Dr. Roy Eappen, a leading endocrinologist, was critical of the US Endocrine Society’s standards for gender-confused kids, writing that it rested on “flimsy evidence” and wrote that they are being used to push a “scientifically baseless movement.” The claims were made in the Wall Street Journal so this attracted some attention to say the least. The society’s full-throated endorsement of gender-affirming care implied condemnation of anyone who holds differing views,” the op-ed stated. “Medical professionals are being cowed into silence and coerced into providing treatments they know are dangerous to children.”
There was naturally intense backlash against this critique, but Dr Eapen has stood his ground and defended his claims, as brave medical researchers should. He said: “states have no choice but to pass laws to protect children from well-intended but harmful practices,” a sentiment that appears to also been recently expressed by Twitter’s Elon Musk.