Florida’s boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine on Friday voted to prohibit certain therapies and medical procedures typically used as so-called treatments of gender dysphoria. The two boards met in Orlando for a joint public meeting where each voted on the same rules related to minors, banning sex reassignment surgeries or any other surgical procedures that…
Florida Medical Boards Vote to Ban Sex Change Surgeries, Hormone Therapies for Minors
Irreparable Damage Caused by One-Sided Advocacy of Gender Transition: Psychiatrist
When a child is confused about their gender, health professionals and teachers usually affirm the child’s new identity without addressing the underlying cause and encourage them to go through gender transition, which often has irreparable consequences, according to psychiatrist and author Dr. Miriam Grossman. If someone feels that their gender differs from their biological sex and…
Study Says Cutting Off Breasts Beneficial to Trans-Identifying Youth, But Critic Calls It ‘Terrifying’
Controversy is swirling over a new study on the impacts of surgically removing breasts from biologically female patients as young as 13 who have been struggling with gender-related distress. The Chicago study, published on Sept. 26 in the distinguished peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) Pediatrics, reported that such surgeries have…
Truth Is Most Loving Response to Transgender Individuals, Say Women Who Had Gender Dysphoria
In kindergarten, Erin Brewer was a girl, but when she started first grade, she considered herself a boy. “I was insistent, persistent, and consistent that I was a boy, when I started first grade,” Brewer said during a panel discussion titled “Loving People Affected by Transgender Ideology From Beginning to End,” at the Pray Vote…
No Consensus That ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care Helps Gender Dysphoria: Psychiatrist and Author
Lauri Florentine-Howell’s daughter was 11 years old when she began dressing like a boy, and by 12, she wanted to be called Jack. Her daughter explained to Florentine-Howell that she identified “more with male energy.” “It was a shock,” Florentine-Howell told The Epoch Times. Not wanting to alienate her, Florentine-Howell said she processed her daughter’s…
Your 5-Year-Old Boy Says He’s Really a Girl: What Do You Do?
Commentary Four years ago, I began an investigation into the transgender movement for my Hidden Truth Show podcast. The show conducts deep-dive investigations into controversial and unresolved issues. At the time, transgenderism had seemingly blown up overnight from a tiny, fringe idea to a major player on the heels of the gay marriage movement. It…
Scientists Plan First-Ever Study of Online Transgenderism ‘Contagion’
A groundbreaking new study will use artificial intelligence (AI) to trace the spread of online transgenderism. Investment manager Shannon Boschy, activist Billboard Chris, and a Canadian AI research firm are organizing the study. To avoid attacks from transgender advocates, the artificial intelligence company won’t mention its name publicly, Boschy said. The company has expertise in…
Gender-Affirmation Fast Tracks Young People to Surgeries: Lawyer
Young people who believe they are of the opposite gender are being encouraged to think gender-reassignment surgeries are the best course of action, an Australian lawyer has said. The comment follows recent media reports about a Sydney woman who sued her psychiatrist for professional negligence when allowing her to undergo gender surgeries in her early…
Court Rules Man Who Identifies as Woman Must Be Allowed in Women’s Jail
Commentary In a split decision on Tuesday, Aug. 16, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “gender dysphoria” is a protected class under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court ruled that a male identifying as a female, named Williams, who was imprisoned in Fairfax County, Virginia should be housed with the female…
Florida Board of Medicine Moves to Ban Transgender Treatments for Minors
UNTA GORDA, Fla.–The Florida Board of Medicine voted on Aug. 5 to advance a plan that would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers to youth under the age of 18. Florida Department of Health Secretary, Dr. Joseph Ladapo acknowledged at the public hearing in Broward County, that there…
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