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- The Dangers of “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minors—FTC Workshop (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC held its July 9, 2025 workshop with panels on science, whistleblowers, parents, and possible FTC action. A workshop and speaker allegations are not an…
- The Impact of Early Medical Treatment in Transgender Youth (R01HD082554)
Government Record
Johanna Olson-Kennedy (PI), Children's Hospital Los Angeles; NIH/NICHD
NIH-funded longitudinal study (approx. $8M+ across 2015-2025) of early medical treatment in transgender youth. Its puberty-blocker cohort's mental-health outcomes remained unpublished as of October 2024, drawing…
- The WPATH Files: Pseudoscientific surgical and hormonal experiments on children, adolescents, and vulnerable adults (2024)
Document · 2024
Environmental Progress (report analysis by Mia Hughes; preface Michael Shellenberger)
Publication of leaked WPATH internal forum messages (2021-2024) and an internal panel video, with a report by Mia Hughes. Discusses members' awareness of consent limits in…
- Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices (2025)
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Population Affairs)
HHS evidence review commissioned under Executive Order 14187 (28 Jan 2025). Initial release 1 May 2025; minor corrections 15 May 2025; final version 19 November 2025…
- Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices—Executive Summary (2025)
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS’s umbrella review assessed 17 systematic reviews and rated the overall evidence for psychological outcomes, quality of life, regret, and long-term health as very low quality.…
- U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says (2024)
News Report · 2024
Ghorayshi A (New York Times)
Reports Olson-Kennedy's statement that the NIH-funded puberty-blocker study found no mental-health improvement and that she delayed publication fearing the results would be 'weaponized' in political debate.
- United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495 (2025) – slip opinion
Court Filing · 2025
Supreme Court of the United States (Roberts, C.J.)
6-3 decision upholding Tennessee SB1: puberty-blocker/hormone bans for minors get rational-basis review; no sex or transgender-status classification; Bostock distinguished; Sixth Circuit (83 F.4th 460) affirmed. 'The…
- Vanderbilt was never doing genital surgeries on minors but agrees to pause other gender-affirming procedures (2022)
News Report · 2022
WPLN; letter by C. Wright Pinson reproduced in article
WPLN reproduces Pinson’s October 7 letter reporting an average of five minor surgical patients annually, all at least 16, none genital, and all with parental consent.…
- Washington University Summary of Conclusions (2023)
Document · 2023
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University’s internal review found Reed’s allegations of substandard care causing adverse outcomes unsubstantiated, while recommending stronger consent and custody-documentation procedures. It reported 1,165 patients since…
- WPATH & USPATH Joint Response to HHS Report on Gender Dysphoria (2025)
Document · 2025
WPATH and USPATH
WPATH/USPATH's formal rebuttal to the 1 May 2025 HHS report, rejecting the report's conclusions and defending the prevailing consensus on gender-affirming care.
- WPATH Public Statements (index page) (2019)
Document · 2026
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH's own statements index contains no formal public response to the WPATH Files leak – per the leaked-report preface, WPATH internally advised members not to reply…
- WPATH Removes Age Limits From Transgender Treatment Guidelines (2022)
News Report · 2022
Medscape Medical News
News report confirming that the published SOC8 contained no age minimums for adolescent treatment/surgery, unlike the draft – documenting the draft-to-final change contemporaneously.
- WPATH Statement on FTC and States’ Announcement of New Complaint (2026)
Document · 2026
World Professional Association for Transgender Health
WPATH states that its funding comes primarily from membership and noncommercial donations and grants. The same statement calls the June 2026 FTC complaint baseless and disputes…