President Biden, I want to believe you are a kind and decent man that truly cares about American families. I want to believe you genuinely care about uniting America again and hearing all viewpoints, as you said during your election campaign. But your Administration’s actions, when it comes to transgender in America, call all this into question.
Initially I had assumed like the author that perhaps Biden was just the typical politician who has been advised poorly on this issue, but some research indicates that he has been working with Gender Spectrum for these events to come to pass since his days as Vice President through the Biden Foundation, by funding their efforts and politically giving them influential access to every aspect of healthcare and public heath policy...basically writing the policy for the Government agencies. I'm afraid as much as I would love for this letter to reach him and truly affect him I'm pretty sure these words will fall on deaf ears.
I agree, it is very lonely and frustrating. It seems so clear and obvious as I watch groups of friends coming out as trans. It seems logical to question the cause, especially with medicalizing on the horizon.
It was clear how this was going to go if Biden won the election, and confirmed when "Rachel" Levine was given such an important role in health policy. In the USA, as in the UK, people now have a choice between parties who support reality in this area but are historically terrible in other areas of social policy, and those with better social policy in the past, but a complete disregard for evidence-based treatment.
So beautifully and articulately written, thank you. You speak for so many parents and grandparents. Praying that your words to the President are seen nationwide.
Sports Illustrated has run a story on "Lia" Thomas and her brave journey to find herself. How did she discover she was trans? Why, the internet of course! I wonder how many people will read this and recognize it for what it is. A young confused man, struggling with growing up, latching on to this new explanation for this oldest of feelings...
"Thomas says she began questioning her identity near the end of her time at Austin’s Westlake High School. “I felt off,” she remembers, “disconnected with my body.” She finds it hard to explain the feelings creeping into her mind at that time, only that she began to have concerns about how she viewed herself—feelings that would emerge more and more often as she competed in her first college season.
She Googled those feelings and read the personal stories of trans women. She was paired with a trans mentor through a group on Penn’s campus. That was the first time Thomas talked to someone who’d experienced what she was feeling. Those were light-bulb moments. “Like, Wow, this is such a close mirror of what I’m feeling,” she remembers. “It started to make more sense.” "
you know...now that you bring this up, it reminds me of a bigger problem: only experts with "lived experience," are good enough anymore. SCOTUS can't answer the biology question because she's not an expert.
When my book club read a fictional book about a black female pioneer they refused to take it seriously when they learned it was written by a white author. I pointed out the extensive bibliography of books she'd consulted and they asked, how many of those books were written by black scholars? I responded with "do you require black, female scholars that were born in 1843 in Chicago, then moved to North Dakota with a black cattle rancher, as was the character?"
In social justice circles there are few graver sins than "cultural appropriation." A white person must never adopt the hair styles, clothing styles, make-up or languages choices of an oppressed group. They can not speak for them or even about them. We must amplify BIPOC voices!
But if a man wants to appropriate womanhood, we must shame those women who express discomfort into silence.
Excellent idea! Please, PITT, put it up for signature by the general public on Change.org - need to check that it WILL stay there and not be taken down.
PITT is a fantastic site for excellent writing on the trans epidemic. This article is particularly well done. You did some important things here, such as comparing U.S. policy with that of enlightened foreign countries not captured by trans ideology.
This article deserves a wide audience. I'm wondering how you can publish it more widely, so that people who are on the fence or who are uninformed because they have no personal experience with the issue can read it and be educated.
I assume you sent it to the White House. I think we all should, and not just to the White House but to our elected representatives.
It is so difficult, it feels so lonely , to not affirm. I find it so hypocritical within my upper middle class, mostly left leaning community, to ignore the Science and affirm. I have also noticed this widely accepted tragedy is “in fashion” and somehow placates liberals egos.
Concerned Mom, I come from a similar background, although more middle class than upper class. But I'm familiar with the liberal mindset. It describes my family and many of my acquaintances. It's infuriating. An absence of independent thought and intellectual curiosity is a hallmark of this group, which seems to favor ideology over common sense. It reminds me of the Emperor's New Clothes, where normal people behave like they're impaired because they feel compelled to support and believe things that are obviously false. They need to be seen as the Good People...i.e., not like the people who voted for You-Know-Who. God forbid they should be called transphobic.
