The Evidence Challenging Gender-Affirming Care for Youth Is Clear. Why Won't Gatekeepers Let Doctors See It?
February 23, 2026
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The Evidence Challenging Gender-Affirming Care for Youth Is Clear. Why Won't Gatekeepers Let Doctors See It?
The Department of Health and Human Services just released its report on gender dysphoria. Its findings are impossible to ignore.
Drawing on systematic reviews in Europe and the U.S., the report shows that the evidence for medical interventions in minors is shakier than assumed -- and that the risks, including infertility, reduced bone density, cognitive effects, cardiometabolic disease, psychiatric complications, and surgical harms, are more serious than the public has been led to believe.
Drawing on systematic reviews in Europe and the U.S., the report shows that the evidence for medical interventions in minors is shakier than assumed -- and that the risks, including infertility, reduced bone density, cognitive effects, cardiometabolic disease, psychiatric complications, and surgical harms, are more serious than the public has been led to believe.
The Department of Health and Human Services just released its report on gender dysphoria. Its findings are impossible to ignore.
Drawing on systematic reviews in Europe and the U.S., the report shows that the evidence for medical interventions in minors is shakier than assumed -- and that the risks, including infertility, reduced bone density, cognitive effects, cardiometabolic disease, psychiatric complications, and surgical harms, are more serious than the public has been led to believe.