Children 'weaponised' by both sides of transgender debate - Dr Cass | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Children have been "weaponised" by both sides of a toxic debate about transgender rights, the author of a government review into the treatment of children and young people questioning their gender has said. Dr Hilary Cass told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg "people at the extremes" had caused "quite a lot of distress for young people". She also suggested "unrealistic images and expectations on social media" had misled children, and that if some young people had "taken more time" they might not have pursued medical treatments. Her 2024 review found gender medicine had been operating on "shaky foundations" when it came to evidence for medical treatment. The review was commissioned after concerns about the treatment of growing numbers of children and young people with worries about their gender, particularly at the Tavistock Clinic in London. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F #BBCNews