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Have questions about gender affirming care, especially for kids*? This is a quick overview. *As stated in this article, there are no medical interventions for pre-pubescent kids.

I agree with the very smart and fastidious author: pretty much everyone I have seen commenting on the Cass review is, to some extent, wrong. It’s a bit depressing, really - people who oppose any medical care for transgender individuals have taken up the review as a perfect document with no flaws. At the same time, those who object to the findings seem intent on promoting untrue claims about perceived weaknesses in the report. If you have the time, judge for yourself. The Cass Review - Intro The biggest review into healthcare for transgender youth https://lnkd.in/eb8H2GUP

“#genderaffirmingcare is considered life-saving - It plays a crucial role in improving the #mentalhealth, well-being, and overall quality of life for #transgender, #nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals.” Check out Mira Miller's article to learn more about the importance of #genderaffirmingcare. #NVFP #conciergemedicine https://lnkd.in/grcff7V8

ICYMI: German Medical Assembly calls for restricting trans surgeries, puberty blockers for minors: Germany's highest body of doctors has passed two resolutions related to gender dysphoria, one of which warns about the potentially life-long consequences of allowing youth to transition, as current guidelines being prepared by the government recommend an affirmative approach. #transgender #genderaffirmingcare #pubertyblockers #Germany #transsurgeries

🚨 Pioneer in child gender dysphoria treatment warns against the harms of the trans medical industry. The Daily Caller reports that Dr. Susan Bradley raises concerns about the current practices, emphasizing the potential long-term damage to children. This crucial perspective calls for a reevaluation of how we approach gender dysphoria in youth. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eUyYyMju #ChildHealth #GenderDysphoria #TransMedicalIndustry #YouthCare #MedicalEthics

I'm happy to share that my thesis is now part of the UW-Stout library thesis collection and is available for download. It currently has 18 reads on ResearchGate, which is exciting for me! https://lnkd.in/ew_qprKz Pregnancy in the Margins: A Review of the Literature and Introduction of An Attachment-Based Ecotherapy Intervention for Marginalized Expecting Couples The experience of pregnancy within the U.S. healthcare system is life threatening for pregnant people in the margins. Minority populations, including Black and Native American people, people of color, cultural and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, migrants and refugees, and the socioeconomically marginalized all face serious disparities in pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal health care outcomes. This study sought to understand how ecotherapy for marginalized expecting couples can support attachment repair, foster family resilience to mitigate the stresses of marginalized pregnancy and create a protective benefit for navigating maternal health care. A literature review provides critical synthesis of three areas of discourse, perinatal mental health and maternal health care, attachment theory and attachment-based intervention, and ecopsychology and ecotherapy. An attachment-based ecotherapy intervention is introduced, and recommendations are made for future study. The study aims to stimulate new discourse on how ecotherapy can be incorporated in the field of marriage, couple, and family therapy to offer expanded clinical support for marginalized expecting couples. Find me on ResearchGate: https://lnkd.in/ey-MRPT5

Want to know the first thing when choosing a donor? Lisa Schuman, LCSW and Mark Leondires, MD, co-authors of Building Your Family: The Complete Guide to Donor Conception, cover both the medical and emotional aspects of becoming an LGBTQ parent through donor conception. Read more about it here:

Wyoming becomes 24th state to ban gender transition procedures for minors: Wyoming has become the latest state to ban minors from obtaining body-disfiguring gender transition procedures, bringing the total to two dozen. #LGBT #Transgender #Wyoming #genderdysphoria #genderconfusion #sexchangeprocedures #bodymutilation

#Transgender #youth #care #misconceptions #lead #physicians, #researchers #to #set #the #record #straight #February9 "#ABC #News spoke to physicians and researchers about gender-affirming care."

More Weird Whacky Wild Politics & Magic from the Alberta Tarsands Tarnation, Not Science, Sense or Sensibility, Yeehaw, Yippee & Yahoo, Eh?⚠️🤠⚠️ Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre came to the defence of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith this week after the federal Liberal government criticized her United Conservative Party government’s restrictive new policies on transgender health care. 
Mr. Poilievre went after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in particular, saying, “He should let parents raise kids and let provinces run schools and hospitals.” 
He has a point. It is the province’s jurisdictional right to, as Alberta is doing, ban the use of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormone treatments for children with gender dysphoria aged 15 and under, to limit their use for those aged 16 and 17 with strict conditions, and to ban gender-reassignment surgery – so-called top and bottom surgeries – for children aged 17 and under. 
This isn’t necessarily controversial. After all, Nova Scotia requires patients seeking top or bottom surgery to be the age of majority, which is 18 in that province, and has done so without raising eyebrows. In British Columbia, where the age of majority is 19, the same rule applies for bottom surgery, but not for top surgery, and no one is outraged.

Provinces set guidelines for the treatment of gender dysphoria all the time without making the national news. There is a reason for that, though: They let their health departments act independently of overt political interference.
That is not the case in Alberta. In her video announcing the new policies, Ms. Smith says that “encouraging or enabling children to alter their very biology or natural growth … poses a risk to that child’s future that I as Premier am not comfortable with permitting in this province.”
Not once does Ms. Smith mention medical science, statistics or relevant data that support her decision. 
This is wrong. Her personal views, and the things she isn’t personally comfortable with, while they might conveniently align with those of her socially conservative voters, should not in any way inform medical care in Alberta. 
This is a dangerous and anti-scientific position for any premier to take. In Ms. Smith’s case, it could harm children. 
The science around gender dysphoria in children is evolving. But the most widely accepted standards of care, prepared by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and supported by the Canadian Paediatric Society, make it clear that gender-affirming care managed by medical and counselling professionals in co-operation with a child and their parents has by far the best outcomes.