A quarter of the girls in my daughter’s class identify as transgender. Seven out of 28. When I said that on Twitter recently, I was roundly attacked for being a TERF who makes up ridiculous stories to harm trans people. While I may be a TERF, I did not make this up. A quarter of the girls in my kid’s class identify as boys. One of them has had four names this year so far: she started the year as a girl, and has since cycled through three boy names, most of them from anime series.
Why is your daughter still in this school?! Get her out of that madness. Get far away from her “friends” and all social media. Go on an extended trip in nature with the tuition funds. This is no joke. Do it before you lose her.
Once we bought the idea that the pornhub homepage was harmless to expose kids to, we opened the door for this. And sextortion, pedophelia....this is going to keep happening. All concerns were laughed off as a moral panic. Now we are told we dont love people unless we accept this nonsense. Ok then.
It's simle when considering the cohort on question.
Every kid “was” something as suggested by the influences around them. Fireman. Astronaut. Ballerina. Rock Star. Football Star.
Add the digital realm and the plot thickens (or sickens). “I’m a boy now!” “I’m a girl now!” “I’m nothing now!” As suggested by teachers, doctors, influencers, media.
Why are there no 74-year-old’s with gender epiphanies?
They’ve lived too long to be duped. So there is no money in a target group like this.
I am a seasoned journalist. I have read your substack and your comments' section and find what you parents have gone through, and still go through, absolutely heartbreaking.
Im in the process of developing a series on transgenderism and the ramifications on minors and their parents and families.
Ive worked for four US networks, covered 3 wars, written two books, about to finish my third in the next month, and investigated human trafficking - all its face - sex, internet, labor, child soldiers, organ, medical etc in 140 countries since 2000.
If any of you would like to be interviewed, please reach out to me personally at dolanchristine@aol.com, but not until after Dec 15th b/c I have to finish this current manuscript. I send my prayers to all of you during this holiday season. And, if you want to just reach out now to remember, I will come back to you after Dec 15.
The American Academy of Pediatricians has one single directive when it comes to "gender dysphoria": affirm the gender! In turn, this means social transition followed by hormonal transition followed by surgical transition. If the family is not supportive of affirming their kid's gender, they are to be seen as a potential threat to their child's well-being. Here's a false claim from their website that they are using to intimidate families and school staff alike: "In this regard, suicide attempt rates among 433 adolescents in Ontario who identified as “trans” were 4% among those with strongly supportive parents and as high as 60% among those whose parents were not supportive" (from the section on Family Acceptance here: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for?autologincheck=redirected )
Btw, not only is this a small sample to base a policy on, the doctor who wrote this study, jack Turban, received 15K from a pharmaceutical that manufactures puberty blockers. Shocker!
There exist real world things - objects, movements, ideologies, peoples - for which we inherently use names or labels in order to have discussions. These names and labels are absolutely needed, and are not inherently any problem.
However some labels can be misleading (eg: lumping together things which are better understood separately, or splitting up things which are better understood together), or can become simple slurs rather than communication tools.
I try to keep my tools sharp - for the purpose of communication across divides, not for twisting narratives to be "right".
In the spirit of seeking incrementally better terminology, I now call the movement in question "critical social justice" ideology. At the core of its many manifestations is a desire for social justice, for uplifting the oppressed. However, this ideology involves a particular framing and framework and strategy for accomplishing that goal - one based on critical theory, and postmodernism and variants. Of course most street level activists may not even realize the intellectual roots of the ideology they have absorbed - even while adopting its perspectives and tactics and focuses.
"Critical Social Justice" is intended to be a neutral term which both advocates and opponents can understand as descriptive, rather than as a slur or misrepresentation.
So I'm not talking so much about "more" labeling, but about more accurate and less emotionally charged terminology to describe existing things which we need to be able to discuss.
I had no clue about any of this until around 2019. I allowed my 21 year old sons gf to move in. She claimed she was being mistreated by her mom. Fast forward to now, my soon to be 21 year old daughter now identifies as he/they and my son (the one with the gf) is now they/them as is 99% of their friend group. I have lost them completely. They have even made up outrageous lies about their upbringing. Side note is I have 2 other sons and they have no recollection of any of the claims made by their siblings. My "son" and son have cut off the entire family and most of their old friend circle, the ones who refused to convert. Somedays I feel like I am living in an alternate reality and I pray I will find my way out.
Abigaul Schrier's book" Irreversible Damage" a must read, especially on just this subject: Rapid Onset Gender Identity in groups of girls jumping on the bandwagon...
Trans by Helen Joyce shows the overall big picture and Detransition: Before During and After something like that by Max Robinson. These 3 books really are must reads.
Where is this. Give the school board a copy of the Cass review.
