Articles for Gender Transition

Uncomfortable moment transgender child tells weeping parents their biggest fear
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Uncomfortable moment transgender child tells weeping parents their biggest fear

Daily Mail  

A 10-year-old transgender girl had a devastating reaction when asked what her biggest fear was amid a fierce public debate over trans rights. The child was speaking to CNN's Lucy Kafanov as Supreme Court hears a case over the constitutionality of a Tennessee law denying transgender minors gender-affirming care. Violet DuMont, 10, shared that her biggest fear is getting murdered …

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Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?
3 weeks ago

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?

LA Times  

The conservative Supreme Court is poised to leap into another culture-war battle between red states and blue states, this time involving medical rights of transgender teens and their parents. Biden’s Solicitor Gen. Elizabeth Prelogar told the court “there is broad consensus in the field that adolescents who have reached the early stages of puberty and have experienced gender dysphoria over …

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Putin bans adoption of Russian children to countries that allow gender transition
1 month ago

Putin bans adoption of Russian children to countries that allow gender transition

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. Russian lower house Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who was among the new …

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Harris supported gender transition surgeries for prisoners paid for by taxpayer
3 months, 1 week ago

Harris supported gender transition surgeries for prisoners paid for by taxpayer

The Telegraph  

Kamala Harris has previously said she would support offering taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries to prisoners. In a 2019 American Civil Liberties Union questionnaire, the then-California senator backed a raft of liberal policies including immigration detention and decriminalising federal drug possession. One of the questions put to Ms Harris in 2019 was whether as president she would ensure transgender and nonbinary …

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Hiltzik: Lynn Conway made life better for millions of people
6 months, 1 week ago

Hiltzik: Lynn Conway made life better for millions of people

LA Times  

Lynn Conway was the bravest person I ever knew. — IBM apologizes for firing Lynn Conway for her gender transition in 1968 That article traced her journey from childhood as a male in New York’s strait-laced Westchester County to her decision to transition. But even as the $4,000 operation was still in the planning stage, it became clear that IBM …

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Key findings of the Cass report: stop giving drugs to children and rushing them into treatment
8 months, 1 week ago

Key findings of the Cass report: stop giving drugs to children and rushing them into treatment

The Telegraph  

Dr Cass stated there was “concern that may change the trajectory of psychosexual and gender identity development” with most patients going on to take cross-sex hormones as a result. It had also been suggested that the drugs could improve body image and psychological wellbeing – however, the review found “no changes in gender dysphoria or body satisfaction were demonstrated.” Young …

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Detransition Research: Why people do it, and what we can learn from it.
1 year ago

Detransition Research: Why people do it, and what we can learn from it.

Slate  

For most people, a gender transition is permanent. “Listen to detransitioners” has been a frequent refrain from both the right and segments of the left that are highly skeptical of health care that helps people transition. Published in PLOS One on Nov. 29, the first paper sought to “qualitatively explore the care experiences and perspectives of individuals who discontinued or …

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Trans detransition: it’s real, but everyone thinks about it exactly wrong.
1 year, 11 months ago

Trans detransition: it’s real, but everyone thinks about it exactly wrong.

Slate  

Why aren’t professional athletes more supportive of athletes whose ACL surgeries fail? That’s the premise of a recent controversial piece in the Atlantic, with one small change: Replace knee surgery with gender transition, and those sidelined athletes with people who have had disappointing experiences with gender confirmation treatments, and subsequently revert or otherwise shift their gender identification, often known as …

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Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis loses bid to get job back
1 year, 11 months ago

Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis loses bid to get job back

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge ruled Friday that Florida Gov. In an order dismissing the case, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle wrote that federal law prevents him from returning elected prosecutor Andrew Warren to office in a lawsuit that centered on state law. DeSantis suspended Warren last year over the elected prosecutor’s signing of statements that said he would …

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Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis testifies as lawsuit begins
2 years ago

Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis testifies as lawsuit begins

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida prosecutor suspended by Gov. DeSantis suspended Warren over the prosecutor’s signing of statements that said he would not pursue criminal charge s against seekers or providers of abortion or gender transition treatments, as well as his policies about not charging people with certain minor crimes. “We’re fighting for the rights of voters across Florida to …

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Florida prosecutor vows to fight Gov. DeSantis suspension
2 years, 4 months ago

Florida prosecutor vows to fight Gov. DeSantis suspension

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSURG, Fla. — A Florida prosecutor vowed Sunday to fight his suspension from office by Gov. Andrew Warren, a Democrat suspended last week from his twice-elected post as state attorney in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, said in a Facebook video message and news release Sunday he plans a “vigorous defense” by his legal team but did not give …

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DeSantis suspends elected prosecutor over new abortion law
2 years, 4 months ago

DeSantis suspends elected prosecutor over new abortion law

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. This is the governor trying to overthrow democracy here in Hillsborough County.” Warren added that no cases regarding violations of the state’s new abortion law have been brought to his office. The executive order also accuses Warren of having a “flawed and lawless understanding of his duties as a state attorney” in his “presumptive non-enforcement …

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Gender transition treatment minimum age lowered to 14-years-old
2 years, 6 months ago

Gender transition treatment minimum age lowered to 14-years-old

Salon  

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has declared that the minimum age for gender transition treatment can now be lowered to 14, which is two years younger than previously advised. Along with that decrease in the age requirement for hormone treatments, the association has also moved to lower the minimum age for some gender reassignment surgeries to between 15 …

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Kendall Jenner gets in quality time with dad Caitlyn Jenner as they grab dinner in Malibu
2 years, 6 months ago

Kendall Jenner gets in quality time with dad Caitlyn Jenner as they grab dinner in Malibu

Daily Mail  

Kendall Jenner was spotted enjoying some quality time with her transgender father Caitlyn Jenner in Los Angeles on Saturday. Stepping out: Kendall Jenner was spotted enjoying some quality time with her transgender father Caitlyn Jenner in Los Angeles on Saturday However the rapport between Caitlyn and Kendall appeared to be undamaged as they chatted in the doorway of the restaurant. …

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Column: IBM apologizes for firing a transgender pioneer, 52 years late
4 years, 1 month ago

Column: IBM apologizes for firing a transgender pioneer, 52 years late

LA Times  

Lynn Conway at the winter 2018 commencement at the University of Michigan, at which she received an honorary Doctor of Science degree. She expected the company to merely “admit this happened and they know about my work, and then we would jointly celebrate how far we’ve come.” To grasp the importance of IBM’s step, it helps to review Conway’s personal …

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