Advocacy over science: How youth gender medicine overran our institutions

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) annual convention is an opportunity for pediatricians to network, exchange ideas and learn. Unfortunately, when it comes to youth gender medicine, misinformation was on the 2024 conference agenda. As a keynote speaker, the AAP chose U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking transgender official in the Biden administration.

Levine’s invitation should cause concern to American...