Why is your daughter still in this school?! Get her out of that madness. Get far away from her “friends” and all social media. Go on an extended trip in nature with the tuition funds. This is no joke. Do it before you lose her.
Once we bought the idea that the pornhub homepage was harmless to expose kids to, we opened the door for this. And sextortion, pedophelia....this is going to keep happening. All concerns were laughed off as a moral panic. Now we are told we dont love people unless we accept this nonsense. Ok then.
It's simle when considering the cohort on question.
Every kid “was” something as suggested by the influences around them. Fireman. Astronaut. Ballerina. Rock Star. Football Star.
Add the digital realm and the plot thickens (or sickens). “I’m a boy now!” “I’m a girl now!” “I’m nothing now!” As suggested by teachers, doctors, influencers, media.
Why are there no 74-year-old’s with gender epiphanies?
They’ve lived too long to be duped. So there is no money in a target group like this.
Seems simple to understand the dynamic in play.
You chose this by your own admission
Is your daughter in a mental institution?
Pull your daughter
toss her phone
Thank you for trying to hold back that tsunami. Save your daughter - a wounded detransitioner
B*llsh*t
I am a seasoned journalist. I have read your substack and your comments' section and find what you parents have gone through, and still go through, absolutely heartbreaking.
Im in the process of developing a series on transgenderism and the ramifications on minors and their parents and families.
Ive worked for four US networks, covered 3 wars, written two books, about to finish my third in the next month, and investigated human trafficking - all its face - sex, internet, labor, child soldiers, organ, medical etc in 140 countries since 2000.
If any of you would like to be interviewed, please reach out to me personally at dolanchristine@aol.com, but not until after Dec 15th b/c I have to finish this current manuscript. I send my prayers to all of you during this holiday season. And, if you want to just reach out now to remember, I will come back to you after Dec 15.
God Bless You and your families,
Christine Dolan
The American Academy of Pediatricians has one single directive when it comes to "gender dysphoria": affirm the gender! In turn, this means social transition followed by hormonal transition followed by surgical transition. If the family is not supportive of affirming their kid's gender, they are to be seen as a potential threat to their child's well-being. Here's a false claim from their website that they are using to intimidate families and school staff alike: "In this regard, suicide attempt rates among 433 adolescents in Ontario who identified as “trans” were 4% among those with strongly supportive parents and as high as 60% among those whose parents were not supportive" (from the section on Family Acceptance here: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for?autologincheck=redirected )
Btw, not only is this a small sample to base a policy on, the doctor who wrote this study, jack Turban, received 15K from a pharmaceutical that manufactures puberty blockers. Shocker!
There exist real world things - objects, movements, ideologies, peoples - for which we inherently use names or labels in order to have discussions. These names and labels are absolutely needed, and are not inherently any problem.
However some labels can be misleading (eg: lumping together things which are better understood separately, or splitting up things which are better understood together), or can become simple slurs rather than communication tools.
I try to keep my tools sharp - for the purpose of communication across divides, not for twisting narratives to be "right".
In the spirit of seeking incrementally better terminology, I now call the movement in question "critical social justice" ideology. At the core of its many manifestations is a desire for social justice, for uplifting the oppressed. However, this ideology involves a particular framing and framework and strategy for accomplishing that goal - one based on critical theory, and postmodernism and variants. Of course most street level activists may not even realize the intellectual roots of the ideology they have absorbed - even while adopting its perspectives and tactics and focuses.
"Critical Social Justice" is intended to be a neutral term which both advocates and opponents can understand as descriptive, rather than as a slur or misrepresentation.
So I'm not talking so much about "more" labeling, but about more accurate and less emotionally charged terminology to describe existing things which we need to be able to discuss.
I had no clue about any of this until around 2019. I allowed my 21 year old sons gf to move in. She claimed she was being mistreated by her mom. Fast forward to now, my soon to be 21 year old daughter now identifies as he/they and my son (the one with the gf) is now they/them as is 99% of their friend group. I have lost them completely. They have even made up outrageous lies about their upbringing. Side note is I have 2 other sons and they have no recollection of any of the claims made by their siblings. My "son" and son have cut off the entire family and most of their old friend circle, the ones who refused to convert. Somedays I feel like I am living in an alternate reality and I pray I will find my way out.
"Inclusive" is a red flag. Always. There's no justification for it and it's clearly associated with harm.
What is the point of being "inclusive" with pathologies? Next up on the identities to "celebrate" are "minor-attracted" and eunuchs.
Abigaul Schrier's book" Irreversible Damage" a must read, especially on just this subject: Rapid Onset Gender Identity in groups of girls jumping on the bandwagon...
Trans by Helen Joyce shows the overall big picture and Detransition: Before During and After something like that by Max Robinson. These 3 books really are must reads.
social contagion ..... there is a book about it