By AlaskaWatchman.com

Last month, Alaska’s most prominent transgender doctor for youth wrote a revealing letter to lawmakers in Juneau, defending her highly controversial treatment of gender-confused young Alaskans, and blasting the State Medical Board for recommending that the Legislature ban chemical and surgical cross-sex treatments on minors.

Dr. Crystal Beal is the founder and lead physician of QueerDoc, which meets with clients online before prescribing a host of life-altering chemicals and hormones aimed at making her patients appear more like the opposite sex.

QueerDoc offers its online services in Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Washington and Wyoming – prescribing puberty blockers, testosterone supplements for females who want to appear as men, and progesterone and estradiol for males who want to look more like women.

Most of these services, QueerDoc notes, are covered by state-funded Alaska Medicaid. This includes penile prosthesis, testicular implants, uterus removal, breast or testicle amputations, removal of a vulva and more.

QueerDoc workers hold online video meetings with Alaskan youth, before prescribing powerful drugs, which can lead to permanent sterility, bone density loss, arrested brain development and much more.

Additionally, QueerDoc provides “surgery referral letters” so that patients can undergo breast amputations, genital alterations and other surgeries aimed at transforming their sexual appearance. The company also helps people change their names and legal documents to match their preferred gender identity.

According to the QueerDoc website, the business accepts cash and insurance payments before sending its prescriptions electronically to local pharmacies in Alaska.

In order to provide this wide array of billable cross-sex services in Alaska, QueerDoc partners with myriad local doctors and businesses, including Providence, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Alaska Native Medical Center, Allergy, Asma and Immunology Center of Alaska, Palmer Electeology, Renewal Skin Care Studio, Fortson Dermatology and Skin Care and many more. Click here to see a full list of Alaska medical businesses recommended by QueerDoc.

Beal recounted how she helped a 15-year-old Alaska boy transition into a “trans woman” who now lives in an apartment and works as a barista while attending college.

Those seeking surgeries to remove or enhance breasts are referred to Alaska Women’s Health, Alaska Breast Care and Dr. Laurie Bleicher. For orchiectomy (or testicle removal) QueerDoc recommends patients check out Alaska Urology and surgeons Dr. Erwin Tieva and Dr. Zachary Posey. QueerDoc also refers patients to Seattle for more invasive procedures that involve the removal and/or alteration of sexual organs.

Most of these services, QueerDoc notes, are covered by state-funded Alaska Medicaid, this includes penile prosthesis, testicular implants, uterus removal, breast or testicle amputations, removal of a vulva and more.

QueerDoc’s website claims that its founder, Dr. Beal, has provided “care to more transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth in Alaska than any other provider.”

In her March 25 letter to Alaska lawmakers, Beal claimed she is an “expert” transgender care provider, before proceeding to characterize the Alaska Medical Board as being “rooted in discrimination, misinformation, and political ideology” for opposing cross-sex treatments on minors.

Beal claimed there are thousands of scientific studies supporting so-called “transgender medicine.”

She omitted, however, that many of these studies have been exposed as highly politicized and rife with methodological limitations or outright malfeasance. Additionally, recent studies indicate that cross-sex hormones and surgeries leave many people with deep regrets, irreversible physical changes, permanent infertility and suicidal depression. Some of these stories have come to light through testimonies by “detransitioners,” who had cross-sex procedures done only to regret the decision once it was too late.

She also omitted to note that half of all states have implemented laws protecting kids from irreversible and damaging cross-sex interventions. Additionally, new studies debunk the claim that puberty blockers, cross sex hormones and mutilation surgery are beneficial for young people with gender dysphoria, many of whom are impressionable children who lack the mental development, emotional maturity, and life experience to consider the long-term ramifications of the actions they are encouraged to take.

Beal’s letter boasted of her own work in youth trans medicine.

“I’ve had the privilege of providing care to more transgender youth in Alaska than any other provider,” she asserts. “And I’ve seen firsthand how access to individualized, evidence-based medical care transforms lives.”

Beal then recounted how she helped a 15-year-old Alaska boy transition into a “trans woman” who now lives in an apartment and works as a barista while attending college.

She warned that if Alaska bans transgender procedures and services on minors, the state will “lose a generation of talented, driven, resilient young people.”

Beal ended her letter by noting she is board-certified with a license to practice in Alaska.

TAKING ACTION

— According to the Alaska Medical Board website, the seven-member board is tasked with adopting regulations to carry out the laws governing the practice of medicine in Alaska. It makes final licensing decisions and takes disciplinary action against people who violate the licensing laws. The board meets four times a year and offers a public comment period at each meeting. The next meeting is set for April 17. Click here for information on how to offer public comment.

— Click here to contact members of the Alaska Legislature.

— Click here to contact Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

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‘QueerDoc’ defends cross-sex drugs, tells lawmakers she’s Alaska’s top provider for trans youth

Joel Davidson
Joel is Editor-in-Chief of the Alaska Watchman. Joel is an award winning journalist and has been reporting for over 24 years, He is a proud father of 8 children, and lives in Palmer, Alaska.


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