Category: ethics

  • Abusive Practices And Conversion Therapy Ties: The Right Latches Onto Finnish Doctor Kaltiala

    Abusive Practices And Conversion Therapy Ties: The Right Latches Onto Finnish Doctor Kaltiala

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Abusive Practices And Conversion Therapy Ties: The Right Latches Onto Finnish Doctor Kaltiala On Monday, Bari Weiss’ platform, “The Free Press,” published an article by Dr. Riitakerttu Kaltiala, the chief psychiatrist in the department of adolescent…

  • Born of Woman: Rebuttal

    Born of Woman: Rebuttal

    Rating: Transsupportive, Gender Menace, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations The opinion piece by Christine Rosen in the National Review raises concerns about the implications of artificial wombs and how they are discussed in contemporary discourse. While Rosen argues against the framing of pregnancy and birth in gender-inclusive terms, it…

  • New Randomized Trial Shows Trans Care Lowers Suicidality

    New Randomized Trial Shows Trans Care Lowers Suicidality

    For the first time, a randomized controlled trial has been completed on gender affirming care and the results are stunning: 55% of those on care saw reduction of suicidality vs 5% of control. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Randomized Trial…

  • Fast access to hormone therapy in transgender adults ‘lifesaving’, study finds

    Fast access to hormone therapy in transgender adults ‘lifesaving’, study finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, The Guardian, September 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Fast access to hormone therapy in transgender adults ‘lifesaving’, study finds Fast access to testosterone therapy for transgender adults is “life-saving”, leading to a significantly reduced risk of depression and suicide, a clinical trial led by…

  • The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

  • Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care”

    Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care”  CBS News

  • Bloody roses — deconstructing the predatory trans* women myth

    Bloody roses — deconstructing the predatory trans* women myth

    Simple question for you: how many women were convicted of sexual assault or other sex crimes in the UK since 2018? Try to Google the answer and you will the UK government’s Office of National Statistics has not publicly provided the sex of convicted sex offenders. It has for the victims, along with a range…

  • Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8

    The overall goal of SOC-8 is to provide health care professionals (HCPs) with clinical guidance to assist TGD people in accessing safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with their gendered selves with the aim of optimizing their overall physical health, psychological well-being, and self-fulfillment. Rating: Transsupportive, World Professional Association of Transgender Health via International Journal…

  • CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification

    CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification

    A novel way of thinking about one’s body has entered into popular culture. “Transgender” individuals refer to their “gender” as a sexual identity that may be male or female, something in between, or neither. This self-identification differs from, and takes priority over, their biological sex as recognized in their chromosomal DNA and innate physical sexual…