The Atlantic

The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine

As the shaky evidence base for youth gender medicine has become better known, activists have retreated to an argument from authority. Never mind the Cass Report, whose findings resulted in the closure ...
NBC News

Plastic surgeons group calls for delaying gender-affirming surgery until age 19

The country’s largest professional organization for plastic surgeons recommended that gender-affirming surgery be delayed until patients turn 19, changing its stance on the politically charged issue.
The New York Times

Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach. By Andrew Jacobs For the first ...
The Hill

Plastic surgeons organization recommends delaying gender-affirming surgery until 19; Trump admin applauds position

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) on Tuesday published a position statement recommending that surgeons delay “gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery” until a patient is ...
STAT

Plastic surgeons society recommends delaying gender-affirming procedures until age 19

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp ...
STAT

7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical

In December, the federal government escalated its efforts to dismantle established standards of care for transgender youth by proposing to deny Medicaid funding to children’s hospitals that provide ...
Forbes

Why Validation Is Your Most Overlooked Leadership Superpower

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Big and small white step ladder near the wall. Vector illustration. Leaders often ask me, ...
New York Post

New survey shows how gender madness ‘non-binary’ was just a fad pushed by radical activists

Has the gender madness fever finally broken among America’s youth? Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, compiled a report for the Centre for Heterodox Social Science ...
Self

5 Signs You’re Too Dependent on Male Validation, According to Therapists

There’s no doubt that a compliment from a cute guy can give anyone a little mood boost. But for some, male attention isn’t just nice to have—it can start to feel addicting. A late WYD text might be ...
frontpageafricaonline

Liberia: UN Women Hails Validation of Gender and Youth-Inclusive NDC 3.0 For Liberia

Key provisions of the NDC 3.0 include allocating 20% of total climate financing to women-led climate initiatives and cooperatives, and ensuring that 80% of new projects adopt gender-responsive ...
The Economist

How stable are the gender identities of younger children?

WHEN KRISTINA OLSON began studying children who had transitioned from one gender to another in the early 2010s, there were not a lot of them. Social transition (living in a new gender, with no medical ...