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Sounds,21 Feb 2025,36 mins,

SeriesThe Tavistock

3. Thin ice

Tortoise Investigates
Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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As the increase in referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service increases, the profile of the young people seeking treatment changes too. There are now two natal girls for every natal boy, a complete reversal of what it had been a decade before. Polly Curtis tries to make sense of this change and goes to Blackpool which has the highest referral rate of anywhere in England.

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