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Average Dad's avatar

All - Peter Boghossian talks with Mia Hughes - this discussion was riveting and brought me to tears a few times. Peter Boghossian "No one is Born Transgender" Came out today 3/21/25

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-peter-boghossian/id1650150225?i=1000700286014

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Dawn's avatar

The truth always shines a light on the darkness. Even if you don't succeed in changing the minds of the people voting in your church, others will recognize the truth because of your bravery to tell your story. All it takes is one brave person to stand up against the darkness and tell the truth. We must be brave! All of us. Thank you for sharing your story!

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TD's avatar

I agree with many on this thread, tell your story. People need to hear what we have and other parents have gone through but also what the reality is and we have evidence to support it. Leaving a copy of the PITT book at the church would be a good idea too. We need to push back. Good luck, stay strong, you got this mama. ❤️

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Erica Weinstein's avatar

Yes; most view this as conspiracy. I do not. I recognize it’s happening in real time at rapid speeds

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Average Dad's avatar

We must all tell the truth, when people are confused about their gender we must meet them with Compassion and Truth. Affirmation Care should have meant to love your body the way it is, to make your body strong and resilient as it is, to not take it for granted, to understand it is a gift, improve your body as best you can as it is, to treat yourself like you actually love yourself, to eat healthy foods, to exercise and be the best version of yourself as you are born for the rest of your life. We either male of female, that is it, accept it and love it!

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Un-silent's avatar

When the day comes where these victims realize what has been done to them and how they were lied to by those in positions of authority, the parents need to be the ones who told the truth and refused to allow anyone to change their mind. That is what these sons and daughters need to realize, that there is someone on this planet who truly loved them enough not to lie to them.

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Average Dad's avatar

Yep. Parents and family will be the only ones left to put them back together again, we must stand firm in Truth and Love filled compassion. I have seen videos of detransitioners coming to the reality of what they did to themselves, it's not good. But we must help them and walk alongside them. It is horrific. The worst is always something that we knowingly did to ourselves, and this example is truly a high point of such misery. However, we have all seen people bounce back from unbelievable tragedy, so we have examples all around us of people overcoming immense hardships and horrors.

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Erica Weinstein's avatar

Firstly, I pray that the familial bonds will be repaired & the estrangement evaporates.

Secondly, sadly no matter how much agony & suffering is expressed by parents, children, detransitioners, & anyone else, the cries will echo in the dark. To put it plainly & crudely, there is too much CONTROL & money within the “Transelites” I call them system of operations. The transgenderism takeover is merely one tentacle feeding the Transhumanism project worldwide (particularly in western nations). We’re talking billions most likely trillions at this point, invested in disassembling human biology to advance the normalization/acceptance of a new species integrating technology into our systems. CONTROL. Conspiracy? Readers can decide for themselves. One merely needs to follow the $ trail to acknowledge the reality.

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Deadnames's avatar

Spot on Erica! Follow the money all the way to the extinction of the human species! It's not a conspiracy theory, it is soon to be reality! We must fight for our kids & our families & their futures.

I bet you never thought you would live in a world where science & truth is ignored & gas lighting & cancelling is common place! So please don't dismiss our views as a conspiracy theory. Do some digging of your own. Bless you all.

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Erica Weinstein's avatar

Yes; the conspiracy is the truth on this one.

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Terf vibes's avatar

Tell your story and or any other from PITT. My sons are estranged too. It's a very hard time to be a parent of teens and young adults. Social media is actively encouraging 'no contact' with 'toxic' (loving and 'non affirming') parents, a trend that has been largely fueled by trans activism. My sub yesterday was titled 'Beware the Pride Piper' and it features two young women whose bodies were irreparably damaged by wrong-sex hormones and surgeries, as well as one whose parents saved her from the trans contagion she caught at 14 and held onto 'til she was 24, 'hating' her parents all the while. She now loves and thanks her parents for saving her from what she now realizes is very wrong. She is Maia Poet and also writes a sub 'Maia's Substack' you might like to check out for reference. All the best to you with your boys/men. Resisting this contagion with everything we've got is the only way to help children and families. ❤

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Reality check's avatar

So sorry you have to be put in that position. When I discovered that my church was accepting of trans, I left and I told them why I was leaving. I have found a wonderful Jesus worshipping church that shares my viewpoint. They agree that no church should be supporting this as it goes against God.

