Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles announces closure of its gender clinic, one of the nation’s largest and most aggressive providers of gender-affirming care for minors, citing the potential loss of federal funding for the entire hospital. The clinic’s director, Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, is a controversial figure who has drawn fire from critics for advocating immediate provision of gender transition without the traditional “gatekeeping” of psychological evaluation to determine the intensity and persistence of a minor’s gender dysphoria or their ability to understand the consequences of gender transition. She is reported to have earned over $1 million a year providing gender transition surgeries to minors as young as 14, and has also been criticized for accepting a $9.7 million federal grant and then suppressing research findings that did not support her ideological agenda. For a detailed critique of her legacy, check this out.
Closure of large gender-affirming care clinic
