Washington State University has suspended continuing education courses offered by an organization designated as an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group as it reviews whether the materials comply with accreditation standards.

The move comes after staff and more than 30 LGBTQ+ organizations in Eastern Washington and North Idaho voiced concern that the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine had offered continuing education courses for physicians provided by the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine.

Last month, the organization announced a “joint providership” with the WSU medical school that included materials titled “Transgender Identities and the Brain: What Do We Know?” and “History: How Problems in Adult Gender Medicine Launched Pediatric Transitions.”

The announcement notes that the course materi

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