AAP Gender ideology - not science
American Academy of Pediatrics’ new guidelines support gender change for kids - dangerous ideology not even science The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging parents to accept the preferred gender identity of their children without regard for the children’s actual biological sex. The progressive-leaning group published a policy statement Monday calling for “comprehensive” and “gender-affirming” health care for minors who do not identify with their birth sex. This includes “surgical intervention” and puberty-blocking hormones – both of which are controversial for being insufficiently proven and ultimately unhelpful to those suffering from gender confusion. The advance of gender ideology – the belief that a person has a “gender identity” that may or may not align with their biological sex – has the support of some in the medical community. And the results, other medical experts say, amount to an assault on children that is not based on science. Pubertal suppression, cros...