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Grad student Grayson Jackson and Drs. Jacob Moses and Lisa Campo-Engelstein coauthor paper on pediatric gender-affirming care

Aug 20, 2024, 11:37 AM by Cortney Martin

Their article, “Breaking Binaries: The Critical Need for Feminist Bioethics in Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care,” was published in the Hastings Center Report.

Abstract: This commentary responds to Moti Gorin's article “What Is the Aim of Pediatric ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care?” We argue that Gorin's case against pediatric gender-affirming care rests upon numerous false conceptual binaries: female/male, public/private, objective/subjective, and medically necessary/elective. Drawing on feminist bioethics, we show how such dichotomous thinking is both inaccurate and marginalizing of gender minorities.