Thank you for this well written and comprehensive piece. I am a 63 yo retired pediatrician who is in grief over the policies of the American Academy of Pediatrics supporting gender affirming care and medicalization of trans youth. Gender affirming care is absolutely contrary to everything I believe as a pediatrician . Pediatricians give their oath to do no harm and to practice only evidence based medicine for the health and benefit of children and their families. I am in utter disbelief at our professional associations. Please keep writing and sharing. I will do whatever I can to talk to my younger colleagues. Someday sanity will return.
It's not healthcare or any kind of care, as it damages the healthy body.
It doesn't affirm anything but cult rhetoric.
And it's not even about gender (which is a social construct and therefore needs nothing but social signals)--it's about interfering in the healthy body's biological SEX.
It medically interferes with the healthy body, in order to enforce sexist gender stereotypes.
Affirmation Care must end, therapists cannot be trusted, these kids future is so bleak it is no wonder they lash out so hard at the ones who truly love them and want the best for them. Stand for Truth, Reason, Sanity. I highly recommend Stephanie Winn @sometherapist her class and her podcasts.
Great article. We must also bring up the fact that many of these children will experience Chronic pain or incontinence for the rest of their lives. If there are complications, who will care for them? Most likely the parents will be the ones who will step up to care for them the rest of their lives, so why are they excluded from the decision making in the first place? What a sick society this has become, mutilating children to fill their greedy hands. God help us.
Excellent summary of what is happening. Worth sharing with those who do not understand or believe what is happening to our kids. I am beginning to have hope that people are waking up to it, though I see the fight will continue. I pray the tide will change enough to convince all of our kids to abandon this harmful path.
Watching my social anxious, hypersensitivity to touch, and certain sounds/volumes, ADHD/Autistic young adult child, continue to go to a clinic, paid for by medicaid, to receive these conversion hormones is painful and discouraging to watch. All science related to health basically can't be voiced once they are put into that position. So every headache, ache, pain, feeling hot, sweating, all these side effecft symptoms that under any other situation which might be considered as possibly being adverse reacftions to the substances they have been described means, we not only have to sit silently as they decide to self harm via unethical medicine, but taht we can't even offer really advice that would help because it will be discarded out of hand.
I find myself left, with trying to scour his day to day life, to find things he does, which need underscored as being wise wants, and good decision making, because anything critical, or questioning often gets ignored or deflected to the identity confusion issue. If my wife, the birth mother was still alive, she would be so hurt and crying nightly over this. And I can't help feel, that US History, and the lack of talk about the evils of the eugenics movement, such that it could then be related to today, are part of the problem in our society. We need to keep praying, loving, and educating everyone around us, and ignore the anger we receive when they refuse to even hear reasoned discourse.
I agree with that. Ignoring the anger & push back both from our kids & from those around. It’s the right thing to do but it is so hard. I have to tell myself it’s temporary. The hurt is temporary but it’s for the best in the long run….its all so very unsettling
I have to add all this to my prayers ! I live in the UK and things have not been totally "cured" by the Cass report I am afraid to say - altho' I take the point that things would be worse without it . I also worry about the irrational , unscientific support for the trans ideology .
As an absolutely devastated mom of a trans-identifying child, I thank you for so very eloquently describing what I feel in my heart every moment of every day. I have hope only because of people like you, that are educated, kind, well-versed, genuine and realistic. The voices of people like you may someday create enough groundswell under this movement that the public, the medical community, and those suffering from gender dysphoria seek and obtain the better answers and better care they so deserve.
Incentives get results. There is a lot of money in “gender affirming care.” Its chief claim is that its patients will experience happiness post care. Therefore, patients who don’t experience happiness (particularly minors) should be able to sue their doctors, including class action lawsuits. This would quickly end “gender affirming care” in 99% of cases, and would certainly end the practice of letting the patient self-diagnose and get onto hormones / blockers with a 30 minute exam.
The problem is that the activists sooo desperately want and need the „born in the wrong body“ concept, to make it an innate phenomenon…and „the need for transition“ not a desire, not a mental issue but something they are born with as a physical condition. They don’t welcome questions or doubts for that reason! That‘s why they won‘t let go of the „wrong body“ idea.
I was taught that everyone is granted some measure of respect as a default, but it can be quickly lost, and once lost, is very, very hard to gain back. Forcing kids out of the house might not be what every kid needs.
THIS!!! You have written EXACTLY everything I have been feeling; especially since our son announced he has to have an orchiectomy before Jan 20th because of the election in USA. And we cannot stop him from pursuing that course of action.
This is a 100% of what I think too! Great article. I feel for you because my son came out all of a sudden and continues to think medical fixes is all he needs. I keep reading transgender is supposedly less than 1% than why is it in the news and why are so many parents in our shoes? I think because it’s a cult!
The "one percent" claim is completely deceiving. They're counting persons of all ages, up to and including the elderly, and averaging it over that.
In reality, we know the percentage of, say, trans 85-year-olds is one out of thousands, whereas among today's teens and young adults, it's closer to several out of every 100 kids now identifying as "trans".
