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I recently wrote a song called Exiled, a sharp, confrontational piece about Dr. Helen Webberley, a UK doctor whose transgender healthcare practices have sparked intense debate. It focuses on her ban from practicingmedicine in the UK and why I, like some critics, see her actions as so reckless they evoke the shadow of JosefMengele, the notorious Nazi doctor known for unethical experiments. This post explains the song’s purpose, thefacts behind Webberley’s story, and why I leaned into this provocative comparison, hoping to ignite your thoughts on this divisive figure.
Who Is Helen Webberley?
Dr. Helen Webberley founded GenderGP in 2015 with her husband, Dr. Mike Webberley, to provide gender-affirming care—hormone therapy, puberty blockers—to trans and gender-diverse people, often kids as young as 11. Operating outside the UK’s NHS, where trans care waitlists can stretch 5-7 years, GenderGP was a lifeline for some. Patients’ testimonials praise her for enabling transitions and easing gender dysphoria, calling her asavior. Critics, however, slam her for prescribing powerful drugs with insufficient oversight, especially to minors, branding her clinic a “cowboy operation” on X.
Her career faced scrutiny early. In 2017, the General Medical Council (GMC) suspended her license over complaints, like failing to discuss fertility risks with a young patient. In 2018, she was fined £12,000 for running an unregistered clinic. A 2022 tribunal found her guilty of serious misconduct, though the High Court overturned it in 2023, citing a “confused” ruling. In July 2025, her license was revoked—not for misconduct, but for failing revalidation requirements, a bureaucratic slip that ended her UK practice. She now runs GenderGP from Singapore, beyond UK regulators’ reach.
Why the Song?
Exiled captures the outrage and division around Webberley’s work. The lyrics highlight her ban, her defiance, and cases like prescribing high-dose testosterone to an autistic girl, which critics on X say risked harm. I acknowledge her supporters, who see her as a beacon for trans youth, but the song argues her recklessness crossed ethical lines, inviting the Mengele comparison to underscore the severity of her actions.
The Mengele Comparison
The song’s sharpest line—“Mengele’s shadow brands your name”—leans hard into my belief and some X critics’ fierce rhetoric that Webberley’s practices were dangerously unethical. Mengele’s name carries chilling weight, tied to non-consensual experiments on vulnerable people. I’m not equating Webberley’s actions to his atrocities, but prescribing life-altering drugs to kids, sometimes with scant follow-up (as the GMC flagged), feels like a reckless gamble with lives. X posts calling her a “danger” or “rogue” fuel this view, citing cases like an 11-year-old on blockers or high-dose hormones for a teen. The comparison is a deliberate gut-punch, meant to ask: when does “helping” become harm?
What Do You Think?
I wrote Exiled to provoke and question. Was Webberley a reckless maverick or a desperate innovator? Does the Mengele comparison hit the mark, or go too far? Share your thoughts in the comments. Whether you see her as a hero, a villain, or something else, I want to hear your take.
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