We're pleased that so many news outlets are reporting on the @thecassreview. It makes the #WPATHFiles even more relevant and considerably more damning.
The following thread contains a selection of articles and discussions on the report.
1// The Times- Nine Key Findings From the Cass Review into gender transition.



2// thetimes.co.uk/article/cass-r…
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A great morning session at @CanSG_org .
Beginning with Keynote speaker Prof. Riittakerttu Kaltiala and moving swiftly through talks by Prof. Michael Biggs, Prof. Susan Bewley, Dr Margaret McCartney, Dr Anna Hutchinson and Prof. Richard Byng.
Some slides from the talks. The recording will be available after the conference.
@CanSG_org The 2nd panel, Chaired by Dr Louise Irvine will cover 'Safeguarding gender-questioning children & young people in healthcare and education'.
It begins with GIDs whistleblower Sonia Appleby.
#FirstDoNoHarm

“Do we have to stick to penis & vagina norms? Can we have genitalia that looks like flowers or abstract sculpture? Can we have multiple? Can they be interchangeable?” -WPATH certified clinician Laura Jacobs, LCSW- WPATH SOC revision committee. Credit: posted by @Jonnywsbell

The #WPATHFiles Daily Disclosures: Surgeons discuss performing surgery on a 14-year-old kid. Their concerns are about being sued, dilation issues and what consent looks like. Marci Bowers, the President of WPATH, advises against it because the tissue is too immature. They KNOW that consent is a murky area. In this clip, part of a different discussion, a WPATH member acknowledges kids' and parents' lack of understanding of the implications of these surgeries.

1/🔍📣 "The WPATH Files" have been released 📂: Leaked discussions from WPATH key figures. Find out what they really think about what’s happening in “gender medicine.”💡 2/ WHO’S WHO IN THE WPATH FILES 🔍: Meet Dr Marci Bowers, a surgeon and the President of WPATH. Bowers has said that puberty blockers are “fully reversible.” But evidence suggests otherwise and Bowers knows this. 💥#WPATHFiles

🧵1/ Genspect's Director @stellaomalley3 & Dr Carrie Mendoza of @FAIRinMedicine were proud to work alongside Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger, Mia Hughes @_CryMiaRiver, & the Environmental Progress @envprogress team on the #WPATHFiles that have just been released. 2/ The World Professional Association of Transgender Health @wpath is considered the "global authority" on transgender health. In fact, @wpath is a reckless promoter of pseudoscientific hormonal & surgical experiments on children, adolescents & vulnerable adults. #WPATHFiles

🧵1/ US- NYC: "Rose Doe", a former prisoner in the women's prison on Riker's Island, is suing NYC, claiming it failed to respond to her complaints about her former trans-identified male roommate's sexual aggression, which escalated to rape. LINK: nbcnewyork.com/investigations… 2/ "The legal action, claiming a heterosexual man posed as a transgender woman in order to gain access to female detainees, comes 1 yr after advocates for trans prisoners implored NYC Council & Dept of Correction to make it easier for inmates to get housing that aligns w/their gender ids."

🧵1/ IRELAND: On Monday night in Dublin, Genspect held an important meeting regarding the proposed conversion therapy bill. Genspect Director @stellaomalley3, Sheikh Dr Umar Al Qadri, @RonanMullen, @Toibin1, @HJoyceGender, Prof Patricia Casey & many others convened, representing women’s rights groups, Christian & Islamic faith groups, educators, politicians, detransitioners & mental health professionals. 2/ The conversion therapy bill would make it illegal for therapists to pursue a "questioning approach" with clients expressing gender dysphoria--a condition which can have many different underlying causes. The bill would create "chilling effect" for psychotherapists- and make it hard for people to get psychotherapy for gender distress. Radical & poorly evidenced social & medical transition would then be the only options on the table.

🧵1/US-IMPORTANT: @AmerAcadPeds published a shocking article today in their journal stating "withholding [gender affirming care] is harmful to children & amounts to state-sanctioned medical neglect & emotional abuse". The article's 3 authors include 2 drs at @seattlechildren 2/NOT A SURPRISE: @seattlechildren operates a gender clinic for ages 9-16 WHO HAVE ALREADY STARTED PUBERTY (& therefore can begin costly medical interventions like pediatric Lupron implants, cross hormones, monitoring & addressing subsequently escalating medical issues)

WATCH & LISTEN: At our recent #GenspectBiggerPicture conference in Denver, Michael @shellenberger announced his new project, The #WPATHfiles- a collection of documents that exposes how badly WPATH has violated the public's trust. 🧵1/4 #TimesUpWPATH #GenspectDenver WPATH's "Standards of Care" (SOC-8) has had a massive influence around the world, shaping policies, treatment protocols & legal decisions. It's being used to justify irreversible, experimental treatment on children & vulnerable young adults. 2/4 #TimesUpWPATH #WPATHfiles