How can ANYONE believe this is all happening naturally and not due to influence?
The one out of every 100 kids seems way more accurate!! I agree how can people not think this is a social contagion? Of course, at least for me, if I even ask if that’s possible my son will give me a scripted list of why it’s not that!
I am sorry to read of your son's shocking announcement. He suffers from gender confusion and TDS, a terrible combination. Perhaps you might say to him, very bluntly, "What is your rush? Castration, the making of eunuchs, has been around since the beginning of recorded history. It is unlikely to end on January 20th or anytime after. Anyone who is hellbent on castration can certainly go to Canada or another country to have this done. As long as there is a demand for genital amputations, there will be opportunistic doctors willing to suspend ethics and slice off healthy body parts, for a fee."
I'm not suggesting you encourage your son to do this, but if you can speak very bluntly to him, perhaps your bluntness will ring true and give him pause to think. I would also encourage you not to use the scientific term, "orchiectomy." That is the language of the trans activists and gender damaging "specialists." Castration, and genital amputation, creates a more vivid picture of the reality.
Finally, here is a very intelligent young man who went through with full genital amputation and then realized his true sex. The voices of detransitioners must be heard by anyone contemplating irrevocable amputations.
Great suggestion about being blunt. Pointing out the this was happening long before Donald Trump was even born should say something (not your words, mine). This practice was happening in Bible times, so there's no reason anyone should believe it will stop now, they just might need to travel to get it done. I haven't checked out your YouTube link yet, but I saw a young man on there a few weeks ago whose story of regret and pain was hard to hear, knowing that he's not alone in this. It's a very scary time in history for our kids. The population will definitely drop if something doesn't change and enough kids are pushed through this because the medical system is creating a large number of sterile young people, and I believe that is someone's long-term agenda. I grieve for all families dealing with this issue. It feels like we don't have a voice or the power to stop anything that's being done to our kids anymore.
Thank you for this well written and comprehensive piece. I am a 63 yo retired pediatrician who is in grief over the policies of the American Academy of Pediatrics supporting gender affirming care and medicalization of trans youth. Gender affirming care is absolutely contrary to everything I believe as a pediatrician . Pediatricians give their oath to do no harm and to practice only evidence based medicine for the health and benefit of children and their families. I am in utter disbelief at our professional associations. Please keep writing and sharing. I will do whatever I can to talk to my younger colleagues. Someday sanity will return.
Thank you. And please share Doctors Protecting Children: https://doctorsprotectingchildren.org
It's not "gender-affirming care."
It's not healthcare or any kind of care, as it damages the healthy body.
It doesn't affirm anything but cult rhetoric.
And it's not even about gender (which is a social construct and therefore needs nothing but social signals)--it's about interfering in the healthy body's biological SEX.
It medically interferes with the healthy body, in order to enforce sexist gender stereotypes.
So it is Gender-Enforcing Medical Interference.
And it should be called that.
Great piece.
Have cross posted
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/chitty-chitty-bang-bang
Dusty
Thank you Dusty.
You're welcome😀
Dusty
Affirmation Care must end, therapists cannot be trusted, these kids future is so bleak it is no wonder they lash out so hard at the ones who truly love them and want the best for them. Stand for Truth, Reason, Sanity. I highly recommend Stephanie Winn @sometherapist her class and her podcasts.
https://t.co/TWtHmRK6lB
Great article. We must also bring up the fact that many of these children will experience Chronic pain or incontinence for the rest of their lives. If there are complications, who will care for them? Most likely the parents will be the ones who will step up to care for them the rest of their lives, so why are they excluded from the decision making in the first place? What a sick society this has become, mutilating children to fill their greedy hands. God help us.
Excellent primer for anyone new to the subject, and excellent encouragement to veterans in the long fight for common sense. God Bless.
Such obvious good sense !
Excellent summary of what is happening. Worth sharing with those who do not understand or believe what is happening to our kids. I am beginning to have hope that people are waking up to it, though I see the fight will continue. I pray the tide will change enough to convince all of our kids to abandon this harmful path.
Watching my social anxious, hypersensitivity to touch, and certain sounds/volumes, ADHD/Autistic young adult child, continue to go to a clinic, paid for by medicaid, to receive these conversion hormones is painful and discouraging to watch. All science related to health basically can't be voiced once they are put into that position. So every headache, ache, pain, feeling hot, sweating, all these side effecft symptoms that under any other situation which might be considered as possibly being adverse reacftions to the substances they have been described means, we not only have to sit silently as they decide to self harm via unethical medicine, but taht we can't even offer really advice that would help because it will be discarded out of hand.
I find myself left, with trying to scour his day to day life, to find things he does, which need underscored as being wise wants, and good decision making, because anything critical, or questioning often gets ignored or deflected to the identity confusion issue. If my wife, the birth mother was still alive, she would be so hurt and crying nightly over this. And I can't help feel, that US History, and the lack of talk about the evils of the eugenics movement, such that it could then be related to today, are part of the problem in our society. We need to keep praying, loving, and educating everyone around us, and ignore the anger we receive when they refuse to even hear reasoned discourse.
