The largest Catholic health system in the nation has allegedly funded and performed transgender surgeries and other “gender-affirming” medical interventions, defying traditional Catholic teachings, according to an investigative report released to The Epoch Times. The report by the Lepanto Institute, a Catholic research and education organization, released on June 12, exposes CommonSpirit Health, a Catholic entity, for…

The child sex-change industry is about to boom in states where treatments for minors are not restricted or banned by law, a Boston Children’s Hospital doctor has predicted. “Physicians who provide GAC [gender-affirming care] will face a greater burden due to constraints in certain states and increasing demands for care,” pediatric surgeon Dr. Oren Ganor…

The home of a Utah lawmaker who authored a bill banning transgender surgeries for minors in his state has been vandalized. Utah state Sen. Mike Kennedy, a Republican from Lone Peak, shared photos of his home in a Facebook post on Friday, showing red spray paint on his garage door and driveway. Part of the…

Commentary The report (pdf), from a consortium of U.N.-backed agencies, is shocking: There’s nothing necessarily wrong with adults having sex with children. That is, as long as the sex is “consensual” and the young person involved possesses sufficient “maturity” to “make decisions about engaging in consensual sexual conduct.” The document, issued in March by the…

A de-transitioned teen is suing Kaiser Permanente hospital because doctors removed her breasts during her transgender procedure. Layla Jane is an 18-year-old woman who began to identify as transgender at age 11. Jane, at the time, wanted to transition to a male. Initially, doctors at Kaiser denied her any transition hormones, saying she could take them after…

At 21 years old, after a history of being treated for social anxiety, clinical depression, panic attacks, self-harming behaviour, and a suicide attempt, Michelle Zacchigna thought she might be a man. She was unhappy and depressed and had dropped out of university due to her declining mental health. She became fascinated with a “gender nonconformity”…

Commentary If a surgeon uses her scalpel to cut into and permanently alter the reproductive organs of a young girl in the name of Third World religious and cultural traditions, we call it “female genital mutilation.” It’s now a felony under a stiff federal law passed with bipartisan support in 2020 and signed by Donald…

Young people who believe they are of the opposite gender are being encouraged to think gender-reassignment surgeries are the best course of action, an Australian lawyer has said.  The comment follows recent media reports about a Sydney woman who sued her psychiatrist for professional negligence when allowing her to undergo gender surgeries in her early…

Rachel sometimes speaks of her daughter as if she were no more. Her voice will never be heard again. Her body has been cut apart. Her old friends refuse to even say her name, Rachel said. But Rachel’s daughter is still alive. In high school, she decided she was a man. Later, with the assistance…

The majority of Americans do not support transgender surgeries or anti-puberty blockers for minors, according to a new survey (pdf) released by Washington-based conservative think tank American Principles Project (APP) on May 12. Recent findings show that 56 percent of voters in swing states support banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and physical sex-change surgeries for…