Sweden prioritizes psychological support for gender diverse youth The long anticipated new guidance from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) was released last week. In it, the NBHW concluded that the evidence base for medical interventions for gender diverse youth is of low quality, and that hormonal…
The Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine Anyone who has been following the debates on medical gender transition of young people will have heard of the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine. Since 2019 this dedicated group of professionals has been challenging the shoddy science used to support the affirmative model of…
Yesterday, a teacher at Waterloo Region District School Board attempted to present some of the materials recently made available to elementary-aged students there and raise questions about their appropriateness. The Chair of the Board interrupted the presentation and called a vote to determine whether Carolyn Burjoski should be able to…
Many people will agree that referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Are our public schools, however, going beyond this mandate of teaching respect and acceptance for those who are different? The usage of pronouns have evolved from neutral 3rd person substitute…
In solidarity with parents around the world, we repost Genspect’s open letter in response to WPATH SOC v8 below. It’s not clear which standards of care are being used in Canada. CPATH (the Canadian Professional Association of Transgender Health) no longer seems to be affiliated with WPATH. Several Canadian trans…
Dear Members of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Canadian Gender Report represents parents of gender transitioning children in Canada. We would like to appear on Bill C4 should hearings be held. Canadian Gender Report denounces any forms of forced, coercive or degrading therapy intended to result in a change…
Brief to the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 17 – Gender Affirming Health Care Advisory Committee Act Canadian Gender Report November 8, 2021 Introduction Canadian Gender Report has five concerns about the current bill: The committee’s name “Gender Affirming” implies a bias towards a particular model of gender…
Canadian Gender Report (CGR) offers this report to the CBC in hopes that the CBC will improve its coverage of issues related to gender identity. The CBC’s approach to the contested issues surrounding the ability to self-identify one’s gender is often biased and fails to deliver on CBC’s mandate. CBC…
Olympics Erasing Women: Two Lies Olympic Games Executives Told the World By Linda Blade (@coachblade on Twitter) By now everyone who cares about the Olympic Games has heard about Laurel Hubbard – the weightlifter from New Zealand who was born male and “transitioned” to “woman” at the age of 35…
A petition to the UK parliament “Safeguard evidence-based therapy for children struggling with gender dysphoria” recently surpassed 10,000 signatures which necessitated an official response. We thought the UK government statement was extremely reasonable. In particular, the statement called out the need to ensure that “parents, teachers and medical professionals are…
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