Category: gender dysphoria

IN-DEPTH: Misdiagnosis of Gender Dysphoria in Patient With Mental Health Issues Led to Reassignment Surgery

By the time Richard Anumene was approved for gender reassignment surgery, he had accumulated a litany of mental health problems his attorney argues should have disqualified him from the procedure. Still, in March 2021, Anumene—who had changed his name to Rika Ila Abbir—underwent a series of operations that left him with what some call only…


Parents of Ontario Catholic Student Vocal About Gender Beliefs Suspended From Teaching Jobs

Grade 11 student Josh Alexander of Renfrew, Ont., has received international attention for an ongoing struggle with his Catholic school board over his belief that God made only two genders. His parents, who are teachers in a separate board, have recently been put on leave and are under investigation. They suspect it’s because of the…


Protesters Confront Doctors for Using Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones on Minors

A crowd of more than 50 people protested outside the annual conference of the Pediatric Endocrine Society in San Diego this weekend over the organization’s “gender-affirming” policies and use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on children. The demonstrators marched peacefully on the sidewalks bordering the Sheraton Hotel & Marina, carrying signs and shouting “biology…


Researchers Find Explosion of Youth Gender Dysphoria Over the Last Decade

Transgenderism has exploded among youth in the United States over the last decade. Americans between the ages of 13 and 17 make up nearly 20 percent of the people in the United States who identify as transgender, according to a 2022 report by the Williams Institute, a think tank at the University of California–Los Angeles School of…


Left Now Insists: ‘Transwomen Are Women’

Commentary Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was accosted last week after her speech about transgender athletes at San Francisco State University. Gaines became an outspoken critic of transgender athletes competing in female sports after being forced to compete against and share a locker room with Lia Thomas, who was born male and identifies as female….


West Virginia Bans Transgender Procedures for Minors, With Exceptions

On Wednesday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill banning transgender procedures for minors into law in the state. However, it comes with exceptions that sometimes allow for treatments to be administered. The law, which goes into effect in January 2024, lets doctors prescribe puberty (hormone) blockers or hormone therapy if the minor is…


Another Former Trans Teen to Sue Medical Provider Over Double Mastectomy at 13

A California woman who once identified as transgender and had both of her healthy breasts removed when she was 13 years old is taking legal action against the doctors and medical provider that performed or approved the surgery. The Dhillon Law Group and LiMandri & Jonna LLP, in conjunction with the Center for American Liberty,…


Gender Affirmation Treatments for Minors Must Be Characterized as ‘Experimental’: Norwegian Investigator

Invasive and life-altering treatments for gender incongruence and gender dysphoria for children and young people must be characterized as “experimental” according to the latest recommendation from a Norwegian health care investigator. Puberty delaying treatment along with hormonal and surgical gender affirmation treatments for minors require more research, “a thorough examination before treatment,” explanation of benefits,…


Transgender Hormone Therapy May Raise Stroke, Heart Attack Risks: Study

A new study indicates people with gender dysphoria receiving so-called “gender affirmation” hormone replacement therapy are significantly more prone to stroke, heart attack, and blood clots. Hormone replacement therapy usually involves gender dysphoria patients taking either testosterone or estrogen. It has seen growing popularity over recent years among American teenagers and young adults who identify…


Double Mastectomy, Uterus Removed: Ontario Woman Files Lawsuit Against Doctors Who Helped Her Gender Transition

A Canadian woman who identified as a man for 10 years and had a double mastectomy and partial hysterectomy, has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit of its kind in Canada against the doctors who helped her obtain the irreversible medical procedures involved in transitioning to male. Michelle Zacchigna, 34, from Orillia, Ontario,…