Category: gender dysphoria

‘Still My Daughter, Always My Daughter’: A Mother Navigates the Transgender Movement

“Why would you ever take a healthy body and make a lifelong medical patient out of it?” This is the question Amy found herself posing to her teenage daughter, to the medical and scientific communities, and to society as a whole. For a mother who was unable to prevent her daughter’s gender transition, it was…


IN-DEPTH: Summer Camps for Children Identifying as Transgender Open Across US

Across America, there’s a growing number of summer camps that welcome only children who don’t identify with their biological sex. These overnight camps connect hundreds of children who identify as transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming. Attending such camps is likely to create lasting gender dysphoria in children who likely would otherwise leave that phase behind,…


Supreme Court Won’t Disturb Ruling Recognizing Gender Dysphoria Under Disability Law

Over the objections of two conservative justices, the Supreme Court decided last week not to take up a case about whether individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The June 30 decision to deny the petition for certiorari, or review, in Kincaid v. Williams (court file 22-633), is…


IN-DEPTH: US Ramps Up Transgender Procedures for Minors While European Countries Back Away

Much of America has turned a blind eye to how medical institutions in European nations have shifted away from transgender procedures, say doctors who are critical of the U.S. model. Dr. Julia Mason, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told The Epoch Times the push in the United States for transgender medical…


US Ramps Up Transgender Procedures for Minors While European Countries Back Away

Much of America has turned a blind eye to how medical institutions in European nations have shifted away from transgender procedures, say doctors who are critical of the U.S. model. Dr. Julia Mason, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told The Epoch Times the push in the United States for transgender medical…


Transgender People More Likely to Die of Suicide Than General Population, Danish Study Finds

Shedding new light on the question of whether “gender-affirming” treatment reduces suicide risks among people suffering from gender dysphoria, a new study found that transgender individuals in Denmark are at significantly higher risk of suicide compared to the northern European country’s general population. For their study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical…


Supreme Court Considering If ‘Americans With Disabilities Act’ Covers Gender Dysphoria

The Supreme Court is scheduled to decide as soon as this week if it will hear a case about whether individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The petition (pdf) in the case Kincaid v. Williams (court file 22-633) was filed in January. The respondent, Kesha Williams, a…


Majority of Canadians Agree With NB Premier on Keeping Parents Informed About Gender Dysphoria: Poll

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs’s update to the province’s revised education gender policy lines up with a recent poll indicating that 57 percent of Canadians think schools should have to inform parents if their child is experiencing gender dysphoria. A national poll, conducted by Leger on behalf of think tank SecondStreet.org and released on May…


EXCLUSIVE: Report Alleges Catholic Hospitals Linked to Transgender Surgeries, Abortions

The largest Catholic health system in the nation has allegedly funded and performed transgender surgeries and other “gender-affirming” medical interventions, defying traditional Catholic teachings, according to an investigative report released to The Epoch Times. The report by the Lepanto Institute, a Catholic research and education organization, released on June 12, exposes CommonSpirit Health, a Catholic entity, for…


‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery Leaves People Lonelier and Depressed, Study by Transgender Surgery Department Chairman Finds

Commentary The head of a facility that carries out so-called “gender-affirming care” has published a study confirming that transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and make people feel lonelier than those who avoided surgical intervention altogether. “In our study, the level of life satisfaction in transgender people was not increased in transgender people who had undergone…