The DISCERN Collaborative

Immigration and Health | The DISCERN Collaborative — DISCERN Collaborative Discover research, initiatives, and insights on immigration and health topics to be able to discern disinformation from fact.

Webpage:
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NEW ISSUE BRIEF:
This issue brief addresses disinformation on and clarifies how immigrants, regardless of their legal status, support essential U.S. governmental programs through tax contributions. Despite these contributions, many immigrants are withheld from accessing these programs.

Link: www.preventdisinformation.org/gender-and-h...

with full pdf: www.preventdisinformation.org/s/Sept-2025-...

Epidemiological evidence on transgender transition regret, detransition, and discontinuation

New DISCERN Issue brief:

Epidemiological findings that transition regret is <0.0001%, about 1 in 1M US pop.

Studying outcomes this rare introduces methodological errors, yet Trump’s “funding agenda” redirects $$ to study it, overlooking urgent disparities in trans health.

Full brief below:

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Gender Affirmation Research Is Not Gender Ideology Extremism, It Is Science | AJPH | Vol. Issue American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

In our latest article in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social, we contend that gender-affirming research upholds rigorous scientific and ethical standards.

The scientific community must urgently confront disinformation and advance evidence-based interventions.

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Combat disinformation about gender research US executive order 14168 of 20 January 2025 terminated federal funding for research that examines gender as a scientific and social construct beyond the so-called “immutable biological classification ...

Hot off the press:

"Combat disinformation about gender research"

Stay tuned for our Collaborative's full peer-reviewed article distilling facts on this topic.

Article link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Full Issue Brief:
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Fiction: Exec Order 14168 labels gender affirmation research as “ideology extremism”.
Fact: Gender affirmation research follows scientific principles, distinct from ideology which thrives on disinformation. Learn more about this and the TRANSPIRE Initiative on our website preventdisinformation.org

Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

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Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

preventdisinformation.squarespace.com/gender-and-h...

Full brief on Gender Affirmation Research is Science, Not Ideology:

preventdisinformation.squarespace.com/gender-and-h...

Fiction: Exec Order 14168 labels gender affirmation research as “ideology extremism”.
Fact: Gender affirmation research follows scientific principles, distinct from ideology which thrives on disinformation. Learn more about this and the TRANSPIRE Initiative on our website preventdisinformation.org

Disinformation erodes trust in science. The DISCERN Collab unites experts to assess disinformation, promote evidence-based communication, and support research that centers the public interest. Check out our website for more information preventdisinformation.org