Patrick D Hahn
I am a lecturer, researcher, and author interested in overmedicalization and medical harm.
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A Plea to Maryland AG Anthony Brown to Investigate Pediatric Gender Medicine (opens the original)
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The transgender sand castle continues to crumble. Just today, the Paper of Record announced that NYU Langone Health, one of the nation’s preeminent center for pediatric sex-rejecting procedures, has agreed to cease providing “gender-affirming care” to children. Well, of course. Over the past several years, many of us on
Colorado “Gender Medicine” Docs Cut and Run (opens the original)
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After being ordered by the Trump administration to cease carrying out “gender medicine” interventions on children or lose Medicaid funding, Colorado Children’s Hospital has been ordered by that state’s Supreme Court to resume performing them.Trouble is, they can’t find any doctors willing to assist them in this endeavor. Is anyone surprised? Many of us on Team Reality have been smeared, censored, deplatformed, fired from jobs, arrested (at least in the UK), threatened, and even physical
The PATHWAYS Trial and "Harm Reduction" (opens the original)
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It looks like they’re going ahead with the PATHWAYS trial after all, despite the heroic efforts of James Esses and others to put a stop to it. Baroness Doctor Hillary Cass has posted an eleven-page apologia for the trial, which makes for eye-opening reading. We don’t need a trial. We already know what puberty blockers do. They stunt normal human growth and development. That’s not a side effect. The treatment is the harm.Virtually all children started on puberty blockers
It's Even Worse Than We Thought (opens the original)
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A recent study published in Research Connections raises some troubling questions about “gender-affirming care” for Oregon youths. The study authors utilized data from the COMAGINE database, which includes claims for all medical services and prescriptions paid for by participating health plans, including Medicare and Medicaid. The results were shocking.According to the study, one out of every hundred Oregon adolescents has a formal diagnosis of “transgender.” This figure includes one out of every
On Transgender Suicide (opens the original)
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On 18 July 2026, NBC News ran a heartbreaking story about a “transgender girl” who committed suicide. Let’s examine what happened. A twelve-year-old autistic boy had trouble fitting in, as autistic children often do. He was prescribed so-called antidepressants, which are known to cause worsening dep
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