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Nancy Stade vs. transgender people

Nancy Stade is an American lawyer and anti-transgender activist. Stade prepared a 2023 federal petition seeking to ban off-label use of puberty blocking drugs, which includes use for trans and gender diverse minors.

Background

Nancy K. Stade was born in March 1965 to Dorothy Louise “Dolly” (Fletcher) Stade (died 2013) and George Stade (né George Gustave Comins, 1933–2019). Stade’s parent George was an author and professor at Columbia University. Nancy Stade has three siblings: Bjorn (Barry), Eric, and Kirsten, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1983.

Nancy Stade attended Columbia University, earning a bachelor’s degree and a law degree.

Stade was an attorney at FDA from 1994 to 2015. Stade then joined Sidley Austin as a partner in 2016. In 2019, Stade founded Stade Consulting Practice. In 2023, Stade was a partner at Foley Hoag. In 2024, Stade joined Rubrum Advising, a healthcare consultancy.

2023 anti-trans Stade petition

FDA-2023-P-3767

The footnotes cite serveral publications by anti-trans individuals, and organizations, including

Individual signatories are listed by country, with a list of anti-trans organizations at the end.

Belgium

  • Patrik Vankrunkelsven, MD, PhD
  • Sophie Dechene, MD MRCPsych
  • Beryl Koener, MD, PhD
  • Robert Naeije, MD, PhD
  • Kristina Casteels, MD PhD

Canada

Finland

  • Laura Takala, MD PhD
  • Katinka Tuisku, MD, PhD
  • Marja Työläjärvi, MD
  • David Gyllenberg, MD, PhD
  • Samuli I. Saarni, MD, PhD
  • Riittakerttu Kaltiala, MD, PhD, BSc

France

  • Caroline Eliacheff, MD
  • Céline Masson, PhD, HDR
  • Anne-Laure Boch, MD PhD,
  • Nicole Athea, MD

Norway

South Africa

  • Allan Donkin, MBChB
  • Janet Giddy, MBChB, MFamMed, MPH

Sweden

  • Sven Román, MD
  • Giedre Griglioniene, MD PhD
  • Christian Schmitt, MD

United Kingdom

  • Dr David Bell, MRCP, FRCPsych
  • Jennie Cummings-Knight, MA Couns.,
  • Dr Chris Holdridge, BA, MBBS, AKC,
  • Dr Az Hakeem, MBBS, MSc, FRCPsych
  • Dr Julie Maxwell, MBBCh, MRCPCH
  • Dr Katie Clyde, MBChB, DGM,
  • Dr Hannah Ryan, MBChB, MSc,
  • Dr Aileen O’Brien
  • Dr Kiran Sharma, MBBS, MRCGP
  • Dr Juliet Singer
  • Dr Pamela Yerassimou, MB BCh,
  • Dr Celia Sadie
  • Dr Louise Irvine
  • Dr Nicky Cowan
  • Bob Withers
  • Stella O’Malley
  • Dr Tessa Katz, BSC, MBChB, MRCGP,
  • Dr Hannah Ryan, MBChB MSc MRCP
  • David Pilgrim MSc, MPsychol (Clin), PhD
  • Dr Ita Lyons MB BCh FRCPsych
  • Lenny Cornwall MD FRCPsych
  • Stephen Westgarth, MBBS MRCPsych

United States

Organizations

References

Stade, Nancy K. (September 4, 2023). Citizen Petition from Nancy K. Stade et. al. https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2023-P-3767-0001

Seelye, Katharine L. (March 8, 2019). George Stade, Scholar-Novelist Partial to the Popular, Dies at 85. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/obituaries/george-stade-dead.html

Obituary (July 29, 2013). Dorothy Stade. New York Times https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/dorothy-stade-obituary?id=24162548

Department of English and Comparative Literature (2019). Professor George Stade. Columbia University https://english.columbia.edu/content/professor-george-stade

Stade, Nancy (July 26, 2013). Dolly Stade b. 1934 d. 2013. dorothystade.blogspot.com https://dorothystade.blogspot.com/2013/07/dolly-stade-b-1934-d-2013.html

Books

Stade, Nancy K. (2006). The Desert Crop. Lulu ISBN 978-1847289100

Stade, Nancy (2004). Introduction: The Scarlet Letter. Sterling Publishing ISBN ‎ 978-1593082079

Resources

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)