The Swedish coalition has deleted the bill to simplify legal gender change. There is too much disagreement between the governing parties. Now, the Moderates and the Liberals will seek another way to...

Fueled by isolation and social media, some youth rush toward gender identity as answer to distress

A U.S. District Court ruled that a school policy requiring teachers to keep preferred pronouns from parents undermines their constitutional rights.

A number of additional data irregularities in the USTS raise further questions about the quality of the data.

A court rules that a Wisconsin school district violated parental rights when it socially affirmed a child without parental consent.

Why hormone prescriptions for people age 18-25 should not be written after one doctor’s visit

A woman who was pumped with testosterone and underwent hormone therapy when she was a young teenager is suing both her doctors and the American Academy of Pediatrics, which her lawyers say has...

For six years I worked at a hospital that said all teenagers with gender dysphoria must be affirmed. I quit my job to blow the whistle.

Thousands of transgender U.S. youths are medically transitioning. The treatments they receive have little scientific evidence of long-term safety and efficacy.

Another progressive country is having second thoughts about paediatric gender transition

The effectiveness and side-effects of the most common treatments are not well understood

Fred has a history of developmental issues. He was diagnosed with autism—technically ADHD with autistic traits—at age four, struggled with depression and anxiety as he got older, and was expelled...

Sajid Javid will today change a medical confidentiality law to allow researchers to study data on around 9,000 British children given counselling or drugs for gender dysphoria.

By now, every Canadian has heard the news out of Alberta. Although depending where you get your news, you’ve either heard that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced a forthcoming

The parents of a Michigan student have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the school district of concealing their child's gender transition from them, arguing that their parental rights trump stude

DR. ANDERSON: The biggest question today is not whether gender-affirming care is appropriate. The question is: Who is transgender and at what point should medicines be used?

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Prof Sir Louis Appleby, the Government’s adviser on suicide prevention, said raising the subject may add to distress in young people

The turning point is here

In the past, we were told that people who were transgender had a deep-seated psychiatric disorder, which no longer is the prevailing view, but for many years it was, which was why so many trans...

The anti–New York Times protesters have the wrong target and the wrong goal.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender...

How a Washington public school’s transgender secrecy policies drove an immigrant family out of the country

Court documents offer a window into how this happens

The bill passes after a heated Assembly hearing on Wednesday.

The American Academy of Pediatrics renewed its support of gender care for minors while commissioning a fresh look at the evidence.

The reactions of gender zealots to their folly being exposed range from notably silent to dangerously delusional

A new study challenges the common assertion that gender-dysphoric youth are at elevated risk of suicide if not treated with “gender affirming” medical interventions. If it’s true, it ought to have a...

As the U.S. barrels toward allowing more children with gender dysphoria to get medical intervention to affirm their new gender identities, several European countries that have been ahead of the U.S....

The members of Team Trans, believed to be the first entirely trans sports team in the United States, recently reunited to play their second hockey tournament.

Language matters—and on gender identity, the use of confected terms does rationality a disservice.

Clinicians and managers must be held to account for the travesty in which adult beliefs were allowed to drive healthcare for children

The following publication appeared in the Economist online on June 29, 2024. It appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “WPATH/Marking their own homework.” The...

The movement backing gender-transition treatment for children is built on the claim that pediatric medical interventions are not only “medically necessary” – but truly “life...

The policy, rescinded by the school board last year, is not allowed to be reinstated under agreement.

The movement backing gender-transition treatment for children is built on the claim that pediatric medical interventions are not only “medically necessary” – but truly “life...

California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a law this week saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student’…

Background All-cause and suicide mortalities of gender-referred adolescents compared with matched controls have not been studied, and particularly the role of psychiatric morbidity in mortality is...

Bud Light has suffered a “staggering” sales hit following the beer brand’s controversial marketing tie-up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney — with the latest data...

Publication of the Cass review in April 2024 was a seminal moment in contemporary medicine. Hilary Cass, a consultant paediatrician, was commissioned by NHS England to report independently on “the...

The healthcare we provide to youngsters struggling with gender distress should be aimed at helping them, rather than winning a culture war.

The policy changes come after an NBC News investigation last month into child safety on the platform.

An activist legal group's claims of a spike in suicides of gender-confused youth on wailting lists for treatments is being questioned.

Background Increasing numbers of children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria or incongruence are being referred to specialist gender services. Historically, social transitioning prior to...