Posted on 08/11/2026 11:12:39 AM PDT by CFW
(The Center Square) – A southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is funding a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments, an investigation by The Center Square found.
A nonprofit called Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group openly touts puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones as treatment options for minors. And through 2027, it's receiving $1.28 million from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, records and interviews show.
North Carolina state law strictly forbids body-altering gender treatments on children younger than 18, including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries. Health and Human Services says the grant only covers adult mental health services, but it has not explained how that's being policed. The agency also has not produced any oversight records.
"Under the age of 18," reads text on the Charlotte nonprofit’s website, "medical providers coordinate care with mental health providers to support youth and families in making decisions about timing, puberty suppression, or initiating hormone therapy."
Other information on the website suggests children as young as infants and toddlers can be treated with "gender-affirming care" – which critics of pediatric gender medicine say likely means steering them on a pathway where drugs and surgeries would be eventual options. The site even lists healthcare providers for kids.
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Fifty-three healthcare professionals in the directory, including four medical doctors, have profiles saying they have "gender-affirming care competency" for patients ages 17 and younger. Twenty-one say they see patients 10 and younger. Six, including one medical doctor, say they serve ages 0 to 3."
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Message: Gender transitioning for minors is against the law in North Carolina.
Yet, the nonprofit “Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group” openly touts puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones as treatment options for minors.
And through 2027, it’s receiving $1.28 million from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, official records show.
North Carolina state law strictly forbids body-altering gender treatments on children younger than 18, including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries.
Health and Human Services says the tax dollars only covers “adult mental health services,” but it has not explained how that’s being policed.
The tax-funded gender transition agency has not produced oversight records.
or shorter...
...medical providers coordinate care with mental health providers ...
Call Congress Call the White House Send a letter to the White House
Call Paul Kersey!
Gender transitioning for minors.
Bad parents gone mad call men in white coats for the sake of the child.
Several NFL players are considering a lawsuit claiming that transgender players are actually women. The players are particularly concerned about showering with these “men.” They claim that they frequently leer at their naked bodies in the shower.
The point of calling/writing is to let THEM know
YOU (and lots of other people) know what’s going on.
In the media business one letter is counted as 100 b/c
they know the 99 who didnt write have the same views.
True......but in some cases the creeps dont even tell the parents what’s going on.
True......but in some cases the creeps dont even tell the parents what’s going on.
Should be a felon charge with time and lot of it.
No question.
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