Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine

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[[File:Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine logo.png|thumb|165px|We heard they'd ignite if we did this for long enough.]]
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{{cquote|Can you get me links to those [[Kiwifarms]] pages? […] Links are being passed to [[Fox News]].|||Lisa Marchiano, SEGM advisor<ref>Jude Ellison S. Doyle (March 23, 2023). [http://archive.today/2023.09.17-043121/https://judedoyle.medium.com/inside-the-terf-harassment-machine-62068333d1d5 "Inside the TERF Harassment Machine"]. ''Medium''. Archived from [https://judedoyle.medium.com/inside-the-terf-harassment-machine-62068333d1d5 the original]. Based on email correspondence [https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/the-emails-2/ that was leaked] by an "ex-detransitioner" who was previously active in anti-trans activism.</ref><ref name="2022AboutUs"/>}}
{{cquote|Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) and [[#Genspect|Genspect]] – key hubs of anti-LGBTQ+ [[pseudoscience]] identified in [https://www.splcenter.org/captain the SPLC's CAPTAIN report.]|||[[Southern Poverty Law Center]],<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/anti-lgbtq "Anti-LGBTQ"]. ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> which designated the two as anti-LGBT hate groups<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map?state=ID&ideology=anti-lgbt "Hate Map: Idaho, Anti-LGBTQ Groups"]. ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref><ref name="GenspectHG">[https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map?state=CA&ideology=anti-lgbt "Hate Map: California, Anti-LGBTQ Groups"]. ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>}}
The '''Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM)''' is a group that, despite its name, is averse to [[evidence]] ''and'' "gender medicine", {{IdEst}} modern [[transgender]] medicine.<ref name="YaleReport"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Caraballo |first=Alejandra |date=Winter 2022 |title=The Anti-Transgender Medical Expert Industry |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/antitransgender-medical-expert-industry/25EFFECB8F71CA9A37F9F089E13BC41E |journal=Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |publisher=Cambridge University Press |language=en |volume=50 |issue=4 |pages=687–692 |doi=10.1017/jme.2023.9 |issn=1073-1105|quote=The most prominent of the pseudo-scientific organizations in the anti-trans space is the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (SEGM). SEGM posits that the level of medical evidence for the treatment of gender dysphoria in youth is of 'low quality' and as a result treatments for gender dysphoria should be barred by law[.] ... They cite to the results of their own advocacy efforts in the UK NHS, and the Swedish Karolinska Hospital which has been subject to substantial public pressure to restrict access to gender affirming care. In a snowball effect, the small successes in their efforts are built up to create momentum to further restrict care for trans youth around the world. Unfortunately, the veneer and '[[teach the controversy]]' tactics are beginning to gain traction in the courts. }}</ref><ref name="CornellLibrary">[https://guides.library.cornell.edu/c.php?g=1306898&p=9630480 "Trans Rights: Finding and Evaluating Information"]. ''Cornell University Library''. Retrieved November 13, 2023; page had then been last updated November 2, 2023. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231113110701/https://guides.library.cornell.edu/c.php?g=1306898&p=9630480 (Archived)]. Quote: "Be alert for groups that present as scientific/medical organizations but which are actually activist groups (e.g., the 'Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine', or SEGM: it has been widely reported that despite presenting itself as a mainstream medical association, this organization is actually a think tank aligned with several anti-LGBT groups, and promotes the rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or ROGD, hypothesis - a term discredited and actively discouraged by medical associations worldwide, due to the lack of scientific evidence behind it and the potential harm that its' use may cause)."</ref> According to a Yale School of Medicine-led report, SEGM's methods are detached enough from [[evidence-based medicine]] that they constitute "a major violation of the [[scientific method]] and the accepted conventions of research."<ref name="YaleReport">(April 28, 2022). [https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/biased-science/ "Biased Science in Texas & Alabama"]. ''Yale School of Medicine''.</ref> The group and its auxiliaries have been accused of pushing [[conversion therapy]] as an [[Alternative medicine|alternative]] to the standards of transgender healthcare that are accepted by conventional, independent medical institutions.<ref name="NotSoNice"/><ref name="JSMTDrescher"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Castro |first=Saúl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gVuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT40#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Ni enfermos ni pecadores: La violencia silenciada de las «terapias de conversión» en España (Neither sick nor sinners: The silenced violence of 'conversion therapies' in Spain) |date=2022-06-16 |publisher=Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España |isbn=978-84-666-7252-8 |pages=~40 |language=es}}</ref><ref>Erin Reed (January 13, 2023). [https://xtramagazine.com/health/gender-exploratory-therapy-243833 "Unpacking ‘gender exploratory therapy,’ a new form of conversion therapy"]. ''Xtra''.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ashley |first=Florence |date=2022 |others=Association for Psychological Science |title=Interrogating Gender-Exploratory Therapy |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916221102325 |journal=Perspectives on Psychological Science |language=en |publisher=SAGE Publications |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=472–481 |doi=10.1177/17456916221102325 |issn=1745-6916 |pmid=36068009}}</ref> SEGM categorically [[Denialism|denies there's such a thing]] as anti-trans conversion therapy.<ref name="NotSoNice"/>

Or, if you're the [[lawyer|attorney]]-general of [[Texas]] (a job always stocked with the brightest of medical minds, like [[Greg Abbott]] and subsequently Ken Paxton), they're a group of brave doctors exposing with [[Ben Shapiro|facts and logic]] that live genital surgeries are taking place inside elementary [[school]] classrooms, that transition desistance rates are 100%, and that all [[gender transition]] is [[child abuse]]. Fine, we're exaggerating, but only a little.<ref name="YaleReport"/> SEGM has regularly been cited by governments [[Confirmation bias|fishing for rigorous-looking sources favorable to their anti-transgender policies]]: other than Texas, SEGM was a self-described provider of "critical evidence" in the [[United Kingdom|UK's]] later-overturned ''{{wpl|Bell v Tavistock}}'' case.<ref name="NotSoNice"/><ref name="ANewEra"/>{{efn|An underrated feature of the Bell case was that, as an attack on {{wpl|Gillick competence||,}} the anti-transgender side of the case rubbed shoulders with [[anti-abortion]] interests (Gillick competence doctrine has been targeted in the past by such interests because it bolsters the case that minors may receive [[contraception]], including abortions). Bell's solicitor, Paul Conrathe, is known for his involvement in various cases dedicated both to restricting access to abortion and/or to transgender medicine [https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/anti-abortion-campaigners-mps-uk (British GQ, July 4, 2022)]; [https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/abortion-rights-trans-rights-bodily-autonomy (Refinery29, May 19, 2022)]; [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/human-rights-equality-law-regressive-goals-trans-equality/ (openDemocracy, December 2, 2022)]. It has been suggested that this alliance of interests could have benefited SinclairsLaw financially, the [[Religious Right]]-linked law firm with which Conrathe is associated, by way of numerous anti-trans fundraisers [https://transsafety.network/posts/christian-right-linked-law-firm/ (Trans Safety Network, January 16, 2021)].}} Where it's been received well by politicians, it hasn't been received so well by large, independent medical bodies: SEGM's application for a booth at the conference of the {{wpl|American Academy of Pediatrics}} was denied.<ref name="NotSoNice"/>{{efn|A paper in the journal ''Social Science & Medicine'' cites: "According to a Yale School of Medicine report, both [Genspect and SEGM] have spread 'biased and unscientific content' about GAC [gender-affirming care] and that SEGM is 'without apparent ties to mainstream scientific or professional organizations' (Boulware ''et al.'', 2022, p.29)."<ref name="AgentsOfUncertainty"/>}}

