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Nov 24

“An Australian court hearing a landmark gender dysphoria case was incorrectly told that an international expert had his clinic shut down for unlawful “conversion therapy”, a practice punishable by imprisonment in a growing number of jurisdictions.” genderclinicnews.substack.com/p/wrong-story?…

‘The inaccurate claim against the Toronto-based psychologist and researcher, Dr Kenneth Zucker, known for his nuanced approach to treatment, was made during the Family Court’s 2017 re Kelvin case, which was celebrated as a victory for the dogmatic “gender-affirming”model.’

“The context was an attempt by the Canberra-based transgender group, A Gender Agender, to discredit potential evidence undermining the confident case in favour of medicalised gender change being put to the court.”

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@Bernard_Lane

Nov 15

‘A school counsellor [in New Zealand] has been labelled transphobic for her “harmful” views on the Ministry of Education curriculum, which she claimed was “deliberately teaching lies to little ones” about gender.’ /1 stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/…

[The school counsellor Marli] De Klerk was accused of having “transphobic views” after a Facebook post in which she said: “A significant amount of New Zealand parents are expressing concern and are opposed to the new curriculum from the Ministry of Education …

… (starting from primary) teaching children you may be born in the same body and you can simply change your biological sex. This is confusing for our generation and does not help to foster their resilience or mental health.

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@Bernard_Lane

Nov 14

@nytimes

"They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost? Puberty blockers can ease trans youths’ anguish & buy time to weigh options. But concerns are growing about long-term physical effects & other [outcomes]." 1/

@nytimes on the drugs driving the gender clinic boom

nytimes.com/2022/11/14/hea…

@BradHazzard

"As the number of adolescents who identify as transgender grows, drugs known as puberty blockers have become the first line of intervention for the youngest ones seeking medical treatment.
#health #gender #auspol #politics @BradHazzard @Mark_Butler_MP

"... concerns are growing among some medical professionals about the consequences of the drugs ... The questions are fueling government reviews in Europe, prompting a push for more research & leading some specialists to reconsider at what age to prescribe them & for how long.

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Bernard Lane

@Bernard_Lane

Nov 14

Crikey's Guy Rundle: "Many people would have a view that being transgender is real, but that embodied sex is the root of gendered being, that sex/gender congruence is a better state to be in, and that educational assumptions should lean towards that. 1/
crikey.com.au/2022/08/05/gen…

"It is reasonable to ask whether the approaches of some schools are de facto transgenic in a manner that is not desirable, & whether — after factoring in specific cultural conditions (cough, inner-city, cough cough) — ...

... some schools are producing significantly more and unnecessary 'gender trouble' than others. If so, the curricula and programs should change. This is not easy, to say the least.

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Bernard Lane

@Bernard_Lane

Oct 16

“While the number of gender clinics treating children in the U.S. has grown from zero to more than 100 in the past 15 years – and waiting lists are long – strong evidence of the efficacy & possible long-term consequences of that treatment remains scant.” reuters.com/investigates/s…

I’m late to this special report, which represents a breakthrough in US mainstream media coverage.

“The analysis [of insurance claims], the first of its kind, found that at least 121,882 children ages 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria in the five years to the end of 2021. More than 42,000 of those children were diagnosed just last year, up 70% from 2020.”

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@Bernard_Lane

Aug 1

@HealthyFla

"Puberty blocking, hormone, and hormone antagonist therapies for the treatment of gender dysphoria are prohibited for patients under 18 years of age."

Florida Department of Health petition for the state Board of Medicine to adopt a rule on paediatric transition. @HealthyFla 1/

"Sex reassignment surgery or any other procedure that alters primary or secondary sexual characteristics for the treatment of gender dysphoria is prohibited for patients under 18 years of age." #GenderClinics #Health

Petition from P870 ww10.doh.state.fl.us/pub/medicine/A…

The rationale for the proposed rule is "the lack of quality evidence regarding the effectiveness of such treatments for gender dysphoria and in order to provide guidance to the medical community and protect the health, safety, and welfare of Floridians".

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