"Gender ideology is a social contagion so mere legislation will not end it, but it sure is a good start." This is true, but it's even worse than that, because these federal interventions aren't even legislation. They are executive orders and actions that can easily be halted in courts (as they already are), and reversed by the next administration.
Unfortunately, given the incompetence and maliciousness of the Trump administration and their extremely destructive actions in the realms of international relations, the rule of law, the civil service, and even the economy, these executive actions, which I applaud in principle, are not going to further our cause in the long run. It is too easy to paint them as "hateful", and they will just prompt Democrats to dig in their heels further.
It doesn't help that the administration also clearly has no concept of the fundamental difference between "trans rights" and gay rights, and approaches some of their interventions with the same incompetent chainsaw approach they have overall exhibited, as shown by their flagging of a picture of the plane "Enola Gay" for removal from the DOD website.
Ultimately, we need to change hearts and minds, and this administration is never going to help with that. So far, they have been making it harder to argue that this is not a left-right issue, and that opposition to gender ideology is not a bigoted cause.
Next, please issue a directive for the 18 - 30 year old set for the same reasons, especially since they received Gender Indoctrination at school & were gaslit ("affirmed") by teachers . Please hurry!
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has directed healthcare providers to stop using irreversible chemical and surgical interventions as the default treatment for children with gender dysphoria.
HHS warned that previous research that recommended medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria has been debunked and caused more harm than good. “Providers should no longer rely on discredited guidelines that promote these dangerous interventions for children and adolescents based on ideology, not evidence.”"
Subsequently, HHS urged healthcare providers to make “immediate updates to treatment protocols for minors with gender dysphoria based on HHS’ comprehensive review.”
The review [pdf] found no evidence that chemical and surgical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria in children were effective.
In contrast, it found “risk of significant harm,” including “common and potentially serious long-term adverse effects.”
Using various studies that have since been debunked, trans activists have falsely claimed that medical interventions help prevent depression, anxiety, and self-harm.
However, more recent studies show that, within two years, children who underwent chemical and surgical interventions reported up to a 25% increase in depression, compared to those who did not transition. “Mental health outcomes included depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder, assessed over two years post-surgery using clinician-verified ICD-10 codes,” says the study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Similarly, the HHS reiterated the lack of evidence to support previous assumptions that irreversible chemical and surgical mutilations helped reduce suicide rates for children with gender dysphoria.
“No independent association between gender dysphoria and suicidality has been found, and there is no evidence that pediatric medical transition reduces the incidence of suicide, which remains, fortunately, very low,” the letter stated. The letter also debunked another leftist narrative that some of the inhumane medical interventions, such as puberty blockers, were totally reversible.
It warned that children who underwent the procedures suffered from life-long conditions such as “ infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret.”
The review also noted that previous treatment guidelines included recommendations by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) published in its Standards of Care Version 8 (SOC-8) document. However, it warned that SOC-8 was “fraudulent and marked ‘a clear departure from the principles of unbiased, evidence-driven clinical guideline development.’”
The letter also accused WPATH of suppressing systematic reviews of evidence, failing to manage conflicts of interest, and relying on legal and political considerations instead of medical ones. Subsequently, healthcare providers were obligated to avoid serious harm by promptly updating their treatment protocols and training in light of the new information.
“Given your ‘obligation to avoid serious harm’ and the findings of the Review, HHS expects you promptly to make the necessary updates to your treatment protocols and training for care for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria to protect them from these harmful interventions.” etc.
I have a hard time reconciling these actions/ EOs (heavily challenged) with other things happening. Is is possible these efforts to appease the masses happen while a biosynthetic revolution is underway? I will share just a couple of things.
Venture capitalist Aaron D'Souza is behind a new ultra doping spectacle called Enhanced Games which set to have 1st competition in 2026. Trump Jr. happens to be part funder all while dad, Trump Sr pushes Stargate and the internet of bodies. Thiel and other lovers of the quest to live forever (transhumanists) are also funding.
