S.Res. 643 — Introduced in Senate

III 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 643 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 16, 2026Mrs. Blackburn submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Designating March 12, 2026, as Detransition Awareness Day. Whereas gender ideology has resulted in irreparable harm to individuals, especially minors; Whereas no child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical procedures, sex change interventions, or receiving hormones or puberty blockers; Whereas the influence of social media and other online platforms has perpetuated harms that gender ideology poses to children; Whereas medical interventions by healthcare professionals, under the guise of gender affirming care, have damaged the healthy bodily and hormonal development of children; Whereas many minors seeking to transition have a history of 1 or more mental health disorders, including gender dysphoria, anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts; Whereas, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, Sex-rejecting procedures on children—which include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical operations—expose them to irreversible damage, including infertility, impaired sexual function, diminished bone density, altered brain development, and other irreversible physiological effects; Whereas, since 2013, the rate of gender dysphoria in children has dramatically increased; Whereas about 42,000 children and teens across the United States received a gender dysphoria diagnosis in 2021, which is nearly triple the number of gender dysphoria diagnoses that occurred in 2017, according to Reuters; Whereas at least 121,882 children ages 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria from 2017 through 2021, with similar data from diagnoses covered by Medicaid, according to Reuters; Whereas at least 14,726 of minors with gender dysphoria diagnoses started hormone intervention from 2017 through 2021, according to Reuters; Whereas over 5,700 of the 13,994 minors across the United States who received medical intervention for gender dysphoria over the course of 4 years were operated on, according to Do No Harm’s Does My Hospital Transition Kids? database; Whereas approximately 225 children’s hospitals in the United States provide some version of gender affirming care; Whereas many of the individuals who underwent these transition procedures, like detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole, ultimately pursue the process of detransitioning; and Whereas Detransition Awareness Day has been nationally recognized since 2021: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate— (1) designates March 12, 2026, as Detransition Awareness Day; and (2) celebrates and commits to fostering the biological reality of young men and women.