April 19, 2010
Contact: Jenn Burleton, Executive Director
First Do Harm: Weird "Science" From Fringe Pediatric Organization
http://www.transactiveonline.org/news/press_releases/pr_040610.htmThe "American College of Pediatricians", a medical 'front' organization for religious, socially conservative physicians, has sent a letter to school superintendents nationwide entitled "Facts About Youth". While claiming to contain "important factual information and healthful approaches" to working with transgender and gender non-conforming children and youth, this collection of bad science, misrepresented research, neo-conservative fundamentalism and outright lies actually promotes the continued marginalization, rejection, psychological and physical abuse of transgender and gender non-conforming children and youth.
School districts and others that follow or implement the reckless and inaccurate recommendations of the American College of Pediatricians must assume the responsibility for perpetuating the physical and psychological abuse of gender non-conforming and transgender students of all sexual orientations and ages.
