The FTC's workshop featured anti-trans activists and aimed to investigate gender-affirming care. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson linked the event to the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision supporting Tennessee's ban on such care for minors. He criticized the Biden administration for allegedly pushing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health to change guidelines. Ferguson characterized gender-affirming care as deceptive, suggesting families were misled about the effects of medical transitioning. Experts and advocates condemned the event as part of a broader disinformation campaign against transgender youth care.
Ferguson alleged that the administration pressured the World Professional Association for Transgender Health to remove age minimums for hormones and surgeries from its guidelines to avoid fueling legislative bans.
Ferguson described gender-affirming care as rife with 'modern snake oil salesmen,' claiming families were lured by the promise of a fail-safe cure for mental health problems.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, allowing many states to enforce similar prohibitions against puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
Public health experts and LGBTQ+ advocates condemned the workshop as a government-sponsored disinformation campaign aimed at attacking gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
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