A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

Leading Off: Genspect calls to pathologize transgender identities, trans Americans seek asylum abroad, and the Department of Education withholds funds from schools in blue cities. Our top stories starting out the week in trans news.

Quinnehtukqut McLamore traced the vast disinformation network poisoning the science on trans youth care.

Anti-trans hate group Genspect (and others!) arranged a celebration for the new holiday they invented, Detrans Awareness Day. Isn’t that exciting?

On social media and in the right-wing press, a WHO committee to set guidelines for gender-affirming care is being targeted by anti-transgender activist groups.