The Cass Review, WPATH Files, and the Perpetual Debate over Gender-Affirming Care

Eleven months ago, I published Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation of Studies. The essay documents the long history of gender-affirming care (over 100 years!) and compiles three decades worth of research studies and reviews (over 100 articles!) which together show that gender affirmative approaches to trans and gender-diverse youth are beneficial whereas gender-disaffirming approaches are harmful. I have just updated that reference list to include even more papers (most published in the last year) that further contribute to this large body of evidence.

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An account called "A Wider Lens", the name of the #podcast run by #ConversionTherapy proponent Stella O'Malley has been quietly editing the #Wikipedia entry for Michael Shellenberger, co-author of the so-called #WPATHfiles. That account has also modified the #Genspect entry, of which O'Malley is the founder. She has also co-founded Killarney Group, which seeks to write an "alternate standards of care" for trans youth. #Trans #TransRights #transgender #lgbtq #wiki #wikimedia
"Delete This": Mistaken Victory Claims Show Why You Should Not Trust The "WPATH Files"

On Tuesday, Michael Shellenberger and other anti-trans leaders who pushed the error-ridden and editorialized "WPATH Files" declared victory over WPATH... Turns out, it was just a website glitch.

Erin In The Morning

transphobes lie at a rate of approximately 1.01 lies per page. 1.51 if you remove the introduction, which is essentially just commentary.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-216-instances-of-factual
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#transphobia #wpath #WPATHFiles #misinformation

Fact Check: 216 Instances Of Factual Errors Found In Right-Wing "WPATH Files" Document

On Monday, anti-trans groups released a set of highly editorialized and decontextualized leaks dubbed the "WPATH Files." A fact check reveals 216 errors, misrepresentations, and faulty citations.

Erin In The Morning
Fact Check: 216 Instances Of Factual Errors Found In Right-Wing "WPATH Files" Document
On Monday, anti-trans groups released a set of highly editorialized and decontextualized leaks dubbed the "WPATH Files." A fact check reveals 216 errors, misrepresentations, and faulty citations.
erininthemorning.com/p/fact-ch…
#transgender #wpath #lgbtq #transphobia #trans #wpathfiles
Fact Check: 216 Instances Of Factual Errors Found In Right-Wing "WPATH Files" Document

On Monday, anti-trans groups released a set of highly editorialized and decontextualized leaks dubbed the "WPATH Files." A fact check reveals 216 errors, misrepresentations, and faulty citations.

Erin In The Morning
Fact Check: 216 Instances Of Factual Errors Found In Right-Wing "WPATH Files" Document

On Monday, anti-trans groups released a set of highly editorialized and decontextualized leaks dubbed the "WPATH Files." A fact check reveals 216 errors, misrepresentations, and faulty citations.

Erin In The Morning

Have you heard about the #WPATHfiles

WELP now you're going to, from me. I spent all day looking into this collection of hundreds forum posts from WPATH members, which has been widely touted by anti-trans activists as a blockbuster expose of WPATH.

I analyzed them all, independently, and what I came up with is that they're completely unremarkable and these nutty activists wasted my whole damn day with this shit. #trans #news

Full story:

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/wpath-nothingburger-waste-of-time

Actually Nothing: The Non-Starter Non-Story of the WPATH Files — Assigned

Assigned Media analyzed hundreds of forum posts by WPATH members under a microscope. We found that WPATH members created hundreds of boring forum posts.

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