But I have found that sometimes it's possible to interject some skepticism if I frame it right, so that they don't become triggered. I'm always trying to wedge a crowbar of doubt in there, in order pry open a few idle brain cells. Sometimes Abigail Shrier's book can be a conversation starter. It's really an eye opener for people who like to read, if I present it as a curiosity. Did you know, I might say, that sometimes young girls are encouraged to cut off their breasts and take testosterone, and then change their minds? Hmm.
I've also noticed that one-to-one it's easier to have a productive conversation, because they don't feel pressured to virtue signal in front of each other. For instance, men in women's sports. It's such an obvious travesty that I've yet to receive any push back when I mention it. Trans has poisoned so many areas of society that there are many ways to start a conversation.
I've also discovered that parents are ambivalent about school "gender clubs" and classes but they're afraid to say so. Recently, a hyper-woke colleague (the kind who puts her pronouns in her email signature) mentioned that her 12 year-old daughter was in the school "Rainbow Club," and recently declared herself an "L". I happen to be an "L" myself, so my opinion carried some weight, I guess, when I told my friend that I thought the "Rainbow Club" should be shoveled into the garbage, and why don't we leave the kids alone and let them grow up and figure it out for themselves? After a couple of seconds, she quietly said to me, "you know, I agree with you..." Small steps...
Initially I had assumed like the author that perhaps Biden was just the typical politician who has been advised poorly on this issue, but some research indicates that he has been working with Gender Spectrum for these events to come to pass since his days as Vice President through the Biden Foundation, by funding their efforts and politically giving them influential access to every aspect of healthcare and public heath policy...basically writing the policy for the Government agencies. I'm afraid as much as I would love for this letter to reach him and truly affect him I'm pretty sure these words will fall on deaf ears.
I agree, it is very lonely and frustrating. It seems so clear and obvious as I watch groups of friends coming out as trans. It seems logical to question the cause, especially with medicalizing on the horizon.
Send your comments here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
It was clear how this was going to go if Biden won the election, and confirmed when "Rachel" Levine was given such an important role in health policy. In the USA, as in the UK, people now have a choice between parties who support reality in this area but are historically terrible in other areas of social policy, and those with better social policy in the past, but a complete disregard for evidence-based treatment.
So beautifully and articulately written, thank you. You speak for so many parents and grandparents. Praying that your words to the President are seen nationwide.
Sports Illustrated has run a story on "Lia" Thomas and her brave journey to find herself. How did she discover she was trans? Why, the internet of course! I wonder how many people will read this and recognize it for what it is. A young confused man, struggling with growing up, latching on to this new explanation for this oldest of feelings...
"Thomas says she began questioning her identity near the end of her time at Austin’s Westlake High School. “I felt off,” she remembers, “disconnected with my body.” She finds it hard to explain the feelings creeping into her mind at that time, only that she began to have concerns about how she viewed herself—feelings that would emerge more and more often as she competed in her first college season.
She Googled those feelings and read the personal stories of trans women. She was paired with a trans mentor through a group on Penn’s campus. That was the first time Thomas talked to someone who’d experienced what she was feeling. Those were light-bulb moments. “Like, Wow, this is such a close mirror of what I’m feeling,” she remembers. “It started to make more sense.” "
https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/03/lia-thomas-penn-swimmer-transgender-woman-daily-cover
With LiaR Thomas bragging about still liking women, while waving his penis around, it seems like he js just an AGP.
Speaking of Supreme Court nominee Jackson who does "not understand" what a woman is - all of us here love Abigail Shier ... who just posted:
@AbigailShrier
The person who wrote this headline must be a biologist.
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https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/madeleine-albright-death-usa secretary-state-b2042556.html
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https://twitter.com/AbigailShrier/status/1506706783582126081
you know...now that you bring this up, it reminds me of a bigger problem: only experts with "lived experience," are good enough anymore. SCOTUS can't answer the biology question because she's not an expert.
