Upcoming guidance from the leading professional association for transgender health care perpetuates problematic ideas about transgender youth, some advocates say.
Primary care provider Nick Gorton, left, with a patient at Lyon-Martin Health Services in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2016.June 17, 2022, 8:06 PM UTCSome transgender advocates are criticizing new guidance released by the leading body in transgender health care, saying it has fallen victim to the politicization of gender-affirming care for youth.
Trans young people who are directly affected by this debate say they feel like many of the adults involved don’t know anything about their lives. Advocates say that language is evidence that WPATH has been influenced by the culture war debate created by some Republicans over the last few years, and it ignores the lived realities of transgender youths themselves.
“With health care for transgender youth under constant attack from individuals and entities fueled by pseudoscience, distortions, and political motivations, this comprehensive document is even more crucial to ensuring transgender and gender diverse youth, as well as adults have access to health care informed by these robust guidelines," she said.
“I feel enraged and angry, and I’m annoyed,” a 12-year-old trans girl from Texas said in a phone interview, referring to discussions about a “social contagion.” Her mother, who was present for the call, requested anonymity to protect their privacy and because of“I feel kind of uncomfortable, scared and weirded out all at the same time,” the girl said.
Trujillo and Daniel said the idea that more youth are coming out as trans because it’s “cool” or due to influence from peers also doesn’t represent the reality of what it’s like to be a trans kid. Annaliese Cothron, a WPATH member and member of USPATH, the U.S. chapter, who runs a public health nonprofit, said she knows transgender researchers who were involved in the drafting of the guidelines who were ignored or told they were biased because they’re trans.
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