Also if you are not familiar with the Means and their business ventures, read up on them. Casey Means (not an MD) is up for US surgeon general. Their father published a children's book about sexual and gender identities. He seems to fall into the goals /patterns of UN sustainable development goals and WEF.
I agree. Nothing seems to add up. Then you mix in Curtis Yarvin, Musk, etc. I don't trust any of these players. They're not friends to the average human being or particularly principled people concerned with higher-order thinking and the well-being of life on this planet. They certainly don't match with any form of Christianity, even the prosperity gospel wouldn't manage to line up for them and that's a pretty odious doctrine. Something stinks.
I feel that the FDA should could make a statement about how there is no proven benefit to Frankenstein Industrial Medicine (FIM)/GAC so it should stop while they do a real long term study. Imagine if they used controls.... The thing about how it is "medically necessary" because "suicide" is complete bunk but used to ram crazy FIM through. No one was jumping off a cliff in 1850 or 1940 because he or she could not have cross sex hormones or have body parts removed. If anybody had done that he or she would justifiably have been considered a nutter.
I saw a Reddit post complaining that some trans person's mother was threatening suicide. With no sense of irony, the Redditors were posting about the mother being emotionally manipulative. Some of the responses even suggested that the mother didn't care about the mtf adult child's welfare (i.e. the adult child might off themselves and what a big tragedy that would be compared to the b*tch mother). What a mess. I'm afraid I have more sympathy with the mother, because it is horrible having to live with the thought that your child is gone but still somehow lives as a alternate universe version of themselves and now hates you for perceived injustices you commit by being naturally female and remembering the past accurately. I mean, I've certainly considered death in the last few days as a viable option. I won't, because I still consider that a pretty grave departure from my faith, but I would be lying if I said it hadn't crossed my mind. Not out of manipulation but out of the emotional and psychological pain this is causing.
The suicide myth is used, among other things, to obfuscate the fact that trans-identified people do have a higher suicide rate, not before, but after they transition and are suffering from the ghastly effects of surgeries and wrong-sex hormones.
Trump doesn't live in reality, so he can't restore it. I get that his EOs come across as a breath of fresh air to anyone hoping for a return to sanity. The trouble is that they can just as easily be reversed by the next president. And since Trump's actions have enraged the far left, the trans activists have been emboldened, not stopped.
You repeatedly make that argument. And it falls flat every time. At least as far as I'm concerned. NEWS FLASH...the Democratic Party is not going to be the political force that undoes the damage of "gender-affirming care". Why on Earth would anyone ever expect it to???
The Democrats and GOP belong in the trash bin of history. They have both fundamentally failed this country and courted the extreme identity politics that have divided us and driven us all off a cliff. The Democrats co-opted one end of the extreme and the GOP the other. Just because there might be one EO that suits my purposes (ending GAC) doesn't absolve them of the myriad of evils they've caused otherwise. Their polarization of the country is as responsible for the TRA getting a foothold as anything else. I know on some level there has to be a group of people thinking, "Well, the GOP is wrong about so many other things, the trans cause must be right." Critical thinking is seriously lacking. It's like you have to join a certain tribe and then buy the tribe's starter pack and uncritically accept everything in it. Since when was that desirable?
Trump is doing what is in his power to do. We have to push congress to enact more legislation. And remember individual states have already enacted bans on so-called gender affirming care. The next president cannot so easily reverse state laws on his own. The next president cannot so easily put men back into women’s sports while 80 percent of voters opposing men in women’s sports.
What we must avoid is overestimating the strength and persistence of the trans contagion. With unity of purpose we have to struggle against the trans contagion. The trans movement is corrupt at its foundation. Trans madness can fracture, crumble and disappear before the next
election.
And if it does not crumble, we use our votes to make sure the next president and the next
congress is anti-trans.
Don’t make this about what Trump can and cannot do. Trump is here now because God saved him from the assassins bullet. Who is to say whether or not he was saved precisely for the purpose to save our children.
Trump is a human being. One day his soul will depart this world and his body will be buried in his grave. But God is everlasting and makes war against evil in every generation.
