The following is a running timeline of major policy shifts and events that signal the evolution of gender affirmation care. This document will be updated from time to time. Hyperlinks to references are active in the content but may not be immediately visible unless you hover over them. We will…
by Chan Kulatunga MoruziTwitter: @ChanKulatunga Earlier this month, Danielle Smith announced Alberta’s new gender-related legislation, including legislation around the social transition of students. The average Canadian likely knows little about these issues, but it seems many have strong opinions. Some politicians like Marci Len, Kristopher Wells and Naheed Menshi have…
The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) is doubling down on gender-affirming care with a new statement that contains several concerning assertions and falsehoods. Canadian clinicians representing the CPS position statement on gender-affirming care openly disparaged the Cass Review, calling it a “critique” and the work of a “single individual” and have…
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…
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