Gender Medicine Needs To Stop Treating Young Patients Like Guinea Pigs | Opinion
leaked messages from a meeting and discussion forum of members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) revealed a different picture.Behind the facade of consensus is a fractured industry conducting experiments on the young that can lead to permanent sterilization (but revenue for the practitioners).
Many health professionals around the world rely on WPATH's "standards of care." The leaks confirm a massive scandal in the gender industry: many doctors prescribe hormones and perform surgeries on minors and vulnerable adults who are already beset with serious mental health issues while patients and parents don't fully understand the risks and consequences.One surgeon acknowledged performing "about 20 vaginoplasties in patients under 18." To be fair, the surgeon does suggest discouraging the procedure before 17—but only because these minors are less likely to complete follow-up care when they're off to college.The messages also reveal a concerning dismissiveness among practitioners toward serious pre-existing mental health issues of people with gender dysphoria.
One practitioner reported internal conflict on what to do after a psychiatrist recommended waiting on cross-sex hormones for a patient with dissociations, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizoid tendencies, and depression.Others on the thread disregarded the psychiatrist's concerns and explain that there's likely no reason to wait to begin hormones.
One practitioner claimed that "in general, mental illness is not a reason" to postpone gender surgeries. Another even boasted about clearing every single person seeking surgery except one, who "hallucinated during the assessment session."This is a travesty of both medicine and science.The WPATH files also show that people who have gender dysphoria often have other pre-existing mental health issues.
