A statement read at a rally to support Rob Hoogland:
"My name is William Malone. I'm an endocrinologist in practice now for 11 years. I trained at some of the top universities in the United States with some of the world's best endocrinologists. And based on the years of training and years of medical practice, I wanted to validate something that you already know. And that is, you're right, you're right that we're in the midst of an enormous medical scandal. You are right that vulnerable children are being harmed with experimental medical procedures that have no scientific basis.
Your right to be concerned about affirmation therapy. It confuses children and increases the chance that they will choose life altering hormones and surgery to treat their gender dysphoria. These treatments do not improve the long term psychological health of people. Your right to be concerned to that underlying causes of adolescent onset gender dysphoria are not being investigated. You're right that adolescent girls with a history of childhood trauma may present with gender dysphoria to avoid sexualization at puberty. You're right that adolescent girls with autism spectrum conditions may be confused about what it means to be a boy or a girl and presented with gender dysphoria, You're right the gender nonconforming children maybe confused into thinking that they're the opposite sex. None of these children need hormones or surgery. They need compassion, they need therapeutic counseling to help them build resiliency. They need help them build a self acceptance. You're right to suspect that only maladaptive or misinformed mental health professionals would recommend affirmation or hormones and surgery for such children.
You're right to be outraged that judges, courts and governments are defying logic and medical evidence that preventing parents from seeking proper treatment for their children and controlling speech. There are many like me in the medical field who are alarmed at what's occurring. You are not alone. You're on the right path.
Continue speaking up.
Continue spreading the word.
The stakes could not possibly be higher."
-Dr. William Malone
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