When my book club read a fictional book about a black female pioneer they refused to take it seriously when they learned it was written by a white author. I pointed out the extensive bibliography of books she'd consulted and they asked, how many of those books were written by black scholars? I responded with "do you require black, female scholars that were born in 1843 in Chicago, then moved to North Dakota with a black cattle rancher, as was the character?"
Blank stares.
Everything is about identity. It is the Neo-Marxist way.
In social justice circles there are few graver sins than "cultural appropriation." A white person must never adopt the hair styles, clothing styles, make-up or languages choices of an oppressed group. They can not speak for them or even about them. We must amplify BIPOC voices!
But if a man wants to appropriate womanhood, we must shame those women who express discomfort into silence.
HA!
This needs to be a petition!
Excellent idea! Please, PITT, put it up for signature by the general public on Change.org - need to check that it WILL stay there and not be taken down.
If I had the money I would run this letter on the front page of every newspaper in America
Excellent letter! Please let us know what the result is of your sending this to the President.
Wow!! Excellent! Truthful! and loving, Kudos for speaking up. I hope this helps wake people up.
Just tweeted and tagged Jill and Joe!
Please can this become a petition send worldwide...
Yes! Please!
I was about to say the same thing! I want to sign this
Yes please! Petition.org?
i don't think petitions are really that effective. A letter writing campaign to politicians may be key. meeting with politicians as well.
Do we have a Senator or someone who could meet with Biden - taking this letter with him or her?
PITT is a fantastic site for excellent writing on the trans epidemic. This article is particularly well done. You did some important things here, such as comparing U.S. policy with that of enlightened foreign countries not captured by trans ideology.
This article deserves a wide audience. I'm wondering how you can publish it more widely, so that people who are on the fence or who are uninformed because they have no personal experience with the issue can read it and be educated.
I assume you sent it to the White House. I think we all should, and not just to the White House but to our elected representatives.
It is so difficult, it feels so lonely , to not affirm. I find it so hypocritical within my upper middle class, mostly left leaning community, to ignore the Science and affirm. I have also noticed this widely accepted tragedy is “in fashion” and somehow placates liberals egos.
Concerned Mom, I come from a similar background, although more middle class than upper class. But I'm familiar with the liberal mindset. It describes my family and many of my acquaintances. It's infuriating. An absence of independent thought and intellectual curiosity is a hallmark of this group, which seems to favor ideology over common sense. It reminds me of the Emperor's New Clothes, where normal people behave like they're impaired because they feel compelled to support and believe things that are obviously false. They need to be seen as the Good People...i.e., not like the people who voted for You-Know-Who. God forbid they should be called transphobic.
But I have found that sometimes it's possible to interject some skepticism if I frame it right, so that they don't become triggered. I'm always trying to wedge a crowbar of doubt in there, in order pry open a few idle brain cells. Sometimes Abigail Shrier's book can be a conversation starter. It's really an eye opener for people who like to read, if I present it as a curiosity. Did you know, I might say, that sometimes young girls are encouraged to cut off their breasts and take testosterone, and then change their minds? Hmm.
I've also noticed that one-to-one it's easier to have a productive conversation, because they don't feel pressured to virtue signal in front of each other. For instance, men in women's sports. It's such an obvious travesty that I've yet to receive any push back when I mention it. Trans has poisoned so many areas of society that there are many ways to start a conversation.
I've also discovered that parents are ambivalent about school "gender clubs" and classes but they're afraid to say so. Recently, a hyper-woke colleague (the kind who puts her pronouns in her email signature) mentioned that her 12 year-old daughter was in the school "Rainbow Club," and recently declared herself an "L". I happen to be an "L" myself, so my opinion carried some weight, I guess, when I told my friend that I thought the "Rainbow Club" should be shoveled into the garbage, and why don't we leave the kids alone and let them grow up and figure it out for themselves? After a couple of seconds, she quietly said to me, "you know, I agree with you..." Small steps...
Agreed. It's really well written and comes off very reasonable. Let's get this in front of more eyes.
Letter to the editor at major news outlets.
Yes! Or an OpEd ... if only the media would touch it. Such a powerful letter.