The Texas Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on transgender hormones and surgeries for minors, rejecting a challenge to the enforceability of the state bill. This decision comes amid heightened debate over gender-affirming care for minors. A recent study revealed that the majority of gender-affirming surgeries performed on minors are on cisgender individuals, with 97% of breast reductions in 2019 being performed on cisgender males. Additionally, the Biden administration has been reported to have influenced international medical guidelines by pressing to remove age limits for adolescent surgeries. The ruling and ongoing discussions highlight the contentious nature of policies surrounding transgender health care for minors.
The crucial questions about gender care are not political or legal We need to know whether treatments benefit most children who receive them, writes @asymmetricinfo for @PostOpinions. https://t.co/4iIvVAC8Al
Transgender and gender-diverse people in Canada face significant barriers to accessing care and surgery, studies find https://t.co/IlvAKWboLt
Britain's Cass Review was a scathing appraisal of the pediatric gender medicine field. A group of leaders in that field, including the authors of papers what were graded poorly, including @Jack_Turban offer a scathing appraisal of the Cass Review: https://t.co/DGVeTTr4m4 https://t.co/LvXbUWAG65
“Report Addresses Key Issues in Legal Battles over Gender-Affirming Health Care” https://t.co/nJEMcwReWF linking to a detailed critique of the recent flawed Cass report by @jack_turban, Meredithe McNamara, and others: https://t.co/YOAYQngVda
🧵 The push for equality of outcome in healthcare: a noble goal or a barrier to progress? Let's dive in. 👇
WPATH had internal dissent over its controversial eunuchs chapter in its Standards of Care 8 trans-care guidelines Internal communications, subpoenaed and newly unsealed as part of the Alabama court case over the state's pediatric gender-transition ban, reveal such dissent. 🧵
Transgender Puberty Blockers, Hormones, and Surgeries Cause Harm in Children and Adolescents--Do Not "Save Lives" Package of transgender care makes children feel sick, is sterilizing, disfiguring, increases burden of psychiatric care and raises mortality. Many adolescents with… https://t.co/GHGQocQXH1
BREAKING--Texas Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Hormones and Surgery in Children Challenge to Enforceability of State Bill Denied Just 48 hours after Dr. McCullough appeared on FOX News prime-time TV with commentary on transgender puberty blockers, hormones, and… https://t.co/wJaP9WLtj5
When politics matters more than a wellness of a child.. “Health officials in the Biden administration pressed an international group of medical experts to remove age limits for adolescent surgeries from guidelines for care of transgender minors, according to newly unsealed court… https://t.co/0XTpCf8L7t
A leading organisation on transgender health care said its guidelines are based on “systematic reviews”. Court documents reveal that claim was built on shaky foundations https://t.co/5HEd0OFXIZ 👇
Michael Hobbes is wrong about the new paper about trans-kid chest surgeries. The paper didn’t find that 5 trans kids in the insurance database got mastectomies in 2019. The study found 82 such surgeries and 85 total gender-transition surgeries in minors. https://t.co/LMIUljgZNA
There’s a myth going around that zillions of trans kids are having “irreversible surgery,” i.e. breast reductions. This study finds such surgery is A, super rare, and B, 97% of procedures are performed on CISGENDER boys w/ unwanted breast tissue. https://t.co/fzHRbjs2nA
Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender (not trans) males. https://t.co/P1pPr08NiW
The Vast Majority of Minors Getting Gender-Affirming Surgeries Are Cis Kids, Study Shows https://t.co/kNkf8AFMD0 via @them
Updated Post: Supreme Court to Consider State Ban on Gender Dysphoria Treatments for Minors https://t.co/DXEIVbRvPj via @reason @VolokhC