The way parents are treated in California is very different than the way parents are treated in Texas. Parents in Texas were not in danger of having their children removed from the home for not affirming a child's ephemeral gender.
Of course the outcry over the ruling by A.G. Paxton is about making parents child abuser, but it also included many of the points you make. It also quotes Texas law that requires medical and other professionals to report child abuse including teachers, nurses, doctors, day-care employees, employees of a clinic or health care facility that provides reproductive services. Texas Children's Hospital, the #1 children's hospital in Texas, has paused "affirmation" treatment because of the ruling. Hopefully, it will make others re-evaluate their positions and put others on notice that they can be prosecuted.
There is obviously much work to be done, and, hopefully, our upcoming legislature will codify puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and "gender transitioning surgeries" as child abuse and include the medical reasons why. The vulnerable parents who are seeking care for their children need to know those reasons. This is the full ruling with information that you and others might find useful. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2022/kp-0401.pdf
Sincere thanks for your incredibly articulate essay. My heart goes out to all of the parents affected by this nightmare. This world we live in where parents have minimal say in their children’s emotional and medical care is beyond cruel.
Great letter! I'm thankful I found Irreversible Damage when my daughter first started down this road a year ago. I had no idea what to think since all I'd ever heard was to affirm or possibly end up with a dead child.
And parents who are told the suicit myth should have a right to sue those who misinformed them, who pushed them to inappropriately and harmfully medicalize their kids.
Such a well articulated letter. I talked to someone in the Texas AG office and was told that they are using this to go after those who are perpetrating medical abuse, I believe they understand that so many parents have been pushed and pressured into transing their child and they will not go after any parent who followed their doctors advice, rather they will go after the doctor. Thank you for your important voice on this issue.
Needs correction - "virtue signaling" , not "virtual signaling".
Thank you--good letter!
"Largest U.S. pediatric hospital has now canceled puberty-blocking transgender treatments for kids there." Refered to in Martinez article
Please tell me which hospital this is?
Excellent letter. Thank you very much for writing it!
It scares me that Biden seems to be all onboard with medicalizing kids. https://nypost.com/2022/03/31/biden-says-trans-people-made-in-image-of-god-during-video/
The way parents are treated in California is very different than the way parents are treated in Texas. Parents in Texas were not in danger of having their children removed from the home for not affirming a child's ephemeral gender.
Of course the outcry over the ruling by A.G. Paxton is about making parents child abuser, but it also included many of the points you make. It also quotes Texas law that requires medical and other professionals to report child abuse including teachers, nurses, doctors, day-care employees, employees of a clinic or health care facility that provides reproductive services. Texas Children's Hospital, the #1 children's hospital in Texas, has paused "affirmation" treatment because of the ruling. Hopefully, it will make others re-evaluate their positions and put others on notice that they can be prosecuted.
There is obviously much work to be done, and, hopefully, our upcoming legislature will codify puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and "gender transitioning surgeries" as child abuse and include the medical reasons why. The vulnerable parents who are seeking care for their children need to know those reasons. This is the full ruling with information that you and others might find useful. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2022/kp-0401.pdf
Sincere thanks for your incredibly articulate essay. My heart goes out to all of the parents affected by this nightmare. This world we live in where parents have minimal say in their children’s emotional and medical care is beyond cruel.
Great letter! I'm thankful I found Irreversible Damage when my daughter first started down this road a year ago. I had no idea what to think since all I'd ever heard was to affirm or possibly end up with a dead child.
Thank you!
This post is very informative and sums up what all parents of trans identified children and deal with on a regular basis. Well done!
Thank you so much. Well done!
Lots of facts here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2046221
And parents who are told the suicit myth should have a right to sue those who misinformed them, who pushed them to inappropriately and harmfully medicalize their kids.
Good summary of the research on the issue here:https://genderclinicnews.substack.com/p/suicides-spectre?s=r
Such a well articulated letter. I talked to someone in the Texas AG office and was told that they are using this to go after those who are perpetrating medical abuse, I believe they understand that so many parents have been pushed and pressured into transing their child and they will not go after any parent who followed their doctors advice, rather they will go after the doctor. Thank you for your important voice on this issue.
Fantastic! So thoughtfully written. Thank you