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Top Medical Journal: No Sex Designation on Birth Certificates

The authors also want sex designations removed from important documents such as passports. Read More ›
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Some Effects of Transgenderism

Children with gender dysphoria need help. But transgender treatments for them are not based on good evidence. Read More ›
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Examining Causes of Gender Dysphoria

In recent years, there has been increased interest in a possible connection between gender dysphoria and autism. Read More ›
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Delaying Puberty, or Destroying It?

For children with gender dysphoria, blocking puberty is not just buying time. It is more like a point of no return. Read More ›
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On Delaying Puberty

The pituitary gland produces hormones that stimulate the ovaries in girls and the testicles in boys. Read More ›
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

So he chose to call himself David, after the Old Testament king who slew Goliath. Read More ›
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Money, Sex, and Gender

"We both wanted to play with guys, build forts and have snowball fights and play army… She played with my toys: Tinkertoys, dump trucks." Read More ›
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Is It a Boy or a Girl?

Parents with a new baby are almost always asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” And the answer is almost always one or the other. Read More ›
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Armed and Dangerous: Human Evolution in Action — Or Is It Fake News?

Researchers say a growing number of adults have a persistent, prominent median artery in their arms, an artery that’s important in the embryonic stage. Read More ›
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Amid Covid, the Deadly Cost of Rule by Experts

Of course it’s the very same assumption at work in the evolution debate, on the part of those who dismiss the suppression of intelligent design dissidents. Read More ›

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