HHS Packed Anti-Trans Activists Into Report Undermining Gender-Affirming Care

A report published on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website on Wednesday pushes the dubious claim that gender-affirming care for transgender youth does more harm than good — a statement that flouts years of studies concluding otherwise.

The report, titled "Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices," derides gender-affirming care by reclassifying it as "pediatric sex-rejecting procedures." HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. commended the report, dismissing the idea that such treatment could "be good for children."

"So-called 'gender-affirming care' has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people," Kennedy said, baselessly claiming that it's "malpractice."