“To be clear: UNC Health does not offer any gender-transitioning care for toddlers,” the statement read. UNC Health, in a separate response, said parents with young children can request a meeting or counseling session, but the psychiatry team won’t meet with the actual child until they’re at least school age. For prepubescent children, “there is parental support, but no testing, no treatment, not anything,” officials said in a written statement. But Duke Health said clinic staff simply provide support and counsel to families with young children wrestling with their gender identity. The blog post also cites a patient form used by UNC’s gender clinic which purports to show that children as young as 3 are offered “psychoeducation and support for child and family” and other services. “If a 2 year old girl picks up a truck instead a Barbie, that is proof to these activist doctors that she’s actually supposed to be a boy.” The claims stem from a blog post from a conservative group supporting the North Carolina transgender surgery bill, which cites as evidence a 2016 newspaper interview with the head of Duke’s gender clinic in which she referenced having patients as young as 2. “Yes, you read that correctly,” wrote one Twitter user who shared the graphic in a widely shared post. “Top medical schools in the state are now transitioning toddlers and training future primary care doctors on how to engage in the experimental treatment,” the text included with the graphic reads. Many are sharing a graphic that claims Duke Health is “starting gender transitions” at 2 years old while UNC Health begins it at 3 years old and ECU Health at 4 years old. But as North Carolina lawmakers weigh legislation restricting gender-affirming surgeries to adults, some social media users are suggesting the prominent medical institutions are already offering such medical interventions for toddlers. They do not offer medical procedures such as gender-affirming surgeries or hormone treatments to toddlers. The facts: Officials with Duke Health, University of North Carolina Health and ECU Health say that while they do accept young children as patients, staff only provide general counseling to parents and families at that age. North Carolina hospitals: We are not `transitioning’ toddlersĬlaim: Three North Carolina healthcare systems are diagnosing toddlers with gender dysphoria and “transitioning” them. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
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