Meanwhile Connecticut has promoted WPATH Standards of Care for more than a decade...

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For years, we have sounded the alarm about the dangerous, unscientific agenda pushed by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).

We've told you about how WPATH promotes irreversible medical interventions for gender-confused children—puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, mutilating surgeries—under the guise of "gender-affirming care" despite clear evidence of harm from procedures which have lifelong consequences.

On June 17, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by the attorneys general of Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, filed a lawsuit against WPATH. The complaint accuses the organization of providing the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric "medical transition" services.

WPATH's so-called "Standards of Care" (SOC) have been treated as gospel by activists, hospitals, and even some medical boards. Yet in 2022, WPATH removed age limits on "top and bottom surgeries" for minors without any medical evidence.

The FTC complaint highlights how WPATH downplayed severe side effects of cross-sex hormones, including mood disturbances, chronic pain, loss of sexual function, and infertility. WPATH pushed the false narrative that these interventions were "lifesaving," using coercive tactics like asking parents if they'd "rather have a live daughter or a dead son." There is no reliable scientific evidence that these procedures reduce suicide risk.

WPATH routinely labeled nearly every transition “medically necessary” to pressure insurers into paying, turning a child’s gender dysphoria into a nice revenue stream. Texas AG Ken Paxton vowed that WPATH “will face the full force of the law.”

WPATH’s influence led to policies that prioritized immediate “affirmation” over therapy for underlying mental health issues or watchful waiting. Most children with gender dysphoria naturally desist (grow out of it). European countries like the UK, Sweden, and Finland already restricted trans procedures, particularly after the Cass Review found significant risks. While the U.S. is further studying the relationship between transgender medications and trans killers.

The lawsuit exposes how the "gender-affirming care" industry preyed on vulnerable families using pseudoscientific guidelines created by activists. Children with gender dysphoria need mental health support, not drugs used to castrate sex offenders or experimental procedures that cause sterility or worse.

Background on the Litigation.

The FTC's action comes after WPATH filed its own lawsuit in February 2026 to block the FTC’s Civil Investigative Demand for documents related to whether its Standards of Care constituted deceptive trade practices under the FTC Act.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed an amicus brief in support of WPATH on March 17, 2026. The brief explicitly cited Connecticut’s Husky Health (Medicaid) gender affirmation surgery policy as an example of reliance on WPATH’s Standards of Care.

The truth is Connecticut has embraced WPATH for over a decade. The 2012 Guidelines for Connecticut Schools to Comply with Gender Identity and Expression Non-Discrimination Laws referenced WPATH Standards of Care. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) practice guide also promotes WPATH as a key resource for “medically necessary” treatments.

Connecticut healthcare providers still reference WPATH Standards of Care, including:

• Hartford HealthCare Center for Gender Health
• Anchor Health
• Middlesex Health Center
• UConn Health.

Heck, there's even a "Top Surgery Center" in Connecticut aligned with WPATH policies.

Note, however, that both Connecticut Children's and Yale New Haven announced an end to gender-affirming care for children under age 19 last year in a move widely condemned by Connecticut democrats, including Gov. Ned Lamont who claimed the decisions were "not based on Connecticut values or Connecticut law."

Yale Health’s May 2023 policy bulletin required patients to meet WPATH criteria for surgical procedures. Yale Health still has WPATH members on staff, like Jillian Jernigan, and professors who have defended the Standards of Care. UConn’s School of Social Work has offered webinars on applying WPATH SOC for insurance approvals and letter-writing. The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) lists WPATH resources, and certain CT.gov materials riddled with misinformation on "gender-affirming care for young children" have referenced it, too.

If the FTC succeeds, the impact in Connecticut could be significant — and it can't happen soon enough!

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