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Barbara Kay: Leaked files expose the ethical rot behind modern transgender medicine
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) promotes its standards of care (SOC) as a lodestar for the treatment of gender dysphoria. Its devotion to the “affirmation” transition model…
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Johns Hopkins Diversity Chief Resigns After Backlash to ‘Privileged’ Labels on White Males, Christians
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
A Johns Hopkins Medicine diversity officer has stepped down from her position after a backlash to a newsletter she sent to hospital staff, in which she declared that white men,…
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Experts Testify on Dangers of DEI at House Education Hearing
Expert witnesses on Thursday condemned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs on college campuses during a hearing held by the Republican-led House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development. The hearing,…
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Israel Takes the E Out of DEI
The ideology of “diversity, equity and inclusion” is a direct threat to Israel’s existence. That’s what I learned from Jewish and Arab Israelis during my five days in the country…
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Goldfarb: Put Patients First, Politics Last
Johns Hopkins Health System chief diversity officer Sherita Golden recently ignited a firestorm when she sent an email claiming that all whites, heterosexuals, and Christians benefit from privilege. While that…
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A federal judge has ordered a US minority business agency to serve all races
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned businesses to serve people regardless of race, siding with white business…
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More than half of American hospitals have plans to increase racial diversity among leadership, study says
The American Hospital Association (AHA) found that over 50% of hospitals prioritize racial diversity when adding to their board of trustees. The AHA, which bills itself as “the…
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NIH spending $558,942 to apply critical race theory to opioid abuse treatments
The National Institutes of Health wants to know how critical race theory can be applied to prescriptions that address opioid addiction. The University of Washington study, “Applying Critical Race Theory…
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CA Suit Targets Anti-Bias Training in Healthcare
Los Angeles anesthesiologist Marilyn Singleton was outraged about a California requirement that every continuing medical education course include training in implicit bias — the ways in which physicians’ unconscious attitudes might…
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Dermatologists like me are being doxed for opposing DEI
Should dermatologists care more about skin color and group identity than treating skin conditions? The question is tearing apart my profession. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion,” or DEI, is…
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California effort to confront implicit bias among doctors faces 1st Amendment challenge
Los Angeles anesthesiologist Dr. Marilyn Singleton was outraged about a California requirement that every continuing medical education course include training in implicit bias — the ways…
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Wokeness North
Canadians often chafe at American cultural imperialism, but Canada’s health-care leaders appear set to import American-style wokeness to the country’s medical schools. Next year, the Royal College of Physicians and…
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‘Criminal’: Legal, Parental Advocates Sound Alarm On Blue State Bill Allowing Minors To Consent To Medical Procedures
Legal experts and parental advocates say a bill being considered in the New York state legislature could end up being another vehicle to allow kids to make life-altering medical decisions…
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Opinion: There is no medical consensus on child gender transition
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recently announced policies on restricting transgender medical interventions for minors have generated much outrage, notwithstanding a subsequent Leger poll that suggested more Canadians than…
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I am black and reject diversity programming. Here’s why.
A little more than 55 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech captured the nation, demanding justice and equality. King envisioned…
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George Washington University Has a DEI Problem
George Washington University has announced the establishment of a Center for Jewish Education whose priorities include “addressing the pressing issue of antisemitism on American college campuses.” The prestigious institution has good…
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Maine government steers children to transgender activist groups
EXCLUSIVE — Maine’s Department of Education guides gender-confused students toward a “youth programming” resource suggesting that “self-fulfillment” and “empowerment” can be found in “live…
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LGBT Activists Tout Survey On ‘Satisfaction’ After Gender Transitions. There’s Just One Problem
A recent survey promoted by trans activists found that over 90% of transgender Americans reported higher “life satisfaction” after transitioning genders; however, experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News…