S.Res. 643

119 SRES 643 IS: Designating March 12, 2026, as “Detransition Awareness Day”.
 U.S. Senate
 2026-03-16
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 III  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. RES. 643  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 16, 2026   Mrs. Blackburn  submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    RESOLUTION
Designating March 12, 2026, as  Detransition Awareness Day .
Whereas gender ideology has resulted in irreparable harm to individuals, especially minors;
Whereas no child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical procedures, sex change interventions, or receiving hormones or puberty blockers;
Whereas the influence of social media and other online platforms has perpetuated harms that gender ideology poses to children;
Whereas medical interventions by healthcare professionals, under the guise of  gender affirming care , have damaged the healthy bodily and hormonal development of children;
Whereas many minors seeking to transition have a history of 1 or more mental health disorders, including gender dysphoria, anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts;
Whereas, according to the Department of Health and Human Services,  Sex-rejecting procedures on children—which include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical operations—expose them to irreversible damage, including infertility, impaired sexual function, diminished bone density, altered brain development, and other irreversible physiological effects ;
Whereas, since 2013, the rate of gender dysphoria in children has dramatically increased;
Whereas about 42,000 children and teens across the United States received a gender dysphoria diagnosis in 2021, which is nearly triple the number of gender dysphoria diagnoses that occurred in 2017, according to Reuters;
Whereas at least 121,882 children ages 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria from 2017 through 2021, with similar data from diagnoses covered by Medicaid, according to Reuters;
Whereas at least 14,726 of minors with gender dysphoria diagnoses started hormone intervention from 2017 through 2021, according to Reuters;
Whereas over 5,700 of the 13,994 minors across the United States who received medical intervention for gender dysphoria over the course of 4 years were operated on, according to Do No Harm’s  Does My Hospital Transition Kids?  database;
Whereas approximately 225 children’s hospitals in the United States provide some version of  gender affirming care ;
Whereas many of the individuals who underwent these transition procedures, like detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole, ultimately pursue the process of detransitioning; and
Whereas Detransition Awareness Day has been nationally recognized since 2021: Now, therefore, be it
That the Senate—
(1)
designates March 12, 2026, as  Detransition Awareness Day ; and
(2)
celebrates and commits to fostering the biological reality of young men and women.