US: BREAKING-🧵 1/6 A Citizen Petition has been filed with the @US_FDA regarding "Action Urgently Needed to Address Off-Label Use of Puberty Blockers in Children". Docket #: FDA-2023-P-376
LINK: regulations.gov/document/FDA-2… 2/ @Genspect is a signatory, as well as @Miriam_Grossman, @JTAllenMD, @PatrickHunterMD, @will_malone, @FAIRinMedicine, @RethinkIME, @ourduty , @ethical_care, @GETAtherapy, @Aaron_GDAC , @DetransHelp & Dr. Quentin Van Meter

🧵1/9 Today is #ROGDAwarenessDay! Five years ago today, @lisalittman's groundbreaking, peer-reviewed study, Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria (ROGD), was published. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… 2/9 The term "ROGD" describes the phenomena in which teens or young adults with no childhood history of gender dysphoria suddenly developed the condition during or after puberty. This is the dominant cohort of patients currently presenting at gender clinics. #ROGDawarenessday

🧵US: 1/ “LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, including ⁦@HRC⁩ & ⁦@TrevorProject⁩ are asking the White House to add gender-affirming care to new rules under consideration by the ⁦@HHSGov⁩ strengthening health privacy protections related to abortion.” lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/biden-… 2/ Why, you might ask, would “gender affirming care” be linked with abortion? This is strategic coat-tailing- be on the lookout for a great deal more of this.

🧵1/ "Milo" from MTV's 2016 documentary "Transformation" is detransitioning. "I feel like I've kind of suppressed a lot of trauma...from when I was a teenager going through puberty & I was bullied at school by other girls for being kind of weird & stuff." 2/ "Also, just feeling like I was going to be an object for men if I kept my body the way it was. Which I know now isn't true."

1/ 🧵Today marks our second birthday. We’d like to take a moment to acknowledge what we have accomplished so far - and share some exciting news about what’s ahead! 2/ We’ve created a coalition of parent & other concerned groups from 21 different countries, as well as many clinicians, researchers, trans & detrans individuals around the world. We speak for thousands. We are stronger...together!

THREAD: 1/ In today's @WSJ: Attorney, bestselling PHARMA author & award winning investigative journalist @geraldposner shines a light onto "puberty blockers": wsj.com/articles/the-t… 2/Posner: puberty blockers are used off-label, which is both legal and common. "Some half of all prescriptions in the U.S. are for off-label uses. But off-label use circumvents the FDA’s authority to examine drug safety and efficacy, especially when the patients are children."

🧵PRIDE MONTH flashback: 1/ Remember when male rock stars like Pete Burns (1959-2016) of Dead or Alive wore outrageous clothing & makeup ---WITHOUT claiming that they weren't male, but some other "gender"? 2/ Burns: "[People] always want to know – am I gay, bi, trans, or what? I say, forget all that. There's got to be a completely different terminology, and I'm not aware if it's been invented yet. I'm just Pete."

🧵1/ Yesterday, the NYT reported on how little data we actually have on LGBTQ suicide! This is critical information for gender-distressed young people- and their families- to understand. nytimes.com/2023/06/01/hea… 2/ "because most death investigators do not collect data on sexuality or gender identity, no one knows how many gay & transgender people die by suicide each year in the US."

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A summary of the peer-reviewed, published literature on
the effect of estrogen and the risks that males who medically transition need to
be aware of.

The sources are all from reputable journals and documented at
mungeribabu.substack.com/p/estrogen-is-…. 2/5
Research in the last few years on the effects of estrogen on trans women
has been coming in thick and fast, and it is all alarming.

High levels of estrogen cause depression among younger men - several
studies show that. But more alarmingly,
oestrogen changes the brain..

THREAD- US 1/Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) subpoenaed the
@AmerAcadPeds, @wpath, @TheEndoSociety
& others to turn over docs that spell out their standards of care, what studies they used to support “gender-affirming care,” any considerations they cited of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… @AmerAcadPeds @wpath @TheEndoSociety "AHCA argued, 'Casting themselves in the underlying case as the standard bearers of the prevailing scientific view regarding gender dysphoria treatment … the non-parties now seek to shield their perspective from any scrutiny.'”

THREAD- 1/ In his clinical work w/ gender-distressed youth, our Vice Director @jburgo55 has observed a "disconnect between language and emotion"- a sort of "social media-induced kind of dissociation"- and no relationship with the body. realityslaststand.com/p/living-in-an… 2/ "Like many young people who survived the lockdown years by going online, these clients have spent so much time inhabiting virtual worlds that they’ve lost connection with what’s visceral, immediate, and real."