A momentous Executive Order was issued yesterday. It is music to my ears. It is something I dreamed, prayed, and hoped would happen for years. Unfortunately, it is too late for my beloved child.
I have so many emotions over this Executive Order. I’m happy for so many but I am also gutted. I can’t help but think that had it been put out years ago, my son would not have blamed us for not allowing him to transition. Instead, it would have been the government’s fault. We would not have been the enemy or been accused of being abusive. This EO defines a child as anyone under age 19. It might have helped since my son woke up from the cult at 19 but, tragically he also ended his life at age 19. I can’t help but feel this order could have saved his life had it been issued years ago. Now I can only hope it saves others. I wish it applied to people under age 21 or even 25, but still, it’s a start and it may prevent some children from going down this path, harming themselves and causing immense grief to their families.
Today another Executive Order came out about Education entitled Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. My son was indoctrinated at school and harmed by his educators. I was viewed by my son as the enemy, as these educators pushed their agenda on my vulnerable son. I hope that between these two executive orders, no child will be taught they were born in the wrong body ever again, and no child will be socially transitioned behind their parents back. This medical scandal needs to be behind us. I cannot wait for that day.
Here are the amazing words of yesterday’s EO, Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation:
Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end.
Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding. Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization.
Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition” of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:
(a) The term “child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under 19 years of age.
(b) The term “pediatric” means relating to the medical care of a child.
(c) The phrase “chemical and surgical mutilation” means the use of puberty blockers, including GnRH agonists and other interventions, to delay the onset or progression of normally timed puberty in an individual who does not identify as his or her sex; the use of sex hormones, such as androgen blockers, estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone, to align an individual’s physical appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex; and surgical procedures that attempt to transform an individual’s physical appearance to align with an identity that differs from his or her sex or that attempt to alter or remove an individual’s sexual organs to minimize or destroy their natural biological functions. This phrase sometimes is referred to as “gender affirming care.”
Here are the incredible words of today’s EO, Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling:
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Parents trust America’s schools to provide their children with a rigorous education and to instill a patriotic admiration for our incredible Nation and the values for which we stand.
In recent years, however, parents have witnessed schools indoctrinate their children in radical, anti-American ideologies while deliberately blocking parental oversight. Such an environment operates as an echo chamber, in which students are forced to accept these ideologies without question or critical examination. In many cases, innocent children are compelled to adopt identities as either victims or oppressors solely based on their skin color and other immutable characteristics. In other instances, young men and women are made to question whether they were born in the wrong body and whether to view their parents and their reality as enemies to be blamed. These practices not only erode critical thinking but also sow division, confusion, and distrust, which undermine the very foundations of personal identity and family unity.
(e) “Social transition” means the process of adopting a “gender identity” or “gender marker” that differs from a person’s sex. This process can include psychological or psychiatric counseling or treatment by a school counselor or other provider; modifying a person’s name (e.g., “Jane” to “James”) or pronouns (e.g., “him” to “her”); calling a child “nonbinary”; use of intimate facilities and accommodations such as bathrooms or locker rooms specifically designated for persons of the opposite sex; and participating in school athletic competitions or other extracurricular activities specifically designated for persons of the opposite sex. “Social transition” does not include chemical or surgical mutilation.
(iii) Each agency’s process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA, SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly support or subsidize the social transition of a minor student, including through school staff or teachers or through deliberately concealing the minor’s social transition from the minor’s parents.
After years of wondering when this nightmare would end, it’s hard to believe it’s finally happening. I am sorry for everyone whose child has been indoctrinated and harmed, either physically or mentally. We could not stop the trans train then, but maybe we can now. Our cries have finally been answered. This gives me hope and peace to know that children will be protected. This could save an entire generation of kids from irreprable harm.
Josh Hawley just introduced a bill that would allow people harmed by transgender medical procedures as minors to sue and with a 30 year window starting from age eighteen. And unlike executive orders it couldn’t be undone by new executive orders. It’s definitely one worth a message to your representative.
Thank you for this overview, and I am sorry it was too late for your child. Mine is still out there somewhere, but chemically and surgically altered beyond recognition.
The Executive Orders are just a start. All those who care about protecting children and adults from gender ideology and medicalization will need to continue to work, perhaps for years to come, to really stop the indoctrination and medicalization of our children.
Everyone needs to keep their foot on the gas pedal to educate those who bought the lies. We need to reverse policies and practices that led so many kids down this pathway, and let's help the confused kids and adults get out of the insanity and back to reality. We also need to help heal the medicalized bodies and broken relationships.
Everyone can help. Celebrate the Executive Orders, and then get busy and work to repair all the harm that has been taking place for years.