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- Counterpoint: Ohio trans youth care ban veto was a victory for a gatekeeping surveillance state targeting trans adults
- 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
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Category Archives: Trans youth
New study on trans women’s developmental milestones: Self-awareness precedes disclosure by several years
I’ve previously criticized Lisa Littman’s study of the alleged condition of “rapid onset gender dysphoria” – since corrected as “perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria” – on the grounds that its methodology, solely relying on … Continue reading
Posted in Trans youth, Transgender medicine, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged transition, transphobia, youth
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Transphobic and homophobic attitudes are so highly correlated they might be the same thing
Within the baseless anti-trans claim that gender-affirming care for trans youth constitutes a form of anti-gay “conversion therapy” applied to these children, one key component is the assertion that their parents would prefer to have a child who isn’t attracted … Continue reading
Posted in Sexuality, Sociological research, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged science, transphobia
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Why anti-trans parents’ testimonies are unreliable as evidence: a response to Jay Keck and the Kelsey Coalition
A recent opinion piece in USA TODAY by parent Jay Keck of the anti-trans Kelsey Coalition offers a disturbing picture of how trans-rejecting family members rationalize their refusal to recognize trans youth’s identities. Keck, whose trans son is already misgendered … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged media, transphobia, youth
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Minnesota Mom is Just… Terrible. Really Awful.
By Penny Robo Already self-sufficient for years due to parents dealing with substance abuse issues, 13 year old “EJK” came out to her parents as gay, triggering a wave of verbal and physical abuse. Her mother permitted her to live … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and law, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged law, medicine, transphobia, youth, youth transition
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How trans youth and their parents decide to start medical transition
The process by which trans adolescents seek out and access medical transition treatment, including puberty blockers and/or cross-sex hormones, is one of the most widely misunderstood subjects in the public imagination. Initiating treatment is frequently depicted as something capricious, a … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Trans youth, Transgender medicine
Tagged transition, youth transition
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