Last week, there were two big stories, both revolving around the scandal of medicalizing children.
First, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published the final, peer-reviewed version of their report, Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria. We highly recommend reading the full version of the report, including responses to common objections. Here’s a readable breakdown of the review if you’d like to psych yourself up first.
Yet despite the risks, a new UK clinical trial giving puberty blockers to around 220 children, some as young as 10, has been announced. Genspect UK have analyzed the ethical and practical challenges of this study, including the lack of a control group—again. James Esses and Keira Bell are challenging this decision in court. Support them here.
At the same time, New Zealand read the writing on the wall and banned puberty blockers entirely.
Closer to home, a Korean spa in New Jersey had to be re-educated after they tried to stop a man with intact male genitalia from entering the women’s section. This follows both the Wi Spa incident and a man campaigning for access to “the naked lady spa” in Washington.
Girls’ sports teams continue to win based on whether there is a boy on the team, this time in Massachusetts.
Dagny “Nex” Benedict, a child whose suicide was politicized as “anti-trans hate,” turns out to have been raped by her father, who started “identifying as a woman” and changed his name to Chloe Elizabeth Hughes.
If you’re feeling motivated to take action, we have two opportunities for you.
First, 130 Congressional representatives signed onto an amicus brief in Little v. Hecox asking the Supreme Court to let boys play girls’ sports, against widespread acknowledgement that this is not fair to the girls. Women’s Liberation Front made a handy action button you can use to check if your representative is a signatory and contact them. If you’re looking for resources to help strengthen our argument, our Myth vs. Fact: Women’s Sports page has plenty.
Next, the Democratic Women’s Caucus, which has a man on it, wants women to share about their experience as a woman in America, and how policies made by the Trump administration affected them. That means if you have been sexually abused by a man using she/her pronouns, if you’re a lesbian who had her communities destroyed, if you were smeared as a “bigot” for not wanting men in your bathrooms or locker rooms, if you’re a parent of a girl who plays team sports, they want to hear from you! Tell them.
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