BMJ: Gender ideology is not settled science

The cultural hegemony of the gender ideologists is crumbling. Europe is hitting the brakes on potentially harmful interventions for gender-dysphoric children such as puberty blocking, cross-hormone administration, and surgeries. In the U.S., an increasing number of states are passing laws or medical guidelines to protect children from potentially irreversible and life-shattering outcomes that the “detransitioners” are increasingly exposing. Lawsuits are being filed for the harm allegedly done to minors put on “gender-affirming” medical care.

Now, the British Medical Journal reports that the entire field remains controversial from medical and scientific perspectives. And just in the nick of time. Identifying as transgender is a social contagion that is consuming an increasing number of American youth …

The story clearly indicates that this radical approach is not “settled science.” Many European countries are backing off from early medicalized care, as is New Zealand.

Independent research is showing that the “guidelines” for treating these children, for example, published by the Endocrine Society, are poorly supported by evidence[.]

[It was never about science. It was about a cult of feelings, which is why I have begun to call it “gender theology.” The manipulation of children and adolescents experiencing dysphoria is not about their health; it’s all about validating the cult. — Ed]