Nancy Stade vs. transgender people

Nancy Stade is an American lawyer and anti-transgender activist. In 2023, Stade prepared a petition submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking to ban off-label use of puberty-blocking drugs, which would affect 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.

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 named a partner at Foley Hoag. In 2024, Stade joined Rubrum Advising, a healthcare consultancy.

2023 petition

In November 2023, Stade filed petition FDA-2023-P-3767, seeking to ban off-label use of puberty blocking drugs. This is a key goal of anti-trans activists who want to stop young people from making a gender transition.

Stade’s petition was signed by dozens of anti-trans activists and organizations. For the full list, see Nancy Stade: 2023 FDA petition.

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)

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