Legislation Archives

The mystery of the disappearing “gender identity”

Yesterday’s ruling by the UK’s highest court, the Supreme Court, clarified that the word “woman” in their jurisdiction, the 2010 Equality...

17th April 2025

New Zealand has a new government. What does this mean for sex and gender?

The election New Zealanders went to the ballot box on October 14th and voted to change the government. They...

12th December 2023

Shape Shifter v. Fenway Health: Latest US Detransitioner Court Case Exposes Faults with “Gender-Affirming Care.”

Shape Shifter v. Fenway Health, an emergent court case in Massachusetts, is part of a growing number of legal...

18th October 2023

Taking Conversations Into the Real World: Eliza Mondegreen Interviews Corinna Cohn

Corinna Cohn is a writer, podcaster, and activist from Indiana. Corinna was diagnosed with gender identity disorder at age...

22nd August 2023

Disability, Same-Sex Carers, and Safe Spaces

I enjoy Quentin Tarantino films but watch them from behind a pillow. I’m squeamish about the violence but his films...

18th January 2023

Gender and the Hate Crime Bill in Ireland

In 1945 George Orwell wrote an essay entitled ‘The Freedom of the Press’ to preface his book Animal Farm....

12th November 2022

My testimony against California SB107 in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee

On Tuesday, August 30, Chloe Cole, 18, testified before the California State Senate Judiciary Committee, opposing Senator Weiner’s bill...

1st September 2022

The Current State of Paediatric Gender Dysphoria in Australia

The Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Services (also known as GIDS) has closed at last. Australian Genspect parents are very...

24th August 2022

An Open Letter to Pediatric Gender Clinics

The world’s largest pediatric gender clinic, the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust...

29th July 2022

Genderizing Title IX in US Schools

Under the radar until the last couple of years, gender ideology has gained a foothold in nearly every arena,...

23rd July 2022

An Open Letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics

We write to you from Genspect, an international and non-partisan organization which represents thousands of parents of gender dysphoric...

18th July 2022

A Frolic of Its Own: Scotland and Gender Recognition Reform

On 2nd March 2022, the Scottish government introduced the ‘Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill’ before the Scottish Parliament. The purpose...

11th July 2022

NZ’s conversion practices prohibition law: A wolf in wolf’s clothing

A commentary by Jan Rivers, Fully Informed. What Has Happened? Following a record 106,000 submissions, oral hearings conducted at...

8th March 2022

DMN provides perspective on Texas

On Sunday March 6, 2022, the Dallas Morning News published another balanced editorial, Gender-affirming care needs more research, not...

7th March 2022

For more Scandi-style progressive politics, try Missouri, Alabama, and Utah

Written by Genspect parent Lynn Chadwick. Two new bills in Missouri and Alabama seek to prohibit medical procedures for...

15th February 2022

Sweden to release new standards in March

Independent journalist Jesse Singal just did a remarkable interview with a Swedish investigative journalist who has reported on the medicalization...

28th January 2022

A Genspect Scoop: The Irish State can’t find evidence for its own “Conversion Therapy” ban

We at Genspect are very pleased to have the scoop on an unexpected – and very welcome – turn...

1st January 2022

Open letter in response to WPATH SOC v8

Dear WPATH, Genspect is an international alliance of parent and professional groups whose aim is to advocate for parents...

15th December 2021

Canadian newspapers start publishing balanced pieces

Against the backdrop of the Washington Post publishing The mental health establishment is failing trans kids, a groundbreaking article...

2nd December 2021

Case for the Wisconsin Supreme Court: Should parents be notified about their secretly trans-identifying students?

American parental rights seem to be at the forefront these days, with the Florida case, the Wisconsin case, Genspect...

23rd November 2021

WPATH clinicians stand by statements that more assessment needed

In a Medscape Medical News article published yesterday, Transgender Docs Warn About Gender-Affirmative Care for Youth (you can create...

19th November 2021

Secrecy in Australian family courts

What is going on in Australia when it comes to court cases about gender-questioning children and youth? It’s hard...

9th November 2021

US Senate Bill: Encoding the rights of parents of gender-questioning kids

On October 21, 2021, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced a new bill, “Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act...

5th November 2021

Genspect’s Stella O’Malley and parents speak with House of Lords peer

Written by Genspect parent Jude from Australia. On Friday 22 October 2021, I took part in a zoom webinar...

28th October 2021

Stella O’Malley testifies about New Zealand conversion therapy bill

On October 13, 2021, Genspect founder Stella O’Malley testified at a subcommittee hearing about New Zealand’s proposed Conversion Practices...

14th October 2021

What next? RANZCP statement on gender dysphoria conflicts with AusPATh

Analysis by Simon Tegg, who is part of Fully Informed, a group of people from across New Zealand concerned...

26th September 2021

Canada Votes 2021: What next?

In August, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election, hoping for a commanding majority and mandate to govern,...

22nd September 2021

Keira Bell ruling: Who gets the hot potato next?

At first glance, the ruling of the High Court in the Keira Bell case seems simple: the decision of...

20th September 2021

Canada Votes 2021: Parent opinions

Canada’s election is now less than a week away. As parents across the nation study the parties’ platforms and...

14th September 2021

Canada Votes 2021: Which candidates will pledge to safeguard gender-questioning kids?

The non-partisan groups Canadian Gender Report (CGR) and Gender Dysphoria Alliance (GDA) are asking all candidates in the Canadian...

31st August 2021

Is Texas about to ban surgical transition for minors?

On August 6 of this year, Texan Governor Greg Abbott directed the Commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to...

16th August 2021

24 organizations in 13 countries say #nothankyou to EPATH

EPATH – the European Professional Association for Transgender Health – is hosting a three-day conference in the Swedish city of Gothenburg....

12th August 2021

A Genspect parent – and doctor – responds to the AAP

The Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM) applied to have a booth at the American Academy of Paediatrics annual...

11th August 2021

The Daily Telegraph takes on the topic of Gillick Competence

… and brings in Genspect’s founder, Stella O’Malley, to highlight the parents’ perspectives. As the UK government reviews its...

4th August 2021

Scott Newgent of TReVoices in conversation with Stella O’Malley

Transman Scott Newgent, founder of TReVoices (Trans Rational Educational Voices) and author of a powerful Newsweek article on the...

13th July 2021

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