The authors of the aforementioned Yale report summarized their view of SEGM in a letter to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (which had by then been stacked by [[Ron DeSantis|Ron "Pudding Fingers" DeSantis]] with anti-LGBT activists<ref>Quinnehtukqut McLamore and Lauren McNamara (January 15, 2023). [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/sexualorientation/cfi-religion/subm-thematic-freedom-religion-aca-mclemore-mcnamara.pdf "Submission to the report on FoRB and SOGI"]. ''Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights'' (recipient).</ref><ref>Brooke Baitinger (August 3, 2022). [https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/08/03/showdown-lgbtq-rights-vs-state-ban-on-transition-related-medical-care-for-trans-kids/ "Showdown: LGBTQ+ rights vs. state ban on transition-related medical care for trans kids"]. ''Florida Phoenix''. Quote: "The board consists of fifteen members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. It’s been stacked with anti-trans doctors, some of whom are affiliated with anti-trans fringe movements such as Genspect and the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine, known as SEGM."</ref><ref name="CMAfaith">Zinnia Jones (August 25, 2022). [https://genderanalysis.net/2022/08/catholic-medical-association-members-wrote-a-majority-of-florida-medicaids-anti-trans-expert-reports-last-year-cma-declared-a-faith-based-commitment-against-approving-of-any-transition-care/ "Catholic Medical Association members wrote a majority of Florida Medicaid’s anti-trans expert reports. Last year, CMA declared a faith-based commitment against approving of any transition care."] ''Gender Analysis''.</ref>), stating: "Although SEGM claims to be an international medical society, it is actually an activist group that opposes standard medical care for [[gender dysphoria]]. The SEGM has no publications or conferences and seems to consist solely of a website created by a small group of people with limited or no scientific [[credential]]s or clinical experience.{{efn|As shown below, it's likely at least some of their members do have some clinical experience, so "limited" rather than "no" was more accurate here. As SEGM itself admits, though, its members don't have especially abundant experience in treating transgender people in particular (as the people who wrote the Yale report do).}} The site presents a [[Cherry picking|cherry-picked]] collection of studies and narrative content that is full of [[scientific]] errors."<ref>Alstott ''et al.'' (July 8, 2022). [https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/florida%20report%20final%20july%208%202022%20accessible_443048_284_55174_v3.pdf "A Critical Review of the June 2022 Florida Medicaid Report on the Medical Treatment of Gender Dysphoria"] ''Yale University''.</ref> Be that as it may, DeSantis' government opted to pay at least one SEGM-affiliated "expert" as a consultant: Romina Brignardello-Petersen received $34,650.<ref>(January 23, 2023). [https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-runs-up-tab-in-medicaid-transgender-case/ "Florida runs up tab in Medicaid transgender case"]. ''CBS News''. CBS Miami.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mahoney |first1=Emily L. |last2=Ellenbogen |first2=Romy |date=August 2, 2023 |title=Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show |work=The Tampa Bay Times |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/08/02/florida-transgender-treatments-gender-dysphoria-medicaid-ron-desantis-consultants/}}</ref><ref name="ExposedReloaded">Lee Leveille and Quinnehtukqut McLamore (February 7, 2023). [https://healthliberationnow.com/2023/02/07/segm-exposed-reloaded-the-shadow-money-behind-a-leading-anti-trans-think-tank/ "SEGM Exposed Reloaded: The Shadow Money Behind a Leading Anti-Trans Think Tank"]. ''Health Liberation Now!''.</ref>

In one connection that does not instill much further confidence, SEGM's treasurer is an executive for Bon Secours Mercy Health,<ref name="Beck">Citations:
*Stephen Beck is treasurer of SEGM, and on the board of directors: [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/844520593 ProPublica (SEGM nonprofit profile, updated 2023)]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20221128084048/https://segm.org/UK_HighCourt_Rules_PubertyBlockers_Experimental SEGM (December 2020)]; Disclosed tax return filings for SEGM (2020 and 2021)
*Stephen Beck is an executive of Bon Secours Mercy Health: [https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/analytics-ai/article/21261571/the-challenges-of-implementing-ai-algorithms-experts-weigh-in Healthcare Innovation (March 24, 2022)]; [http://archive.today/2023.11.13-030305/https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbeckmd/ Stephen Beck's LinkedIn (retrieved 2023)]; [https://genderanalysis.net/2023/01/anti-trans-group-segms-cofounder-stephen-beck-is-an-executive-at-bon-secours-mercy-health-the-fifth-largest-catholic-healthcare-network-in-the-us/ Gender Analysis (January 11, 2023)]</ref> which has been singled out by ''[[The New York Times]]'' and the Lown Institute for its especially [[greed]]y and dysfunctional practices, including: skimming money off a federal program intended to assist [[poverty|impoverished]] patients, then reinvesting that money in hospitals located in wealthier neighborhoods instead (or as they like to say, "A heritage rooted in the healing ministry of [[Jesus]]"<ref>[https://bsmhealth.org/history/ Our History] ''Bon Secours Mercy Health''.</ref>).<ref name="CincinSecours"/><ref name="NYTMercyHealth"/><ref>Nathan J. Robinson (October 3, 2022). [https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/10/is-there-anyone-worse-than-a-for-profit-hospital-operator "Is There Anyone Worse Than a For-Profit Hospital Operator?"]. ''Current Affairs''. Quote: "A separate Times investigation of a different hospital chain revealed yet more skulduggery. That one, ​​Bon Secours Mercy Health in Richmond, Virginia, was accused of extorting poor Black patients while making enormous profits. A “hollowed-out” hospital in a Black part of town had “the highest profit margins of any hospital in Virginia, … generating as much as $100 million a year,” in part because the hospital took advantage of “a federal program that allows clinics in impoverished neighborhoods to buy prescription drugs at steep discounts, charge insurers full price and pocket the difference.” The Times documents how a hospital that had been founded by Black doctors in 1907 to serve the community eventually became a cash-cow that offered bare-bones services but made immense amounts of money for its owners."</ref> SEGM's own exact funding sources aren't well-known, but analysis of one of their 2020 fundraisers found that they received several anonymous donations of about $20,000 each.<ref name="TSNMoore"/> In 2023, ''Health Liberation Now!'' analyzed some of SEGM's later funding, based on tax form disclosures.<ref name="ExposedReloaded"/>

==Expertise==
What, you mean beyond having an official-sounding name and a sleek website? Isn't that expertise in itself? ''Fiiiine…''

As of 2022 (though no longer as of 2023), SEGM listed its advisors on its website, and conveniently it listed their credentials.<ref name="2022AboutUs"/> Listed there were William Malone (the only endocrinologist) and Julia W. Mason (the only pediatrician).{{efn|Although a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Mason clashed with them about their position on transgender medicine, co-writing an opinion piece with ([[Manhattan Institute]] fellow) Leor Sapir on the subject that was published in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''. The op/ed subsequently received a response by the AAP itself.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trans-gender-pediatric-aap-kids-children-care-surgery-affirm-treatment-11660942086 Academy of Pediatrics Responds on Trans Treatment for Kids: To ‘affirm’ a child or teen means destigmatizing gender variance and promoting the child’s self-worth.] by Moira Szilagy, President, American Academy of Pediatrics (Aug. 21, 2022 12:37 pm ET) ''Wall Street Journal''.</ref>}} And then there are the rest, where things begin to look somewhat questionable at points. There is Marcus Evans (a [[Freudian]] [[Psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]]<ref name="Maynard">(June 22, 2021). [https://lilymaynard.com/susan-marcus-evans-gender-dysphoria-a-review/ "Susan & Marcus Evans- ‘Gender Dysphoria’, a review"]. By ''Lily Maynard''.</ref>), Roberto D'Angelo (another psychoanalyst — but also a [[psychiatrist]]), Sasha Ayad (a counselor), Michael Biggs (a [[sociologist]]),{{efn|Who made a number of transphobic posts under an online pseudonym, according to ''The Oxford Student'', a student newspaper at his university. He also accused the top medical journal in the world, ''The Lancet'', of supporting [[eugenics]] because it wasn't transphobic.<ref>[https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2018/10/26/transphobic-tweets-linked-to-oxford-sociology-professor/ Transphobic tweets linked to Oxford sociology professor] by James Ashworth and Charlie Willis (26<sup>th</sup> October 2018) ''The Oxford Student''.</ref>}} Richard Byng (a doctor),{{efn|Doctor that he may be, he still writes a bad study.<ref name="ExposedReloaded"/> He signed a letter titled "Trans ideology is damaging children" in ''[[News UK#The Times|The Times]]'',<ref name="MarchianoProfile"/> and as of April 2022 was part of the [[NHS]] England working group on gender dysphoria.<ref name="BonSecours"/>}} Lisa Marchiano (a ''[[Jungian]]'' psychoanalyst!),{{efn|Her "gender exploratory therapy", which involves attempting to convince a transgender patient to delay transitioning, has been called "a new form of conversion therapy".<ref>[https://xtramagazine.com/health/gender-exploratory-therapy-243833 Unpacking ‘gender exploratory therapy,’ a new form of conversion therapy: The practice is sold as supportive care—but in reality, it’s used to delay transition until a person no longer identifies as trans] by  Erin Reed (January 13, 2023 2:41 pm EDT) ''Xtra*''.</ref>}} Stella O'Malley (a psychotherapist),{{efn|Also the founder of Genspect and Thoughtful Therapists, two more anti-trans groups.}} Avi Ring (a physiologist),{{efn|A proponent of the contentious [[rapid-onset gender dysphoria]] [[hypothesis]]. Deceased in September 2023.<ref>Avi Ring (2023). [https://subjekt.no/2023/10/14/stortinget-bor-ikke-godkjenne-forbudet-mot-konverteringsterapi/ "Stortinget bør ikke godkjenne forbudet mot konverteringsterapi"]. ''[[Subjekt.no]]''. Quote: "Avi Ring was visiting professor at the University of Oslo, and helped found the Gender Identity Challenge (GENID) Scandinavia. The author of the article died shortly after this text was written. His wish was for relatives to have the text published."</ref> Seems we're down one more doctor from now on — that's a shame.}} Sven Román (a child and adolescent psychiatrist),{{efn|Founding member of ''Läkaruppropet'', called "a Swedish version of the [[Koch]]-supported [[Great Barrington Declaration]]".<ref name="AgentsOfUncertainty">{{Cite journal |last=Wuest |first=Joanna |last2=Last |first2=Briana S. |date=March 2024 |title=Agents of scientific uncertainty: Conflicts over evidence and expertise in gender-affirming care bans for minors |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953623008900 |journal=Social Science & Medicine |volume=344 |pages=116533 |doi=10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116533}}</ref><ref>[https://brownstone.org/author/sven-roman/ "Sven Román"]. Brownstone Institute. Quote: "He is also one of three physicians who in March 2021 founded Läkaruppropet (The Physicians' Appeal), a Swedish response to The Great Barrington Declaration".</ref>}} Catherine Williamson (another psychoanalyst — that's the fourth one), and finally Colin Wright.<ref name="2022AboutUs">(August 16, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220816062320/https://segm.org/about_us "About Us"]. ''Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine'', via the Wayback Machine.</ref> In 2021, they did list pediatrician Julie Maxwell (who is also known for anti-LGBT and pro-[[abstinence]] activism within the [[Christian]] group LoveWise UK) as an advisor, but by 2022 she was delisted for unknown reasons.<ref name="TSNMoore"/><ref name="2022AboutUs"/> A 2022 review of literature published by SEGM's fourteen "core members" found 75% of their academic publications consisted of "letters to the editor", which could be of limited scientific value since they are generally not [[peer-reviewed]] or fact checked.<ref name="YaleReport"/> According to a 2024 ''Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity'' paper,{{efn|Transgender medicine falls under endocrinology, since it includes hormone replacement.}} SEGM itself does "not produce scientific research".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Preston |first=Stephanie |last2=Lopez |first2=Ximena |date=2024 |title=Legislation, medicine, and politics: care for gender diverse youth |url=https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/MED.0000000000000845 |journal=Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity |language=en |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=43–52 |doi=10.1097/MED.0000000000000845 |issn=1752-296X}}</ref>

