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
In 2023, Stade filed petition FDA-2023-P-3767, seeking to ban off-label use of puberty blocking drugs.
The footnotes cite serveral publications by anti-trans individuals and organizations, including
- Hilary Cass and The Cass Review
- Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine
- WHO Decides, a petition to the World Health Organization
- Sallie Baxendale
- Sarah C. J. Jorgensen
- Nicole Athéa
- Céline Masson
- The WPATH Files by Mia Hughes and Environmental Progress, an attack on WPATH
Individual signatories are listed by country, with a list of anti-trans organizations at the end. Names have been reordered alphabetically under each country.
Belgium
- Kristina Casteels, MD PhD
- Sophie Dechene, MD MRCPsych
- Beryl Koener, MD, PhD
- Robert Naeije, MD, PhD
- Patrik Vankrunkelsven, MD, PhD
Canada
- Sarah Jorgensen, PharmD PhD
- Leonora Regenstreif MD, CCFP(AM), FCFP
- Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd
Finland
- David Gyllenberg, MD, PhD
- Riittakerttu Kaltiala, MD, PhD, BSc
- Samuli I. Saarni, MD, PhD
- Laura Takala, MD PhD
- Katinka Tuisku, MD, PhD
- Marja Työläjärvi, MD
France
- Nicole Athea, MD
- Anne-Laure Boch, MD PhD
- Caroline Eliacheff, MD
- Céline Masson, PhD, HDR
Norway
- Anne Waehre. MD PhD
South Africa
- Allan Donkin, MBChB
- Janet Giddy, MBChB, MFamMed, MPH
Sweden
- Giedre Griglioniene, MD PhD
- Sven Román, MD
- Christian Schmitt, MD
United Kingdom
- Dr David Bell, MRCP, FRCPsych
- Dr Katie Clyde, MBChB, DGM
- Lenny Cornwall MD FRCPsych
- Dr Nicky Cowan
- Jennie Cummings-Knight, MA Couns.
- Dr Az Hakeem, MBBS, MSc, FRCPsych
- Dr Chris Holdridge, BA, MBBS, AKC
- Dr Louise Irvine
- Dr Tessa Katz, BSC, MBChB, MRCGP
- Dr Ita Lyons MB BCh FRCPsych
- Dr Julie Maxwell, MBBCh, MRCPCH
- Dr Aileen O’Brien
- Stella O’Malley
- David Pilgrim MSc, MPsychol (Clin), PhD
- Dr Hannah Ryan, MBChB, MSc
- Dr Celia Sadie
- Dr Kiran Sharma, MBBS, MRCGP
- Dr Juliet Singer
- Stephen Westgarth, MBBS MRCPsych
- Bob Withers
- Dr Pamela Yerassimou, MB BCh
United States
- Miriam Grossman, MD
- Patrick Hunter, MD MSc
- William Malone, MD
- Carrie Mendoza, MD
- Quentin van Meter, MD
Organizations
- Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG)
- Detrans Help
- FAIR in Medicine
- Gender Dysphoria Alliance
- Genspect
- Genspect, USA
- International Partners for Ethical Care (PEC)
- Our Duty, USA
- Therapy First (formerly Gender Exploratory Therapy Association)
- Themis Resource Fund
- Women’s Declaration International USA (WDI USA)
- Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF)
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
- Supplement to Citizen Petition from Nancy Stade et al. (April 16, 2024) https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2023-P-3767-0654
- Acknowledgment Letter from FDA DMS to Nancy K. Stade et al. (September 5, 2023). https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2023-P-3767-0002
- Citizen Petition Seeking FDA Action on Off-Label Use of Puberty Blockers – correction to page 11-5 (Septmber 8, 2023). https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2023-P-3767-0029
- Addendum to Supplement filed on April 15, 2024 from Nancy Stade et al. (May 14, 2024). https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2023-P-3767-0720
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)