I watched the entire 31-minute video they're referencing, and the article is pulling the most vivid phrases out of context to manufacture outrage. The segment they highlight is a discussion of an adult, not a minor, and the clinicians were addressing ethical limits and how to handle edge-case requests, not endorsing them, not normalizing them, and certainly not performing them on demand.
This poorly-written piece of disinformation is published on Bari Weiss' culture wars indoctrination blog, by Leor Sapir, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute -- that should tell you that this is really about advancing a political aganda, not accurately describing medical practice. They are cherry-picking a few extreme edge-case requests, removing the surrounding conversation about assessment, consent, comorbidities, and refusal criteria, and then wrapping it in culture-war rhetoric. It is exactly the same tactic they used that led them to platforming Jamie Reed -- the woman who mislead about the St. Louis gender clinic -- and favored "whistleblower" by people like Jesse Singal and the "Blocked and Reported" sub you're now directly linking to.
They also chose to link a long video while banking on people not watching it. Because if you do watch it, what you see isn't rogue surgeons or casual surgeries, but a professional room grappling with rare cases, ethical boundaries, mental health considerations, and the difference between what a patient requests and what clinicians should actually do.
When you have to cut out context, sensationalize phrasing, and funnel it through some of the most disreputable publications, like the NY Post/Manhattan Institute/"Free" Press to make it land, it stops being journalism and starts being narrative construction. This isn't a good-faith concern for youth; it's more trans panic bullshyt.
Transgender youth and their parents were shocked at Jamie Reed’s allegations. And they want officials to hear their perspectives.
missouriindependent.com
The New York Times claimed to have corroborated claims about a St. Louis clinic for gender dysphoric youth. We looked at every single claim.
www.assignedmedia.org
Accounts from almost two dozen parents contradict examples provided by former case manager at transgender center.
www.stltoday.com
Washington University in St. Louis opened an investigation into a children’s gender clinic after a former employee alleged the clinic harmed patients.
www.nbcnews.com
www.transgendermap.com
nypost.com
