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The Evolution of Care: Why “Reassessment” is Not a Collapse

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Image: Spatted Screenshot of National Post story My honest read of the recent  National Post  article by Sharon Kirkey on  Dr. Karine Khatchadourian  is that it presents a discussion within medicine about improving care, but the framing—beginning with the headline—makes it sound as though the entire field is collapsing.

It's Hypocritical to Ban Gender-Affirming Surgeries When Cis Males Are the Primary Recipients

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This should be made into a large billboard. Well, colour me shocked. In the relentless crusade to "protect the children" from the supposed horrors of gender-affirming care, a new study calmly dismantles the argument like a toddler knocking over a Jenga tower. The study reveals that cisgender males overwhelmingly benefit from procedures that could be classified as gender-affirming care—80% of breast reductions among adults and a jaw-dropping 97% among minors are performed on cis males. But please, do go on about how we’re all rushing to perform irreversible surgeries on toddlers wielding glitter. The findings should give anyone, even a casual observer, pause. They show that among minors, these procedures are exceedingly rare, with zero instances in children under 12. Imagine that—a system with “stringent standards” doing exactly what it claims to do. Shocking! Meanwhile, while lawmakers froth at the mouth over a non-existent epidemic of gender-affirming surgeries for minors,...

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