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Fully Informed vs. transgender people

Fully Informed is an anti-transgender website based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Fully Informed opposes trans healthcare for minors, particularly medical options like puberty blockers.

Background

Fully Informed is an online resource launched in 2020 and maintained by software engineer Simon Tegg, a director of Aotearoa New Zealand’s chapter of anti-trans hate group Genspect.

People

Coverage in anti-trans media

Genspect (July 10, 2023). WEBINAR: Best Practice in Gender Care: Introducing the Genspect Gender Framework in New Zealand. https://genspect.org/webinar-best-practice-in-gender-care-introducing-the-genspect-gender-framework-in-new-zealand/

Lane, Bernard (April 3, 2023). Red flags in Europe: Why New Zealand shifted to more cautious advice on puberty blockers. Gender Clinic News https://www.genderclinicnews.com/p/red-flags-in-europe

Tegg, Simon [via “Michael T”] (October 20, 2021). Bone health: Puberty blockers not “fully reversible.” Genspect https://genspect.org/bone-health-puberty-blockers-not-fully-reversible/

Tegg, Simon [via “Michael T”] (September 26, 2021). What next? RANZCP statement on gender dysphoria conflicts with AusPATh. Genspect https://genspect.org/what-next-ranzcp-statement-on-gender-dysphoria-conflicts-with-auspath/

Media

Genspect (February 3, 2024). AusNZ Webinar: Puberty Blocker Use in NZ: Overmedicalization or Unmet Need? with Simon Tegg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7PpqBIBZwI

familyfirstnz (October 17, 2021). ‘Conversion therapy’ bill: Simon Tegg (“Fully Informed”). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaHxG0nrzA

Resources

Fully Informed (fullyinformed.nz)

X/Twitter (x.com)

Substack (substack.com)