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We are aware that some of the very sources cited here have been deliberately misinterpreted or misrepresented by those seeking to discredit gender-affirming care. This pattern — the selective citation of studies, the exaggeration of uncertainty, and the failure to reflect scientific consensus — does not reflect good-faith engagement with evidence.

A coalition of South African healthcare professionals, activists, and international leaders announced the official endorsement of a position statement advocating for the rights of transgender and gender-diverse young people to access evidence-based care. This statement, originally written on 18 August 2024, has now gathered signatures from more than a hundred leading professionals, scholars, and community leaders, as well as an endorsement by thirty organisations.

"It is morally, ethically and democratically wrong to exclude the voices of people who live on the margins, to speak for them. Trans and gender-diverse identities and lives are undeniable; to deny them is to rewrite history and to engage in behaviour which is bullying and abusive."