The Washington State University (WSU) course is a video series designed to increase knowledge and enhance patient care and counts as a credit for a continuing medical education (CME) program, reports Fox News. After nine months of vetting, the course was approved by the school in June after meeting national accreditation standards for both scientific balance and educational integrity.
Society for Evidenced-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) made the course to provide "guidance on the benefits, risks, and ethical considerations of medical interventions for gender-dysphoric youth." Instead of affirming gender-identity, the course considered debates for hormone treatments and "misconceptions in youth gender medicine."
A transgender activist, Erin Reed, brought attention to the CME course though an article she published, which labeled SEGM as anti-transgender hate group. The SEGM was already labeled as an anti-LBBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2023. However, Reed encouraged people to complain to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
After the article was published, LGBTQ websites started targeting the school, and WSU alumni also turned against the institution, calling for action. As of now, the videos have been suspended for learning access and an inquiry as opened, and it cannot be used to earn a CME credit.
SEGM says the organization was surprised by the quick suspension of the course, suggesting the process is driven more by external pressure than by careful scientific review.
Linda Harvey, president of Mission: America, says that this is another example of science and medicine being hijacked by LGBTQ radicals.
"Homosexuality and gender confusion are not cultural issues. They are behavioral disorders and have no business being recommended and advocated by responsible physicians to anyone," states Harvey.
Harvey says that gay activists apparently are afraid that the SEGM may uncover evidence which contradicts their lifestyle.
“The evidence is breaking down. The studies that have been looked at in Europe are showing a different approach, and that's why European medicine is dropping their immediate mutilation of children," states Harvey.
