Category Archives: Influence groups

“Still dreaming of running over the trans activists”: Sharon Beck, leader of anti-trans parent group Cardinal Support Network and wife of SEGM’s cofounder, “guided” Ohio Rep. Gary Click on his trans care ban

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Zinnia Jones

“I might get kicked off the forum as some socialist tranny is probably in charge of policing it.” “This is disgusting and needs to be outlawed as a Nazi crime.” “Predators stalking the internet trying to convince young teens and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult care restrictions, Cardinal Support Network, CCV, Conversion practices, Faith and religion, Family, Gary Click, Gatekeeping, Genspect, Influence groups, Law, Ohio, Ohio administrative rules, Parents of ROGD Kids, Parents of ROGD Kids Ohio, SEGM, Sharon Beck, Stephen Beck, Transphobia and prejudice | Leave a comment

Counterpoint: Ohio trans youth care ban veto was a victory for a gatekeeping surveillance state targeting trans adults

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

On Friday, December 29, Ohio governor Mike DeWine announced a ban on gender-affirming surgeries for transgender minors as well as new restrictions on clinics providing gender-affirming care to adults. But you wouldn’t know it from the headlines, most of which … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult care restrictions, Anti-trans detransitioners, Are You Asking Why? Collective, Conversion practices, Gatekeeping, Influence groups, Informed consent, News, Ohio, Ohio administrative rules, Privacy, Psychotherapy, Regret and detransition, Surveillance, TERFs, Trans youth, Transgender medicine, Transphobia and prejudice | Leave a comment

New trial exhibits in Doe v. Ladapo: DOH worked with Genspect leaders Stella O’Malley and Joe Burgo in July 2022; Hilary Cass met SEGM’s Patrick Hunter to discuss Florida’s anti-trans report; Jamie Reed’s attorney Vernadette Broyles chose the lineup of detransitioners speaking at the Board of Medicine

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

Doe v. Ladapo is the case brought by transgender plaintiffs in Florida challenging SB 254, a law prohibiting gender-affirming medical treatment for minors and severely restricting access to care for trans adults since its enactment on May 17, 2023. In … Continue reading →

Posted in American College of Pediatricians, Catholic Medical Association, Conversion practices, COVID-19, Dekker v. Weida, Doe v. Ladapo, Gender Exploratory Therapy Association, Genspect, Influence groups, Law, Litigation, National Catholic Bioethics Center, Psychotherapy, Regret and detransition, SB 254, SEGM, Transphobia and prejudice | Leave a comment

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

Mask off, mask on: Kathleen Goonan, advisor to SEGM and Genspect, taught Moms for Liberty to “play a dual game” and pretend to support parents who accept their trans kids. Then she pretended to support these parents on a podcast with Genspect’s founder.

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

Since 2022, former healthcare executive Kathleen “Kate” Goonan has worked with the anti-trans groups Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) and Genspect to advance restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans youth. At SEGM, Goonan attended an April 25, 2022 meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Church, Conversion practices, Gender Exploratory Therapy Association, Genspect, Heritage Foundation, Influence groups, Misinformation, Moms for Liberty, Politics, Rapid onset gender dysphoria, Right wing, Schools, SEGM, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice | Leave a comment