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…
Background Health Quality Ontario (HQO) is an Ontario provincial government body with this stated purpose: “We believe everyone deserves better health and excellent quality care. Our dedicated people are committed to this goal.” HQO is soliciting feedback on their draft Quality of Care Standard: Ontario Health Draft Quality Standards for Gender-Affirming…
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…
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…
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…
The following analysis was contributed by a Canadian physician What is Top Surgery? Since 2015, there has been an explosion in the number of teenagers and young adults presenting with gender dysphoria in Canada and the rest of the Western world. For the first time, the majority of those presenting…
The first lawsuit by a gender detransitioner in Canada has been filed in Ontario. Michelle Z says of her claim “Through this action. I am not only seeking justice for myself, but also hoping to raise awareness about the recklessness of gender-affirming health care.” Gender affirmation care undertaken without assessment…
Mental health assessments have been called “stigmatizing”, “gatekeeping” and “barriers to care” by CPATH and other LGBTQ+ lobby groups. They are thus being systematically phased out of the field of gender medicine to be replaced by “affirmation,” and access to medical transition based on a client’s self-directed gender goals, even…
In a surprisingly direct editorial on Saturday, the National Post called for Canada to ban gender surgeries for minors and “take inspiration” from the recent reforms in Finland, Sweden and the UK to ensure Canadian gender questioning children receive appropriate and multi-disciplinary care. This significant statement by one of Canada’s…
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