Martin Feichtinger vs. transgender people

Martin Feichtinger is a German psychiatrist and anti-transgender activist. Feichtinger attended and reported on a 2025 conference by anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine.

Background

Martin Feichtinger was born in 1970 and grew up in Mosel.

Feichtinger studied medicine at the University of Würzburg and in Jerusalem. Feichtinger subsequently completed specialist medical training in Augsburg, Landshut, and Riehen near Basel, Switzerland. Feichtinger qualified as a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy and as a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.

In 2012, Feichtinger started a private practice in Erfurt, Thuringia.

Feichtinger and spouse have five children.

Anti-trans activism

In 2025, Feichtinger co-authored a report on the 2025 Berlin conference held by anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine.

In 2026, Feichtinger published an article in Catholic publication Communio that makes the following claims about trans healthcare for young people:

• Adolescent gender identity is not necessarily settled
• Feichtinger favors “ergebnisoffene Begleitung” [open-ended support] over affirmative models of care
• Feichtinger claims 85% of young people “desist” from a trans identity
• Feichtinger believes the rise in trans-identified youth may be caused by “soziale Ansteckung” [social contagion], psychiatric comorbidity, and autism
• Feichtinger believes puberty blockers and medical transition for minors leads to higher rates of persistence
• Feichtinger believes medical transition can have serious long-term consequences

Selected publications by Feichtinger

Feichtinger, Martin (May 5, 2026). Falsche Gewissheiten: Transidentität im Bischofspapier “Geschaffen, erlöst und geliebt” [False certainties: Transgender identity in the bishops’ document “Created, redeemed and loved”]. Communio: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift [Communio: International Catholic Journal] https://www.herder.de/communio/gesellschaft/transidentitaet-im-bischofspapier-geschaffen-erloest-und-geliebt-falsche-gewissheiten/

Wæhre, Anne; Zepf, Florian Daniel; Feichtinger, Martin; Bjerkeli, Mikael Scott; Kaltiala, Riittakerttu (December 15, 2025). Global Perspectives on Youth Gender Distress: SEGM 2025 Conference Report. IACAPAP Bulletin https://www.iacapap.org/news/global-perspectives-on-youth-gender-distress-segm-2025-conference-report.html PDF: Issue 80 https://www.iacapap.org/_Resources/Persistent/472e98c4365fbc9f19a9785152a11f97099a2597/Dec%202025%20IACAPAP%20Bulletin_15.12.25.pdf

Resources

Martin Feichtinger (praxis-feichtinger.de)

Communio (herder.de/communio)

• Martin Feichtinger
• herder.de/communio/autor-innen/martin-feichtinger

Jameda (jameda.de)

• Martin Feichtinger
• jameda.de/martin-feichtinger/kinder-und-jugendpsychiater-und-psychotherapeut-facharzt-fuer-psychiatrie-psychotherapie/erfurt

Sanego (sanego.de)

• Martin Feichtinger
• sanego.de/Arzt/Thüringen/6925-Erfurt/Kinder-+und+Jugendpsychiatrie+und+-psychotherapie/376416-Dr-med-Martin-Feichtinger/