Category: puberty blockers
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AMA strengthens its policy on protecting access to gender-affirming care
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today passed the Endocrine Society’s resolution to protect access to evidence-based gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Rating: Transsupportive, Endocrine Society, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Elon Musk Celebrates Pride Month By Going On An Anti-Trans Tweeting Spree
Critics say the platform isn’t safe for trans users after the company rolled back protections against “targeted misgendering.” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Elon Musk Slams Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Video quoting Elon Musk’s transphobic tweets and providing so-called medical science from Greg Marchand, who is apparently an obstetrician/gynecologist who opposes gender-affirming care. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 11, 2023 (Video archive 1) (Video archive 2)
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Britain Limits Use of Puberty-Blocking Drugs to Research Only
Britain’s National Health Service announced on Friday that it would limit the use of puberty-suppressing drugs to children enrolled in clinical trials. The change comes as the agency’s pediatric gender services have struggled to keep up with soaring demand. Rating: Transneutral, New York Times, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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NHS will not offer puberty blockers to children suffering from gender dysphoria
Guidance ‘will go down in safeguarding history’ as hormone-suppressing drugs will not be routinely recommended at two new clinics in England. Rating: Transphobic, Telegraph, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Puberty blockers will not be routinely offered to children at new gender clinics
Puberty-supressing hormones will generally only be commissioned as part of clinical research, NHS England said. Rating: Transneutral, Independent, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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I Took My Trans Daughter To Florida On Vacation. Now I’m Not Sure If We’ll Ever Go Back.
“Was I willingly dragging my daughter into the line of fire?… Would my daughter not only *be* safe, but *feel* safe, when we landed?” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 7, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Judge Blocks Florida Bill That Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
This action presents a constitutional challenge to a Florida statute and rules that (1) prohibit transgender minors from receiving specific kinds of widely accepted medical care and (2) prohibit doctors from providing it. The treatments at issue are GnRH agonists, colloquially known as “puberty blockers,” and cross-sex hormones. This order grants a preliminary injunction. Rating:…
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LGBTQ Americans Are In A State of Emergency, HRC Declares
LGBTQ+ Americans are facing “real, tangible and dangerous” threats, said Human Rights Campaign CEO Kelley Robinson. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 6, 2023 (PDF archive)