SEGM freely admits in its FAQ that most of the individuals who collaborate with them, among those who actually happened to be licensed clinicians (which, as seen above, might be defined such that "licensed clinicians" includes roughly thirty percent Freudian psychoanalysts…), are not specialists in transgender medicine but rather "clinicians who provide healthcare to young people more generally".<ref>(November 3, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231103104502/https://segm.org/faq "Frequently Asked Questions"]. ''Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine'', via the Wayback Machine.</ref> This should completely dispel the idea that it's anything more than a loose, often [[ideological]]ly-motivated coalition, and not a group of "gender medicine" specialists as its title may suggest to a casual onlooker. If you were looking for a professional association for trans medicine specialists, the {{wpl|World Professional Association for Transgender Health}} (WPATH) fits the bill more closely; it also produces the {{wpl|Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People||.}} It may not surprise you that these standards of care are quite different from what SEGM proposes.<ref>For example, the standards of care are more supportive of gender transition for teenagers than SEGM would like. See: {{Cite journal |last=Coleman |first=E. |last2=Radix |first2=A. E. |last3=Bouman |first3=W. P. |last4=Brown |first4=G. R. |last5=de Vries |first5=A. L. C. |last6=Deutsch |first6=M. B. |last7=Ettner |first7=R. |last8=Fraser |first8=L. |last9=Goodman |first9=M. |last10=Green |first10=J. |last11=Hancock |first11=A. B. |last12=Johnson |first12=T. W. |last13=Karasic |first13=D. H. |last14=Knudson |first14=G. A. |last15=Leibowitz |first15=S. F. |date=2022 |title=Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644 |journal=International Journal of Transgender Health |language=en |volume=23 |issue=sup1 |pages=S1–S259 |doi=10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644 |issn=2689-5269 |pmid=}}</ref> That's despite the fact that WPATH has sometimes been criticized by some transgender health activists as too conservative (most usually in the sense of being old-fashioned, or overcautious).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jedeed |first=Laura |date=2023 |title=The Parent Trap |work=Lux |url=https://lux-magazine.com/article/genspect/}}</ref><ref>Dr. William Powers (November 14, 2022). [https://www.reddit.com/r/DrWillPowers/comments/yvbeyl/the_transgender_community_really_should_be_nicer/ "The transgender community really should be nicer about WPATH as a whole."] ''Reddit''.</ref>

==Misrepresentations and bad science==
===Neuroscience===
SEGM and Genspect (another anti-trans group which SEGM is pretty much joined at the hip with) have argued against [[gender transition]] for people under the age of 25 (SEGM emphasizes a "need to safeguard" 18–25-year-olds), based on the idea that ~25 has been proven as the age at which the human [[brain]] is fully matured,<ref>Brooke Migdon (January 13, 2023). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3810926-transgender-youth-health-care-bans-have-a-new-target-adults/ "Transgender youth health care bans have a new target: adults"]. ''The Hill''. (Article links Genspect's tweet on the subject).</ref><ref name="TSNMoore">Mallory Moore (August 26, 2021). [https://transsafety.network/posts/segm-uncovered/ "SEGM uncovered: large anonymous payments funding dodgy science"]. ''Trans Safety Network''.</ref><ref>(February 27, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231102061006/https://segm.org/segm-summary-sweden-prioritizes-therapy-curbs-hormones-for-gender-dysphoric-youth "Summary of Key Recommendations from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen/NBHW)"]. ''Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine'', via the Wayback Machine. Quote: "Another significant gap in the current guidelines is that they do not address the care for 18–25-year-olds. … The need to safeguard this vulnerable cohort requires careful consideration because though they are recognized as “young adults,” this cohort is distinctly different from mature adults due to differences in terms of brain maturity and life experiences."</ref> which is a myth denounced even by the researchers whose work it is based on.<ref name="SlateNeuromyth">Jane C. Hu (November 27, 2022). [https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/brain-development-25-year-old-mature-myth.html "The Myth of the 25-Year-Old Brain"]. ''Slate''.</ref><ref name="AeonMcLamore">Quinnehtukqut McLamore (January 23, 2023). [https://aeon.co/essays/the-real-reason-why-theres-a-global-rise-in-trans-youth "The real reason why there's a global rise in trans youth"]. ''Aeon''.</ref> Brain maturity can reach "adult-level" by the teenage years, and some don't even reach that level of maturity by their thirties.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shafee |first=Rebecca |last2=Buckner |first2=Randy L. |last3=Fischl |first3=Bruce |date=2015 |title=Gray matter myelination of 1555 human brains using partial volume corrected MRI images |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1053811914008933 |journal=NeuroImage |language=en |publisher=Elsevier |volume=105 |pages=473–485 |doi=10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.054}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Icenogle |first=Grace |last2=Steinberg |first2=Laurence |last3=Duell |first3=Natasha |last4=Chein |first4=Jason |last5=Chang |first5=Lei |last6=Chaudhary |first6=Nandita |last7=Di Giunta |first7=Laura |last8=Dodge |first8=Kenneth A. |last9=Fanti |first9=Kostas A. |last10=Lansford |first10=Jennifer E. |last11=Oburu |first11=Paul |last12=Pastorelli |first12=Concetta |last13=Skinner |first13=Ann T. |last14=Sorbring |first14=Emma |last15=Tapanya |first15=Sombat |date=2019 |title=Adolescents’ cognitive capacity reaches adult levels prior to their psychosocial maturity: Evidence for a “maturity gap” in a multinational, cross-sectional sample. |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/lhb0000315 |journal=Law and Human Behavior |language=en |publisher=American Psychology–Law Society |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=69–85 |doi=10.1037/lhb0000315 |issn=1573-661X}}</ref><ref name="SlateNeuromyth"/> Beyond promoting the myth, they ignore decades of accumulated medical knowledge culminating in practices such as {{wpl|mature minor doctrine}} and {{wpl|Gillick competence||.}} These are based partly in prior research that suggests teenagers and in some ways even preadolescents can make medical decisions about as rigorously as adults.<ref name="BioethicalInquiry"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weithorn |first=L. A. |last2=Campbell |first2=S. B. |date=December 1982 |title=The competency of children and adolescents to make informed treatment decisions |url=https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2199&context=faculty_scholarship |journal=Child Development |publisher=Society for Research in Child Development |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=1589–1598 |issn=0009-3920 |pmid=7172783}}</ref> One paper on this topic in the ''Journal of Bioethical Inquiry'' articulates, "Literature examining advances in neuroscience and understanding of adolescent development explains that decisions made in medical contexts are generally not rapid, emotionally charged, or highly subject to peer influence, the conditions that may lead to impulsive decisions in non-medical contexts".<ref name="BioethicalInquiry">{{Cite journal |last=Clark |first=Beth A. |last2=Virani |first2=Alice |date=2021 |title=This Wasn’t a Split-Second Decision”: An Empirical Ethical Analysis of Transgender Youth Capacity, Rights, and Authority to Consent to Hormone Therapy |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11673-020-10086-9 |journal=Journal of Bioethical Inquiry |language=en |publisher=Springer |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=151–164 |doi=10.1007/s11673-020-10086-9 |issn=1872-4353 |pmid=33502682}}</ref> In other words, trans youth accessing gender-affirming care isn't some [[conspiracy theory|radical trans activist plot]] bankrolled by [[Big Pharma]], but an extension of existing medico-legal frameworks that allow teens to make [[Informed consent|informed decisions]] independently (and sometimes in opposition to) their parents on matters such as [[abortion]],<ref name="PediatricsAbortion">{{Cite journal |author={{w|American Academy of Pediatrics}}|date=2017 |title=The Adolescent’s Right to Confidential Care When Considering Abortion |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/139/2/e20163861/59961/The-Adolescent-s-Right-to-Confidential-Care-When |journal=Pediatrics |language=en |publisher={{w|American Academy of Pediatrics|AAP}} |volume=139 |issue=2 |pages= |doi=10.1542/peds.2016-3861 |issn=0031-4005 |pmid=35739620}}</ref> [[contraception]],<ref name="PediatricsContraception">{{Cite journal |author={{w|American Academy of Pediatrics}}|date=2014 |title=Contraception for Adolescent |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/134/4/e1244/32981/Contraception-for-Adolescents |journal=Pediatrics |language=en |publisher={{w|American Academy of Pediatrics|AAP}} |volume=134 |issue=4 |pages= |doi=10.1542/peds.2014-2299 |issn=0031-4005 |pmid= 25266430}}</ref> [[pregnancy]] care,<ref name="PediatricsTeenPregnancy">{{Cite journal |author={{w|American Academy of Pediatrics}}|date=2022 |title=Options Counseling for the Pregnant Adolescent Patient |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/3/e2022058781/188340/Options-Counseling-for-the-Pregnant-Adolescent |journal=Pediatrics |language=en |publisher={{w|American Academy of Pediatrics|AAP}} |volume=150 |issue=3 |pages= |doi=10.1542/peds.2022-058781 |issn=0031-4005 |pmid= 35739621}}</ref> and life-saving treatment.<ref name="AMAEthicsCancer">{{Cite journal |last=Blake |first=Valarie |last2=|first2=|date=2012 |title=Minors' Refusal of Life-Saving Therapies |url=https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/minors-refusal-life-saving-therapies/2012-10 |journal=AMA Journal of Ethics |language=en |publisher={{w|American Medical Association|AMA}} |volume=14 |issue=10 |pages=792-796 |doi=10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.10.hlaw1-1210 |issn=1937-7010 |pmid= 23351858}}</ref><ref group="note">The legal history and bioethical thought concerning the right of minors to refuse life-saving treatment is more complex than that of reproductive care given the stakes. Courts have sometimes overidden young patients seeking to decline treatment for life-threatening illnesses. For example, in a [https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/judge-rules-family-cant-refuse-chemo-boy-flna1c9453606 widely-reported 2009 case], Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old [[Minnesota]] boy, was ordered to undergo [[chemotherapy]] for treatable Hodgkin lymphoma. Hauser was reportedly "[https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/minors-refusal-life-saving-therapies/2012-10 unable to articulate]" the religious basis for his refusal "beyond the notion of '[[Oath of Hippocrates|do no harm]]'."</ref>

