We are a voluntary association of Southern African professionals advocating for evidence-based care of children and young people with gender dysphoria, gender related distress or incongruence. We do not accept the “gender affirming” approach. We will provide information to the public as well as professionals and support parents and professionals who are challenging non-evidence-based practices. Our founding members are all medical doctors, and we are informed by medical ethics.

To further awareness in the public arena in South and Southern Africa, we published an opinion piece in The Daily Maverick on 28 January 2024. That article generated a response from the advocates of “gender affirming care” – Professional Association for Transgender Health South Africa (PATHSA) and Southern African HIV Clinicians Society – and that conversation has continued. You can read FDNHSA’s published pieces below.