Is Giving Cross-Sex Drugs to Mentally Ill People Resulting in Trans Killers?

There are genuine concerns among campaigners and health professionals that some vulnerable youngsters with mental health issues might, in particular, be being led toward violence, thanks to the cocktail of cross-sex hormones they are being prescribed. “The number of shootings by trans-identified young people should be ringing alarm bells by now,” says Stephanie Davies-Arai of Transgender Trend, an organisation calling for evidence-based healthcare for children and young people suffering gender dysphoria. Davies-Arai says she is worried by the rise in these crimes.

“We know the children who identify as ‘trans’ are among the most vulnerable groups – some are highly disturbed. And yet we’re not investigating this, we’re told to simply ‘affirm’ them.

“As soon as a child declares they are ‘trans’, all underlying issues are ignored and the child is denied proper mental health care – in fact, the activists claim this would be ‘conversion therapy’.’’

Davies-Arai says she is concerned about what so-called “gender affirming care” is doing to the physical and mental health of these young people. Studies have found that there is a higher rate of suicide among trans people compared to the population at large.

“What happens when we give mentally ill children blockers to disrupt their development and powerful cross-sex hormones their bodies were not built to function on? We need a proper investigation into the risks of giving young people large doses of the wrong sex hormone.

“We’ve seen too many violent suicides and mass shootings from young people who are either on these drugs, or have never received the therapeutic care they need and their mental health has grown worse and risk escalate[s]. We need to stop seeing affirmation of a child’s trans identity as ‘kind’ and recognise it as negligent.”

— Jill Foster in Are cross-sex drugs driving trans shooters to kill?