===Rapid-onset gender dysphoria===
{{main|Rapid-onset gender dysphoria}}
SEGM has also repeatedly promoted the contentious and unproven [[rapid-onset gender dysphoria]] (ROGD) hypothesis — a hypothesis that would appear to contradict the above-described general principle that adolescents are capable of making decisions at an adult-level when they are in a medical context, that aren't "highly subject to peer influence" (or "social contagion", as the ROGD hypothesis puts it).<ref name="CornellLibrary"/><ref name="NotSoNice"/><ref name="BioethicalInquiry"/>

Other than the original [[Littman 2018 ROGD study]], SEGM posted a notice on its website of a paper which, according to SEGM, lent "further credibility to the rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) hypothesis".<ref>(March 30, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530105410/https://segm.org/study-of-1655-cases-lends-support-to-ROGD "Study of 1,655 Cases Supports the "Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria" Hypothesis"]. ''Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine''.</ref> That paper, which was later retracted by the journal's publisher, was conducted by [[J. Michael Bailey]], a generally questionable figure;{{efn|Do '''NOT''' look up "The Fucksaw Incident".}} the other name cited as an author is a pseudonym for "the mother of a gender dysphoric child she believes has ROGD" (clearly, we're recruiting only the most neutral of co-authors). Like Lisa Littman's 2018 paper, this one used surveys of parents who used an anti-transgender website (in this case, it was [[Parents of ROGD Kids]]) as its body of evidence.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Diaz |first=Suzanna |last2=Bailey |first2=J. Michael |date=2023-04-01 |title=RETRACTED ARTICLE: Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent Reports on 1655 Possible Cases |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-023-02576-9 |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |language=en |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=1031–1043 |doi=10.1007/s10508-023-02576-9 |issn=1573-2800 |pmid=36991212}}</ref> Although the intrinsic weaknesses and caveats of this methodology could be inferred from the many criticisms of Littman's 2018 paper,<ref name="Rider 2021">{{cite book |last1=Rider |first1=G. Nic |title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, Volume 1 |last2=Tebbe |first2=Elliot A. |date=2021 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-5443-9382-7 |editor1-last=Goldberg |editor1-first=A. E. |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |pages=39–43 |chapter=Anti-Trans Theories |doi=10.4135/9781544393858.n12 |quote=Another critical concern in the methodology underlying Littman’s ROGD paper is that although the parents themselves who were sampled may have been surprised by their child’s trans identity or felt that their identity development was rapid or abrupt, data from the youth themselves were not collected. … That is, the youth themselves may not have experienced their gender identity development as rapid or a sudden onset. Rather, they may have chosen to not disclose their trans identity to their parents or caregivers for a variety of reasons |editor2-last=Beemyn |editor2-first=G. |s2cid=241937306}}</ref><ref name="AeonMcLamore"/> what actually got the paper retracted was a concern about a lack of [[informed consent]] in collecting the data.<ref>Ellie Kincaid (May 24, 2023). [https://retractionwatch.com/2023/05/24/after-backlash-publisher-to-retract-article-that-surveyed-parents-of-children-with-gender-dysphoria-says-co-author/ "After backlash, publisher to retract article that surveyed parents of children with gender dysphoria, says co-author"]. ''Retraction Watch''.</ref> [[Kenneth Zucker]], the editor of the journal this was published in (''Archives of Sexual Behavior''), has himself previously been accused of overseeing practices at his clinic that amounted to anti-transgender [[conversion therapy]].<ref>Lynn Conway (April 5, 2007). [http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/News/Drop%20the%20Barbie.htm "Drop the Barbie: Ken Zucker's reparatist treatment of gender-variant children"]. Via the ''University of Michigan''.</ref><ref>Hanna Rosin (November 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211201104413/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/a-boys-life/307059/ "A Boy's Life"]. ''The Atlantic''. Quote: "Zucker calls his approach “developmental,” which means that the most important factor is the age of the child. Younger children are more malleable, he believes, and can learn to “be comfortable in their own skin.” … They [a family working with Zucker] turned their house into a 1950s kitchen-sink drama, intended to [[Conversion therapy#Gender reinforcement|inculcate respect for patriarchy]], in the crudest and simplest terms: “Boys don’t wear pink, they wear blue,” they would tell him, or “Daddy is smarter than Mommy—ask him.” If John called for Mommy in the middle of the night, Daddy went, every time."</ref> As editor of the same journal, he approved publication of a study (alongside critical commentary) promoting anti-gay conversion therapy, skipping formal [[peer review]] (the author later denounced his own paper).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carey |first=Benedict |date=2012-05-18 |title=Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay ‘Cure’ |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518183642/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/health/dr-robert-l-spitzer-noted-psychiatrist-apologizes-for-study-on-gay-cure.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Indeed, Zucker would later become a speaker for SEGM in October 2023.<ref>Zinnia Jones (October 1, 2023). [https://genderanalysis.net/2023/10/segm-conference-flier-revealed-invited-speakers-and-schedule-for-october-9-12-new-york-city-conference-of-the-anti-trans-society-for-evidence-based-medicine/ "SEGM conference flier revealed: Invited speakers and schedule for October 9-12 New York City conference of the anti-trans Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine"]. ''Gender Analysis''.</ref>

