The Biden administration and several legal groups are getting set to fight it out with red states over laws aimed at banning kids from getting transgender hormone treatments.
Children as young as 8 years old should be screened for anxiety according to a leading panel on preventive health, amidst rising cases of mental disorders including depression, among kids and teens, particularly noted during the pandemic.
Transgender activists and their allies lashed out at the Washington Post on Monday after they published an opinion piece by a transgender woman who said her transition was harmful and unnecessary.
A transgender first grade teacher told a group of kindergartners, first graders, and second graders that when babies are born, doctors "guess" if they're boys or girls — but the teacher added that "sometimes the doctor is wrong" and "makes an incorrect guess."
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended giving experimental puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children and teens suffering from gender dysphoria as a “best practice” and warned that the federal government would take action against states that ban such practices.
The White House is threatening to hold states "accountable" for passing laws that protect children from irreversible procedures used to transition genders.
