Plus: South Africa’s guideline wars; AGP & the UK trial; the German ploy in Norway; French lessons; puberty blocker politics in Oz; Canada conscripts doctors; DIY hormones; Dutch queering of consent
Yes Bernard, the engaged females are distributed on a “flatter bell curve” !
I think we can only hope that the voices of engaged gender- critical females , like Helen Joyce, reach the ears of our federal health minister and health bureaucrats, as strongly as the social activists within key institutions,
i .e.,the NHMRC, and the relevant colleges whose numbers of social activists members are well placed to continue to successfully dominate legislative directives, enough to aquire legal protection across all ALP legal jurisdictions in Australia. A perceived oppressed minority, receiving the benefits of some narcissistic compassion?
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is responsible for developing medical guidelines and assessing guidelines developed by other institutions.
Three examples:
1. Stroke and cardiovascular care
2. Cancer screening and prevention
3. Preventive health and immunisation
Over the past 25 years thousands of Australian children and adolescents have undergone a medical intervention involving non-standard hormone therapies and, at times, followed by genital mutilation and permanent sterility.
This intervention had not undergone a formal clinical trial to confirm safety and efficacy and
I can find no evidence that the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) ever requested the NHMRC to assess, approve, endorse, or provide a formal opinion on the ‘Affirmative Model of Gender Care’
in 2022 When the RCH gender clinics ‘Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines’ were submitted to be posted on the NHMRC online portal for the Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines the NHMRC refused to include them as they failed to meet ‘the basic portal selection criteria’.
If this is the case it would imply a level of irresponsibility in ignoring the inbuilt safety mechanisms of the NMHRC that was readily accessible within the health system.
Failure to access a source of high-quality critique in such a complex issue implies a level of self-assurance that is inappropriate.
Finally, In January 2025 the Federal Health Minister requested the NHMRC to develop guidelines for the treatment of Gender Dysphoria, with the result expected in three years.
…. 25 years is a very long time to decide on the safety and efficacy of such high-stakes intervention involving children.
Yes Vincent, 25 yrs of cognitive dissonance exhibited by powerful key medically , and specialist trained individuals ( and their institutions) which dissonance has facilitated the medical intervention components of “ gender affirming care”. Clinical collusion with a social science- based “ extreme overvalued belief “ ( gender identity/fluidity ideology) by said medical folk defies understanding. I suggest feminization of the relevant medical colluding workforce subset might explain much? An over abundance of key individuals with personality traits , high in agreeableness and conscientious, who have no tolerance for being challenged in their virtuous mission. Medical training and experience has proven to not provide a response of obligatory rejection of clinical collusion to the extent of medical intervention.
Pesky biology just might be a significant part player ? .. though this suggested influence would take some reflection and not be well received by the protagonists, i.e., the ( almost exclusively feminized) social scientists, who started the it !
Hi Andrew, the proportion of women working in the gender-affirming model is striking. By the same token, the proportion of women critical of that model is also high.
It’s such an obvious conflict of interest that so many of the men driven to normalise the transition of minors are themselves autogynephiles. Thankyou Bernard Lane for bringing up the “verboten” subject of AGP men. I would like to see a lot more written on this subject- particularly what might drive these men, and what they gain from the blocking of children’s puberty and the administering of drugs that render them unable to experience adult sexual feelings.
Not sure I have any personal view on AGP, apart from the fact that it can be newsworthy, as it is in relation to the UK blocker trail. I'm aware that an emphasis on the role of AGP can be radioactive. My impression is that Prof Michael Bailey (author of The Man Who Would be Queen) believes that AGP is present among young trans-identified males.
Still don't understand why these medical discussions and wpath include both "trans and gender-diverse people." Gender diverse people, like lgb people, don't need medical intervention. Support, acceptance, non discrimination, absolutely....
They're force teamed with a group which keeps pushing that gender non-conforming means your body is wrong....it's beyond ironic!
Yes, I take it to be a reference to the "non-binary" kids. Given the original idea that trans involves opposite-sex identification, the medicalisation of non-binaries is hard to explain, especially when they are predominantly females who want their breasts removed.
Hello Bernard, if my count is correct, you published a total of 19 reports. I read them all, though I don't think I'm a typical reader. Aside from thanking you for such a tremendous effort, I’d like to suggest—for your consideration—publishing posts that cover fewer topics but appear more frequently.
It's a good suggestion, Eduardo. There has been a remarkable increase in gender clinic news across the world. Maybe I should aim for a fortnightly global roundup. At the moment, I seem to post one every month or so, by which time a lot of news has accumulated.
I just want to say that I like that many things are covered here that aren't covered elsewhere and for things that are covered elsewhere, there are often parts here that are new, and the synthesis is valuable to me.
Keeping track of the separate things happening is hard, especially when I want to find the relevant article a few months or years later, but I can find them here!
Yes Bernard, the engaged females are distributed on a “flatter bell curve” !
