Social media has misled children about the realities of transitioning, the expert who led a review into NHS child gender services has said.
Baroness Cass, whose work led to sweeping changes including a ban on puberty blockers, criticised the “unrealistic images and expectations” spread online.
She said social media had contributed to the rise in the number of cases of gender dysphoria. Children were not given enough information about “what transition would really mean and how hard it would be”, including intensive medical treatments and “sometimes quite brutal surgeries”, Cass said.
