According to the guidelines published on Wednesday, children who identify as transgender or different in gender should not be offered care for social transition – the process by which a child or adolescent adopts a name, pronoun for gender and clothing that match their gender. gender identity – should they not be offered blockers for puberty, hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery.
Gender reassignment surgery is a treatment that is not usually offered to children.
These guidelines do not apply to children “born with a genetically or biochemically verifiable sexual development disorder (DSD),” the department said. Despite its position on gender-based care, the department promotes “social support from peers and families” as well as counseling from a licensed provider.
Gender-based care is a supportive form of health care that consists of “medical, surgical, mental and non-medical services for transgender and non-binary people”, according to HHS.
The state health department, led by Florida General Surgeon Joseph Ladapo, said its guidelines were issued to “clarify the evidence” contained in the federal government’s newsletter. The Agency continued to highlight the “lack of convincing evidence and the potential for long-term, irreversible effects” as drivers for the issuance of the guidelines.
“The federal government’s medical facility, which issues guidelines that fail at the most basic level of academic rigor, shows that this has never been for healthcare,” Ladapo said in a press release. “It’s about injecting political ideology into the health of our children. Children with sexual dysphoria need to be supported by their families and seek counseling, not pushed for an irreversible decision before they turn 18,” he said. In recent months, Ladapo has faced remarkable controversy over his positions on vaccination and camouflage against Covid-19. Last month, on his advice, Florida became the first state to deviate from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that anyone aged 5 and over receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Instead, the health department has issued guidelines advising against vaccinating healthy children.
The ACLU called the state health department’s move “a desperate effort to sow lies and fear for transgender youth, their parents and their health” in a Twitter post Wednesday. “Trans-young people know who they are. We are ready to do everything in our power to protect the fundamental rights of trans youth and their families. “
“The leadership of the Florida Department of Health is in direct opposition to the best practices of every major medical organization in the country. “Demonstrating life-saving, medically necessary health care for transgender youth is dangerous and wrong,” the ACLU tweeted on Wednesday.
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