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I sense a shift. For years, we’ve been trying to combat misinformation-presented-as-truth, always scrambling to respond to increasingly outlandish claims about gender medicine. (See: Jack Turban in The New York Times recently: “transcendent sense of gender” as official medical term.) Between the Cass Review and the WPATH/Johns Hopkins/HHS scandal, it’s starting to feel like the misinformation purveyors are on the back foot. Case in point: today’s Times column about Cass. (For the record, I sent in three Cass-related op-eds. They still don’t seem to be letting anyone else touch the subject, so extra thanks to Pamela Paul for sticking with it.) When you pull back the left/right framing and focus on the science, a wholly different picture emerges. That’s exactly what the media should be helping people see. Marketers, apparently, are shying away from the cause now that the picture is getting clearer.

Alejandra Q has brought us a comprehensive list once again. She starts with a series of headlines about the murder of a teen who transitioned. Grim stuff. Although I don’t believe hate crime legislation is of any use, it’s a horror to see these stories about violence against people who transition. That’s yet another reason we need to rescue the issue from the culture war.

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Pauly Likens

Jul 9: Pauly Likens; what we know about death of transgender teen (North Jersey)

Jul 9: 'It hit the panic alarm': Trans teen's killing in Pennsylvania shocks LGBTQ+ community—Pauly A. Likens Jr., 14, a transgender teen from Pennsylvania, was murdered and dismembered in Mercer County, authorities said. (USA Today)

Jul 10: Suspect charged in gruesome murder and dismemberment of Pennsylvania transgender teen (CNN)

Jun 10: Murder of Sharon transgender teen brings Governor's call for stronger hate crime laws—The murder and dismemberment of transgender Pauly Likens has prompted a call from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to strengthen laws protecting the LGBTQ+ community from hate-based crimes. (WFMJ)

Jul 8: Mercer County DA doesn’t believe brutal murder of transgender teen was a hate crime (WPXI)

Jul 9: Grieving father reveals his last words to transgender child, 14, before they was murdered and dismembered by predator they met on Grindr (The Daily Mail)

Jul 9: Pa. community in shock over killing, dismembering of transgender girl (Penn Live)

Jul 11: Episcopal Bishop from Sharon writes letter on murder of transgender teenager Bishop Rowe wrote about the hate against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity saying that Christians must stand against the bigotry, hatred and murderous violence directed at them.

White House Statement 

Jul 5: Biden administration says it opposes gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth (Watermark Online)

Jul 5: Trans state legislators slam White House opposition to gender-affirming surgery for minors (The Hill) 

Jul 6: Transgender state lawmakers criticize Biden admin for being against gender-affirming care for minors (Just the News)

Jul 8: Trans Lawmakers Say White House’s Latest Comments About Trans Youth Are ‘Betrayal’—The administration recently came out against gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth, which advocates call both “rare and necessary.” (Huff Post)

Jul 8: The White House’s Transgender Tangle—On youth gender medicine, the Biden administration shows that it is caught between the evidence and its activist base. “Within days of the Alabama documents being unsealed, the White House told Fox News and the New York Times that it opposes gender surgeries for kids. It did so despite the administration’s longstanding, well-documented support for these very procedures. On July 2, 19th News, a progressive news site, published another statement that it had received from the White House. This one reiterated the Biden administration’s opposition to surgeries but added that the White House ‘continue[s] to support gender-affirming care for minors like mental health care and respect[s] the role of parents, families, and doctors in these decisions’ (emphasis added). Notably absent was explicit support for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones; the statement seemed to equate ‘gender-affirming care’ with ‘mental health care.’” (City Journal)

Jul 10: White House Clarifies Support for Healthcare for Transgender Youth “HRC President Kelley Robinson: ‘We appreciate that the administration has clarified that its position on healthcare for the transgender community has not changed—that it opposes any and all bans on access to care, and will continue to fight these bans both in the courts and at the legislative level.’” (HRC)

July 10: White House issues statement clarifying stance on trans youth healthcare following criticism (Pink News)

Other

Jul 11: West Virginia, Idaho asking Supreme Court to review rulings allowing transgender athletes to compete (New Canaan Advertiser) 

Jun 10: House bill aims to block cell phone tracking for those seeking reproductive and gender affirming care “House Democrats plan Wednesday to mount a late-session effort to prohibit cell phone carriers and other data providers from collecting or selling location information when Bay Staters seek abortions and other sensitive health care.” (WBJ)

Jul 9: Yale releases report critical of UK transgender youth care research study—The UK's NHS Cass Review has been cited in restrictive trans care policies. (ABC News)

