Jaimie Veale

Puberty Blockers: Why Politicians Overriding Doctors Sets a Dangerous Precedent

Also published in The New Zealand Government’s ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care marks a troubling shift: politicians are now making decisions that should sit with clinicians working alongside young people and their families or whānau. Puberty blockers have been used in gender-affirming healthcare for decades.

Transgender is Not Ideology

By Joan Roughgarden and Jaimie Veale · Originally published in In an executive order issued hours after his second inauguration, President Donald Trump sought to deny the reality, or even the possibility, of transgender people. The order concerned the production of sperm and egg, known as gametes, defining a female as