Wed Apr 20, 2022 – 8:43 pm EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – The Florida Department of Health released new guidance on Wednesday warning against transgender drugs and surgeries for minors and another document debunking recent claims by the Biden administration in support of “gender-affirming care.”
Florida’s guidance recommends that children and adolescents with gender dysphoria should not be prescribed puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones or receive “sex change” surgeries. Gender dysphoria is a disorder that involves stress due to a desire to live as the opposite sex.
Today, the Florida Department of Health released guidance pushing back on @HHSGov unscientific shift in the treatment of gender dysphoria for children and adolescents.
The press release is available here: https://t.co/JsE4HcYOUD… pic.twitter.com/vmWQhBsaai
— Florida Dept. of Health (@HealthyFla) April 20, 2022
The guidance also advises against “social gender transition,” which can include changing a child’s name, pronouns, and clothing in accordance with a so-called “transgender identity.”
The Florida Department of Health pointed to “a lack of conclusive evidence” for “gender transitioning” and “the potential for long-term, irreversible effects” and noted that systematic reviews on hormonal interventions “show a trend of low-quality evidence, small sample sizes, and medium to
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