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They won't tell the truth. Bowers is already backtracking from the original statements.

We have to start naming names. Everyone who led our kids to harm -- doctors, teachers, therapists, etc. -- needs to be outed and publicly shamed. It's time for parents, whenever they are able, to tell the truth to anyone who will listen.

My child is still steeped in the ideology, but we maintain a good relationship, so it's not a good idea for us to go public right now. That will have to wait until the situation resolves. No one should go public if it will jeopardize the parent-child relationship, because we know that bond can help our kids get out of this cult with minimal harm. Please do not take up the call to arms if you are still fighting this battle. Your child is much too important to risk.

But if you are able to make noise, it's time. The cracks are finally starting to show in the ideology, and sadly the only way the bad actors will stop pushing this stuff is if they see serious consequences for their actions.

I am so encouraged by what I've seen in the past year. Thank you, PITT, for your contribution.

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Actually, I want more than the doctors speaking up. More than stopping the new harm that they are pushing and enabling.

I want them to help the kids who believed them, who listened to them instead of their parents, instead of those who were looking at the evidence.

The ones who were harmed by medicalizing--that no one is counting, because no one is keeping track of outcomes. It's a tall order, they are 15, 20, 25, their bodies have been subjected to the brutal effects of puberty blockers, hormones, surgery. These are the bodies they have for the rest of their lives. Some will require hormones for the rest of their lives. Many fell into this because of distress in the first place, and now they have iatrogenic harm as well, thanks to you.

It's way past time to stop growing their ranks. And to help those you have terribly, terribly harmed.

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