At Arkansas Children’s we take #pride in improving the #inclusion and belonging experience for patients and families and are committed to increasing and promoting diversity amongst our team members.
Children’s Hospital also operates a pro-transgender Gender Spectrum Clinic for minors, and it includes pro-LGBT literature from the ACLU, the Human Rights Campaign, and other organizations on its website.
As we have written before, researchers do not know the long term effects that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones can have on kids.
That is part of the reason many experts agree that giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children is experimental, at best.
Family Council has unsuccessfully attempted to find out what protocols Children’s Hospital follows when it comes to giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children.
It’s unfortunate that one of Arkansas’ leading hospitals is celebrating LGBT Pride Month and promoting pro-transgender ideology to children and families through its clinic.
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In February the Arkansas Community Foundation announced that it awarded 21 grants to organizations conducting pro-LGBT initiatives in Arkansas — and that the foundation will award additional grants in the coming weeks.
The SAFE Act is a 2021 law that protects children in Arkansas from sex-reassignment procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones.
Researchers do not know the long term effects puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones can have on kids. That is why many experts agree that giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children is experimental, at best.