US FTC workshop criticizing medical care for transgender youth draws staff opposition

  Some staff members at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have raised concerns about a planned workshop by the agency on what it calls the dangers of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, saying it oversteps the FTC’s consumer-protection authority, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Some staff members at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have raised concerns about a planned workshop by the agency on what it calls the dangers of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, saying it oversteps the FTC’s consumer-protection authority, according to a letter seen by Reuters.