Category: Transgender Health

CDC Has ‘Lost All Credibility,’ Lawmaker Says as Agency Pushes ‘Chestfeeding’

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for transgender individuals seeking to “chestfeed” their infants has some lawmakers concerned that the agency is prioritizing politics before patients’ health. Under “Health Equity Considerations” on the CDC website, the agency asserts, “Transgender and nonbinary-gendered individuals may give birth and breastfeed or feed at the chest (chestfeed).”…


Children Receiving Hormone Therapy ‘Probably Will Be Infertile’: Pediatrician

One of the “trickiest parts” about children receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy is the likelihood that they will be infertile, according to Dr. Kathryn Lowe, a fellow with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The remark was made at an annual meeting of the Wisconsin AAP in May and recirculated online on Dec. 6. Noting that…