This is an article which, according to @jackturban MD describes "conversion therapy" which he says is illegal in 20 states (and in Canada if #BillC8 passes in its present form.) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… /2
The article describes an approach for treatment of gender dysphoria in young boys which is highly non-intrusive. Only the parents attend the therapy sessions which focus on such things as improving relations with the father and male peers. Parents are advised not to prohibit /2
cross-gender behavior but to respond with "benign neglect" Parents are told that the therapy is not intended to prevent homosexuality, which is not a medical condition. The article states that the goal of the treatment is to reduce the need for the "long and difficult process /3
of sex reassignment which includes hormonal and medical procedures with substantial risks and complications." I am not a medical doctor or psychologist so I can't say whether this treatment approach is effective but as a lawyer and citizen I can see no reason why it should be /4
illegal. The point here is that defenders of #Billc8 say that it permits exploration of gender identity issues but for the TRA community exploration can only be in one direction. I think it is very unlikely that a judge or jury would consider the kind of approach described in /5
this article as illegal "conversion therapy" but I think it is even more unlikely that a case would ever come to court because the doctors would be deterred by the simple threat of charges.
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1/ I suppose it's good that the @globeandmail have featured this article by @RobynUrback on the front page but the kids the medical system is labelling as trans and sterilizing deserve better still.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
@globeandmail @RobynUrback 2/ The article starts with a discussion of the Dutch approach to affirmative care but fails to note just how weak their research was. The whole model of care is based on a study of 55 subjects with a 1 year follow up period, and no control group. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
@globeandmail @RobynUrback 3/ The article discusses the increase in referrals to clinics and the fact that 79% of patients are now "born female" but does not give a good idea of the magnitude and potential significance of this change.
1/ It is two weeks since the Cass Review was published the The @globeandmail, which describes itself as Canada's national news organization has not printed a word about it. Why the silence?
@globeandmail 2/ The @globeandmail cannot claim that the Cass Review is not newsworthy. Its main competitor, the @Nationalpost has written on it extensively as has every other major newspaper in the English speaking world.
@globeandmail @nationalpost 3/ Coverage of the Cass Review has not been confined to the conservative press. Liberal leaning outlets like the Guardian, the Washington Post, the New York Times and even The Toronto Star have given it balanced coverage. thestar.com/opinion/star-c…
1/ Another falsehood in the awful CBC coverage of the Cass Report which needs to be refuted in detail is the claim the puberty blockers are reversible. cbc.ca/news/health/pu…
2/ This issue did not receive a lot of attention in the Cass report because NHS England updated its website to remove a claim that puberty blockers are fully reversible back in 2020. However, the claim still persists in Canada in the face of the evidence. transgendertrend.com/nhs-no-longer-…
3/ The CBC story refers to the Canadian Paediatric Society position statement which in turn cites WPATH SOC8. This is what WPATH says. None of the references in the paragraph are to research that supports the claim that puberty blockers are reversible. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
1/ The dismal CBC news report on the Cass review is dangerously misleading on evidence based medicine. It quotes Calgary family physician Jake Donaldson as saying this about the evidence base on ear infections.
2/ There is a link to a Cochrane Review of antibiotics for acute middle ear infection in children which concludes that in high-income countries most children recover spontaneously and the benefits of antibiotics do not outweigh the risks. cochrane.org/CD000219/ARI_a…
3/ A second Cochrane review of painkillers for middle ear infections which found that the evidence of the effectiveness of pain killers alone or in combination is uncertain. cochrane.org/CD011534/ARI_d…
1/ At last, @CBCNews covers the Cass Review, but the article is packed with so much misinformation that it would have been better if they had said nothing. The story ignores key parts of the report and misrepresents others. cbc.ca/news/health/pu…
@CBCNews 2/ The @CBC story on Cass repeats many of the common myths and misconceptions which are demolished in this excellent article by @lecanardnoir and adds a few new ones. quackometer.net/blog/2024/04/b…
@CBCNews @CBC @lecanardnoir 3/ The CBC refers to "standards of care" supported by WPATH, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Pediatric Society. The Cass report evaluated both WPATH and the AAP and found that they were not reliable.
1/ The Hill Times suggests that gender identity could become a critical issue in marginal seats where there are significant numbers of socially conservative minority voters, but it could become more than that. hilltimes.com/story/2024/02/…
2/ Canadian Liberals have traditionally been good at brokering compromises in this kinds of conflict but transgender activists have insisted on no compromise / no debate. Neither the Liberals nor the NDP will want to risk being the first to break ranks on gender issues.
3/ This was not a problem as long as the Conservatives were also unwilling to challenge the gender ideology. The Conservatives were trapped in their own dilemma of wanting to appeal to both their social conservative wing and the majority of Canadians who support LGB rights.