The American College of Pediatricians cautioned against "gender-affirming care" for transgender adolescents as current literature on the subject does not offer "long-term evidence" that medical intervention "benefit their mental well-being."
This paper's viewpoint aligns with the University of California at San Francisco's (UCSF) attempts to "decolonize the health sciences" as part of their anti-racist initiatives, but it has been met with significant backlash and deemed "morally abhorrent."
Rachel Levine, who is now assistant secretary for health in the Biden administration, discussed the potential revenue that could be generated by a gender clinic social worker who could advocate for child sex change procedures in emails.