"We’ve just been putting children on a medical conveyor belt"

While parental consent is required before trans youths under 18 undergo a medical transition, many moms and dads feel pressured into treatment. And Anderson worries that kids are being hurt by this swift affirmative care approach, both in the US and at GIDS.

“In the haste to treat these kids, they’ve taken some shortcuts, and those shortcuts aren’t going to look good in the long run. I think we’re going to have an increased number of kids who don’t do well transitioning on medicine and ultimately detransition.” …

In July, Brian Wagoner, 31, told The Post how he decided to return to his biological gender after years of living as a woman on estrogen treatment. “Transition made all my problems worse,” he said. “There’s a lot of money to be made by doctors here. They see the dollar signs, and in the end, money talks.”