Gender-affirming surgery sees ‘dramatic’ rise in US
Accurate statistics on transgender surgery are essential, especially when a number of American states have passed or will pass bans for minors. A study of...
Is transgender medicine based on rock-solid evidence?
It is becoming harder and harder to assess claims that transgender medicine is based upon rock-solid evidence. Much of the time, the debate is carried...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Preparing for the next generation of doctors in the UK
What is the next generation of UK doctors learning about some of the most contested issues of the day? On the LGBTQI+ front, medical students...
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...
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...