A recent report by the US Department of Health (HHS) on healthcare for trans youth has sparked controversy by recommending 'exploratory therapy' for addressing pediatric gender dysphoria. This recommendation comes alongside a noted 'lack of evidence' for treatments like puberty blockers. Experts, including GLAAD's president, have condemned these suggestions as misleading and reflective of discredited conversion therapy practices, which have harmed many. Critics emphasize that these outdated ideas contradict established recommendations from health authorities and exacerbate risks for LGBTQ+ youth.
While the full extent of the report's conclusions remains unknown at this point, experts and advocates claim its initial recommendations have justified by using misinformation.
This so-called guidance is grossly misleading and in direct contrast to the recommendation of every leading health authority in the world.
This report amounts to nothing more than forcing the same discredited idea of conversion therapy that ripped families apart and harmed gay, lesbian and bisexual young people for decades.
According to figures from The Trevor Project, a charity which focuses on LGBTQ+ suicide and self-harm prevention, anyone subjected to conversion practices has shown significantly higher rates of suicide.
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