"Critics are alleging the American transgender health organization whose guidelines form the basis of Canadian gender care policies has made a significant shift amid a legal battle with the Trump administration.
In a new legal filing, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH, says its guidance to doctors represents one side in a field of “intense medical debate.”
In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging the group has made deceptive claims regarding the treatment of children, WPATH argues that the challenged statements in its influential Standards of Care are not presented as “bare assertions of fact but rather opinions” based on the scientific studies cited."
With thanks to activists like January Littlejohn a push-back is taking place:
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