Saturday PITT Review - May 13 to 17, 2024

May 18, 2024

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

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Quote of the Week from Wish We Could Talk: “I love you; I will always love you. I just wish you had been stronger all around. Living in a female body in this world has its challenges but being human has its challenges.”

PITT POSTS THIS WEEK:

Friday, May 17: We Need Time

Thursday, May 16: Social Media Harms Girls

Wednesday, May 15: Letter to therapists

Tuesday, May 14: The Letter My Trans-Identified Daughter Would Love to Receive

Monday, May 13: Wish We Could Talk

IN THE NEWS

Hilary Cass Says U.S. Doctors Are ‘Out of Date’ on Youth Gender Medicine

We know there is a sea change afoot when the New York Times addresses problems with gender affirming care. We have the Cass Review to thank for this. Its repercussions are being widely felt.

From Dr. Cass: “The most important concern for me is just how poor the evidence base is in this area…. The second big takeaway for me is that we have to stop just seeing these young people through the lens of their gender and see them as whole people, and address the much broader range of challenges that they have, sometimes with their mental health, sometimes with undiagnosed neurodiversity.”

And the journalist notes this: “I’ve reached out to major medical groups in the United States about your findings. The American Academy of Pediatrics declined to comment on your report, citing its own research review that is underway. It said that its guidance, which it reaffirmed last year, was “grounded in evidence and science.”

The Endocrine Society said, “we stand firm in our support of gender-affirming care,” which is “needed and often lifesaving.”

Thus the source of misery for many families going through this in America.

Hilary Cass standing near a bush with her hands clasped before her on a sunny day. She wears a colorful shirt and black slacks.

WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO

The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk where he and Helen Joyce discuss the findings of an independent review by Hilary Cass of gender identity services for children and young people in the United Kingdom; how government and public health institutions in the UK have come to take a more skeptical view of gender-affirming care for young people than in the US; and the need for a more thoughtful and nuanced approach to trans issues which considers the rights and safety of all individuals involved.