Tag: puberty blockers

Florida Medical Boards Vote to Ban Sex Change Surgeries, Hormone Therapies for Minors

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…


NHS to Tighten Rules on Puberty Blockers, Social Transitioning of Children’s Gender

Puberty blockers will only be given to children under a formal research protocol, new draft guidelines published on Thursday by National Health Service (NHS) England said. The draft “interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people” also restricted the encouragement of using “social transitioning”—such as using pronouns inconsistent with one’s biological…


Meet the Gender Clinic Founder Who Supports Banning Puberty Blocking Drugs

In 1973, the same year that the American Psychiatric Association stopped calling homosexuality a mental disorder, Dr. Stephen Levine finished his residency in psychiatry. Within a month, an unforgettable patient crossed his path. The man was sitting in his backyard, under an oak tree. He had shoved a gun in his mouth and was threatening…


Doctor Groups Push DOJ To Probe ‘Disinformation’ On Meds, Surgeries for Trans-Identifying Youths

Three influential American medical groups are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to “investigate and prosecute all organizations, individuals, and entities” that share information deemed to be false about transgender-related medical treatments for minors. The Oct. 3 letter, sent to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, represents the latest salvo in a fierce national debate. In…


Families ‘Devastated by Gender Ideology’: Kelsey Bolar

Radical gender theories are tearing American families apart, according to Kelsey Bolar of the Independent Women’s Forum. “Families are being devastated by gender ideology,” she told EpochTV’s Jan Jekielek in a Sept. 12 interview at the National Conservatism Conference in greater Miami, Fla. The Independent Women’s Forum is a conservative women’s group. Bolar has worked…


Tulsi Gabbard Says Biden Admin ‘Promoting Child Abuse’ by Pushing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic presidential candidate who also served as a Hawaiian congresswoman, criticized the Biden/Harris administration for “promoting child abuse,” accusing the White House of harm by releasing statements that endorse the use of puberty blockers and irreversible surgeries for children. In a video posted on social media, Gabbard said despite the Food…


FDA Warns Puberty Blockers May Cause Vision Loss in Children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently added a warning to the labeling of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists—also referred to by many as puberty blockers—saying the drugs may cause a series of symptoms in children that include headaches, pressure buildup inside the brain, and vision loss. The warning, announced by the agency on July 1, says…


Comprehensive Sex Ed Being Taught in California Schools by Outside Contractors: Ex-School Board Member

School districts in California have contracted with outside agencies focused on mental health, tutoring, suicide prevention, and many other topics to provide schools with sex and gender education services, said Brenda Lebsack, a teacher of 30 years and a former board member for the Orange Unified School District. “A lot of it comes from Human…


Biden Issues Executive Order Seeking to Restrict LGBT ‘Conversion Therapy’

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that seeks to address conversion therapy, a practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual or their gender identity from transgender to cisgender using either physical, psychological, or spiritual tactics. The order asks the United States Department of Health and…


Dad Enters Politics to Fight Against Transgender Ideology in Ohio Schools

An Ohio dad—who has spoken out against Critical Race Theory and sexual orientation discussions in his children’s schools—is set to take his fight to the next level, politics. Like thousands of parents across the United States, Jonathan Broadbent sees “madness” in the school system and believes it is scarring children with transgenderism concepts. Broadbent and his…