US transgender care: Evidence for interventions is “very low,” says review ordered by Trump
- La Petite Sirène
- Jun 10
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US transgender care: Evidence for interventions is “very low,” says review ordered by Trump
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r884 - 02 Mai 2025
A review of gender dysphoria commissioned by Donald Trump has concluded that the evidence “remains very low across all intervention types” but made no mention of the research needed to meet the needs of the affected population.
The review said that hormonal treatment for young people with gender dysphoria did not “provide health benefits proportionate to its harms” and therefore that “administering [paediatric medical transition] to adolescents, even in a research context, is in tension with well established ethical norms.”
Trump issued the executive order for a “review of evidence and best practices” for treatment of paediatric gender dysphoria in late January,1 demanding that the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) “publish a review of the existing literature on best practices for promoting the health of children who assert gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or other identity-based confusion” within 90 days.
The 409 page report, released on 1 May, gave an overview of 17 systematic reviews and concluded that the “quality of evidence for outcomes such as gender dysphoria, mental health, quality of life, and regret remains very low across all intervention types.”2
The report was explicit about not serving as clinical guidelines or making …
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