Advocates call out transgender health group for admitting its guidelines are ‘opinions’ in fraud case

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A transgender medical group said its influential guidelines are “opinions” in a court motion against government plaintiffs — an acknowledgment that critics call a huge confession.

The Federal Trade Commission and conservative states want to “silence one half of a scientific debate” by accusing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health of deceptive trade practices, WPATH claimed in a July 28 filing seeking to dismiss the case. This narrative unmasks WPATH as purely agenda-driven after health institutions embraced its pro-sex-change “Standards of Care” as scientific consensus, health experts and watchdog groups said.

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