The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is among the defendants in a new lawsuit filed by a woman who was prescribed cross-sex hormones when she was a child.
The AAP in 2018 published guidance calling for clinicians to provide “gender-affirming care” to “transgender children,” alleging that children who believe they’re a different gender from their birth gender do not suffer from a mental disorder. The guidance claimed puberty blockers could be prescribed to let children “explore gender identity” and were “completely reversible,” which some experts say is not true.
