Recorded on 04 August 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Mark Pickering chairs a webinar with Dr André Van Mol.

Gender dysphoria is a diagnosis, but transgenderism is an ideology. Gender transition procedures (GTPs) imperil already at-risk gender dysphoric youth with experimental and unproven hormonal and surgical gender procedures, which medicalize prematurely and permanently. Transition procedures are not proven effective, not proven safe, do not reduce suicides, and are not the standard of care for gender dysphoria.

Comprehensive literature reviews are driving an international pushback against GTPs in favor of intensive psychological evaluation and support for both the patient and their family, and the lawsuits over the harms of GTPs have begun. GTPs are not evidence-based care for gender dysphoric youth.

André Van Mol, MD is a board-certified family physician in full-time practice in California. He co-chairs both the American College of Pediatricians’ Council on Adolescent Sexuality and the Christian Medical & Dental Associations Sexual & Gender Identity Task Force.

Dr. Van Mol writes and speaks for the US CMDA on issues of bioethical and Christian concern. He works with Alliance Defending Freedom in a coalition of professionals advising on policy matters addressing sexual orientation and gender identity. He advises legislators, government agencies, and legal and advocacy organizations internationally on these issues.

Dr. Van Mol serves on the boards of Bethel Church of Redding and Moral Revolution.