Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM) is an American anti-transgender organization maintained by William Malone.
SEGM is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Key personnel include:
- Henrik Anckarsäter (psychologist)
- Sasha Ayad (counselor)
- Stephen Beck (physician executive)
- Michael Biggs (sociologist)
- Romina Brignardello-Petersen (clinical epidemiology)
- Richard Byng (primary care)
- Roberto D’Angelo (psychiatrist)
- Marcus Evans (psychoanalyst)
- John Higgon (clinical psychologist)
- Patrick K. Hunter (pediatrician)
- J. Edward Les (pediatrician)
- Stephen B. Levine (psychiatrist)
- William Malone (endocrinologist)
- Lisa Marchiano (social worker)
- Julia W. Mason (pediatrician)
- Julie Maxwell (pediatrician)
- Stella O’Malley (psychotherapist)
- Avi Ring (physiologist)
- Sven Román (psychiatrist)
- Richard Stephens (patient advocate)
- Quentin L. Van Meter (pediatric endocrinologist)
- Catherine Williamson (occupational therapist)
- Colin Wright (Quillette editor)
2022 HHS meeting
On April 25, 2022 Malone arranged a meeting with US government officials on healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth. Attendees were:
Government
- Josh Brammer – OMB/OIRA
- Vanessa Duguay – OMB/HD
- Dylan de Kervor – HHS/OCR
- Audrey Wiggins – HHS/OGC
- Alissa Stoneking – HHS/OCR
SEGM
- Ms. E. Abbruzzese
- Ms. Sasha Ayad
- Prof. Richard Byng
- Dr. Roberto D’Angelo
- Dr. Kate Goonan
- Dr. Hildur Hjaltadottir
- Dr. Patrick Hunter
- Dr. William Malone
- Ms. Lisa Marchiano
- Dr. Julia Mason
- R. Stephens
Self
- Dr. Sallie Baxendale
- Dr. Stephen Beck
- Dr. Paula Brinkley
- J. Cohn
- Dr. Laura Haywood
- Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala
- Dr. Lisa Littman
- Dr. Chan Moruzi
- Dr. Sarah Palmer
- Dr. Lori Regenstreif
- Dr. Avi Ring
- Dr. Angela CE. Thompson
- P. Tucker
2023 conference
In October 2023, SEGM held a conference attended by and featuring many key figures from the global anti-transgender movement, including:
- Zhenya Abbruzzese
- Erica Anderson
- Sasha Ayad
- Hannah Barnes
- Sallie Baxendale
- Susan Bewley
- Michael Biggs
- Romina Brignardello-Petersen
- Alex Capo
- Alison Clayton
- Roberto D’Angelo
- Laura Edwards-Leeper
- Ivan D. Florez
- Paul Garcia-Ryan
- Kathleen Goonan
- Moti Gorin
- Gordon Guyatt
- Anna Hutchinson
- Kristopher Kaliebe
- Riittakerttu Kaltiala
- Mikael Landén
- Stephen Levine
- Lisa Littman
- Julia Mason
- Carrie Mendoza
- Jamie Reed
- Ben Ryan
- Leor Sapir
- Jesse Singal
- Patrik Vankrunkelsven
- Samuel Veissière
- Anne Wæhre
- Dena Zeraatkar
- Ken Zucker
References
Moore, Mallory (August 26, 2021) SEGM uncovered: large anonymous payments funding dodgy science. Trans Safety Network https://transsafety.network/posts/segm-uncovered/
Boulware, Susan D; Kamody, Rebecca; Kuper, Laura; McNamara, Meredithe; Olezeski, Christy; Szilagyi, Nathalie; Alstott, Anne (2022). Biased Science in Texas & Alabama. Yale School of Medicine https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/biased-science/
Jones, Zinnia (January 11, 2023). Anti-trans group SEGM’s cofounder Stephen Beck is an executive at Bon Secours Mercy Health, the fifth-largest Catholic healthcare network in the US. Gender Analysis https://genderanalysis.net/2023/01/anti-trans-group-segms-cofounder-stephen-beck-is-an-executive-at-bon-secours-mercy-health-the-fifth-largest-catholic-healthcare-network-in-the-us/
SEGM (2020). About us. http://segm.org/about_us
Kroszner, Debra (2022). Biased Science in Texas & Alabama. Office of Public Affairs, Yale Law School https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/biased-science/
Stahl, Aviva (April 16, 2021). Meet The “Fringe Extremists” Pushing Flawed Science To Target Trans Kids Buzzfeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/avivastahl/transgender-trans-kids-healthcare-science
Resources
Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)
- Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine
- https://transdatalibrary.org/organization/society-for-evidence-based-gender-medicine
Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (segm.org)
Twitter (twitter.com)
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