Finding the Signal in the Noise on Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care
The Cass Review of gender identity services for children and young people, a recent report in the U.K., has spurred many headlines and much debate, most of which tout the finding of “weak evidence” for gender-affirming care for children and teenagers. Advocates of such care reject the report as anti-trans, while critics hail it for finally outing such care as pseudoscience. However, much of the noise around gender-affirming care in pediatrics, and this report, is misleading and takes away from the substantive improvements needed to provide the best care for transgender youth.