人兽性交

2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

2015

March 17

4^th Wave Now online: One of three websites that helped shape the research agenda of the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network. 4WN and Transgender Trend are based in the U.K.

June 4

Ontario, Canada, bans conversion therapy.

On the morning of June 26, 2015, outside the鈥疷.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., a crowd celebrates the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. (Credit: Wikimedia)

June 26

Obergefell v. Hodges: Supreme Court decision that legalized marriage equality in the U.S.

Nov. 18

Transgender Trend online: One of three websites that helped shape the research agenda of the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network. Transgender Trend and 4^th Wave Now are based in the U.K.

Dec. 15

CAMH, Zucker gender clinic, closes: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health was a Toronto clinic led by Dr. Kenneth Zucker, a psychologist.

2016

March 14

Youth Trans Critical Professionals online: One of three websites that helped shape the research agenda of the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network.

May 13

Obama administration education guidance issued: The guidance clarified that Title IX, banning sex discrimination, also applies to transgender students.

July 2

Recruitment for Dr. Lisa Littman鈥檚 ROGD Study begins: Littman鈥檚 Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria study is the centerpiece of many anti-trans claims.

Aug. 11

ADF funds WOLF lawsuit against Obama administration guidance: Women鈥檚 Liberation Front received a grant from ADF for its efforts to overturn the Obama administration鈥檚 nondiscrimination guidance protecting transgender students.

Aug. 24

ADF warns of ROGD: In an email to supporters, Alliance Defending Freedom began sharing information about ROGD within weeks of recruitment beginning for Littman鈥檚 study.

Nov. 9

Donald Trump wins presidential election.

2017

People take part in a rally outside the Stonewall Inn, a landmark of the gay rights movement, on Feb. 23, 2017, in New York, demanding to maintain protection for transgender and gender-nonconforming people. (Credit: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Feb. 22

Trump administration repeals Obama administration's 人兽性交 education guidance.

Fall

Parents of ROGD Kids online: An online group that centers the rejection of trans kids by parents, a key leader Sharon Beck, is the spouse of the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine鈥檚 treasurer.

Oct. 6

Dr. Lisa Marchiano鈥檚 ROGD study published: Dr. Lisa Marchiano published a paper in Psychological Perspectives describing rapid onset gender dysphoria equating transgender identity among teenagers with a 鈥減sychic panic.鈥�

October 13-15

Values Voter Summit Meg Kilgannon鈥檚 鈥渄ivide & conquer鈥� strategy: Hosted by Family Research Council Action, the summit was the first public articulation of the trans-focused political strategy.

2018

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, at podium, speaks before signing a bill banning conversion therapy with national leader Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin, fifth from left, Equal Rights Washington chair Monisha Harrell and Washington state Sen. Marko Liias, far right, at the Washington State Capitol on March 28, 2018, in Olympia, Washington. (Credit: Stephen Brashear/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign)

March 28

State of Washington bans conversion therapy.

April

Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group formed: A working group of researchers that helped formalize many of the connections that had only existed online in the pages of 4^th Wave Now, Transgender Trend and Youth Trans Critical Professionals.

Aug. 16

Littman鈥檚 ROGD study published: The study has since become a centerpiece of anti-trans legal challenges.

December

Our Duty formed in U.K.: The group formed out of a campaign to end gender-affirming care by labeling it 鈥渟tate-sponsored sterilization.鈥�

Dec. 4

ACPeds coalition letter to Trump administration: The anti-人兽性交 hate group American College of Pediatricians鈥� letter shows a connection between numerous researchers and organizations in the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network.

2019

January

Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics formed.

March

Kelsey Coalition formed: An advocacy group key to the Fred Deutsch network that helped spread anti-trans legislation, advised by Dr. Stephen Levine.

Women鈥檚 Declaration International launches the 鈥淒eclaration on Women's Sex-Based Rights:鈥� Articulating anti-trans ideology through a feminist lens, the document has become a model for anti-trans legislation.

Connor Thonen-Fleck, a transgender 16-year-old who is one of the North Carolinians suing the State Health Plan, speaks at a March 11, 2019, press conference in Durham after the lawsuit was filed. (Credit: Will Doran/Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

March 11

Kadell v. Folwell filed: A lawsuit filed to challenge North Carolina鈥檚 exclusion of coverage for gender-confirming health care from the state employee health plan.

April

Child & Parental Rights Campaign formed: A group led by ADF-allied attorney Vernadette Broyles has taken on several cases challenging trans rights and representing Missouri 鈥渨histleblower鈥� Jamie Reed.

