Child psychiatrist Mark McDonald, M.D. warned that the rise of transgenderism among children and adolescents has led to “a medical cultural emergency” fostered by a medical system designed “against the health and safety and well-being of these young people.” Casting the political issues aside, McDonald focused on three points: the “false” narrative from trans activists that “somehow medical intervention … is the solution to the problem;” the causes or origins of gender dysphoria in order to better understand why this crisis happened in the first place; and whether young people with gender dysphoria can obtain “real treatment.”