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Nov 1

The Observer gets it wrong: Anti-gay and anti-trans conversion practices have always appealed to “fluidity” of both sexual orientation and gender identity

Commentary on: The Observer, “The Observer view on gender dysphoria: criminalising therapy poses risk to children’s welfare” (2023–10–22) Summary In a recent editorial, The Observer argued that bans on conversion practices in the UK should encompass anti-gay but not anti-trans conversion therapy, on the grounds that “the fluidity of gender dysphoria…

LGBTQ

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The Observer is wrong: Anti-gay and anti-trans conversion practices always argued from “fluidity”
The Observer is wrong: Anti-gay and anti-trans conversion practices always argued from “fluidity”
LGBTQ

20 min read


Oct 23

Mask off, mask on: Kathleen Goonan, advisor to SEGM and Genspect, taught Moms for Liberty to “play a dual game” and pretend to support parents who accept their trans kids

Then she pretended to support these parents on a podcast with Genspect’s founder. Since 2022, former healthcare executive Kathleen “Kate” Goonan has worked with the anti-trans groups Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) and Genspect to advance restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans youth. At SEGM, Goonan attended an April 25, 2022 meeting with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where…

Transphobia

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Mask off, mask on: Kathleen Goonan, advisor to SEGM and Genspect, taught Moms for Liberty to “play…
Mask off, mask on: Kathleen Goonan, advisor to SEGM and Genspect, taught Moms for Liberty to “play…
Transphobia

13 min read


May 17

The far-right law firm Alliance Defending Freedom offered a Florida anti-trans hate group $15,000 to “refute” the WPATH Standards of Care “for use in litigation”

A wider lens on the American College of Pediatricians. Recent subpoenas by Republican state governments against trans-supportive professional and medical organizations In 2022 and 2023, professional organizations endorsing gender-affirming care received extensive subpoenas from the states of Alabama and Florida during cases on the states’ legislation and policy limiting access to transition treatment for trans youth and adults. …

Transgender

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The far-right law firm Alliance Defending Freedom offered a Florida anti-trans hate group $15,000…
The far-right law firm Alliance Defending Freedom offered a Florida anti-trans hate group $15,000…
Transgender

27 min read


May 11

“Andre’s opinion”: Florida Medicaid agency paid thousands to a hate group leader to help ghostwrite their anti-trans policy; he copied nearly all of his sources from the hate group

Dr. Andre Van Mol is a leader of the SPLC-recognized hate group American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) as well as the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), and is an elder at Bethel Church in Redding, California. This church and its “dead raising teams” have notably attempted to reanimate long-dead…

LGBT

11 min read

“Andre’s opinion”: Florida Medicaid agency paid thousands to a hate group leader to help ghostwrite…
“Andre’s opinion”: Florida Medicaid agency paid thousands to a hate group leader to help ghostwrite…
LGBT

11 min read


May 1

What we learned in April about the Florida AHCA’s Medicaid transition care exclusion Rule 59G-1.050(7) and subsequent litigation in Dekker v. Weida

Summary In August 2022, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) enacted rule 59G-1.050(7) revoking state Medicaid coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries. This rule and the Florida Boards of Medicine’s administrative bans on trans youth care were supported by the AHCA’s…

Transphobia

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What we learned in April about the Florida Medicaid transition care exclusion
What we learned in April about the Florida Medicaid transition care exclusion
Transphobia

8 min read


Feb 8

Round two: Gender Analysis calls on Florida Boards of Medicine to stop the trans youth care bans and investigate critical irregularities in the rulemaking process

Previously: Gender Analysis calls for a hearing on the Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine proposed trans youth care bans 64B8–9.019 and 64B15–14.014 F.A.C. (December 2, 2022) From: Zinnia Jones and Heather McNamara Gender Analysis Seminole County, Florida To: Paul Vazquez, J.D. Executive Director, Board of Medicine/MQA 4052 Bald…

Transgender

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Round two: Gender Analysis calls on Florida Boards of Medicine to stop the trans youth care bans…
Round two: Gender Analysis calls on Florida Boards of Medicine to stop the trans youth care bans…
Transgender

18 min read


Jan 30

Florida’s newest Boards of Medicine appointees wrote an anti-trans letter calling for gender “exploratory” therapy, citing a report of a trans teenager being involuntarily hospitalized for nearly two years

Previously: Gender Analysis calls for a hearing on the Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine proposed trans youth care bans 64B8–9.019 and 64B15–14.014 F.A.C. Anti-trans group SEGM’s cofounder Stephen Beck is an executive at Bon Secours Mercy Health, the fifth-largest Catholic healthcare network in the US Background On…

Transgender

25 min read

Florida’s newest Boards of Medicine appointees wrote an anti-trans letter calling for gender…
Florida’s newest Boards of Medicine appointees wrote an anti-trans letter calling for gender…
Transgender

25 min read


Dec 4, 2022

Closing arguments: Submit public comments before December 5 on the Florida Board of Medicine’s youth transition treatment ban

Here’s how to submit your comments on proposed Rule 64B8–9.019 (Florida Board of Medicine) and proposed Rule 64B15–14.014 (Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine). Previously: Tracking organized anti-trans submissions to the Florida Board of Medicine October 28 meeting, which passed a ban on medical transition for trans youth Florida Department of…

Transgender

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Closing arguments: Submit public comments before December 5 on the Florida Board of Medicine’s…
Closing arguments: Submit public comments before December 5 on the Florida Board of Medicine’s…
Transgender

67 min read


Aug 1, 2022

Florida’s anti-trans expert Quentin Van Meter: Discredited in court, he calls trans care “child abuse” for attention — and admits he’s paid to do it

Dr. Quentin L. Van Meter, a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Atlanta, Georgia, has served in leadership roles at the anti-LGBT American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) hate group since 2008. During his time at ACPeds, the group has published a number of position statements and legal filings against acceptance of LGBT…

Transgender

33 min read

Florida’s anti-trans expert Quentin Van Meter: Discredited in court, he calls trans care “child…
Florida’s anti-trans expert Quentin Van Meter: Discredited in court, he calls trans care “child…
Transgender

33 min read


Apr 29, 2022

Florida Department of Health Guidance Against Trans Youth Healthcare Contains False Statements and Misrepresentations and Should Not Be Used by Anyone

On April 20, 2022, the Florida Department of Health published three nonbinding documents containing sweeping and inaccurate claims about transgender youth and gender-affirming care: the press release “Florida Department of Health Releases Guidance on Treatment of Gender Dysphoria for Children and Adolescents”; the PDF “Treatment of Gender Dysphoria for Children…

Transgender

53 min read

Florida Department of Health Guidance Against Trans Youth Healthcare Contains False Statements
Florida Department of Health Guidance Against Trans Youth Healthcare Contains False Statements
Transgender

53 min read

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Zinnia Jones

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Trans feminist writer, researcher, and activist. Creator of Gender Analysis. Florida. She/her. https://patreon.com/zinniajones

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