Doctors must take continuing medical education courses to maintain their licenses, and transgender activists took objection to one of these courses, leading a nationwide institution to effectively cancel it.

Washington State University had spent nearly a year reviewing—and then approving—a course explaining the side effects of experimental transgender medical interventions on children and Europe’s growing rejection of “gender-affirming care.” Yet activists cried foul, citing the Southern Poverty Law Center, a pro-transgender activist group best known for demonizing conservatives.

“It is deeply concerning that a set of educational courses developed from peer-reviewed, evidence-based presentations has been suspended following activist pressure,” a spokesperson for the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, the group that created the course, told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday. “These CME modules were created to help clinicians understand Europe’s evolving approach to youth gender medicine and the growing emphasis on safeguarding and long-term outcomes.”

“We are disheartened and frankly perplexed by the decision to suspend these courses following activist demands, after they had already undergone nearly a year of rigorous accreditation review,” the SEGM spokesperson added. “Allowing ideology or activism to override scientific evidence and professional judgment undermines both patient care and confidence in our medical institutions.”

Washington State University’s college of medicine had approved a 7 SEGM courses delving into whether there are “male” or “female” brains separate from male or female bodies; “misconceptions in youth gender medicine;” the changes in European practice; and more.

On Oct. 29, pro-transgender activist Erin Reed’s Substack published an article drawing........

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