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“First, do no harm (primum non nocere) is a fundamental healthcare principle emphasising that a practitioner’s primary obligation is to avoid causing unnecessary injury or harm to a patient…the obligation for a health practitioner to question any health practice that raises issues of safety, appropriateness and/or legitimacy.…from the early days of the development of the ‘gender‑affirming care’ model, advocates have insisted that any young person who states they have gender dysphoria must be supported in that belief, no debate allowed” … “an untold number of health professionals have been silenced…How can a practice be safe if there is a ban on exploring an aspect of it that is potentially harmful?” … Dr Dianna Kenny… has had multiple complaints against her to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency…Gender‑affirming health professionals insist that a comprehensive, mandatory mental health assessment… is a barrier to ‘essential care’” … they emphasise an ‘informed consent’ model that prioritises immediate access to care” … weaponise the verifiably false claim that the young person will self‑harm if not affirmed…All health practitioners… agree that these clients typically have significant mental health co‑morbidities … what is strongly contested is cause and effect” … gender‑affirming practitioners insist these disorders are triggered by minority stress … critics… consider that young people are induced to believe that their problems have been caused by previously unrecognised gender dysphoria…There is abundant evidence that gender dysphoria isn’t the only problem that young people are identifying with… children and teens ‘self‑diagnosing’ mental disorders after watching influencers discuss them on TikTok” …certain exposure on these platforms can be harmful…Some gender‑affirming clinicians try to defend the position… by comparing it to young people who question their sexuality … supporting the young person’s belief that they are gay does not involve any medical or surgical treatment … sexuality can be an unfolding story… a young person’s claim to gender dysphoria should not be the end of clinical exploration…Affirmation is not assessment … the long‑accepted assessment process is to conduct a differential diagnosis… other disorders to be considered include body dysmorphia, obsessive‑compulsive disorder, social anxiety, depression, anxiety… How often are these diagnoses even considered?”.