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The American Psychiatric Association's Wall of Silence Over its Scandalous Gender Textbook

Below is my New York Post OpEd published today about a scandal over a new gender textbook from the American Psychiatric Association. You can read the original article at the Post here. A benefit of this Just the Facts is my voice over )

Two shockwaves recently upended the world of youth gender medicine.

One, secret files revealed last month that members of the leading transgender health-care organization privately admitted that children and adolescents were incapable of giving informed consent to the irreversible, stomach-churning medical procedures to which they were subjected.

Second, a 388-page report from the UK, named after the chief author, British pediatrician Hilary Cass, excoriated the lack of scientific evidence for the use of hormones and surgery for gender questioning minors.

One result is Britain’s banning of puberty blockers for those under 18.

Sense is finally starting to prevail, and there are calls to favor counseling as the first course of action for a child who isn’t su…