Category Archives: Florida

The Observer gets it wrong: Anti-gay and anti-trans conversion practices have always appealed to “fluidity” of both sexual orientation and gender identity

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

Commentary on: The Observer, “The Observer view on gender dysphoria: criminalising therapy poses risk to children’s welfare” (2023-10-22) Summary In a recent editorial, The Observer argued that bans on conversion practices in the UK should encompass anti-gay but not anti-trans … Continue reading →

Posted in American College of Pediatricians, Conversion practices, Dekker v. Weida, Florida, Gender Exploratory Therapy Association, Genspect, Influence groups, Law, Media, Misinformation, Rapid onset gender dysphoria, Replies, SEGM, Sexuality, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice | Leave a comment

SEGM conference flier revealed: Invited speakers and schedule for October 9-12 New York City conference of the anti-trans Society for Evidence-Based Medicine

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

The anti-trans advocacy group Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM), a prominent hub of career expert witnesses and commentators against gender-affirming medical care, will meet in New York City on October 9-12, 2023 for a conference featuring several leaders in … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversion practices, EBM, Florida, Gender Exploratory Therapy Association, Genspect, Heritage Foundation, Influence groups, Methodology, Misinformation, News, Rapid onset gender dysphoria, Right wing, SEGM, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice | Leave a comment

Florida AHCA’s anti-trans expert G. Kevin Donovan stated in deposition that he’s never been a member of the American College of Pediatricians hate group; the group’s financial records indicate he paid membership dues for several years

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

In 2022, Florida hired a Catholic bioethicist to argue against gender-affirming care Dr. Gerard Kevin Donovan (G. Kevin Donovan), a pediatric gastroenterologist and Catholic bioethicist, contributed one of five anti-trans expert reports (Attachment G) to Florida AHCA’s June 2, 2022 … Continue reading →

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What we’ve all been waiting for: Third amended complaint and motion for preliminary injunction filed against Florida SB 254 adult trans care restrictions, including the ban on nurse practitioner prescribers and the mandated in-person consent forms

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

Key takeaways: SB 254 created arbitrary and capricious roadblocks to nearly every trans adult in Florida seeking to continue their prescribed gender-affirming hormone therapy, with new restrictions and bans on the care we can receive from physicians, nurse practitioners, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dekker v. Weida, Doe v. Ladapo, Endocrinology, Ethics, Florida, Health care, Law, News, Politics, Psychology and psychiatry, SB 254, Surgery, Transgender medicine, Transphobia and prejudice | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The far-right law firm Alliance Defending Freedom offered a Florida anti-trans hate group $15,000 to “refute” the WPATH Standards of Care “for use in litigation”

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

A wider lens on the American College of Pediatricians. Recent subpoenas by Republican state governments against trans-supportive professional and medical organizations In 2022 and 2023, professional organizations endorsing gender-affirming care received extensive subpoenas from the states of Alabama and Florida … Continue reading →

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