“We tell young people that bodies do not determine their gender, yet body modification is often presented as a primary pathway to resolving distress.” New article by psychologist Dr Rachel Hannam on the need for curiosity in response to gender dysphoria. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/flourishin...

Transcaptive Australia's health professions regulator has traded its authority for gender groupthink #Ahpra Link below to new writing by psychologist Dr Sandra Pertot www.genderclinicnews.com/p/transcaptive

Too close for comfort Australia's health professions regulator and the watchdog supposed to supervise it both show the unhealthy influence of the trans lobby www.genderclinicnews.com/p/too-close-...

Can evidence-based medicine survive gender-affirming treatment? www.genderclinicnews.com/p/guidelines...

Enough! A veteran psychologist has walked away after five years hoping the Australian Psychological Society would choose scientific evidence over gender ideology www.genderclinicnews.com/p/enough?r=1...

Singapore’s new and restrictive guidelines for youth gender dysphoria have mysteriously disappeared from government webpages. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/vanishing-...

Singapore joins the cautious club New treatment guidelines in the Southeast Asian republic recommend no gender hormones or surgery for under-18s www.genderclinicnews.com/p/singapore-...

Harm, in gender's name It is plainly wrong to pathologise the natural puberty and sexual development of adolescence New book extract by Paul Tyson ... www.genderclinicnews.com/p/harm-in-ge...

The fast-rising German Opposition party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has called for an immediate moratorium on puberty blocker drugs and cross-sex hormones for minors. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/germanys-a...

Gay history hijacked Plus: Canada breakout; hypocrisy in France; Swedish data puzzle; judicial pronouns; captured health regulator in Oz; doublespeak from the American Medical Association; new Chilean detrans book Gender Clinic News global briefs www.genderclinicnews.com/p/gay-histor...

A flawed model It is telling that the gender-affirming worldview cannot abide scrutiny and seeks to silence dissent Latest analysis from psychologist Dr Sandra Pertot www.genderclinicnews.com/p/a-flawed-m...

UN expert warns Australia over whistleblower psychiatrist The targeting of Dr Jillian Spencer, a critic of gender medicalisation, risks chilling an essential debate on the health of vulnerable children www.genderclinicnews.com/p/un-expert-...

Psyops The Australian Psychological Society has trashed high-quality evidence contrary to the gender-affirming treatment model www.genderclinicnews.com/p/psyops?r=1...

Affirm! (at your own risk) The Australian Psychological Society has failed in its duty to give members clear, evidence-based advice on how to help gender-distressed youth Analysis by psychologist Dr Sandra Pertot www.genderclinicnews.com/p/affirm-at-...

Inside job The Australian Psychological Society took four years to produce a gender dysphoria statement that gaslights members by hiding the woeful state of the evidence base www.genderclinicnews.com/p/inside-job...

The mental health of young people appears to get worse after they undergo the hormonal and surgical interventions promoted by gender clinics as “lifesaving”, according to an unusually comprehensive study. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/transition...

Portugal on track to ban puberty blockers A draft law to stop the gender medicalisation of Portuguese minors is up against organised resistance and captured media www.genderclinicnews.com/p/portugal-o...

Detransition in the spotlight Plus: Not so cautious Swedes; Dutch protocol bias; missing health data; another blow to WPATH; sex-role colonialism; fair trade probe into US gender business; win for NZ lawyer who warned on blockers www.genderclinicnews.com/p/detransiti...

UK dismantles the Dutch protocol Plus: US judges veto secret gender change; in defence of Dr Amos; American medical consensus undone; hypocrisy on UK trial oversight; Australia's trans-activist broadcaster; Fox Varian aftershocks www.genderclinicnews.com/p/uk-dismant...

SHUTDOWN BREAKING NEWS | Activists have forced a medical college to pull the plug on a talk by one of the world's leading figures in the debate over youth gender medicine www.genderclinicnews.com/p/shutdown?r...

What are they really protecting? Transgender policy serves an adult political agenda, not child welfare Veteran clinical psychologist Dr Sandra Pertot's latest article for Gender Clinic News www.genderclinicnews.com/p/what-are-t...

Unfinished business Psychiatrists call for urgent tracing of Tavistock youth as the UK puberty blocker trial stalls www.genderclinicnews.com/p/unfinished...

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has become the first major US medical association to adopt a cautious stance on paediatric gender medicine, citing the weak evidence base and potential long-term harm to young people. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/consensus-...

“In my opinion, the current treatment of gender-confused minors is the biggest medical scandal of my time in medicine.” Prof Gary Geelhoed, who served as Chief Medical Officer of West Australia and ran the ED of the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/its-the-bi...

Gender medicalisation of teenagers is beset by legal uncertainty www.genderclinicnews.com/p/high-risk-...

Gender clinic malpractice test case for Latin America Laura, whose history of sexual abuse, depression, anxiety, self-harm & anorexia was allegedly ignored by gender clinicians has launched a test case against one of Latin America’s most famous hospitals. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/lauras-tes...