Jul 10: ‘Damning’ Information About Trans Medical Group Expected To Reach Supreme Court, as Justices Consider Challenge to Ban on Gender Treatments for Minors—Unsealed internal communications from the trans medical organization WPATH will likely undermine pediatric gender-transition treatment in litigation, including a Supreme Court case. (The Sun)

Jul 7: California Courts ‘Sealed My Case to Hide Their Corruption’ as Ex-Wife Seeks ‘to Castrate My Son,’ Father Warns “A Texas father is fighting in court to prevent his ex-wife from subjecting their son to experimental transgender medical interventions after she moved to California, seemingly taking advantage of the Golden State’s ‘transgender sanctuary’ law.”  (The Daily Signal)

Jul 6: Taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood boasts about being leader in transgender medical procedures—Abortion giant promotes hormone treatments (Fox News)

Jul 8: Bush judge blocks Joe Biden’s new LGBTQ+ health care protections—Trans people might lose coverage for gender-affirming care. (LGBTQ Nation)

Jul 8: Denied treatment, CT inmate tried to castrate herself. Now it’s in federal court. (Hartford Courant)

Jul 9: South Carolina's transgender bathroom law now in effect for public schools (MSM)

Jul 5: Scottish Government responds to recommendations from Cass Review (The National)

Jul 8: Judge rules Missouri AG has no right to medical records of transgender minors at WashU (KSDK)

Jul 8: Biden threatens to veto House disapproval of Title IX transgender rule  (Washington Examiner)

Jul 8: London students sleep on NHS building for 72hrs in transgender healthcare inequality protest—Members of the group, Trans Kids Deserve Better, slept on a ledge for four days (The Tab)

Jul 5: Notification policies heads to Newsom. Will he sign it?—Will governor’s presidential ambitions affect his avowed support on this issue? (Los Angeles Blade)

Jul 10: Red states sue Biden administration over transgender health care protections—The states claim the new changes to the Affordable Care Act place an "overbroad restriction" on their free speech. “Seven GOP-dominated states filed a federal lawsuit in St. Louis against multiple Biden administration agencies Wednesday, in opposition to recent changes to the Affordable Care Act meant to protect transgender people from medical discrimination.” (Courtney House News)

Jul 10: Transgender Athlete Banned from Playing Sports in Hanover County Public Schools Files Title IX Lawsuit (WilmerHale)

Jul 11: UN Official Prioritizes Transgender Rights in Sports “Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur for Cultural Rights spoke against transgender ‘segregation’ in sports and asked for sport governing bodies to adopt ‘gender-inclusive’ policies. At a recent council meeting on human rights in sports, Xanthaki said that when it comes to ‘transgender inclusion in sport, there has been some progress’ and that it is important to respect the bodies and gender identities of all athletes.” (C-Fam)

Jul 11: New Hampshire Transgender Cross Country Runner Set School Record This Past School Year (New Boston Post)

Jul 6: Alberta teen takes action after being deadnamed in high school yearbook (Global News)

Jul 11: ‘Dire' situation: Chicago officials pledge support for Casey Taylor, woman who disappeared at Bahamas yoga retreat—Friends and family describe Taylor Casey, a Black, transgender woman has been missing since June 20, as a "fixture" in Chicago's transgender community. (NBC Chicago)

Jul 10: Transgender double-murderer is dragged kicking and screaming back to men's prison after having sex with female inmate at women's jail (The Daily Mail)

Jul 8: Not born this way—The psychic pandemic that drives transgender medicalisation can be arrested, but it demands sane leadership at the top as well as sensitive therapy (Gender Clinic News) 

Jul 11: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Considers Transgender Ban (GLAAD)

Jul 10: Seven States Sue Biden HHS Over Transgender Medical Standard For Children "What the Biden Administration is calling for is wrong and unlawful." (The Daily Wire)

Jul 10: Court gives parents escape hatch for Biden’s trans lunacy: Here’s what you need to do for your school “But the US Department of Education can’t enforce its controversial new revisions in schools where at least one parent belongs to the 130,000-member Moms for Liberty advocacy group, a federal judge has ruled — including some right here in New York City. “ (Th New York Post)

Jul 10: Californians Are Split on Pronoun Use at School “Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area (60%) are the most likely among regional groups to support schools allowing students to choose their pronouns while those in the Central Valley and Inland Empire are the least likely to be supportive (39% each). Asian Americans (57%) stand out as the only racial or ethnic group with majority support.” (Public Policy Institute of California)

Jul 10: Australian Women's association votes to include male and transgender members—The West Australian Country Women's Association makes the controversial move to include males for the first time in its 100-year history. (Rebel News)

Jul 9: Male-born transgender tennis player fights Virginia school board after being kicked off girls’ team (Washington Times)

Jul 11: Missouri leads seven states challenging health care protections for transgender Americans“Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a coalition of seven states challenging a rule by President Joe Biden’s administration that would preempt state restrictions on gender-affirming care.” (STLtoday)