It is suggested by {{wpl|Julia Serano||,}} based on some evidence, that one of SEGM's top advisors, psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano, is in fact the originator of the "transgender social contagion" hypothesis that culminated in the 2018 Littman study.<ref>Julia Serano (February 20, 2019). [https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/origins-of-social-contagion-and-rapid.html "Origins of "Social Contagion" and "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria"]. ''Whipping Girl''.</ref><ref>Julia Serano (March 26, 2023). [https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2023/03/more-evidence-that-lisa-marchiano.html "more evidence that Lisa Marchiano invented 'transgender social contagion'"]. ''Whipping Girl''.</ref> It is also suggested by leaked email correspondence that she was the operator of the blog ''Youth Critical Trans Professionals'', which was one of that study's sources of data.<ref name="MarchianoProfile">Zinnia Jones. [https://genderanalysis.net/entity/lisa-marchiano/ "Lisa M. Marchiano, LCSW"]. ''Gender Analysis''.</ref>

A factoid promoted by SEGM, that would appear to be related to its promotion of the ROGD hypothesis, is its use of charts that illustrate an increase in gender dysphoria referrals among young people in the [[United Kingdom]] over some ten years. Although this is made to look like a big deal, the Yale report puts it like this: "in fact, the absolute numbers are small … taking the data at face value, in 2020 about 2600 children and teens sought treatment at the UK gender clinic. That is a very small percentage of Britain's child population. Further, the data appear to show only the number of children and adolescents referred for consultation; only a subset of these will ultimately be diagnosed with gender dysphoria and will continue with medical treatment. The claimed 'spike' in referrals certainly reflects the reduction in social stigma over the past decade and the expansion of care options."<ref name="YaleReport"/> Aside from broader social acceptance (which may be quite key alone), we might add that there is a greater general awareness of transgender people existing at all in recent decades.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=MacCarthy |first=Sarah |last2=Reisner |first2=Sari L. |last3=Nunn |first3=Amy |last4=Perez-Brumer |first4=Amaya |last5=Operario |first5=Don |date=December 2015 |title=The Time Is Now: Attention Increases to Transgender Health in the United States but Scientific Knowledge Gaps Remain |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716649/ |journal=LGBT Health |language=en |publisher=Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=287–291 |doi=10.1089/lgbt.2014.0073 |issn=2325-8292 |pmid=26788768 |quote=Contemporary social and cultural events have also brought transgender individuals and bodies to greater public awareness, especially in popular media (e.g., the television show “Orange is the New Black”) and fashion (e.g., a photography essay of 17 diverse transgender models in a stunning black-and-white campaign called “Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters” by luxury retailer Barneys New York). Across various fields and multidisciplinary domains, transgender people are receiving unprecedented levels of attention.}}</ref><ref>Katelyn Burns (December 27, 2019). [https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/27/21028342/trans-visibility-backlash-internet-2010 "The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable."] ''Vox''.</ref> It's hard to articulate oneself through words and concepts one doesn't even yet know about.

===Desistance===
Do 61-98% of young transgender people desist in their trans identification if left untreated? SEGM supposes that they do, but they erroneously based this on Steensma ''et al.'' (2013).<ref name="YaleReport"/> This study wasn't designed to examine such a figure reliably, as its lead author acknowledges (Steensma himself emphasizes that this paper should not be used as though it accurately calculated desistance/persistence figures that could be widely-generalized), and it shows: patients are considered to have "desisted" if they simply don't respond later to the researchers, or opt out of participating.<ref name="YaleReport"/> What this paper was actually designed to do was to "study the characteristics of those who persisted". As the aforementioned Yale report points out: "Patients can fail to respond to a study request for many reasons, including having moved away, receiving treatment elsewhere, or being uninterested in participating in a study."<ref name="YaleReport"/> Similar limitations are found in some other studies cited for this matter, including Steensma ''et al.'' (2011), plus Wallien and Cohen-Kettenis (2008).<ref name="Newhook2018"/>{{rp|3}} This exact misrepresentation by SEGM is what the Yale report called "a major violation of the [[scientific method]] and the accepted conventions of research".<ref name="YaleReport"/> Studies that ''were'' designed to calculate desistance/persistence figures have found high persistence rates, with or without medical intervention.<ref name="YaleReport"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=De Castro |first=Clara |last2=Solerdelcoll |first2=Mireia |last3=Plana |first3=Maria Teresa |last4=Halperin |first4=Irene |last5=Mora |first5=Mireia |last6=Ribera |first6=Laura |last7=Castelo-Branco |first7=Camil |last8=Gómez-Gil |first8=Esther |last9=Vidal |first9=Angela |date=2022 |title=High persistence in Spanish transgender minors: 18 years of experience of the Gender Identity Unit of Catalonia |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1888989122000283 |journal=Revista de Psiquiatría  y Salud Mental |language=en |doi=10.1016/j.rpsm.2022.02.001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olson |first=Kristina R. |last2=Durwood |first2=Lily |last3=Horton |first3=Rachel |last4=Gallagher |first4=Natalie M. |last5=Devor |first5=Aaron |date=2022-08-01 |title=Gender Identity 5 Years After Social Transition |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/2/e2021056082/186992/Gender-Identity-5-Years-After-Social-Transition |journal=Pediatrics |language=en |volume=150 |issue=2 |doi=10.1542/peds.2021-056082 |issn=0031-4005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=van der Loos |first=Maria Anna Theodora Catharina |last2=Hannema |first2=Sabine Elisabeth |last3=Klink |first3=Daniel Tatting |last4=den Heijer |first4=Martin |last5=Wiepjes |first5=Chantal Maria |date=2022 |title=Continuation of gender-affirming hormones in transgender people starting puberty suppression in adolescence: a cohort study in the Netherlands |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(22)00254-1/abstract |journal=The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health |language=en |volume=6 |issue=12 |pages=869–875 |doi=10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00254-1}}</ref> Astonishingly, SEGM and its auxiliaries have fiercely criticized the limitations of the studies produced by the Dutch research group that Steensma is a part of, but despite this, ''continue to selectively cite this exact same group of studies as proof of desistance anyway''.<ref name="ExposedReloaded"/>

Other studies cited by SEGM in fact count many minors as "transgender" using antiquated definitions: by simple virtue of the fact that they did not strictly conform to society's gender roles. Many in the "desisted" groups were not ever diagnosed with gender dysphoria and in fact were explicitly marked as ''not'' meeting the threshold for diagnosis. To quote just part of the critique as put by Newhook ''et al.'' (2018):
{{blockquote|"Rather than a representative group of transgender children, which is assumed in many interpretations, this literature focused on small groups of gender-non-conforming children in two clinics. … As noted by Ehrensaft (2016) and Winters (2014), those young people who did not show indications of identifying as transgender as children would consequently not be expected to identify as transgender later, and hence in much public use of this data there has been a troubling overestimation of desistance. … Furthermore, even within Toronto and the Netherlands, this research was limited to children whose parents chose to bring them to a clinic for diagnosis and treatment and thus may have believed the child's difference was a problem, and one that required psychological treatment. Children whose parents affirmed their gender (or who did not wish to or who were unable to access clinical treatment for any reason) were likely not included in these studies. This is significant because more recent work has shown that children raised by parents who validate their gender identity (Durwood, McLaughlin, & Olson, 2017; Olson & Durwood, 2016) are likely to demonstrate a different (and in some respects healthier) life course than children with parents who are reluctant or unwilling to affirm gender-nonconformity."<ref name="Newhook2018">{{Cite journal |last=Temple Newhook |first=Julia |last2=Pyne |first2=Jake |last3=Winters |first3=Kelley |last4=Feder |first4=Stephen |last5=Holmes |first5=Cindy |last6=Tosh |first6=Jemma |last7=Sinnott |first7=Mari-Lynne |last8=Jamieson |first8=Ally |last9=Pickett |first9=Sarah |date=2018-04-03 |title=A critical commentary on follow-up studies and “desistance” theories about transgender and gender-nonconforming children |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15532739.2018.1456390 |journal=International Journal of Transgenderism |language=en |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=212–224 |doi=10.1080/15532739.2018.1456390 |issn=1553-2739}}</ref>}}

