Coverage of the Washington University Transgender Center
Selected coverage of the Washington University Transgender Center at ºüÀêÊÓƵ Children’s Hospital and former employee-turned whistleblower Jamie Reed.
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Whistleblower Jamie Reed, who worked at the transgender center between 2018 and 2022, said staff too freely prescribed medications and did not properly explain the side effects. “I was struck by the lack of protocols and treatment,†she wrote.
Missouri Republican lawmakers have filed more than two dozen bills directed at the LGBTQ community, including some that target gender transition therapy.
‘I want to see the kids protected,’ she says.Â
“The cat’s out of the bag,†said Sen. Elaine Gannon, R-De Soto.
“We cannot institute a moratorium that would deny critical, standards-based care to current and new patients.â€
“This is incredibly ideologically-oriented,†said Rabbi Daniel Bogard who has a transgender son. “Her attorneys are involved nationally in targeting trans kids and their parents and trying to deny their existence.â€Â
The vote, less than a week after a hearing on the issue, shows the urgency Republicans have placed on gender-related health care.
Dozens of transgender people, parents of trans kids and clinicians spoke in favor of the resolution.
The critical report was released by the Clark-Fox Policy Institute and appeared on the institute’s website and in an email newsletter to subscribers.
Accounts from almost two dozen parents contradict examples provided by former case manager at transgender center.
The Transgender Center at ºüÀêÊÓƵ Children’s Hospital has been under scrutiny since the release of a whistleblower report.
Narrative by former Transgender Center employee Jamie Reed “puts us in the bullseye,†one mother said.
Andrew Bailey acts as the Missouri Senate again takes up legislation to restrict transgender care, trans athletes.
Andrew Bailey’s claims about transgender care “were either taken out of context, cherry-picked, or from unverified sources,†WPATH says.
If they support gender-affirming care, Sen. Bill Eigel says he hopes they do.
Washington University staff followed "accepted standards of care" in treating transgender youths, according to an internal review. A former employee made scathing claims of malpractice at the center earlier this year, but the review found them unsubstantiated.Â
The line had attracted attention on social media, and users suggested flooding the tip form with spam.
Ex-employee at transgender center says number of patients treated at clinic is higher than Washington University has reported.
Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation limiting transgender care and transgender athletes on Wednesday.
No news to share about investigation into Washington University months after the school said a whistleblower’s claims were unfounded.
“Washington University physicians will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition,†the university said.
University’s announcement came as a surprise to those who thought they were protected by new Missouri law.
The university stopped treating transgender minors for gender dysphoria in September, citing concerns about a new law’s provision placing more liability on physicians than other treatments.
The hearings showed conservative lawmakers aren’t finished addressing transgender issues after contentious debate last year.
Health care professionals and parents of transgender youth are raising concerns about use of private medical records in the statewide probe.
In one of four cases between a provider of gender-affirming care and the Missouri Attorney General, a judge ruled Missouri’s consumer protection law doesn't authorize Bailey’s demands for unredacted records.
Washington University did not dispute Reed’s assertion that the pediatric center was shutting down.