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Tamara Pietzke vs. transgender people

Tamara Pietzke is an American social worker and anti-transgender activist. Pietzke is often described as a “whistleblower” about gender-affirming care for minors. As part of this activism, Pietzke has shared private details from therapy sessions with the press.

Pietzke is a member of Therapy First, a trade group that promotes restricting trans healthcare via conservative therapeutic gatekeeping.

Background

Tamara K. Pietzke was born in February 1987.

Pietzke earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington in 2012. Pietzke was employed by MultiCare, one of the largest hospital systems in Washington state. 

In 2024, Pietzke identified as “a single mother of three young kids all under the age of six.”

Anti-trans activism

In 2024 Pietzke wrote a piece for The Free Press attacking Pietzke’s employer MultiCare. Pietzke felt their gender affirming care for minors needed stricter gatekeeping, and shared a number of private details about therapy sessions. Pietzke was fired shortly after.

This turned Pietzke into a martyr among anti-trans activists.

In July 2025, Pietzke was a panelist at the 2025 US Federal Trade Commission anti-trans workshop.

References

Urquhart, Evan (February 6, 2024). Free Press “Whistleblower” Exposes Private Details of Therapy Sessions. Assigned https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/free-press-whistleblower-misgendering-trans-men

Appel, Ben (March 16, 2024). An Interview with Gender Clinic Whistleblower, Tamara Pietzke. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/an-interview-with-gender-clinic-whistleblower

Sapir, Leor (February 16 2024). What Happened at MultiCare? City Journal https://www.city-journal.org/article/what-happened-at-multicare

Selected anti-trans writing by Pietzke

Pietzke, Tamara (February 15, 2024). ‘I Was Fired After Blowing the Whistle.’ The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-was-fired-after-blowing-the-whistle

Pietzke, Tamara (February 5, 2024). I Was Told to Approve All Teen Gender Transitions. I Refused. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-refused-to-approve-all-teen-gender-transitions

Media

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley and Sasha Ayad (Apr 26, 2024). The Unlikely Whistleblower with Tamara Pietzke | Episode 161. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afuodzjH8y4

Stephanie Winn (July 15, 2024). 118. “Gender Affirming” Therapy: Unpacking the Lies, with Whistleblower Tamara Pietzke, LCSW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FNHBFS2otI

Sara Higdon (February 7, 2024). Trans Woman Reacts: Another medical provider blows the whistle on GAC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSjHgAp56IQ

Transparency with Aaron Kimberly and Aaron Terrell (Feb 11, 2024). EP80 – Another Whistle Blown – With Tamara Pietzke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHevy6ctSo4

unDivided with Brandi Kruse (January 3, 2025). Truth Tellers: Tamara Pietzke exposes gender clinic pipeline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utaEOu-6keY

unDivided with Brandi Kruse (Feb 26, 2024). MultiCare whistleblower says therapists were told not to question causes of gender dysphoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxNDIR022D0

Resources

Tamara Pietzke (pietzkecounseling.com)

Psychology Today (psychologytoday.com)

GiveSendGo (givesendgo.com)

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