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Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Promoting ethical and evidence-informed healthcare for children, adolescents & young adults. (Formerly SEGMtweets)

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📢Puberty blockers “lock in” transgender identity and drive further medicalization, argues Professor Michael Biggs, Oxford University. They sustain social transition and lead to cross hormones in >90% of cases. /1 #PubertyBlockers #gendermedicine

📢Puberty blockers “lock in” transgender identity and drive further medicalization, argues Professor Michael Biggs, Oxford University. They sustain social transition and lead to cross hormones in >90% of cases. /1 #PubertyBlockers #gendermedicine

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📢The American Society of Plastic Surgeons decided to put evidence above politics in the care of gender-dysphoric youth. We're thrilled to announce that the past president of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) will speak at SEGM's upcoming conference in DC Nov 5-7. Register for in-person & online⬇️

📢The American Society of Plastic Surgeons decided to put evidence above politics in the care of gender-dysphoric youth. We're thrilled to announce that the past president of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) will speak at SEGM's upcoming conference in DC Nov 5-7. Register for in-person & online⬇️

116,758 views • 2 days ago

ASPS now recommends delaying gender-related surgery until at least 19, a direct rebuttal to claims that adolescent autonomy justifies on-demand mastectomy. As Bioethicist Dr. Gorin explains, autonomy is the right to refuse treatment, not a right to receive it. /1

ASPS now recommends delaying gender-related surgery until at least 19, a direct rebuttal to claims that adolescent autonomy justifies on-demand mastectomy. As Bioethicist Dr. Gorin explains, autonomy is the right to refuse treatment, not a right to receive it. /1

78,554 views • 7 months ago

Do puberty blockers work like a harmless “pause button” when it comes to the developing brain? In SEGM’s medical education course, University College London neuropsychologist Dr. Sallie Baxendale evaluates the evidence. 1/2

Do puberty blockers work like a harmless “pause button” when it comes to the developing brain? In SEGM’s medical education course, University College London neuropsychologist Dr. Sallie Baxendale evaluates the evidence. 1/2

66,808 views • 10 months ago

🎦 What are the antecedents of a new gender identity? Psychiatrist Stephen Levine argues that there are usually multiple contributing factors, advancing his hypothesis that a new gender identity may be an unconscious, maladaptive response to despair, self-disappointment, or family distress. /1

🎦 What are the antecedents of a new gender identity? Psychiatrist Stephen Levine argues that there are usually multiple contributing factors, advancing his hypothesis that a new gender identity may be an unconscious, maladaptive response to despair, self-disappointment, or family distress. /1

17,911 views • 4 months ago

Dr. Mikael Landén from Sweden's Karolinska explains why short-term research into hormone treatments of gender-dysphoric youth is unreliable. Instead, new research should focus on "natural history": we must find out if gender dysphoria in this new group remits spontaneously. 1/2

Dr. Mikael Landén from Sweden's Karolinska explains why short-term research into hormone treatments of gender-dysphoric youth is unreliable. Instead, new research should focus on "natural history": we must find out if gender dysphoria in this new group remits spontaneously. 1/2

26,150 views • 9 months ago

What compelled the Tavistock - home of psychotherapy in the UK - to ignore its roots when it came to gender-questioning children? Former Tavistock GIDS clinician Anastassis Spiliadis reflects on his time working at the world’s largest gender clinic. ⬇️/1

What compelled the Tavistock - home of psychotherapy in the UK - to ignore its roots when it came to gender-questioning children? Former Tavistock GIDS clinician Anastassis Spiliadis reflects on his time working at the world’s largest gender clinic. ⬇️/1

15,684 views • 6 months ago

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