Jul 10: MUSC to cease gender affirming care under new state law, sparking widespread debate “As of next month, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) will no longer provide gender-affirming care to any current or new patients. The decision follows a new state law that prohibits transition procedures for all minors and prevents adult patients from using public funds for procedures.” (ABC4 News)

Jul 11: 4 sports icons who are against transgender participation in women's sports and Olympics ft. Caitlyn Jenner (Sportskeeda)

Jul 11: City accused of failing to meet transgender-affirming shelter agreements by 2022 deadline (New York Amsterdam News)

Jul 10: 1st Gender Care Ban Provides Context For High Court Case (Law 360)

Jul 9: Texans Against Transgender Medicine—Exclusive polling shows that Texas voters oppose “gender-affirming care.” (Christopher Rufo)

Jul 9: Gender-Affirming Care for Children and Adolescents (Head Topics)

Jul 9: Serving Our Children Means Saying No to Youth Gender Medicine—The administration’s new stance against childhood surgeries is only a start. Jesus has grave warnings for those who cause little ones to stumble.

Jul 9: Local legislator introduces two gender-affirming care bills “Pa. — A Lehigh Valley legislator has introduced two bills centered around gender-affirming care. The legislation aims to protect those in the LGBTQ community.” (Lehigh Valley News)

Jul 10: Court approves trans woman’s gender change without surgery “A high court in western Japan on July 10 ruled in favor of a transgender woman’s gender change in the family register despite her not undergoing surgery.” (The Asahi Shimbun)

Jul 10: ‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+ healthcare workers fight for gender-affirming care amid rise in anti-trans laws (Los Angeles Times )

Jun 10: "How could any man be proud of himself?"- Riley Gaines slams transgender athlete Luiza Marchiori following accusations of physical and emotional abuse (Sportskeeda)

Jun 10: PSA Levels Very Low Among Transgender Women Receiving Estrogen “For transgender women receiving estrogen, the median prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level is 0.02 ng/mL, according to a research letter published online June 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.” (Physicians Weekly) 

Jul 10: Transgender woman hurt in alleged attack at hotel (KFOR Oklahoma City)

Jul 10: TransPonder launches new jobs skills program for transgender and gender diverse communities (KEZI)

Jul 10: Daisy’s regret and remorse that came with transgender therapy (Catholic Weekly)

Jul 9: Ohio anti-transgender bathroom bill working it way to governor (Cleveland 19 News)

Jul 9: Restrictions on Transgender Health Care Slipped into Senate's Must-Pass Defense Bill (Military.com)

Jul 8: SPECIAL REPORT: Controversy follows Spokane Valley transgender athlete named champion (KXLY)

Jul 9: Serving Our Children Means Saying No to Youth Gender Medicine—The administration’s new stance against childhood surgeries is only a start. Jesus has grave warnings for those who cause little ones to stumble. (Christianity Today)

Jul 9: Local legislator introduces two gender-affirming care bills “A Lehigh Valley legislator has introduced two bills centered around gender-affirming care.

The legislation aims to protect those in the LGBTQ community.(Lehigh Valley News)

Jul 8: White House clarifies support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth after backlash (The Advocate)

Jul 5: Doctors worry White House opposing surgery for trans youth will put chill on gender-affirming care (CBC News)

Jul 5: Here's How Many States Have Passed Laws Protecting Children From So-Called 'Gender-Affirming Care (Town hall)

Jul 8: Supreme Court expected to take up case on gender-affirming care for minors The Supreme Court is expected to take up a case dealing with gender-affirming care for minors in its next session. Cait Smith, the director of LGBTQIA+ policy for the Center for American Progress explains what this could mean for the U.S. (FOX5)

Jul 8: JK Rowling launches a fresh attack as  Keir Starmer appoints TWO women and equalities ministers... one who thinks trans women with penises can use female loos and another who said there are 'different legal definitions' for 'a woman' (The Daily Mail)

Jul 9: Viewers left horrified by 'shameful' reality show that sees transgender women BRAWLING in a house (The Daily Mail)

Jul 6: Dr Cass, your words are breaths of fresh air. (NAAP Australia)

Jul 3: Trans ideology has changed Britain beyond recognition—Radical gender ideology has spread through almost every government department and public body. Can Starmer really stop it? (The Telegraph)

Jul 9: Transgender woman kidnapped, sexually assaulted in Zimbabwe—Sunflower Sibanda released on July 3, found refuge at LGBTQ group’s offices (Washington Examiner)

Jul 9: Will transgender athletes take part in Paris Olympics 2024?—Laurel Hubbard from New Zealand became the world’s first openly trans Olympian in 2021, when she took part in the Tokyo Games. (First post)

