The number of children with gender dysphoria in England has increased fiftyfold in ten years

According to the definition of the British health service, the NHS, gender dysphoria is a term that describes a feeling of discomfort in a person due to a discrepancy between their biological sex and their gender identity.

The proportion of under-18s in England diagnosed with gender dysphoria by their GP has increased fifty-fold in the past decade, a recently published study based on medical records has found.