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Statement
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March 31, 2026
AFPI Applauds Supreme Court Decision Protecting Free Speech in Counseling
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Chiles v. Salazar, a case addressing whether the government can control what licensed counselors are allowed to say to their clients.
Speech
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March 12, 2026
When Diagnosis Becomes Belief
Can I have a show of hands, how many of you love America? I’m an American. I’m also an Oregonian. My great-great-grandfather is buried in the Rose City Cemetery. And my mother’s parents and grandparents are buried in a small pioneer cemetery tucked away in the hills of the central Willamette Valley.
Issue Brief
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March 11, 2026
Gender Dysphoria and the Social Transition Intervention
Over the last decade, mental health practitioners have increasingly diagnosed minors with gender dysphoria, a psychological disorder used to describe a person’s mental distress about their biological sex. Gender dysphoria was once considered to be a very rare psychological disorder. As the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) for Mental Disorders IV-TR stated, “only a very small number of children with Gender Identity Disorder [Gender Dysphoria] will continue to meet criteria for Gender Identity Disorder in adolescence or adulthood” (APA, 2000, p. 579). Today, the ideas contained in this diagnosis are used both formally and informally with much greater frequency than at any time in the history of the diagnostic construct (Bachmann et al., 2024; Sun et al., 2023; Horowitz, 2025).
Fact Sheet
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March 11, 2026
Social Transition is a Dangerous Psychological Intervention
Social Transition is An Dangerous intervention That is Supposed to Treat gender dysphoria. Social transition is not evidence-based but it is potentially harmful. The gender affirming care model (GAC) has been the predominant intervention used to treat gender dysphoria, which is a mental disorder that occurs when a person has psychological distress about their biological sex.
State Model Policy
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March 11, 2026
Protecting Children from Social Transition Act
This Act prohibits social transition interventions for minors based on the absence of empirical evidence supporting their use and documented evidence of harm. It recognizes that gender dysphoria is a psychological condition requiring proper assessment and treatment of underlying issues, but that social transition is not an evidence-based intervention and should not be employed by mental health professionals, educators, or any other persons.
Experts on Transgenderism
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Defining Issues and Strategies: America First in 2026
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Parents Fight Back: A Mother’s Legal Battle Against Secret Gender Policies in Schools
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AFPI Calls on Washington State to End Dangerous Inmate Policy After Assault at Women’s Prison
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Watch: AFPI Takes Legal Action Against OSAA For Violating Girls’ Free Speech
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Jessica Hart Steinmann Interviews Senator Jack Johnson SCOTUS Upheld TN Transition Ban
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Detransition Awareness Day
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