Action Alert: FTC Requests Comments From The Public

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) published a request for comments from the public about gender affirming care.

The deadline for comments is September 26, 2025 at 11:59pm Eastern.

We’ll include their list of questions further down. It is clear that they have an agenda: reasons to ban care nationally. The FTC is the department of the government that is supposed to protect consumers from unfair trade practices. Right now, they want to prove that providers of trans healthcare are not doing informed consent.

(Y’all know that we love informed consent, right? We’ve written about it several times, have published our informed consent forms, and have published multiple lists of scientific articles about gender care.)

We know what the FTC is fishing for because of the executive orders put out by this administration nd statements that they wish to ban care. We know this from a webinar the FTC hosted in early July, 2025, which was full of disinformation and professional anti-trans speakers. (GLAAD fact sheet on the July 9th workshop.) s.baum (@transvestigations.bksy.social / contributing journalist at Erin In The Morning) live-posted the workshop here.

We know it from their very own publication announcing the request for public input:

“the FTC seeks to evaluate whether consumers (in particular, minors) have been harmed by GAC and whether medical professionals or others may have violated Sections 5 and 12 of the FTC Act by failing to disclose material risks associated with GAC or making false or unsubstantiated claims about the benefits or effectiveness of GAC.“

Request for Public Comment Regarding “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minors (Don’t click in unless you have eye-bleach handy.)

The comments they get don’t have to line up with the comments they want.

If you or a loved one has benefited from gender affirming care such as puberty blockers, hormones, or affirming support, your comment helps ensure the FTC hears from people who have real life knowledge of trans healthcare’s benefits, not just those who seek to stop it.

If you decide to submit a comment, BE ANONYMOUS. These comments are on the public record, which means that any information you chose to include about your identity will be available online. Also consider using a more secure browser like Firefox on Private Browsing mode and a VPN. Or possibly submitting from a public device like a library.

HOW TO SUBMIT AN ANONYMOUS COMMENT TO THE FTC

Make sure you submit an answer formatted the same as their questions so they don’t invalidate it.

Go Here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0264

1. Click “Open for Comments”.
2. Click on “Comment”.
3. Enter your comment on the next page. If you attach files, scrub that metadata!
4. Click on “Anonymous”.
5. Complete the reCAPTCHA.
6. Click on “Submit Comment” (we couldn’t fit it in our screenshot!)

The questions the FTC is asking for input on are (note for ick wording):

1. Have you or a family member ever visited a medical professional or other organization that
   recommended gender-affirming care (“GAC”)? If so, describe your experience, including
   the following (if applicable):
   • What led to their recommendation?
   • What specific treatments did they recommend?
   • Did the GAC practitioner describe the benefits or effectiveness of GAC?
   • If you answered yes to [the above], how did they describe the benefits or effectiveness?
   • Did they provide to you any materials from what they claimed were authoritative sources that described the benefits or effectiveness of undergoing GAC?
   • Did they provide you with any materials from other sources describing the benefits or effectiveness of undergoing GAC?
   • Did they describe the risks, side effects, or other harms that could come about because of undergoing GAC?
   • If you answered yes to [the above] how did they describe those risks, side effects, or other harms?
   • Did they provide to you any materials from what they claimed were authoritative sources that described the risks, side effects, or other harms that could come about because of undergoing GAC?
   • Did they provide you with any materials from other sources describing the risks, side effects, or other harms that could come about because of undergoing GAC?
   • Did the GAC practitioner alert you to any professional or political controversy surrounding the existing debate on the science of GAC?
   • Did the GAC practitioner inform you that some states have prohibited GAC for minors?
   • Did the GAC practitioner attempt to persuade you or a family member to undergo GAC? Please be specific.
2. Have you or a family member ever undergone GAC? If so, describe your experience,
   including the following (if applicable):
   • What specific treatments did you or your family member undergo?
   • Have you or your family member experienced harms or adverse effects resulting from
   • the GAC procedures?
   • Have you or your family member experienced any benefits resulting from the GAC
   • procedures?
   • If you answered yes to [harms], what harms or adverse effects did you or your family member experience resulting from the GAC procedures?
   • If you answered yes to [harms, was the risk of these harms or adverse effects explained or disclosed prior to undergoing GAC procedures?
   • If you answered yes to [harms] and [benefits], did the harms or adverse effects resulting from the GAC procedures outweigh any benefits, or vice versa?
3. Are you aware of any practitioners, entities, or institutions providing GAC that have made false representations regarding the benefits or effectiveness of GAC? If so, describe, including the following:
   • What practitioners, entities, or institutions?
   • What were the false representations?
   • How were the false representations made (e.g., in-person, conference, social media posts, websites)?
4. Are you aware of any individuals, entities, or institutions that have promoted, advertised, or otherwise made public representations about GAC procedures or GAC-related products? If so, describe, including the following:
   • What entities, individuals, or institutions?
   • What were the representations?
   • Where did the representations appear (e.g., in-person, conferences, social media posts, websites)?
   • Did any of the representations tout the effectiveness or benefits of GAC procedures or related products?
   • Did any of the representations discuss the risks, side effects, or other harms of GAC procedures or related products?
   • If any of these representations were made in social media posts made by influencers, did the posts indicate if there was any material connection between the influencer an any provider of GAC procedures or maker of any GAC-related product?

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