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Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine vs. transgender people

Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM) is an American anti-transgender organization maintained by William Malone.

SEGM is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Key personnel include:

2022 HHS meeting

On April 25, 2022 Malone arranged a meeting with US government officials on healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth. Attendees were:

Government

  • Josh Brammer – OMB/OIRA
  • Vanessa Duguay – OMB/HD
  • Dylan de Kervor – HHS/OCR
  • Audrey Wiggins – HHS/OGC
  • Alissa Stoneking – HHS/OCR

SEGM

Self

2023 conference

In October 2023, SEGM held a conference attended by and featuring many key figures from the global anti-transgender movement, including:

References

Moore, Mallory (August 26, 2021) SEGM uncovered: large anonymous payments funding dodgy science. Trans Safety Network https://transsafety.network/posts/segm-uncovered/

Boulware, Susan D; Kamody, Rebecca; Kuper, Laura; McNamara, Meredithe; Olezeski, Christy; Szilagyi, Nathalie; Alstott, Anne (2022). Biased Science in Texas & Alabama. Yale School of Medicine https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/biased-science/

Jones, Zinnia (January 11, 2023). Anti-trans group SEGM’s cofounder Stephen Beck is an executive at Bon Secours Mercy Health, the fifth-largest Catholic healthcare network in the US. Gender Analysis https://genderanalysis.net/2023/01/anti-trans-group-segms-cofounder-stephen-beck-is-an-executive-at-bon-secours-mercy-health-the-fifth-largest-catholic-healthcare-network-in-the-us/

SEGM (2020). About us. http://segm.org/about_us

Kroszner, Debra (2022). Biased Science in Texas & Alabama. Office of Public Affairs, Yale Law School https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/biased-science/

Stahl, Aviva (April 16, 2021). Meet The “Fringe Extremists” Pushing Flawed Science To Target Trans Kids Buzzfeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/avivastahl/transgender-trans-kids-healthcare-science

Resources

Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (segm.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

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