What Made WPATH Authoritative?
2025 Rocky Mountain Summit: Medical, Legal, and Policy Perspective Panel
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“Who made WPATH the authority on pediatric gender treatment?” asks moderator Travis Morrell. Dr. Sapir traces the rise of WPATH from its ideological shift to a patient-as-customer model in the 2000s to its professional expansion through networks, awards, and influence. Internal documents from a federal lawsuit reveal just how flawed and conflicted WPATH’s guidance has become, yet U.S. medical societies continue to follow its lead. While European health agencies now reject WPATH’s standards as unscientific, American institutions have elevated them to near-dogma.
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