More than 9 in 10 transgender youths ages 13 to 17 in the U.S. live in states that have passed or are considering bills restricting their access to transition-related health care, school bathrooms, sports participation, and pronoun use, NBCNews reports. A study highlighted by LizSzabo shows that the vast majority of minors undergoing gender-affirming surgeries are cisgender, with 97% of breast reductions performed on cisgender males in 2019. The Texas Supreme Court recently upheld a ban on transgender hormones and surgery for children, denying the challenge to the enforceability of the state bill, P_McCulloughMD notes.
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
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
More than 9 in 10 transgender youths ages 13 to 17 in the U.S. live in states that have already passed or are currently considering bills that restrict their access to transition-related health care, school bathrooms, sports participation and pronoun use. https://t.co/QX9gCIY6aL