What America has got wrong about gender medicine
Too many doctors have suspended their professional judgment
FOR MANY Americans, the great tragedy of trans rights is the story of how Republican governors and state legislatures are stigmatising some of society’s most put-upon people—all too often in a cynical search for votes. This newspaper shares their dismay at these vicious tactics. In a free society it is not the government’s place to tell adults how to live and dress, which pronouns to use, or what to do with their bodies.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “The dangers of gender medicine”
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