Jul 9: Surrogacy Law: Exclusion Of Single Women, Trans Persons Violates Fundamental Rights? SC Seeks Centre's Response (abp Live)

Jul 8: Trans woman Shannon Boswell fatally shot, then run over in Georgia (The Advocate) 

Jul 8: TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO GRAPPLES WITH UNSOLVED VIOLENT CRIMES AMIDST AN "EPIDEMIC," ACCORDING TO AMA (Hood line)

Jul 8: Transgender parolees find support through 'Creating Restorative Opportunities Program' in Oakland—KTVU's Heather Holmes sits down with Terah Lawyer, President of CROP and Giovanni Gonzalez, who moved to the organization's West Oakland career campus (KTVU)

Jul 8: Boys bailed over trans woman stabbing (BBC)

Jul 8: Any Other Supreme Court Would Protect Trans Kids—There's no other possible path forward for minors who need gender-affirming care than taking a chance and putting it before this conservative Supreme Court. (Rewire News Group)

Jul 5: Small town school board takes a stand against transgender kids taking part in girls sports “A Washington school district has become the the first in the state to pass a resolution affirming its belief in a ban on transgender girls competing in female sports.Kennewick School District voted to approve the motion at a board meeting last month.” (The Daily Mail)

Jul 8: House to take up Trump election integrity push and Biden Title IX transgender rule (Washington Examiner)

Jul 8: “She’s not going in the boys bathroom.” Ohio mom speaks out against trangender bathroom ban bill—The Ohio House recently passed a bill that would ban transgender people from using the bathroom and locker room that aligns with their gender identity. (Ohio Capital Journal)

Jul 8: UK’s Keir Starmer has a rocky road ahead on the ‘woman problem’ and transgender issues(Washington Examiner)

Jul 8: Transgender Student Writes Heartfelt Appeal to Berkeley Center and Oxford Human Rights Hub: Invest in Our Education (The Moonayak)

Jul 8: Letter: Transgender athletes amount to cheaters (The Bismarck Tribune) 

Jul 8: Isotretinoin Shows Promise for Acne in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals on Masculinizing Hormone Therapy: JAMA (Medical Dialogues)

Jul 7: Washington school board passes resolution condemning transgender participation in women’s athletics (ABC 7)

Jul 7: Transgender arsonist who scorched two cars in a revenge attack due to 'village gossips' is sent to a male prison “A transgender arsonist who torched two cars in revenge against village gossips has been sent to a male prison. Davina Moore said she believed her sister Sarah Smith and her husband Gary were spreading rumours that she was a paedophile and responded with a five-month campaign of harassment. Moore hurled a brick through the window of one of their cars and thrown lit firelighters into their garden as well as pestered them at their home in the South Devon village of Chudleigh Knighton.” (The Daily Mail)

Jul 7: Feminist academic Kathleen Stock blasts medical profession for 'experimenting' on teenagers by giving them hormones and calls for gender reassignment surgery to be halted for trans people until they are in their 20s as they 'need a lot of counselling' “Outspoken academic Kathleen Stock has blasted the medical profession for 'experimenting' on teenagers by giving them hormones and allowing them to undergo gender reassignment surgery. The gender-critical professor, who resigned from her role at the University of Sussex in 2021 after a huge backlash over her comments on transgenderrights, has called for people to be in their 'twenties at least' before undergoing procedures.” (The Daily Mail)

Jul 7: British transgender darts star speaks out after being blocked from entering English Open (Express)

Jul 6: Special Report Preview: Transgender Athletes in Sports (KXLY)

Jul 6: Disney World Auditioning Transgender Actors For 'Little Mermaid' (Popcrush)

Jul 6: Some transgender and nonbinary people may want to change their voices. Gender-affirming vocal coaches are there to help (CNN)

Jul 8: Transgender Cuban Woman Reveals She Turns to Prostitution to Flee the Country “A transgender Cuban woman has admitted to engaging in prostitution to save money and leave the country, emphasizing that life in  Cuba is unbearable for everyone, but especially for her due to constant discrimination. Vanessa Aballes Cruz shared her harrowing experience with Cubanet, detailing the discriminatory treatment she received from the police after being robbed and beaten near Coppelia a few days ago.” (Cuba Headlines)

Jul 8: Explosive New Book Sheds Light On Barbaric Nature Of “Gender-Affirming Care” “In Detrans: True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult, author Mary Margaret Olohan interviews a series of “detransitioners,” or individuals who previously “transitioned” to another sex but have since stopped undergoing “gender-affirming” treatments and embraced the reality of their biological sex. These individuals share their agonizing stories of the physical pain, emotional trauma, and medical deceit—and the sinister motivations lying underneath the left’s gender ideology crusade.” (Association of Mature America Citizens)