Canada’s “mainstream media” plays a direct role in promoting positive perceptions of medical gender transitions, despite evidence that the practice adversely affects the lives and health of young people, a new report suggests.
Most of the largest media outlets in Canada portray these interventions as “gender-affirming care” that is evidence-based, medically essential, and life-saving when they can actually take a heavy physical and emotional toll on youth, according to a report from Ottawa think tank the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI).
The report is authored by Mia Hughes, an MLI senior fellow who specializes in pediatric gender medicine, psychiatric epidemics, and the intersection of trans rights and women’s rights….