John Mark Ockerbloom

Since some media are misreporting it, here's what the American Medical Association actually says about transgender care in minors.

2026: "AMA policy on gender-affirming care is unchanged. The AMA supports gender-affirming care as medically necessary per our policy." https://cloud.e.ama-assn.org/newsletter?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_term=3262026&utm_content=AMA_BoardNewsletter_Mar_032626&utm_campaign=MMX_Email_Newsletter_BoardChair&utm_uid=GENEM&utm_effort=GENEM#gender-affirming-care

2024 Clarification of Evidence-Based Gender-Affirming Care: https://policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder/detail/%22Clarification%20of%20Evidence-Based%20Gender-Affirming%20Care%22?uri=%2FAMADoc%2FHOD-185.927.xml

2021 opposition to legislation prohibiting or penalizing gender transition related care to minors: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-states-stop-interfering-health-care-transgender-children

AMA Board Newsletter

Mar 28 at 12:03pmWeb
Show threadJohn Mark Ockerbloom18h ago

My non-doctor understanding of medical consensus is that gender transition *surgery* is usually best deferred to adulthood (with non-genital surgery maybe appropriate in some teen cases), but a broader spectrum of gender-transition *care* (eg. social transition, puberty blockers, hormones, etc.) is recommended, with appropriate conditions and safeguards, for both kids and adults.

Some are trying to equate professional caution on one intervention type with government restrictions on all types.