-affirming care in the wake of the Tavistock case.
... the Appleby Report identified only 12 suicide deaths among current or former Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) patients at the Tavistock clinic between 2018 and 2024. However... the report disregarded young people who were unable to access GIDS care due to long wait times, which, post-Tavistock, now last an average 25 years.
"Good Law Project can confirm that in 2021–2022 suicides of trans children in England surged to 22, a marked increase from 5 and 4 the previous two years," the organization wrote in a February 7 release. "This spike follows the decision by NHS England to pull down the shutters on gender-affirming healthcare for young trans people" following the Tavistock case.
Good Law Project said it was "appalled" that U.K. health secretary Wes Streeting "commissioned and published a report to reassure the public that there was no significant rise in suicide rates, when 22 children took their own lives in a single year: 2021-22." The Appleby report, they said, "denied the reality of trans deaths, as Streeting's ban on puberty blockers denied the reality of trans lives."
The nonprofit claims that Streeting department "fought tooth and nail" to block its freedom of information requests.