God bless Texas. On May 15, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas Children’s Hospital will create the nation’s first clinic for detransitioners. As someone who started down the sex-change path at age 12, I can’t overstate how much this new clinic is needed. Until now, people like me have been wandering in a medical wilderness—hurt by those we trusted, searching for a path back to health and happiness.
Here are the facts. Between 2019 and 2023 alone, according to a Do No Harm investigation, nearly 14,000 American children received medical interventions to change their genders. The real number is likely much higher, since we didn’t get every insurance company’s data and some patients self-pay. Regardless, thousands of vulnerable teenagers and preteens were told they could become something they’re not. Their bodies were pumped full of chemical cocktails—puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. At least 5,700 kids got sex-change surgeries, such as double mastectomies and even the removal of their sexual organs. All before turning 18.
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.