Physician Statements

Physician statements

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons, “Position Statement on Gender Surgery for Children and Adolescents,” February 3, 2026.
• Detrans Awareness Day, Doctors and Detransitioner Blow the Whistle on Gender Medicine, March 12, 2025
• American College of Pediatricians, “Find a Therapist: For Parents of Children with Identity Distress.” 
• Brown, Gregory A., MD, Expert testimony on the difference between men and women in exercise physiology and athletic performance, January 7, 2020.
• Cretella, Michelle, MD, “I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s what you should know about a new study on transgender suicide,” Daily Signal, September 2018
• Expert Panel: Elaine (mother of child with gender dysphoria), Dr. Michael Laidlaw, MD, Dr. Marian Rutigliano, MD, and Walt Heyer (formerly identified and lived as transgender), “The Medical Harms of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for Gender Dysphoric Children,” Heritage Foundation, March 28, 2019. 
• Hruz, Paul, MD, PhD, Deficiencies in Scientific Evidence for Medical Management of Gender Dysphoria, Linacre, 2020. 
• Laidlaw, Michael, MD. “The Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Statement on Puberty Blockers Isn’t Just Deceptive. It’s Dangerous,” The Public Discourse, January 13, 2020.  
• Laidlaw, Michael, MD, “Medical Risks of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for Gender Dysphoric Children,” Heritage Foundation panel, April 4, 2019. 
• Laidlaw, Michael, MD, Transcript of Speech to the U.K. House of Lords, May 15, 2019.  
• Laidlaw, Michael, MD, “Gender Dysphoria and Children: An Endocrinologist’s Evaluation of I am Jazz,” The Public Discourse, April 5, 2018. 
• Lappert, Patrick, MD, The Gender Revolution: A Medical Perspective – Patrick Lappert.
• Lappert, Patrick, MD “Is Hormone Therapy for Trans Kids Reversible?” from the Alabama Compassion Coalition, 2020.
• Levine, Stephen, MD, Expert Affidavit and Rebuttal Expert Affidavit in Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District, 2020. (Dr. Levine provides an excellent summary of research and risks of the gender-affirming approach.)
• Malone, William J., et. al. “No One Is Born in ‘The Wrong Body,” Quillette, September 24, 2019.
• Marchiano, Lisa. “Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics.” Psychological Perspectives, 60:3, 345-366. 2017. 
• NOTE: this article is not from a Catholic perspective but contains useful insights and descriptions of the experiences of teens identifying as trans.
• Robles, Monique, MD, MS Bioethics, “The Bioethical Dilemma of Gender-Affirming Therapy in Children and Adolescents,” The Linacre Quarterly, February 17, 2021. 
• Robles, Monique, MD, “Observations in a Gender Clinic ”, Ethics & Medicine, The National Catholic Bioethics Center, February 2019. 

More science from the experts

• Testimony of Clinical Psychologist Michael Kuiper, PhD of California, testifying against California bill to providing state funding for “gender transitions” of youth and adults.
• Wright, Colin (evolutionary biologist). Hilton, Emma (developmental biologist). “The Dangerous Denial of Sex.” Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2020.
• Robbins, J and Broyles, V. “The Myth About Suicide and Gender Dysphoric Children,” Child & Parental Rights Campaign, 2019.
• Robbins, J and Broyles, V. “Do Physicians and Health Professionals Really Support Gender-Affirming Interventions on Minors?,” Child & Parental Rights Campaign, 2019
• Sullins, Paul. “‘Born That Way’ No More: The New Science of Sexual Orientation,” Public Discourse, September 30, 2019.
• Regnerus, Mark. “Does ‘Conversion Therapy’ Hurt People Who Identify as Transgender? The New JAMA Psychiatry Study Cannot Tell Us,” Public Discourse, September 18, 2019.
• Cantor, James M. “Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents: Fact- Checking of AAP Policy,” Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2019.
• Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine

More expert insight

• Interview with Ryan Anderson, PhD on EWTN explaining study results on psychological consequences of transgender surgical interventions, September 2020.
• Evans, Marcus. “Why I Resigned from Tavistock: Trans-Identified Children Need Therapy, Not Just ‘Affirmation’ and Drugs,” Quillette, January 17, 2020.
• Shrier, Abigail. Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Regnery, 2020.
• Journalist Abigail Shrier, who writes for the Wall Street Journal, takes an in-depth look at the frightening rise in adolescent girls reject their bodies in favor of trans identities.
• Marchiano, Lisa. “Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics.” Psychological Perspectives, 60:3, 345-366. 2017.
• NOTE: this article is not from a Catholic perspective but contains useful insights and descriptions of the experiences of teens identifying as trans.
• Catholic Medical Association podcast, “Doctor, Doctor“
• This interview series with Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Kevin Majeres discusses the problem of anxiety from a psychiatric perspective, with additional insights relating to the spiritual challenges of anxiety.
• Anxiety and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Anxiety and Flow: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Exercise and Brain Function
• Anxiety, Mindfulness, and the Science of Prayer
• Anxiety is Prayer Waiting to Happen: How We Can Turn to God in Times of Need
• Expert Panel: Elaine (mother of child with gender dysphoria), Dr. Michael Laidlaw, MD, Dr. Marian Rutigliano, MD, and Walt Heyer (formerly identified and lived as transgender), “The Medical Harms of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for Gender Dysphoric Children,” Heritage Foundation, March 28, 2019.
• The Heritage Foundation, The Medical Harms of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for Gender Dysphoric Children