UK: OUTRAGE statement in support of Dr Russell Reid

[ftmichael]

OUTRAGE statement in support of Dr Russell Reid

Top sex-change expert faces ban
Dr Russell Reid "unjustly accused" by GMCDr Heather Peto of Cambridge University and the LGBT human rights group OutRage! argues that charges of professional misconduct against one of the world's leading gender identity specialists are not in the interests of

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[stacis_leak]

So given that we all agree that he's done nothing wrong and that compared to the alternatives available throughout the years he's been a champion of the transgendered community at large, what can we do in support?

[nobmouse]

The case appears to come down to a question of whether the Harry Benjamin standards of care must be adhered to or not. This is a stupid thing for Charring Cross to put up a case on however, since they have stated in letters to several people that they don't follow these standards of care at all (they apparently developed their own version).

Regardless of what happens with Dr Reid, I see the GMC going for Charring Cross next.

Guardian article in response

[anonymous]

A response in today's Guardian:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_batty/2006/10/sex_change_experts_should_err.html

Sex change experts should err on the side of caution

The General Medical Council should investigate allegations that some people have been misdiagnosed as transsexual.