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?...
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...
Gender-affirming medicine: what good is evidence anyway?
In another article on the transgender issue, in the blog of The Hastings Center, three academics from NYU Grossman School of Medicine (including the well-known...
Blood in the water: trial lawyers nibble at transgender medical treatments
Outside of the United States, few people have probably heard that carcinogens have been found in the water at Camp Lejeune, a big Marine Corps...
Lesbian group denounces puberty blockers as “torture and abuse”
President Joe Biden nailed his flag to the LGBTQI+ mast in the lead-up to the midterm elections. Back in June, he described movement towards expanding...
UK steps back from ‘gender affirmation’ for ‘trans kids’
With only two weeks to go before the mid-term elections in the United States, President Joe Biden has come out swinging in favour of trans...