I hope that you find an accepting community, anyone that follows Jesus knows no one is born in the wrong body

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Grandma Eileen's avatar

We all understand the pain and tears that are caused by the trans cult. I have cried my fair share, and I know that God has counted every single tear and heard my cries and pleas. We MUST be the voice for those who can no longer speak, for those who are trapped, lost, brainwashed and for those who are suffering. You can buy the first PITT book and order the second one now and give them to your elders in your church. If everyone on this sub stack bought a PITT book and gave it to people in authority, we could make a difference. If the sales suddenly went through the roof and the new PITT book became number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list, then the information would spread like wildfire! It would be all over the news, reporters would read it and then report on it. It could blow the lid right off the transgender lies! I bought a dozen copies of the first PITT book and handed them out like candy. It helped to change people's minds - one friend of mine for over 30 years who was adamant that trans was real now understands the truth. Buy the books and hand them out to doctors, therapists, counselors, schoolboard members, and church leaders. It's a great way to tell our stories. Good luck to you! I am sad about your two boys, and I pray that they will return to you.

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ccGrandpa's avatar

Good work, acting where you can. I shared my own local efforts with my local school board on this site as well, with the same humility. A big piece of helpful information that went into writing it was at www.newdiscourses.com.

God Bless.

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Emily Ann's avatar

Every story matters - whether we're sharing our own or the impacts this ideology has had in other parts of society.

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Pindy McGregor's avatar

Share your story, and tell the stories of families from the book: Parents with Inconvenient Truths About Trans (you can purchase on Amazon). We need to tell our stories. This impacts far more than just the person.

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Melissa R.'s avatar

Tell your story.

Share information/references from liberals. Jamie Reed's recent testimony in Wisconsin was powerful. Share Substacks from PITT, LGB Courage Coalition, Ben Appel Lisa Selin Davis, Benjamin Ryan, and DIAG. (There are obviously many more.) I think it is important to bring to this council's attention that this isn't a Right Versus Left issue; this isn't a religious versus secular issue.

Who will you be up against? You will be up against affirming parents who insist that their children are now happy, who insist that suicide is common in this population (if not affirmed).

You will also be up against people who don't give much thought to adding TQ to LGB.

Sidewalk Steve has had impassioned Christian parents scream at him: "God created transgender people!" It gets insane when one is led down this path.

I have been casually observing churches drifting this way. The liberal mainline Protestant churches were the first to jump all-in on trans. But now some more conservative denominations are heading in that direction. There are influential pastors that give seminars to churches and struggling parents.

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LovingMother's avatar

And, guide people to follow the money. Maybe some of them will remove their rosy tinted glasses regarding "trans".

“How A Handful Of Billionaires Created The Transgender "Movement"

Jonathon Van Maren Mar 18, 2024”

https://jbilek.substack.com/p/how-a-handful-of-billionaires-created

JENNIFER BILEK’s blog : https://www.the11thhourblog.com/

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Melissa R.'s avatar

Yes, $$ matters.

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DLM's avatar

Maybe I should’ve stood up. Maybe I should’ve asked why the vote was moved up. I am part of a group that agreed we would follow the rules, but those were man’s rules. Maybe I should’ve followed God’s rules.

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Ann's avatar

Keep telling your story and get involved in another church.

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Victoria's avatar

Jesus said male and female HE created them . It is devastating when our children confused , broken sad searching for truth find this demonic ideology accepted and embraced by houses of God. Please if you have opportunity to share your story with those who are charged with protecting the precious children and young people that walk through their doors seeking God , do so. No young person who looks to their church for guidance should very say mutilating my body is acceptable in the eyes of God. They should find compassion , love , community and truth in every house of God . If your pain journey story could save one child would you not tell it ?

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