The American College of Pediatricians is not a credible organization. And they are not to be confused with the American Academy of Pediatricians, though they would like you to conflate the two.
See here: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-college-of-pediatricians/
And also here: https://jabberwocking.com/no-pediatricians-arent-suddenly-opposed-to-gender-affirming-care/
(Blogspot has suddenly stopped allowing me to embed links, I do not know why.)
This is what the Mediabias/Fact check site says about them:
Reasoning: Hate Group, Poor Sourcing, Pseudoscience, Failed Fact Checks
Bias Rating: FAR-RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Among other things, the American College of Pediatricians spread the lie that the vaccine for HPV causes infertility.
And the group was specifically founded by sixty doctors who wanted to oppose marriage equality. They exist to spread lies and bigotry about LGBTQ people. They're also a very tiny organization -- there are more than sixty of them now, but not much more. (700, in 2002, as opposed to over 70,000 in the AAP.)
Anyway, if they're braying about trans kids now, it's (a) not a surprise and (2) lies and bullshit.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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