===Conversion therapy===
{{main|Conversion therapy}}
SEGM and its leadership hold the position that conversion therapy aimed at changing one's gender identity does not exist; they contend that the category known as "conversion therapy" only describes attempts to change [[sexual orientation]].<ref name="NotSoNice">AJ Eckert (October 17, 2021). [https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-critical-look-at-the-nice-review/ "Conclusions Not So NICE: A Critical Analysis of the NICE Evidence review of puberty blockers for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria"]. ''[[Science-Based Medicine]]''.</ref><ref name="GenspectChatLogs"/> The group doesn't even appear to agree with use of the term "transgender" without appending "-identified" to it.<ref>Based partly on [https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/the-emails/ leaked email correspondence]. Quote: "On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 11:33 AM William Malone wrote: I agree with the points you’re all making. The quote in question is from a comment to HHS that our group (SEGM) submitted last year— we struggled about the wording of this sentence. Perhaps {{wpl|Julianne Young|Julianne}} you could paraphrase our warning about conflating sex and gender, and use language that is preferable to you and your target audience? In this instance, we straddled the fence, using terms we don’t agree with or at a minimum are poorly defined, but added the modifier '-identified', not leaving it as 'transgender' and 'cisgender', hoping to convey that these are not universally accepted stand-alone terms in the medical world."</ref> The group's secretary, William Malone, alongside SEGM advisor Colin Wright, have claimed that: "Counseling can help gender dysphoric adolescents resolve any trauma or thought processes that have caused them to desire an opposite sexed body."<ref name="NotSoNice"/>

One paper in the ''Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy'', criticizing another paper that had itself been published in that same journal and funded by SEGM, compared SEGM to the [[National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality]] (NARTH), a group dedicated to preparing pseudoscientific reports in favor of conversion therapy.<ref name="JSMTDrescher">{{Cite journal |last=Drescher |first=Jack |date=2023-01-02 |title=Informed Consent or Scare Tactics? A Response to Levine et al.’s “Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults” |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2080780 |journal=Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy |language=en |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=99–107 |doi=10.1080/0092623X.2022.2080780 |issn=0092-623X}}</ref> The comparison may have been more apt than the author realized, considering NARTH's apparent affinity for Sigmund Freud.<ref>Ryan Lenz (March 1, 2012). [https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2012/narth-becomes-main-source-anti-gay-%E2%80%98junk-science%E2%80%99 "NARTH Becomes Main Source for Anti-Gay ‘Junk Science’"]. ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> (Would Freud leave us alone for five minutes?)

Such attempted-conversion practices are, almost needless to say, well outside the mainstream of evidence-based medicine. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has considered them inappropriate since at least 2015.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth |author=Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |others=Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |date=October 2015 |url=https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma15-4928.pdf |page=27 }}</ref> The American Academy of Pediatrics is likewise opposed to such practices on the grounds they are "unfair and deceptive".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2018-10-01 |title=Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for |journal=Pediatrics |language=en |volume=142 |issue=4 |doi=10.1542/peds.2018-2162 |issn=0031-4005}}</ref><ref name="NotSoNice"/> According to the Independent Forensic Expert Group: "Conversion therapy is a set of practices that aim to change or alter an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity. It is … performed despite evidence that it is ineffective and likely to cause individuals significant or severe physical and mental pain and suffering with long-term harmful effects."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alempijevic |first=Djordje |last2=Beriashvili |first2=Rusudan |last3=Beynon |first3=Jonathan |last4=Birmanns |first4=Bettina |last5=Brasholt |first5=Marie |last6=Cohen |first6=Juliet |last7=Duque |first7=Maximo |last8=Duterte |first8=Pierre |last9=van Es |first9=Adriaan |last10=Fernando |first10=Ravindra |last11=Fincanci |first11=Sebnem Korur |last12=Hamzeh |first12=Sana |last13=Hansen |first13=Steen Holger |last14=Hardi |first14=Lilla |last15=Heisler |first15=Michele |date=2020 |title=Statement on conversion therapy |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1752928X20300366 |journal=Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine |language=en |volume=72 |pages=101930 |doi=10.1016/j.jflm.2020.101930}}</ref>

===Freudian slop===
The recurring appearance of psychoanalysts among SEGM's advisors is perhaps not totally coincidental. At least one of them, Marcus Evans, has more or less expressed that the mainstream view of gender dysphoria and transgender medicine conflicts with his view of [[Sigmund Freud]]'s theories.<ref name="TSNMoore"/><ref name="Maynard"/><ref>Mallory Moore (June 18, 2021). [https://transsafety.network/posts/marcus-sue-evans/ "Conversion therapy downplayed and attacks on affirmative model at Tavistock whistleblowers' book launch"]. ''Trans Safety Network''.</ref> Although Freud's theories could be considered a [[Protoscience|precursor]] to modern [[psychiatry]], the continued insistence on applying many Freudian aspects is now most likely a quite antiquated approach (some argue it is simply [[pseudoscientific]] — [[Karl Popper]] was one such detractor).<ref name="CanadaPsych"/><ref>David Stewart (November 15, 2018). [https://www.alliant.edu/blog/are-freud-and-psychoanalysis-still-relevant "Are Freud and Psychoanalysis Still Relevant?"]. ''Alliant International University''.</ref> A paper in ''The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry'' that discusses the relevance (or lack thereof) of psychoanalysis to modern psychiatry states, "In fact, one of the main reasons for the decline of psychoanalysis is that the ideas of Freud and his followers have gained little empirical support. … The absence of solid and persuasive evidence for the theory may be the consequence of its self-imposed isolation from the [[empirical]] sciences. … virtually all attempts to carry out revisions [to psychoanalysis] have fallen into the same trap as afflicted Freud, that is, basing theory on clinical experience rather [than] on [[Reproducibility|replicable scientific evidence]]."<ref name="CanadaPsych">{{Cite journal |last=Paris |first=Joel |date=2017 |title=Is Psychoanalysis Still Relevant to Psychiatry? |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0706743717692306 |journal=The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry |language=en |volume=62 |issue=5 |pages=308–312 |doi=10.1177/0706743717692306 |issn=0706-7437 |pmid=28141952}}</ref> 

Anti-trans advocates frequently insist transness is caused by trauma or abuse.<ref>Mary Eberstadt (July 16, 2021). "[https://www.newsweek.com/might-trauma-affect-gender-identity-opinion-1608073 Might Trauma Affect Gender Identity?]". ''Newsweek''.</ref><ref>Joy Stockbauer (March 23, 2023). "[https://washingtonstand.com/news/erin-brewer-explains-the-connection-between-childhood-trauma-and-gender-dysphoria Erin Brewer Explains the Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Gender Dysphoria]." ''The Washington Stand''.</ref>{{efn|Genspect asserts that "developmental trauma may drive trans identification in kids."<ref name="GenspectGDTrauma">Laura Wiley Haynes (February 15, 2023). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20230318235331/https://genspect.org/gender-identity-through-the-lens-of-developmental-trauma/ Gender Identity Through the Lens of Developmental Trauma]." ''Genspect'', via the Wayback Machine.</ref> Parents of ROGD Kids considers "sexual trauma" a "cause" of gender dysphoria.<ref name="PORKDysphoriaCauses">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20230613070800/https://www.parentsofrogdkids.com/other-causes-for-gender-dysphoria Other Known Causes for Gender Dysphoria]". ''Parents of ROGD Kids'', via the Wayback Machine.</ref>}} It is perhaps unsurprising to find their ranks brimming with Freudian psychoanalysts given that Freud {{w|Freud's seduction theory|infamously attributed}} a host of psychological issues to [[child sexual abuse|childhood sexual trauma]]. SEGM has claimed that "adverse childhood histories and poor attachments" predispose young people to [[gender dysphoria]].<ref name="2021SEGMDysphoriaStatement">(March 17, 2021). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20220613055833/https://segm.org/Study_Questions_Gender_Minority_Stress_Model New Study Raises Questions About the Gender Minority Stress Model]". ''Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine'', via the Wayback Machine.</ref> Nicolas Evzonas, writing in the journal ''Research in Psychoanalysis'' in 2020, observed that while psychoanalysis created an "[[epistemology|epistemological]] turning point by drawing attention to the complex psychic reality" of people, it tends to "regress to a[n] [[biological determinism|univocal and linear conception of material truth]] when it comes to gender."<ref name="EvzonasPsych">{{Cite journal |last=Evzonas |first=Nicolas |date=2020 |title=Psychoanalytic Transphobia or a Generalized Gender Trauma |url=https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_REP2_030_0103--psychoanalytic-transphobia-or-a.htm |journal=Research in Psychoanalysis |language=en |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=103-112 |doi=10.3917/rep2.030.0103 |issn=1965-0213 |pmid=}}</ref> He held that psychoanalysts dealing with "gender-variant people" often become "deaf to the subject's [the patient's] singular speech" and "[[transference|parasitized by the most common prejudices]]," leading them to equate "trans identities" with "psychoses, borderline pathologies, or perverse structures."<ref name="EvzonasPsych" /> He argued that such pathological frameworks contribute to [[transmedicalism]], situating the "phallocentric dichotomy between the 'real' and the 'fake' trans, between the curable and the incurable" as a legacy of Freud's older conception of the "presumed homosexual" ("curable") and "true homosexual" ("incurable").<ref name="EvzonasPsych" /> Sheila L. Cavanagh, in the journal ''Trans Studies Quarterly'', also pointed to the historical tendency of psychoanalysts to frame "trans* subjectivity and gender variance as pathological", citing Freud's construction of the "masculinity complex" and "{{w|penis envy||"}} as helping "render female masculinities [transmasculinity] deviant" while [[Jacques Lacan|Lacan's]] writing on "transsexualist {{w|jouissance||"}} has "been used to substantiate claims of trans* mental illness" in transfeminine subjects.<ref name="CavanaghPsych">{{Cite journal |last=Cavanagh |first=Sheila L. |date=2017 |title=Transpsychoanalytics |url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-abstract/4/3-4/326/132827/Transpsychoanalytics |journal=TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly |language=en |volume=4 |issue=3-4 |pages=326–357 |doi=10.1215/23289252-4189865 |issn=2328-9252  |pmid=}}</ref>