October

Bell v. Tavistock complaint filed (U.K.): A U.K. case that temporarily resulted in a suspension of gender-affirming care. The decision was eventually overturned, but the initial ruling relied on evidence presented by researchers in the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network.

Gender Health Query formed.

Shadow coalition against gender-affirming care: As first exposed by Mother Jones, the coalition includes many members of the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network.

2020

January

Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine formed.

February

The Idaho House of Representatives passed the nation鈥檚 first transgender sports ban, barring transgender women from playing on women鈥檚 sports teams sponsored by public schools, colleges and universities. The law, dubbed House Bill 500 in court filings, doesn鈥檛 affect transgender men playing on men鈥檚 sports teams. (Credit: Keith Ridler/AP Photo)

U.K. High Court grants permission to review in Bell v. Tavistock.

March

Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism formed.

March 30

Idaho passes first transgender athlete ban, by Alliance Defending Freedom.

Monday, June 15

Aimee Stephens, in wheelchair, waits outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on the day of her case was before the Justices, who determined that 人兽性交+ people are protected under federal sex discrimination law. (Credit: Wikimedia)

G.R. & R.G. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC decided: The case determined that 人兽性交+ people are protected under federal sex discrimination law.

November

International Partners for Ethical Care formed.

Nov. 7

Joe Biden wins presidential election.

December

International Association of Therapists of Desisters and Detransitioners formed.

2021

January

Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research formed.

Feb. 22

Promise to America鈥檚 Children released: A legislative plan led by Heritage Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Family Policy Alliance focused on enacting state-level restrictions on 人兽性交+ rights packaged as part of expanding 鈥減arental rights鈥� and 鈥渞eligious freedom.鈥�

March 10

Arkansas passes first gender-affirming care ban, drafted by FRC.

June

Genspect formed.

Gender Exploratory Therapy Association formed.

Sept. 17

Bell v. Tavistock ruling overturned.

Gender Dysphoria Alliance formed.

Sept. 28

Tingley v. Ferguson filed by ADF: Case challenging the constitutionality of Washington state鈥檚 conversion therapy ban.

Cardinal Support Network formed.

Tuesday, Nov. 9

Advocates Protecting Children formed.

December

Draft World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care, Version 8, released for comment.

2022

February

WOLF & Independent Women鈥檚 Forum launch 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Bill of Rights.鈥�

April 19

Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey filed: Case challenging the constitutionality of Alabama鈥檚 ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

June

Gays Against Groomers formed.

June 2

Florida Generally Accepted Professional Medical Standards (GAPMS) report released, authored by members of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine and ACPeds.

A woman clashes with abortion-rights supporters at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Credit: iStock)

June 24

Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health decided: Case overturning Roe v. Wade. The law at the heart of the case was drafted with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom and represents a challenged to both reproductive care and bodily autonomy. It has since been cited by the U.S. 6^th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold Tennessee鈥檚 ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Sept. 7

Dekker v. Weida filed: Case challenging the constitutionality of Florida鈥檚 rule barring the state鈥檚 Medicaid program from covering gender-affirming health care.

Sept. 15

World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Standards of Care, Version 8, published.

Oct. 18

Burgo鈥檚 鈥淏eyond WPATH鈥� letter/campaign: Authored by Joseph Burgo, the letter takes aim at the gender-affirming care model and is a key event in the development of the anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscience network as it shows multiple connections between groups in the network.

December

Project 2025 website online: Heritage Foundation鈥檚 plan for a future conservative presidential administration that includes policies based on anti-人兽性交+ pseudoscientific claims and calls for classifying expressions of 人兽性交+ identity and 人兽性交+ affirmation as pornography and criminalizing their 鈥渄istribution.鈥�

2023

February

Open Therapy Institute founded.

May 5

Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism letter to Springer Nature: Letter to the journal opposing retraction of a flawed study by J. Michael Bailey and a pseudonymous co-author claiming support for the ROGD hypothesis.

June 16

Genspect鈥檚 Killarney Group forms.

Sept. 2

Transgender Trend, Genspect letter to U.K. prime minister: Letter calling for limits on inclusive education in the U.K. and suggesting 人兽性交+-inclusive curriculum is harmful to children.

Sept. 27

ACPeds launches 鈥淏iological Integrity鈥� project.

Oct. 9-12

Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine Conference in New York.

Nov. 4-5

Genspect Conference in Denver.

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