I agree with that. Ignoring the anger & push back both from our kids & from those around. It’s the right thing to do but it is so hard. I have to tell myself it’s temporary. The hurt is temporary but it’s for the best in the long run….its all so very unsettling
I have to add all this to my prayers ! I live in the UK and things have not been totally "cured" by the Cass report I am afraid to say - altho' I take the point that things would be worse without it . I also worry about the irrational , unscientific support for the trans ideology .
i feel your pain. I tell myself it won't always be this way.
As an absolutely devastated mom of a trans-identifying child, I thank you for so very eloquently describing what I feel in my heart every moment of every day. I have hope only because of people like you, that are educated, kind, well-versed, genuine and realistic. The voices of people like you may someday create enough groundswell under this movement that the public, the medical community, and those suffering from gender dysphoria seek and obtain the better answers and better care they so deserve.
Incentives get results. There is a lot of money in “gender affirming care.” Its chief claim is that its patients will experience happiness post care. Therefore, patients who don’t experience happiness (particularly minors) should be able to sue their doctors, including class action lawsuits. This would quickly end “gender affirming care” in 99% of cases, and would certainly end the practice of letting the patient self-diagnose and get onto hormones / blockers with a 30 minute exam.
Many regret this path but it takes time , courage and support to disagree with what has become medical orthodoxy .
The problem is that the activists sooo desperately want and need the „born in the wrong body“ concept, to make it an innate phenomenon…and „the need for transition“ not a desire, not a mental issue but something they are born with as a physical condition. They don’t welcome questions or doubts for that reason! That‘s why they won‘t let go of the „wrong body“ idea.
This is a great summary, thank you!
Would it be ok for me to reprint your article and hand it out??
Yes
Everyone deserves respect?
My experience with life says that’s absurd. Some brat says he’s a girl, he gets no respect he gets five Sttoke get out of my house
I was taught that everyone is granted some measure of respect as a default, but it can be quickly lost, and once lost, is very, very hard to gain back. Forcing kids out of the house might not be what every kid needs.
THIS!!! You have written EXACTLY everything I have been feeling; especially since our son announced he has to have an orchiectomy before Jan 20th because of the election in USA. And we cannot stop him from pursuing that course of action.
This sounds , well crazy and in multiple ways !
So sorry to hear this. I fear that my son will try to do the same thing due to the election results. Will keep your family and son in my prayers.
This is a 100% of what I think too! Great article. I feel for you because my son came out all of a sudden and continues to think medical fixes is all he needs. I keep reading transgender is supposedly less than 1% than why is it in the news and why are so many parents in our shoes? I think because it’s a cult!
The "one percent" claim is completely deceiving. They're counting persons of all ages, up to and including the elderly, and averaging it over that.
In reality, we know the percentage of, say, trans 85-year-olds is one out of thousands, whereas among today's teens and young adults, it's closer to several out of every 100 kids now identifying as "trans".
How can ANYONE believe this is all happening naturally and not due to influence?
The one out of every 100 kids seems way more accurate!! I agree how can people not think this is a social contagion? Of course, at least for me, if I even ask if that’s possible my son will give me a scripted list of why it’s not that!
I am sorry to read of your son's shocking announcement. He suffers from gender confusion and TDS, a terrible combination. Perhaps you might say to him, very bluntly, "What is your rush? Castration, the making of eunuchs, has been around since the beginning of recorded history. It is unlikely to end on January 20th or anytime after. Anyone who is hellbent on castration can certainly go to Canada or another country to have this done. As long as there is a demand for genital amputations, there will be opportunistic doctors willing to suspend ethics and slice off healthy body parts, for a fee."
I'm not suggesting you encourage your son to do this, but if you can speak very bluntly to him, perhaps your bluntness will ring true and give him pause to think. I would also encourage you not to use the scientific term, "orchiectomy." That is the language of the trans activists and gender damaging "specialists." Castration, and genital amputation, creates a more vivid picture of the reality.
Finally, here is a very intelligent young man who went through with full genital amputation and then realized his true sex. The voices of detransitioners must be heard by anyone contemplating irrevocable amputations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBImcJz7-XA&list=LL&index=1
Great suggestion about being blunt. Pointing out the this was happening long before Donald Trump was even born should say something (not your words, mine). This practice was happening in Bible times, so there's no reason anyone should believe it will stop now, they just might need to travel to get it done. I haven't checked out your YouTube link yet, but I saw a young man on there a few weeks ago whose story of regret and pain was hard to hear, knowing that he's not alone in this. It's a very scary time in history for our kids. The population will definitely drop if something doesn't change and enough kids are pushed through this because the medical system is creating a large number of sterile young people, and I believe that is someone's long-term agenda. I grieve for all families dealing with this issue. It feels like we don't have a voice or the power to stop anything that's being done to our kids anymore.