Despite all of this, it can't be precluded that there are psychoanalysts who have reinterpreted or rehashed these theories in an LGBT-friendly way (given the mention by ''The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry'' that there have been attempts to revise psychoanalysis for a more contemporary age), including such a way that it would be inclusive to transgender people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McGleughlin |first=Jade |date=2024-04-02 |title=Transgender Imagining and the Danger of Normative Theory |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15240657.2024.2346458 |journal=Studies in Gender and Sexuality |language=en |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=129–142 |doi=10.1080/15240657.2024.2346458 |issn=1524-0657}}</ref> There is a diversity of interpretations within any movement, and psychoanalysis is likely no exception. This is true regardless of whether it's to be considered a pseudoscience.

==Relation to other entities==
The aforementioned Yale report states: "The core members of SEGM frequently serve together on the boards of other organizations that oppose gender-affirming treatment and, like SEGM, feature biased and unscientific content. These include Genspect, Gender Identity Challenge (GENID), Gender Health Query, Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics, [[Helen Joyce|Sex Matters]], Gender Exploratory Therapy Team, Gender Dysphoria Working Group, and the Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research."<ref name="YaleReport"/>

Stephen Beck, who is also SEGM's treasurer,<ref name="BeckTreasurer">[https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/844520593 "Society For Evidence Based Gender Medicine Corp"]. ''ProPublica''.</ref> co-founder, and an early board member, is also an executive at {{wpl|Mercy Health (Ohio and Kentucky)|Bon Secours Mercy Health,}} one of the largest [[Catholic]] health networks in the US.<ref name="BonSecours"/><ref name="HaglandHC">Mark Hagland (March 24, 2022). [https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/analytics-ai/article/21261571/the-challenges-of-implementing-ai-algorithms-experts-weigh-in "The Challenges of Implementing AI Algorithms: Experts Weigh In"]. ''Healthcare Innovation''. Quote: "Stephen Beck, M.D., vice president, medical informatics, at the Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health".</ref> Bon Secours has been cited as among the "worst examples of profiteering and dysfunction in health care", engaged in the "sleaziest kind of theft" from the poor by the Lown Institute; allegations also corroborated by a ''New York Times'' investigation.<ref name="CincinSecours">Brooks Sutherland (January 11, 2023). [https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/01/12/lown-institute-names-bon-secours-mercy-health-shkreli-awards/69798188007/ "'Sleaziest kind of theft:' Nonprofit names Bon Secours Mercy Health on list of profiteers"]. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer''.</ref><ref name="NYTMercyHealth">Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg (September 24, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231017041013/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/health/bon-secours-mercy-health-profit-poor-neighborhood.html "Profits Over Patients: How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits"]. ''The New York Times''. Archived from [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/health/bon-secours-mercy-health-profit-poor-neighborhood.html the original].</ref> In one correspondence letter penned by five SEGM advisors to ''The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health'', they used a book by [[gender critical]] writer [[Kathleen Stock]] (who, at the time of their writing, was a trustee for the [[LGB Alliance]]<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20211023154115/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5154625/trustees LGB Alliance]", Charity Commission of England and Wales, archived 23 October 2021</ref>) as a citation to refute a clinical study.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malone |first=William |last2=D’Angelo |first2=Roberto |last3=Beck |first3=Stephen |last4=Mason |first4=Julia |last5=Evans |first5=Marcus |date=September 2021 |title=Correspondence. Puberty blockers for gender dysphoria: the science is far from settled |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352464221002352 |journal=The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health |language=en |volume=5 |issue=9 |pages=e33–e34 |doi=10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00235-2}}</ref>

Two SEGM affiliates, Romina Brignardello-Petersen and {{wpl|Quentin Van Meter||,}} are part of the {{wpl|Catholic Medical Association}} (Brignardello-Petersen having done work for SEGM in the past, Van Meter being an ally to SEGM),<ref name="BonSecours">Zinnia Jones (January 11, 2023). [https://genderanalysis.net/2023/01/anti-trans-group-segms-cofounder-stephen-beck-is-an-executive-at-bon-secours-mercy-health-the-fifth-largest-catholic-healthcare-network-in-the-us/ "Anti-trans group SEGM’s cofounder Stephen Beck is an executive at Bon Secours Mercy Health, the fifth-largest Catholic healthcare network in the US"]. ''Gender Analysis''.</ref> a group that views [[homosexuality]] as non-inborn and preventable;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Keefe |first=J. |year=2003 |title=Homosexuality |encyclopedia=New Catholic Encyclopedia |volume=7 |edition=2nd |location=Farmington Hills, Michigan |publisher=Gale |page=67 |isbn=978-0-7876-4011-8 |quote=The Catholic Medical Association, marshaling an impressive compendium of research, takes issue with the current prevalent professional position. The association does not accept that homosexuality is inborn, sees it as preventable, and treatable for those who are motivated (Homosexuality and Hope, 2000).}}</ref> it has a "faith-based commitment" against gender transition, because it "violates the teachings of the Church".<ref name="CMAfaith"/> Van Meter himself takes this view, calling gender transition for minors an "[[abomination]]", "from social to medical to surgical"&nbsp;— and adds that his [[faith]] drives his medical practice.<ref name="ExposedReloaded"/> In 2020, Van Meter was "discredited as an expert" on the subject by a Texan court.<ref>Stephen Caruso (September 15, 2020). [https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/a-texas-judge-ruled-this-doctor-was-not-an-expert-a-pennsylvania-republican-invited-him-to-testify-on-trans-health-care/ "A Texas judge ruled this doctor was not an expert. A Pennsylvania Republican invited him to testify on trans health care"]. ''The Pennsylvania Capital-Star''.</ref> SEGM's secretary William Malone, treasurer Stephen Beck, and director Julia Mason have also co-signed letters alongside members of other anti-LGBT groups (including [[American College of Pediatricians|ACPeds]] president Van Meter and ACPeds "[[expert witness]]" Paul Hruz<ref>R.G. Cravens (June 5, 2023). [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/06/05/documents-reveal-adf-requested-anti-trans-research-american-college-pediatricians "Documents Reveal ADF Requested Anti-Trans Research From American College of Pediatricians"]. ''[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]''.</ref><ref name="NotSoNice"/>), in opposition to the standard guidelines for transgender healthcare as laid out by the {{wpl|Endocrine Society||.}}<ref name="TSNMoore"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Laidlaw |first=Michael K |last2=Van Meter |first2=Quentin L |last3=Hruz |first3=Paul W |last4=Van Mol |first4=Andre |last5=Malone |first5=William J |date=2018-11-23 |title=Letter to the Editor: “Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline” |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/3/686/5198654?login=false |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism |volume=104 |issue=3 |pages=686–687 |doi=10.1210/jc.2018-01925 |issn=0021-972X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malone |first=William J |last2=Hruz |first2=Paul W |last3=Mason |first3=Julia W |last4=Beck |first4=Stephen |date=2021 |title=Letter to the Editor from William J. Malone et al: “Proper Care of Transgender and Gender-diverse Persons in the Setting of Proposed Discrimination: A Policy Perspective” |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/106/8/e3287/6190133 |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |language=en |volume=106 |issue=8 |pages=e3287–e3288 |doi=10.1210/clinem/dgab205 |issn=0021-972X |pmid=33772300}}</ref>

