UK to block trans puberty blockers
England’s National Health Service (NHS) has announced significant restrictions on the use of puberty-suppressing drugs for children seeking gender-related treatments. It says that there is...
Media approaches peak cognitive dissonance over the ‘T’ in LGBT Pride month
The media is approaching peak cognitive dissonance in Pride Month over the issue of transgenderism. On the one hand, Glamour UK used a startling image...
Australian judges need to review standards for gender dysphoria treatment
Most judges and lawyers in Australia know little about the white-hot debate amongst doctors over appropriate treatment for gender-dysphoric children. A survey of the latest...
A dark corner of transgender history
The early 20th century physician Magnus Hirschfeld, who was German, Jewish and gay, is widely praised as a transgender pioneer. In 1919 he founded the...
Will ‘height dysphoria’ become the new black for transgender people?
Is it possible for transgender medicine -- which is already being pilloried over puberty blockers and mastectomies -- to turn up the dial on controversy?...
Have ‘male’ and ‘female’ become cusswords in contemporary bioethics?
The Journal of Controversial Ideas is an unusual academic publication. Its articles are peer-reviewed and rigorously edited. Its editors are leading philosophers and bioethicists -–...
California teen sues doctors over breast-removal surgery at 13
American children whose lives were ruined by gender-affirmative medication and surgery are resorting to litigation to seek justice. The latest case to surface in the...
A first in France: a trans mum and a trans dad
Trigger warning: if you are easily confused by gender pronouns, this story from France may cause heart palpitations. February 19 saw the birth of Avah,...
Belgium to permit multiple gender ID changes
Belgium will permit people to change their gender identity as often as they want. The Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne, says that the principle...
Terrifying account of transgender clinic in American clinic by whistleblower
Rachel Levine is an assistant secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services and the most senior transgender official in the Biden Administration....
Catholic hospital could be forced to perform gender-affirming surgery
The University of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center violated federal law when it refused to provide gender-affirming surgical care to a transgender man (ie, a...
Should the venerable NEJM be renamed?
The world’s most prestigious medical journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, is digging its heels in over the controversial issue of transgender medicine. The...