Yes, 100% social contagion. I hope and pray that reality will be restored. We must keep pushing, keep telling the truth, keep standing strong, keep the hope alive, keep fighting the trans-cult lies, keep demanding justice, keep our heads held high, keep our arms opened wide, keep believing that we will be the change, and keep the home fires burning!
Pride month coming up & our public library is celebrating with all kinds of events, speakers,etc etc for all ages. For example a craft workshop for teens to make your own pronoun pin to reflect your identity. When will this end???
Yes, they will defy executive orders. They believe they are fighting against human rights violations coming from the top of the administration. Trump's actions have enraged and emboldened trans rights activists in the US. Expect "Pride Month" to be more obnoxious than ever.
The "justification" is that they think they're in the right and can defy the change in federal policy in Trumps' Executive Orders. (Even though Biden randomly changed federal policy on "trans rights" with Executive Orders himself!) It's messy now. There will be defiance and lawsuits over whether or not states must follow the new federal policy. Unfortunately Executive Orders aren't the same as laws made and voted into being by Congress. They can be overturned by a next administration, or rendered void by the Supreme Court (when/if the lawsuit gets to them.) The dust isn't going to settle on this for a while. If anything, the fight between certain states and the feds is just beginning and will continue for quite some time.
The administration needs to act to get GAC/FIC (Frankenstein Industrial Complex) removed from insurance. So long as there is a code for "gender dysphoria" - which is an Identity as well as an infirmity and still not anything more than "a different way to be" - young people who were cult indoctrinated as minors and then proceed to that whiff of "freedom" after they turn 18/19 will get cross sex hormones in our medical systems and even continue further on the "medical" path of self harm by Pharma and Doctor.
This is even a separate matter from the very few older men who used to "go to Brazil" back in the day and spend their own money. However, such people do want Frankenstein "Medicine" normalized. Most people don't realize all this insurance money pays for FIC and that it is so widespread - not just a handful of people. Meanwhile, many cannot get medically necessary help paid for by their insurance or maybe they do not have dental or vision care.
I do not care about political parties the way some people seem to feel about them (like the sports team one grew up with?) but the Democrat party wants to die on FIC Hill.
I think FIC might be out of Obamacare/ACA starting in January 2027 which will be too late for many of our families and also the states might take up the "slack" but it is something - if the "One Big Beautiful" budget bill passes the Senate.
See:
“Why ‘Gender Dysphoria’ is a lie” by Clinical psychologist Pamala Williams”
Why has Richard/Rachael Levine not been arrested or even have the Feds file anything against him? Instead, he was honored at the Smith College commencement - even after the WPATH Files. Can the people who run Smith read?
Yes. The Democrats are much more savvy than the Republicans when it comes to the courts. Look at how they used lawfare against Trump. Granted, it didn’t prevent him from getting elected; in fact, it probably helped him, because voters were turned off by the tactic of using the courts to harass a political opponent.
Nevertheless, the Democrats operate as a block, with no dissent allowed, and they control the media to a large extent. They’re much better with the virtue signaling while they do exactly the opposite of what they claim to be doing.
Also, I’m not convinced that the Republicans understand how to use the courts to their (and our) advantage, without trampling on the First Amendment.
Trump’s tactics often more resemble the doctor who treats a wart on someone’s finger by amputating their hand.
I also hope the Republicans understand that gender ideology is woven into the educational system, social media, the medical profession, and the corporations(and has been for decades), and the money that funds this toxic juggernaut is probably sufficient to make up for whatever federal funds Trump chooses to withhold.
My rallying cry to Kash Patel et al is to find the best, expert lawyers who understand the differences between the parties’ modus operandi (including feminist attorneys who despise what trans is doing to women and girls) AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has directed healthcare providers to stop using irreversible chemical and surgical interventions as the default treatment for children with gender dysphoria.
HHS warned that previous research that recommended medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria has been debunked and caused more harm than good. “Providers should no longer rely on discredited guidelines that promote these dangerous interventions for children and adolescents based on ideology, not evidence.”"