===Genspect===
SEGM is closely affiliated with Genspect in particular, with which they shared at least seven top advisors as of 2022, including Genspect's founder and director Stella O'Malley.<ref>Jackie Turner (March 10, 2023). [https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/03/10/anti-trans-disinformation-australia-transphobia/ "Anti-trans disinformation is rife in Australia — and it’s being spread by a small group of organisations"]. ''Crikey''.</ref><ref>AJ Eckert (October 22, 2022). [https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/cutting-through-the-lies-and-misinterpretations-about-the-updated-standards-of-care-for-the-health-of-transgender-and-gender-diverse-people/ "Cutting through the Lies and Misinterpretations about the Updated Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People"]. ''[[Science-Based Medicine]]''.</ref><ref name="GenspectChatLogs"/> Audio that was leaked from O'Malley in 2022 demonstrated the ideologically anti-trans nature of that organization.<ref name="GenspectAudio">Lee Leveille (April 2, 2022). [https://healthliberationnow.com/2022/04/02/leaked-audio-confirms-genspect-director-as-anti-trans-conversion-therapist-targeting-youth/ "Leaked audio confirms Genspect director as anti-trans conversion therapist targeting youth"]. ''Health Liberation Now!''.</ref><ref name="AeonMcLamore"/> Leaked chat logs proved it even further — in one instance, Genspect's vice director says their focus on under-25s is mere [[marketing]].<ref name="GenspectChatLogs">Ernie Piper (July 25, 2023). [https://www.dailydot.com/debug/genspect/ "EXCLUSIVE: ‘Focus relentlessly on under 25’: Leaked chats reveal influential gender-critical group’s plan to use children to push for bans on transitioning"]. ''The Daily Dot''.</ref> Like SEGM, the [[SPLC]] designated Genspect as an anti-LGBT hate group.<ref name="GenspectHG"/> O'Malley also once appeared in a documentary produced by (infamously anti-[[reptilian]]) [[conspiracy theorist]] [[David Icke]]'s company.<ref>(October 8, 2022). [https://the-beacon.ie/2022/10/08/stella-omalley-appears-in-documentary-produced-by-company-linked-to-antisemite-david-icke/ "Stella O’Malley appears in documentary produced by company linked to antisemite David Icke"]. ''The Beacon''.</ref>

Another Genspect/SEGM advisor, Kathleen Goonan, is known to have attended at least two events for the [[right-wing]] [[Moms for Liberty]] group.<ref>Zinnia Jones (October 23, 2023). [https://genderanalysis.net/2023/10/mask-off-mask-on-kathleen-goonan-advisor-to-segm-and-genspect-taught-moms-for-liberty-to-play-a-dual-game-and-pretend-to-support-parents-who-accept-their-trans-kids-then-she-pre/ "Mask off, mask on: Kathleen Goonan, advisor to SEGM and Genspect, taught Moms for Liberty to “play a dual game” and pretend to support parents who accept their trans kids. Then she pretended to support these parents on a podcast with Genspect’s founder."] ''Gender Analysis''.</ref> O'Malley is also the co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists, and known to have met with the Christian conservative group, Family Education Trust, in a supportive capacity.<ref>Sarah Clarke (May 23, 2022). [https://transsafety.network/posts/fet-conference-may-2022/ "Evangelical conference brings together ultraconservative and gender critical figures"]. ''Trans Safety Network''.</ref><ref name="ANewEra">Lee Leveille (June 1, 2022). [https://healthliberationnow.com/2022/06/01/a-new-era-key-actors-behind-anti-trans-conversion-therapy/ "A New Era: Key Actors Behind Anti-Trans Conversion Therapy"]. ''Health Liberation Now!''.</ref><ref>(August 11, 2022). [https://archive.is/0KXeW "Family Education Trust Annual Conference 2022"], via ''archive.today''.</ref><ref>[https://powerbase.info/index.php/Family_Education_Trust "Family Education Trust"]. ''Powerbase''.</ref> One advisor for Genspect is [[Abigail Shrier]], who wrote the book ''Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters'' (a [[Regnery Publishing]] output).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210814010044/https://genspect.org/a-genspect-parent-and-doctor-responds-to-the-aap/ "A Genspect parent – and doctor – responds to the AAP"]. ''Genspect'', via the Wayback Machine (captured August 14, 2021).</ref>

Both SEGM and Genspect have faced scrutiny for promoting [[Jesse Singal#Pedophilia|James Cantor]].<ref>(December 14, 2021). [https://medium.com/@Anarchasteminist/james-cantor-paedophilia-and-the-gender-critical-movement-ab7cf4e0d94 "James Cantor, paedophilia and the “Gender Critical” movement"]. ''Medium''.</ref><ref name="GenspectAudio"/> Cantor is an anti-trans psychologist who has no clinical experience in treating transgender youth, though, he worked under [[Ray Blanchard]] and the aforementioned Kenneth Zucker.<ref name="AeonMcLamore"/><ref>Jonathan Montpetit and Sylvène Gilchrist (October 21, 2023). [https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/james-cantor-gender-affirming-care-bans-1.6979356 "U.S. conservatives are using Canadian research to justify anti-trans laws"]. ''CBC News''.</ref> Something even more contentious, however, is that Cantor explicitly advocates for the inclusion of [[pedophilia]] in the gay community.<ref>James Cantor (December 8, 2018). [https://web.archive.org/web/20190107193748/https://twitter.com/JamesCantorPhD/status/1071499969910198274 "Speaking as a gay men, I believe we SHOULD include the P. To do otherwise is to betray the principles that give us our rights."] ''Twitter''. This was in response to a post by the group "Virtuous Pedophiles".</ref><ref name="GenspectAudio"/>

==See also==
*[[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]]
*[[Policy-based evidence making]]
*[[Sound science]]
*[[Uncertainty tactic]]

==External links==
*[https://segm.org/ SEGM's webshite]

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite news |title=Anti-Trans Conversion Therapy Map of Influence |work=Health Liberation Now! |url=https://healthliberationnow.com/anti-trans-conversion-therapy-map-of-influence/}}
*{{Cite news |last=Greenspan |first=Sam |date=August 3, 2022 |title=How Florida Twisted Science to Deny Healthcare to Trans Kids |work=VICE News |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gg54/florida-transgender-healthcare-minors}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Kuper |first=Laura E. |last2=Cooper |first2=M. Brett |last3=Mooney |first3=Megan A. |date=September 2022 |title=Supporting and Advocating for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and Their Families Within the Sociopolitical Context of Widespread Discriminatory Legislation and Policies |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/cpp0000456 |journal=Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology |language=en |publisher=American Psychological Association |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=336–345 |doi=10.1037/cpp0000456 |issn=2169-4834}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Chen |first=Diane |last2=Berona |first2=Johnny |last3=Chan |first3=Yee-Ming |last4=Ehrensaft |first4=Diane |last5=Garofalo |first5=Robert |last6=Hidalgo |first6=Marco A. |last7=Rosenthal |first7=Stephen M. |last8=Tishelman |first8=Amy C. |last9=Olson-Kennedy |first9=Johanna |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones |url=https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206297 |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |language=en |volume=388 |issue=3 |pages=240–250 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa2206297 |issn=0028-4793 |pmid=36652355}}
*{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Zinnia |date=January 29, 2023 |title=Florida’s newest Boards of Medicine appointees wrote an anti-trans letter calling for gender “exploratory” therapy, citing a report of a trans teenager being involuntarily hospitalized for nearly two years |work=Gender Analysis |url=https://genderanalysis.net/2023/01/floridas-newest-boards-of-medicine-appointees-wrote-an-anti-trans-letter-calling-for-gender-exploratory-therapy-citing-a-report-of-a-trans-teenager-being-involuntarily-hosp/}}
*{{Cite news |last=Reed|first=Erin|date=March 10, 2023 |title=2600 Leaked Anti-Trans Lobbyist Emails Show Fundamentalism, Not Evidence, Is How First Anti-Trans Bills Were Drafted |work=Erin In The Morning|url=https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2600-leaked-anti-trans-lobbyist-emails}}
*{{Cite news |last=Fuller|first=Kat|last2=McLamore |first2=Quinnehtukqut|date=April 17, 2023 |title=The Far-Right’s Dangerous Influence on Healthcare and How it Affects the Transgender Community|work=Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies|url=https://www.cifrs.org/post/the-far-right-s-dangerous-influence-on-healthcare-and-how-it-effects-the-transgender-community}}
*{{Cite news |last=Santoro |first=Helen |date=May 2, 2023 |title=How Therapists Are Trying to Convince Children That They’re Not Actually Trans |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/technology/2023/05/gender-exploratory-therapy-trans-kids-what-is-it.html}}

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