An activist doctor who spearheaded the British Medical Association’s opposition to a ban on puberty blockers for children has been elected as its leader.
Dr Tom Dolphin tabled the “emergency motion” in July last year that led to the union rejecting the findings of the Cass review into children’s gender services.
More than 1,500 doctors, the majority of them BMA members, have since signed a “Not in Our Name” open letter to the union, criticising the “very undemocratic” decision to reject Lady Cass’s findings.
The council, which consists of 69 members, this week ousted Prof Philip Banfield, the sitting chairman, and replaced him with Dr Dolphin.
Fiona McAnena, the director of campaigns at human rights charity Sex Matters, said Dr Dolphin’s election “shows how gender ideology breaks previously respectable organisations”.
Source: Activist doctor opposed to puberty blocker ban now head of BMA