Mia Hughes: Child-transition activists will soon be proven wrong

Florida lawsuit sets out to show how cross-sex hormones and surgeries were normalized by people who misrepresented science

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Earlier this year, in response to Alberta restricting access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for trans-identified adolescents, “2SLGBTQI” charity Egale Canada said that “all reputable medical associations” agree that gender-affirming care is “medically necessary and often lifesaving.” But recent developments have dealt a severe blow to this claim.

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On Dec. 9, Florida announced a lawsuit against the three core groups responsible for promoting youth gender medicine — the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Endocrine Society — alleging they misled families about the risks and benefits of these experimental interventions and engaged in “racketeering” and fraud.

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