The US administration has issued a series of statements endorsing medicalised gender change for minors, & claims that puberty blocker drugs & cross-sex hormones are "evidence-based".
In other countries, there's a shift to caution about these interventions. Who's got it right? 1/
Sweden: "The National Board of Health & Welfare in Sweden has urged 'restraint' in the use of hormonal drug treatments for medicalised gender change with minors, warning that the risks appear to outweigh the benefits."
genderclinicnews.substack.com/p/sweden-transitions-to-caution?r=130uly&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The UK: "The evidence for using puberty blocking drugs to treat young people struggling with their gender identity is 'very low", an official review has found ... existing studies of the drugs were small and 'subject to bias and confounding'.".
bbc.com/news/health-56601386
France: " 'Sterilisation risk' from gender medicine | The French National Academy of Medicine has sounded the alarm about an epidemic-like surge in young people seeking hormone drugs and surgery."
genderclinicnews.substack.com/p/sterilisation-risk-from-gender-medicine?s=w
Finland: "Finland prioritizes psychotherapy over hormones, and rejects surgeries for gender-dysphoric minors."
segm.org/Finland_deviates_from_WPATH_prioritizing_psychotherapy_no_surgery_for_minors
Australia & New Zealand: "Psychiatrists have been alerted to the ethical and legal risks of medicalised gender change for young people and the lack of good evidence on whether it helps or harms."
theaustralian.com.au/nation/psychiatrists-adopt-new-gender-policy/news-story/9f1b8958312c24f5bed1d9f8101c86bd
And back in the US, top clinicians who *support* gender affirming care -- as long as it involves the safeguard of thorough assessment -- have gone public with concerns about rushed medicalisation of young people.
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/
American journalist @AbigailShrier continues to file worrying reports on paediatric transition, following her bestselling book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
"Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on 'Sloppy' Care"
bariweiss.substack.com/p/top-trans-doctors-blow-the-whistle?s=r
"Inside Planned Parenthood's Gender Factory: An Ex-Reproductive Health Assistant Speaks Out"
abigailshrier.substack.com/p/inside-planned-parenthoods-gender?s=r