I think we can only hope that the voices of engaged gender- critical females , like Helen Joyce, reach the ears of our federal health minister and health bureaucrats, as strongly as the social activists within key institutions,
i .e.,the NHMRC, and the relevant colleges whose numbers of social activists members are well placed to continue to successfully dominate legislative directives, enough to aquire legal protection across all ALP legal jurisdictions in Australia. A perceived oppressed minority, receiving the benefits of some narcissistic compassion?
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is responsible for developing medical guidelines and assessing guidelines developed by other institutions.
Three examples:
1. Stroke and cardiovascular care
2. Cancer screening and prevention
3. Preventive health and immunisation
Over the past 25 years thousands of Australian children and adolescents have undergone a medical intervention involving non-standard hormone therapies and, at times, followed by genital mutilation and permanent sterility.
This intervention had not undergone a formal clinical trial to confirm safety and efficacy and
I can find no evidence that the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) ever requested the NHMRC to assess, approve, endorse, or provide a formal opinion on the ‘Affirmative Model of Gender Care’
in 2022 When the RCH gender clinics ‘Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines’ were submitted to be posted on the NHMRC online portal for the Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines the NHMRC refused to include them as they failed to meet ‘the basic portal selection criteria’.
If this is the case it would imply a level of irresponsibility in ignoring the inbuilt safety mechanisms of the NMHRC that was readily accessible within the health system.
Failure to access a source of high-quality critique in such a complex issue implies a level of self-assurance that is inappropriate.
Finally, In January 2025 the Federal Health Minister requested the NHMRC to develop guidelines for the treatment of Gender Dysphoria, with the result expected in three years.
…. 25 years is a very long time to decide on the safety and efficacy of such high-stakes intervention involving children.
Yes Vincent, 25 yrs of cognitive dissonance exhibited by powerful key medically , and specialist trained individuals ( and their institutions) which dissonance has facilitated the medical intervention components of “ gender affirming care”. Clinical collusion with a social science- based “ extreme overvalued belief “ ( gender identity/fluidity ideology) by said medical folk defies understanding. I suggest feminization of the relevant medical colluding workforce subset might explain much? An over abundance of key individuals with personality traits , high in agreeableness and conscientious, who have no tolerance for being challenged in their virtuous mission. Medical training and experience has proven to not provide a response of obligatory rejection of clinical collusion to the extent of medical intervention.
Pesky biology just might be a significant part player ? .. though this suggested influence would take some reflection and not be well received by the protagonists, i.e., the ( almost exclusively feminized) social scientists, who started the it !
Hi Andrew, the proportion of women working in the gender-affirming model is striking. By the same token, the proportion of women critical of that model is also high.
It’s such an obvious conflict of interest that so many of the men driven to normalise the transition of minors are themselves autogynephiles. Thankyou Bernard Lane for bringing up the “verboten” subject of AGP men. I would like to see a lot more written on this subject- particularly what might drive these men, and what they gain from the blocking of children’s puberty and the administering of drugs that render them unable to experience adult sexual feelings.
Not sure I have any personal view on AGP, apart from the fact that it can be newsworthy, as it is in relation to the UK blocker trail. I'm aware that an emphasis on the role of AGP can be radioactive. My impression is that Prof Michael Bailey (author of The Man Who Would be Queen) believes that AGP is present among young trans-identified males.
There’s something very creepy about the amount of transid men involved in promoting and normalising trans ideology to children.
Thank you!
Still don't understand why these medical discussions and wpath include both "trans and gender-diverse people." Gender diverse people, like lgb people, don't need medical intervention. Support, acceptance, non discrimination, absolutely....
They're force teamed with a group which keeps pushing that gender non-conforming means your body is wrong....it's beyond ironic!
Yes, I take it to be a reference to the "non-binary" kids. Given the original idea that trans involves opposite-sex identification, the medicalisation of non-binaries is hard to explain, especially when they are predominantly females who want their breasts removed.
Hello Bernard, if my count is correct, you published a total of 19 reports. I read them all, though I don't think I'm a typical reader. Aside from thanking you for such a tremendous effort, I’d like to suggest—for your consideration—publishing posts that cover fewer topics but appear more frequently.
Best regards.
It's a good suggestion, Eduardo. There has been a remarkable increase in gender clinic news across the world. Maybe I should aim for a fortnightly global roundup. At the moment, I seem to post one every month or so, by which time a lot of news has accumulated.
Or weekly, or twice a week 😀—I don't know...
I’m assuming that relatively few of us actually read such long summaries all the way to the end.
Maybe you could use a mix of formats: a weekly report and a monthly summary that covers everything... 🤔
In any case, your hard work is appreciated.
Thanks, Bernard!
I just want to say that I like that many things are covered here that aren't covered elsewhere and for things that are covered elsewhere, there are often parts here that are new, and the synthesis is valuable to me.
Keeping track of the separate things happening is hard, especially when I want to find the relevant article a few months or years later, but I can find them here!
I agree about really valuing these postings!!
Thanks!
True, it was supposed to come mid-year. Now we're told it will come in October, though you can't rule out further delays.
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-advice/guidelines-care-trans-and-gender-diverse-people/guideline-development