The Cass Review continues to reverberate out with more media coverage and policy changes on an international level, including the banning of puberty blockers in Scotland.
In the US, two high-profile OpEds have continued to highlight the findings of the Cass Review. The first, “The US needs a bipartisan, open-minded gender medicine commission”, was written by Lisa Selin-Davis and published in the Boston Globe. The second OpEd, “A new report roils debate on youth gender care,” was written by therapist Paul Garcia-Ryan and published in the Washington Post.
This move by the Washington Post is unprecedented and represents another significant milestone in the legacy media’s willingness to allow for more open debate of youth gender medicine.
Write a Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post
Please take a few minutes to write a Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post, to thank them for publishing the OpEd, and to call for more investigative reporting on the Cass Review and its implications for youth gender medicine in the United States.
Write your email to: letters@washpost.com
Here is a sample outline of what you could write:
1) I am a _______ (mother, lesbian, father, gay man, doctor, therapist, transgender adult, teacher, etc) and I am writing to thank you for publishing Paul Garcia Ryan’s guest OpEd on youth gender medicine
2) Like Garcia-Ryan, I too believe youth experiencing gender incongruence deserve better care
3) Add your reasons why you care, why you are concerned, and any important points you want to make about the article or the topic itself
4) End with a statement about how this article is a step in the right direction, and that you hope the Washington Post will continue to show courage in supporting journalists and writers to do true investigative work on this issue - you may highlight any area where you want to see them do more reporting and investigation
As always, if you submit a letter, please leave us a note in the comments! Share the inspiration with others to help it ripple out.