I lost faith in Canadian journalism the way people go bankrupt: gradually and then all at once. The all-at-once part happened following the release of the Cass Review in England. This extensive independent review, published in early April, took four years, spanned nearly 400 pages and found “remarkably weak evidence”…
WPATH has been extraordinarily discredited once again. An unsealed court document has revealed communication between the Biden administration and senior WPATH staff asking WPATH to remove age restrictions from their newly released SOC 8 (“standard of care” version 8). WPATH initially released SOC 8 with age restriction recommendations for gender…
The Cass Review is an extremely credible and extensive look into the UK’s gender services for children and young people. Canada and the UK both began to adopt the “gender affirming” model of care in the past decade. The Cass Review exposed an incredible lack of evidence supporting the gender…
The Cass Review Final Report was released on April 10, 2024. It can signficantly change how we approach children and young people with gender-related distress in Canada, if we let it. Under the stewardship of Dr Hilary Cass, the Cass Review undertook a sweeping investigation of how children and young people…
Re: Response to a Letter From the Canadian Pediatric Society and Alberta Medical Association to the Premier of Alberta The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) recently sent a letter to the Premier of Alberta expressing their opposition to her proposed policy changes to pediatric gender medicine…
Emily’s story I was born in Mississauga. I have what most people would think of as a normal family; a Mom, a Dad, and a brother. My big brother was important to me. When I was younger I hung around a lot of his friends. I was a bit of…
The debate over the accessibility of medical interventions for minor children who identify as “trans” continues to heat up in Canada. Pierre Poilievre was asked a very direct question yesterday in a media scrum “You’re against puberty blockers for children under 18?” “Yes” was his answer. He said adults should…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a 7 minute statement yesterday to announce that gender identity policy changes are coming. The Premiers of New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have come under fire for announcing similar policies. Quebec announced that it will conduct a review of gender identity policies in schools and the…
Rational public discourse has been happening in the UK and northern Europe about the risks of childhood gender transition and the responsibility that our leaders and clinicians must bear to ensure young people are appropriately safeguarded from harm. Britain’s Secretary of State, Kemi Badenoch confronts all the issues head on…
New Gender Identity Policy Guidance The recent lawsuits filed against the governments of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have presented the issue of gender identity in schools as a conflict between parents’ rights and the rights of children. In fact, the rights and best interests of children will be best served…
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