Saturday PITT Review - April 28 to May 1, 2025

Welcome to the PITT weekly roundup where you’ll find a list of the week’s postings along with links to some of our favorite books, videos, social media, and podcasts. Please continue the fight against the harms of gender ideology by sharing.

Access to all PITT content is free. Our objective is to inform the public of the devastating impact of gender ideology on families through our personal experiences. And it’s working - support for transitioning of children and distressed young adults is crumbling due to evidence-based findings.

Quote of the Week from I Have to Leave You Here: “We dearly hope, pray and long for a day when you will turn off the path you are on and stop trying to fight your own humanity. Until then, I can only fight for other children caught in this cult. We help other parents caught in the same vise, and make our voices known in the public square.”

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PITT POSTS THIS WEEK:

Friday, May 2: Letter to Father James Martin, who has tirelessly advocated for LGBTQ Rights

Thursday, May 1: Retribution is Coming!

Wednesday, April 30: My colleagues Have Failed You

Tuesday, April 29: Truthful and Factual Birth Certificates Are of Vital Importance

Monday, April 28: I Have to Leave You Here

IN THE NEWS

Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Review of Evidence and Best Practices

On May 1, the Health and Human Services agency released a report reviewing medical interventions for minors seeking gender-affirming care. It’s 409 pages long. The purpose is to conduct “an overview of systematic reviews—also known as an “umbrella review”—to evaluate the direct evidence regarding the benefits and harms of treatment for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria.”

Some Key Findings:

• The “gender-affirming” model of care, as practiced in U.S. clinics, is characterized by a child-led process in which comprehensive mental health assessments are often minimized or omitted, and the patient’s “embodiment goals” serve as the primary guide for treatment decisions. In some of the nation’s 15 leading pediatric gender clinics, assessments are conducted in a single session lasting two hours.

• The voices of whistleblowers and detransitioners have played a critical role in drawing public attention to the risks and harms associated with pediatric medical transition. Their concerns have been discounted, dismissed, or ignored by prominent advocates and practitioners of pediatric medical transition.

• U.S. medical associations played a key role in creating a perception that there is professional consensus in support of pediatric medical transition. This apparent consensus, however, is driven primarily by a small number of specialized committees, influenced by WPATH. It is not clear that the official views of these associations are shared by the wider medical community, or even by most of their members. There is evidence that some medical and mental health associations have suppressed dissent and stifled debate about this issue among their members.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Let’s call it what it is… gender affirming care is conversion therapy

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