The PAS Meeting’s premier event dedicated to gender-related care will be led by academics tied to SEGM and Genspect, groups known for anti-scientific, anti-trans practices.
And this is yet another reason why Trump's DOJ is attacking the SPLC and the good work they do protecting us from hate groups. Hate groups that now are now mainstream by the Trump Regime.
Is there a network of gender affirming pediatricians who could be informed about this and take some action at the conference? Communicate to their peers about who these folks are, or petition for an alternative workshop with GAC providers who use evidence based practices? The slyness of it all is very disturbing.
I wish this article included an email or phone number that people can contact and complain to.
I feel so helpless when people do articles like this exposing a bad event almost like a call to action against it, but then don’t offer anything that people can actually do about it…
We need to know who the organizers of the PAS event are, and how to contact them. They had to have known who these bigots were before giving them the greenlight- and if they somehow didn't, then they need to be put on blast anyway for failing to do their due diligence.
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) will once again hold a meeting later this month focused solely on transgender care.
A major concern is the composition of the panel, which appears to present a predominantly anti-trans perspective rather than a balanced view of evidence-based medical care.
The issue is not simply disagreement, but that some of the positions represented rely on data that is disputed or not widely accepted within the broader medical community.
When discussions of transgender healthcare exclude established, peer-reviewed research and recognized standards of care, they risk misinforming attendees rather than educating them.
Additionally, professionals who attend these sessions often receive continuing education credit.
That raises an important question: should credit be granted when the discussion presents only one side of a complex and evolving medical issue—especially if that perspective does not align with widely accepted clinical guidelines?
For medical education to be meaningful and ethical, it should reflect rigorous, evidence-based information and include diverse, credible viewpoints.
Without that balance, such forums risk undermining both professional standards and patient care.
I would appreciate a list of attendees so I could contact them to voice my opposition. Or perhaps it would be best for them to attend and VOICE their anger/displeasure/opposite opinions. How in the heck are physicians remaining silent?
Thank you, S. Baum, for this incredibly well researched and written report, which contains very useful talking points with which to refute false claims made about gender by members of this panel of so-called experts who are attending this medical conference. Shame on the PAS for allowing this to happen.
You might add that the argument popular with conservatives - that trans women are just living out a sexual fetish - does not explain the majority of the gender spectrum community - folks who identify as trans men, trans-masculine, non-binary, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming.
Can you please tell us who to contact to try to get it cancelled?
I want to know this as well.
And this is yet another reason why Trump's DOJ is attacking the SPLC and the good work they do protecting us from hate groups. Hate groups that now are now mainstream by the Trump Regime.
Is there a network of gender affirming pediatricians who could be informed about this and take some action at the conference? Communicate to their peers about who these folks are, or petition for an alternative workshop with GAC providers who use evidence based practices? The slyness of it all is very disturbing.
I wish this article included an email or phone number that people can contact and complain to.
I feel so helpless when people do articles like this exposing a bad event almost like a call to action against it, but then don’t offer anything that people can actually do about it…
Liars gonna lie. 😑 😑 😑
I’m in Boston. Is there any protest happening to shed light on their phony research?
Contact your local LGBT orgs and encourage them to set one up!
We need to know who the organizers of the PAS event are, and how to contact them. They had to have known who these bigots were before giving them the greenlight- and if they somehow didn't, then they need to be put on blast anyway for failing to do their due diligence.
Yes! It’s completely baffling that they didn’t include a way to contact them in this article! :(
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) will once again hold a meeting later this month focused solely on transgender care.
A major concern is the composition of the panel, which appears to present a predominantly anti-trans perspective rather than a balanced view of evidence-based medical care.
The issue is not simply disagreement, but that some of the positions represented rely on data that is disputed or not widely accepted within the broader medical community.
When discussions of transgender healthcare exclude established, peer-reviewed research and recognized standards of care, they risk misinforming attendees rather than educating them.
Additionally, professionals who attend these sessions often receive continuing education credit.
That raises an important question: should credit be granted when the discussion presents only one side of a complex and evolving medical issue—especially if that perspective does not align with widely accepted clinical guidelines?
For medical education to be meaningful and ethical, it should reflect rigorous, evidence-based information and include diverse, credible viewpoints.
Without that balance, such forums risk undermining both professional standards and patient care.
I would appreciate a list of attendees so I could contact them to voice my opposition. Or perhaps it would be best for them to attend and VOICE their anger/displeasure/opposite opinions. How in the heck are physicians remaining silent?
Thank you, S. Baum, for this incredibly well researched and written report, which contains very useful talking points with which to refute false claims made about gender by members of this panel of so-called experts who are attending this medical conference. Shame on the PAS for allowing this to happen.
You might add that the argument popular with conservatives - that trans women are just living out a sexual fetish - does not explain the majority of the gender spectrum community - folks who identify as trans men, trans-masculine, non-binary, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming.
Why is it that half of the anti-trans braintrust are Israelis?
Thank you for the reporting, it is such a sham how these organizations try to pass themselves off as scientific to peddle hate against our community.