Diana Bryant, chief justice of Australia's Family Court when the transgender idea took off in in the mid-2010s, now has doubts about the landmark ruling that liberalised access to puberty blockers for gender-distressed children. www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/ne...

Trans surgery is carried out “under the radar” with misleading diagnoses in Australia’s hospitals, and surgeons worry they may get into trouble with the country’s taxpayer-funded Medicare system, says a report from the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/the-uncert...

Mugged by reality A mom had dismissed warnings about the trans cult as right-wing nonsense… until it came for her 14-year-old son Extract Sacrificial Lambs: A Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progressive Left Harms Children in the Name of Gender Ideology www.genderclinicnews.com/p/mugged-by-...

Doctors for disease Gender clinics create harmful hormonal disorders in children who come to them with healthy endocrine systems, warns Australian paediatrician Dr Dylan Wilson. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/doctors-fo...

Misplaced Pride Celebration of "diversity" in children's hospitals looks like a mask for covert promotion of the contentious gender-affirming treatment model www.genderclinicnews.com/p/misplaced-...

“We are applying syringe and scalpel to both age-old and modern symptoms of growing up and facing the world”—Dr Lisa Duval www.genderclinicnews.com/p/live-not-b...

Capturing Europe A new report charts the unopposed penetration of the EU by gender ideology www.genderclinicnews.com/p/capturing-...

Autonomy as a ploy With scant evidence of health benefits for paediatric medical transition, advocates are distorting bioethics to justify treatment on demand My news report on the Berlin meeting of the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/autonomy-a...

The diagnosis that persists Clinical psychologist Dr Ken Zucker talks about the enduring relevance of gender dysphoria as a diagnosis and suggests health insurers may just refuse to finance the mere pursuit of "embodiment goals" www.genderclinicnews.com/p/the-diagno...

Australian psychiatrist Jillian Spencer, who went public with concerns about paediatric medical transition, has been sent a termination notice, while a complaint against the country’s most influential gender clinician, Michelle Telfer, has been dismissed. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/unequal-ve...

Australia’s centre-left Labor Party Health Minister Mark Butler has ruled out for now any federal restriction on paediatric gender medicine pending new national guidelines expected in 2028. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/no-federal...

Crime unseen Government lawyers in Australia try to retrofit safeguards into a radical model of gender medicine likely to sterilise more children www.genderclinicnews.com/p/crime-unseen

New bill targets gender doctors A draft law in Chile proposes criminal charges against health professionals who transition minors and forbids the use of a false diagnosis to hide these procedures www.genderclinicnews.com/p/new-bill-t...

Psychiatrist Bettina Reiter has urged Austria’s government to impose a minimum age of 25 for trans surgery, the same threshold that applies for sterilisation or gun ownership. And the Swiss People's Party is proposing a ban on trans surgery for minors. www.genderclinicnews.com

Enforcer | The Trump administration is tightening the screws on the US industry that markets paediatric medical transition I report key developments, including the closure of America's biggest youth gender clinic www.genderclinicnews.com/p/enforcer?r...

French health authorities have abandoned draft treatment advice that would have treated 16- and 17-year-olds as if they were adults and enabled their fast-track gender medicalisation under the banner of “depathologisation”. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/gender-rev...

The populist-Left Lula government in Brazil has reportedly shelved a contentious transgender health program that would have lowered the age thresholds for hormones and surgery such as double mastectomy. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/trans-limb...

But who would stop these doctors? Almost a decade ago, the makings of today's medical scandal were clear and visible Extract from Fiona McAnena’s new book Terf Island: How the UK Resisted Trans Ideology, published by Spinifex Press www.genderclinicnews.com/p/but-who-wo...

Witch hunt: Clinicians who point out the flaws and dangers of 'gender-affirming care' are hounded and harried Clinical psychologist Dr Sandra Pertot documents the persecution www.genderclinicnews.com/p/witch-hunt...

A report into cancellations in publishing has claimed that freedom of expression within the sector has been undermined by attitudes towards those who have gender-critical views 👇

Well, this is an interesting moment. Three major US media outlets—left-leaning and champions of “gender-affirming care,” by and large—have published solid articles unpicking the dogmas and delusions of extreme trans rights and puberty blockers. www.genderclinicnews.com/p/trans-wron...

Top gender doctor faces complaint A concerned citizen has called for a regulatory investigation of the conduct of Australian paediatrician Michelle Telfer www.genderclinicnews.com/p/top-gender...

Naming the harm Identifying the researchers awarded $5 million in taxpayers' money for a gender clinic study could expose them to harm, according to an Australian funding agency. #GenderClinics #AusPol #nhmrc www.genderclinicnews.com/p/naming-the...

Rational and prudent America's highest court upholds the right of states to protect children from gender medicalisation www.genderclinicnews.com/p/rational-a...