Gender affirming care articles
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A Kansas Republican voted for a gender-affirming care ban. But then she flipped.
When Kansas state Rep. Susan Concannon learned that the state’s proposed gender-affirming care ban would gut mental health services for kids across the state, she knew she would have to break from her party. Concannon, a Republican who has represented Beloit and the surrounding counties in the Legislature for 11 years, would have to change her vote and oppose the ban. Two hospitals — Stormont Vail in Topeka and Children’s Mercy in Kansas City — told Concannon and her Republican colleague...
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The UK's new study on gender affirming care misses the mark in so many ways
Last month, the UK’s four-year-long review of medical interventions for transgender youth was published. The Cass Review, named after Hilary Cass, a retired pediatrician appointed by the National Health Service to lead the effort, found that “there is not a reliable evidence base” for gender-affirming medicine. As a result, the report concludes, trans minors should generally not […]
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Surgeon downplays risky ‘gender-affirming’ surgeries as an ‘adventure for young people’
Investigative reports by the Daily Caller reveal a willingness by medical professionals to accept complication rates resulting from sex-change surgeries of up to 80%.