Does transgender medicine have a sound philosophical foundation?
There are many angles from which to study the phenomenon of the transgender movement – psychological, sociological, historical, medical, political … -- but surely the...
Folx, abortion is OK but transphobic pronouns are not OK
Dispatch from the Reproductive Revolution. Quinn Jackson, MD, (they/he) is a family medicine physician in Kansas City, Missouri, and a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive...
This is probably the world’s biggest surrogacy family
February was the last time BioEdge visited Christina Ozturk and her husband Galip at their home in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi, Georgia....
Transwomen may have a right to be pregnant, argue bioethicists
Do transgender women (ie, natal males) have a right to experience pregnancy? Two Italian doctors from the University of Rome Sapienza argue in Acta Biomedica...
US joins list of countries offering non-binary passports
The United States has begun issuing passports for gender-nonconforming people.
‘The Lancet’ enters the transgender word wars
The word “bizarre” is becoming increasingly shop-worn in articles about the transgender movement, but it’s difficult to find a more accurate and less offensive synonym....
Appeals court overturns landmark gender ruling in UK
A landmark British case about transgender treatment for under-16s has been overturned. The Tavistock Trust, which runs the UK’s only gender identity development service (GIDS)...
Gender transition services are ‘reckless’, say medical and legal experts
Puberty is a little understood phenomenon If informed consent is one of the pillars of clinical bioethics, puberty blockers fail the test, according to a...
American Medical Association wants ‘sex’ dropped from birth certificates
It may sound ‘woke’ but this document has always been contested People are easily polarised by birth certificates. In Pink News, an LGBT website, the...
Trans people should not have to ask doctors for permission, says activist
Abortion rights offer a good analogy for the trans experience Doctors should not act as a gateway for people wanting to transition to the opposite...