Category: Surgery

  • FTC boss to detransitioners: Your Voice is Heard

    FTC boss to detransitioners: Your Voice is Heard

    It’s quite a coup to get one serving member of any government to a Genspect event let alone two. I have written up the views of Admiral Christine, Donald Trump’s Assistant Health Secretary, who gave the keynote speech at this year’s Life Beyond Transition conference in Washington DC. The second member of the Trump administration…

  • US Health Admiral: gender surgery must be ‘eradicated like the plague it is’

    US Health Admiral: gender surgery must be ‘eradicated like the plague it is’

    Donald Trump’s Assistant Secretary for Health today vowed he would “not stop” until the “barbaric practice” of gender surgery for children in the United States is “eradicated like the plague it is.” Admiral Brian Christine was speaking on Thursday at Life Beyond Transition 2026 – a one-day conference bringing together the largest ever gathering of…

  • A message to you, GPs

    A message to you, GPs

    I am in touch with a doctor who is concerned about gender-affirming care, and the expectation that GPs in the UK will prescribe hormones for young adults who have been seen by Gender Identity Clinics. She has written what follows mainly for other clinicians, but it is of interest to the lay reader, too. Introduction…

  • Cross-post: Glenna Goldis

    Cross-post: Glenna Goldis

    I’m new to Glenna Goldis’ work. Glenna is a lawyer in New York City with experience in consumer fraud, family law, government, and civil legal aid. Her substack newsletter, Bad Facts, covers the movement for transgender rights. I stumbled across a link to Glenna’s newsletter on substack and after reading her long and informative legal analysis…

  • What exactly is a neophallus, then?

    What exactly is a neophallus, then?

    This is the second blog post on a theme. The first is called “What exactly is a neovagina, then?“ This post is about the creation of an artificial penis for women who believe they are men. The operation (or series of surgeries) appears to be known generally as a phalloplasty – described by the NHS…

  • What exactly is a neovagina, then?

    What exactly is a neovagina, then?

    I was recently contacted by an NHS doctor who is concerned about gender ideology and its capture of his profession. Let’s call him Dr J. Following retirement from full time work, Dr J is currently working in A&E as a locum senior registrar. He trained as a surgeon and is a fellow of the Royal…