Tag: transgender

Doctors Challenge Push for ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care for Children

Doctors and other medical professionals are denouncing a leading association of pediatricians for allegedly refusing to listen to dissenting voices among rank-and-file members who oppose “gender-affirming care” for minors. A pediatrician using the pseudonym Dr. Grace Clark out of fear of retaliation told The Epoch Times that years ago, when she first learned puberty blockers were…


Billion-Dollar Transgender Industry Leaves Broken Families and Lives

Photos of Jeff Younger’s smiling twin boys are scattered throughout his comfortable brick home in the Dallas suburbs. Happy moments, frozen in time. Next to the back door, a jump rope and youth-size boxing headgear haven’t moved from the corner where they were tossed 13 months ago. Outside, a punching bag hangs silent from a…


Half of Transgender Inmates in Scotland Only Began Transitioning After They Were Jailed

Half of Scotland’s transgender prisoners only identified as women after they were put behind bars, according to figures obtained in a Freedom of Information request. There are 16 transgender inmates in Scottish prisons, eight of whom began their transition while “being cared for in custody following their remand or conviction for their current offence,” the…


Groups Plan Protest Against Transgender Stance of American Academy of Pediatrics

At least a dozen organizations, ranging from Christian conservatives to gay rights advocacy groups, are planning a massive protest outside the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) national convention in Anaheim this weekend. Jaimee Michell, Founder of Gays Against Groomers, which helped organized the protests, told The Epoch Times the groups are joining forces to rally…


National Lottery Pauses Funding for Transgender Charity Mermaids

A £500,000 lottery-funded grant to Mermaids, a charity that promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, has been paused while it is probed by a watchdog over safeguarding concerns. The National Lottery has frozen future funds from the leading LGBTQ+ charity amid a recent series of revelations and accusations. It comes days after a trustee who sat…


Health Care Worker Illegally Fired for Christian Beliefs About Gender Identity, Lawyers Say

After longtime physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman disclosed her religious beliefs about gender identity, a diversity program leader called her “evil,” her lawyers say. Shortly thereafter, Kloosterman’s employer fired her, despite her unblemished 17-year record of conscientious patient care at a clinic. Kloosterman’s attorneys are asking the University of Michigan Health-West (UMH-West) to reinstate her, grant a religious…


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…


Transgender Charity Trustee Removed After Speech at Pro-Paedophile Event Resurfaces

A trustee who sat on the board of the British charity Mermaids has quit after it emerged that he spoke at a conference for an organisation that was founded by a convicted child rapist. Leading LGBTQ+ charity Mermaids, which promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, is facing a new backlash over the news that one of…


Nonprofit Offers Conservative Texas School Boards Alternative Training

Texas conservatives against liberal-based training for school administrators and trustees last week launched an alternative program focusing on education instead of a “woke” agenda. James Dunn, founding president of the Gulf Coast Community Action Agency (GCCAA) in Angleton, Texas, told The Epoch Times his nonprofit was recently approved to offer training for superintendents and elected…


School Faces Bipartisan Backlash After Banishing Girls From Own Locker Room Over Transgender Complaint

Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Vermont are siding with a girl’s volleyball team which has been banished from their own locker room for complaining about being forced to change in front of a male team member who says he identifies as a female. Blake Allen, one of the banished members of the Randolph High School…