Are Democrats Dropping WPATH?

Last week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled “Protecting Our Children: Exposing the Dangers of Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures on Minors.”

The hearing proceeded in predictable ways. Republicans and their invited expert witnesses—Kurt Miceli, a psychiatrist and medical director of Do No Harm, and Chloe Cole, a detransitioner—spoke about the harms of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries; the lack of evidence for benefits; and how the international consensus has changed to a more cautious stance on “gender transition” procedures. Democrats and their witness—Shannon Minter, a lawyer at the National Center for LGBTQ Rights—stressed the benefits of “gender-affirming care,” insisted that it rested on a solid evidence base, and accused Republicans of launching politically motivated attacks on marginalized people.

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