Jo Ann Lockwood, founder and CEO of See Change Happen, a Diversity and Inclusion Practice specialising in providing Transgender Awareness, has argued that the choice to ban puberty blockers to children under the age of 18 is "hostile to trans people" sparking a furious backlash from GB News host Ann Widdecombe.
Last month the NHS announced children will no longer routinely be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics as there was "not enough evidence" they are safe or effective.
Speaking to Ann on GB News, Lockwood said: "Well, I joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 16 and was firing an automatic weapon before I was 18. We can do a lot of things before we're 18. So I dispute the fact that being under the age of 18 means that we don't necessarily have the competency.
"It is about a person's understanding of the decisions they're making. And I think people as young as 10 or 11 years old have demonstrated competency without a problem."