The ACLU's Chase Strangio -- who argued Bostock and Skrmetti at the Supreme Court -- thinks most sports should be segregated by sex, and that some child gender clinics didn't do rigorous enough assessments. Welcome to the Intellectual Dark Web, Chase Strangio! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

It’s worth noting that several European health authorities have taken a more cautious approach. In the US medical ethics often intersect with financial incentives to create conflicts of interest.

It is really important right now that we make sure our trans young people hear other stories than that. They hear "there is a future for you" & "there is community for you" & "you don't have to pass to be loved" & "not having access to gender affirming care before puberty IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE."

Not having access to gender affirming care before puberty is not a death sentence BUT if we all uncritically repeat the fear that it is, the young people will take their cue from us on how freaked out to be, and they will believe that all they can do in response to Skrmetti is die.

And the non-profit industrial complex invariably describes gender-affirming care for young people as "life-saving" because the subtext is "if trans young people can't get puberty blockers they WILL kill themselves."

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued its policy statement on the gender-affirming care method in 2018. It was written by a single doctor who was a resident at the time. A year later, this scathing fact check came out that revealed that many of the statement’s citations contradicted its claims.

How do they know? benryan.substack.com/p/detransiti...

This raises the question: How do doctors know who is a trans kid and who is not best served by such treatment? Are they trying to discern one child from another?

One reason why the perspectives of these two people are irreconcilable is that they each sincerely believe they are defending a vulnerable minority, but they have the opposite opinion on how to do so.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social wants to support trans kids.

The question at hand in the debate over pediatric gender medicine is whether the doctors in this field can be trusted to self-regulate and whether they have engaged in an evidence-based balance of the risks versus benefits in deciding whether to put kids on blockers and hormones.

LEAKED: Secret American Psychiatric Association Speeches On Pediatric Gender Medicine

The APA sought to keep shielded from the public two panel discussions on the subject, including a nuanced address by leading pediatric gender psychiatrist Dr. Scott Leibowitz. benryan.substack.com/p/leaked-sec...

NEWS: HHS has published a 409-page document, per Trump's request

Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria

Review of Evidence and Best Practices

opa.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...

Dear Charlie,

On the contrary, I am very mentally well.

And my side of the street is clean. I am confident in the moral clarity—and accuracy—of my reporting on youth gender medicine and will continue on my same path, regardless of these rude emails I get from people such as you.

Best,

Ben

The transgender suicide myth is revealed at SCOTUS Skrmetti case by ACLU attorney Chase Strangio.
By Leor Sapir

www.city-journal.org/article/aclu...