Category Archives: Politics

The Dangers of Detrans TERF Entryism: Lessons for Organizers from OH HB 68

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Ky Schevers and Lee Leveille

By Ky Schevers and Lee Leveille, co-developers of Health Liberation Now! This report serves as a follow-up to the previous report by Zinnia Jones, “Counterpoint: Ohio trans youth care ban veto was a victory for a gatekeeping surveillance state targeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-trans detransitioners, Are You Asking Why? Collective, Influence groups, Ohio, Politics, Regret and detransition, TERFs | 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

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 →

Posted in American College of Pediatricians, Catholic Church, Dekker v. Weida, Faith and religion, Florida, Health care, Hoaxes, Law, Politics, Regret and detransition, Rhetoric, Transphobia and prejudice | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Andre’s opinion”: Florida Medicaid agency paid thousands to a hate group leader to help ghostwrite their anti-trans policy; he copied nearly all of his sources from the hate group

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Zinnia Jones

Dr. Andre Van Mol is a leader of the SPLC-recognized hate group American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) as well as the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), and is an elder at Bethel Church in Redding, California. This church and … Continue reading →

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