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HHS Report Links Gender Ideology to Political Violence, Critics Say

9/7/2026

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report linking gender ideology to left-wing authoritarianism and political violence.
The report was not peer-reviewed, was unpublished in a scientific journal, and may breach the Information Quality Bulletin.
Epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz called the study “nakedly political” and “poorly done” pseudoscience.
Researchers surveyed 1,208 participants on transgender identity support and left-wing authoritarianism, releasing only correlation results without raw data.

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Story summary

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report linking gender ideology to left-wing authoritarianism and political violence.
The report was not peer-reviewed, was unpublished in a scientific journal, and may breach the Information Quality Bulletin.
Epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz called the study “nakedly political” and “poorly done” pseudoscience.
Researchers surveyed 1,208 participants on transgender identity support and left-wing authoritarianism, releasing only correlation results without raw data.