Transgender Trend
Transgender Trend is a British organisation founded by Stephanie Davies-Arai in 2015. The group describes itself as a network of parents, professionals and academics and campaigns against the gender-affirming approach to children and teenagers.
What you can find
The website offers articles on research and policy, information for parents, and teaching packs and guidance for schools. The organisation has also become involved in British legal cases concerning puberty blockers. Many articles focus on young people and relate to the British debate surrounding the Cass Review.
Background and criticism
Transgender Trend is controversial. LGBTQ+ organisation Stonewall described its school materials as factually inaccurate, and critics classify the group as part of the anti-trans movement. In 2022, Davies-Arai received a British Empire Medal for her work on behalf of children. The publications are useful as a source on the gender-critical perspective in the United Kingdom, but not as a neutral overview.
Views and funding
Transgender Trend describes itself as the leading organisation calling for evidence-based care for children and young people with gender dysphoria and for factual, science-based education. The site's core message is that no child is born in the wrong body. The organisation says it receives no money from organisations, foundations or the government and is entirely dependent on donations from individual donors. The site has sections on the state of the science, treatments and side effects, as well as a six-part series on autism and gender identity.
School materials and legal cases
The teaching pack advised schools to be cautious about affirming pupils' gender identity and to assign them to physical education classes according to their biological sex. The British Department for Education did not endorse the materials. The site now includes guides such as Schools Resources for Parents and Teachers and Boys and Girls and the Equality Act. In September 2018, the organisation issued stickers with messages about gender education in schools, which prompted criticism. In the 2020 case Bell v Tavistock, it submitted a statement opposing puberty blockers. BuzzFeed News reported that Davies-Arai has no training in medicine, law or education. Sociologists McLean and Stretesky classify the group among organisations united by hostility towards transgender people.
Recent topics
In 2026, the organisation wrote about the Northern Irish bill against conversion practices, the consultation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and the judicial review of the British study on puberty blockers.