Detrans Awareness Day 2025
By Genspect USA
A briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight what our lawmakers need to hear, so they can provide for the needs of detransitioners in our country.
Detrans Awareness Day on Capitol Hill
Watch the Panel Recordings
Experience the powerful testimonies and expert insights from Detrans Awareness Day on Capitol Hill. Watch all four panels below:
🎥 Detransitioners Speak at Capitol Hill: “This Wasn’t Care”
🩺 Doctors and Detransitioner Blow the Whistle on Gender Medicine
⚖️ The Lawsuits That Could Destroy Gender Medicine
📱 Social Media Is Fueling the Gender Crisis – And Parents Are Powerless
Genspect is proud to bring together medical professionals, policymakers, and members of the public to meet detransitioners face-to-face to help facilitate meaningful change.
Since its inception in 2021, Detrans Awareness Day has played a crucial role in raising international awareness about detransition. Thanks in large part to the courageous personal testimonies of detransitioners, important discussions around medical ethics, legal protections, and medical and cultural support are finally gaining momentum in the United States.
Join detransitioners on Capitol Hill for the most important Detrans Awareness Day yet!
Agenda
Detrans Awareness Day – Wednesday, March 12, 2025
9:00 AM – Welcome
9:15 AM – Medical Panel
This panel will discuss the current state of medical harm done to those who sought gender-affirming care and the right course of treatment for those with gender dysphoria.
Moderator: Dr. Jay Richards
Panelists: Patrick Hunter, M.D. (Pediatrician), Patrick Lappert, M.D. (Plastic Surgeon), Eithan Haim, M.D. (General Surgeon), Forrest Smith (Detransitioner)
10:00 AM – Detransitioner Panel
Firsthand accounts from some of the many growing voices for whom gender-affirming care did not help.
Moderator: Dr. Patrick Hunter
Panelists: Laura Becker, Soren Aldaco, Abel Garcia, Forrest Smith
10:45 AM – The Legal Angle: Protecting Rights and Ensuring Justice
What role does litigation play in this debate, and how can the law protect others from being harmed?
Moderator: Mary Hasson
Panelists: Shawn Thierry, Erin Friday, Soren Aldaco
11:15 AM – Social Media Panel
Addressing social contagion, cell phone use, and online grooming.
The impact of social media on young people in America cannot be ignored or downplayed. What is the best approach to protecting minors from access to harmful content?
Moderator: Kallie Fell
Panelists: Claire Morell, Tiffany Justice, Chloe Cole