Transitioning treatments recommended for children
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is proposing that children as young as 14 should be given transitioning treatments, including surgery to “masculinise” girl’s chests when they reach the age of 15.
Read moreAustralian company offers cash perks to appropriate sex
Australian software company, Salesforce, is offering transgender employees a generous package to enable them to undergo transitioning treatments.
Read moreNurses stand up for sex, not gender
A group of nurses and midwives who are committed to having a conversation about scientific, evidence-based healthcare have started an account on Twitter.
Read moreWestmead report reveals a lack of care for children
Researchers from Westmead Hospital in NSW have released a paper that raises grave concerns about the medicalisation of gender dysphoria for children. A five year study, involving almost 80 children with the average age of 13, found that underlying issues and contributing factors to the dysphoria are being ignored. These include things “such as family trauma, sexual abuse, depression and autism”.
Read moreA Victorian health organisation’s non-binary propaganda campaign
Where is The North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network getting their advice from? And who authorised them as social engineers? With the claim it will help confused children, they are insisting on non-gendered playing teams, rainbow flags and unisex bathrooms. They are also campaigning to erase male/female distinctions from our language. How will cancelling affectionate terms of endearment that we use every day help vulnerable children?
Read moreTransgender men health risks
Biology matters.
Read moreAre trans treatments for kids safe?
Concerns regarding transitioning treatments for children have been ongoing in the UK for the past 15 years. Doctors began raising the alarm in 2005 but for unknown reasons, recommendations at the time were not implemented. It has been suggested that one reason is the demand for the service was "greater than the capacity of the unit to cope."
Read moreLawyers concerned about transgender treatments for kids
The Journal of Law and Medicine, has published a new article on the use of puberty blockers for children and the possible legal ramifications. The paper was written by leading medical negligence lawyer Bill Madden and professor of obstetrics and gynaecology Mike O’Connor.
Read more“It is comparable to doing frontal lobotomies”
Psychiatrist Paul McHugh of Johns Hopkins University has “slammed the medical and psychiatric industries” for their treatment of gender dysphoric patients.
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