US medical groups demand protection for paediatric transgender doctors and hospitals and gag for social media critics
Three medical organizations have written to US Attorney-General Merrick Garland demanding that he investigate misinformation, threats, and violence which have unnerved doctors and hospitals providing...
Sex-reassignment surgery market in US forecast to soar to US$6 billion
America’s sex reassignment surgery market size was US$1.9 billion in 2021, according to market analyst Grand View Research. It is expected to grow at a...
Transgender medicine standards group authorizes hormones for 9-year-olds
The leading professional group for transgender medicine has released updated standards for treatments which remove age limits for puberty blockers and sex-change surgery. In its...
Should transphobic patients be given a ‘red card’?
Doctors and medical schools are being provided with detailed guidelines for accommodating the needs of transgender and gender-diverse medical students. For example, the Perelman School...
Threat of class action suit for UK’s Tavistock gender clinic
The UK’s only gender clinic, the Tavistock, has been ordered to close next year over concerns for the safety of its patients. This bad news...
The UK’s only gender clinic will close its doors
Halfway through her investigation into transgender medicine for children in the UK, Dr Hilary Cass has shut down the only gender clinic in the country,...
WHO endorses gender fluidity
The World Health Organization plans to update its guidance on gender to assert that “sex is not limited to male or female.” The guidelines are...
Are children capable of giving informed consent to puberty blockers?
Whether children with gender dysphoria can give informed consent to the medications need to block the onset of puberty is deeply controversial. Many articles have...
Chloe’s story: puberty blockers at 13, a double mastectomy at 15
The California State Assembly has been studying a bill, SB 107, to declare the state a sanctuary for minors who have been denied transgender -affirming...
World swimming authority takes conservative stand on gender inclusion
Swimming's world governing body, FINA, has backed a new policy on gender inclusion which will stop most trans women swimmers from competing in international events....
US report slams fears of trans youth suicide
The most powerful argument for gender-affirming care for children with gender dysphoria is the threat of suicide. “Would you rather have a live son or...
Indian surgeon seeks to make transwoman pregnant
A New Delhi surgeon plans to transplant a uterus into a transwoman – a biological man – to enable him to give birth to a...