“Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health “in North Carolina are diagnosing toddlers who play with stereotypically opposite gender toys as having gender dysphoria and are beginning to transition them!!”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The toys children play with do not signal gender dysphoria, and Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health said claims that they provide transition care to toddlers are false.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 May 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/indivisible.mama/3097472714248245592
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