Four controversial doctors helping Republicans attack trans healthcare
“All of these doctors have connections to organizations that oppose gender transition on religious or moral grounds. Experts say their views have contributed to the growing opposition across the US to youth access to such care, despite the medical consensus about its safety and efficacy. According to Heron Greenesmith, a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates who monitors anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy, these experts and the groups they are associated with have ‘absolutely contributed to the mis- and disinformation machine around gender-affirming care’.”