Next, they need to issue a directive for the 18 - 30 year old set for the same reasons, especially since they received Gender Indoctrination at school & were gaslit ("affirmed") by teachers . I hope they hurry!
Donald Trump is a felon. Let's not forget that. He was convicted by a jury of his peers, not by the Democratic Party. Also, Democrats aren't "more savvy" about using the courts. Remember Mitch McConnell??
Kash Patel is incompetent and a kook, so don't expect him to be your savior in this fight. Trump's executive orders aren't the solution either. You are correct that gender ideology permeates our educational system, social media, medicine, plus the practice of therapy, and also that there is funding from outside sources which can make up for Trump's spending cuts. The battle against trans ideology is far more complicated than we'd like to think, and it won't be won until the damage being done to our children is fully exposed. We aren't there yet.
I can't stand Trump. He's not exactly a bastion of high moral values and intellect. I will give him credit for not being so debased and debauched as to think gender ideology is ok, but that is all I can award points to him for accomplishing. Credit where credit is due, there, but he's still a broken moral compass otherwise. On this point, the enemy of my enemy may be my friend, but only on this one, granted very important, point.
Donald Trump is not a felon. He was not convicted. If you claim he was, tell us what was the charge and on what date he was found guilty and which court he was judged in. The last I heard, Donald Trump has appealed any cases judged against, and is winning his legal battles. His administration is also winning. Prosecutions started in the Biden years have been withdrawn, because the Department of Justice is now under Pam Bondi.
State prosecuters such as Fanni Willis (Georgia) and Alvin Bragg (Manhatten) have been reversed and disgraced.
New York attorney Letitia James failed in her case against Trump alleging mortgage fraud, and in bizarre twist, is now herself under investigation for mortgage fraud.
The congressional impeachments against Donald Trump were not completed by the Senate. The Senate acquitted him both times.
You're wrong. Where do you get the idea that Trump wasn't convicted of a felony? You do recall his mug shot, don't you? I'm just curious to know where you get your "news." The fact is that Trump has the unique distinction of being the only US president (or former president) to be convicted of a federal crime, although he did not serve time for his criminal actions. Any of his efforts to appeal court cases, discredit prosecutors or conceal the truth can't change that fact that he's a criminal.
Since you weren't paying attention to real news, let's review what happened. Exactly one year ago, a New York jury of 12 citizens convicted Trump of falsifying business records in a hush money scheme to silence Stormy Daniels and thus influence the outcome of the 2016 election. He was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
I remember the mug shot. That was taken at Fulton County jail when Fanni Willis allowed him to voluntarily surrender. He was not convicted in Georgia. Trump sold mugs with the mug shot and I bought one to support his re-election campaign. I have it with in the office where I work and proudly bring it to lunch room so people know I support Trump.
Yes, I was wrong about the Manhatten case. Judge Juan Merchan convicted him, making him a felon. He also granted unconditional discharge, so Trump will not have any punishment for the case.
I maintain that Trump is an honest business man, and my hero because he is bringing honesty to government, is doing what can be done to promote health and peace for common people. This includes his work against transgenderism, and also cleaning up the FBI and Dept of Justice. In previous administration, FBI and Dept of Justice treated concerned parents who showed up at school board meetings as “suspected domestic terrorists”.
The FBI has announced an investigation into targeted violence against religious groups at events such as the May 27 event outside Seattle city hall. I credit Donald Trump for his new administration taking action to protect parents, children, and churches.
The Manhatten court that convicted Trump brought shame and discredit on the court. In my eyes, Trump is on the side of justice. Judge Juan Merchan is on the side of corruption.
The Manhattan court that convicted Trump brought shame and discredited the court?? Trump is on the side of justice?? Trump is an honest business man??? And your hero???? Okay. I don't think rational arguments will sway your opinion. But I'll ask you this much: Where is your evidence that Judge Merchan is corrupt? Do you think Trump acted like a hero when he used social media to attack Merchan (and his family) in addition to witnesses and the jurors? Should I assume you believe the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels didn’t happen? Or that Trump didn't have sexual relations with her?
"My rallying cry to Kash Patel et al is to find the best, expert lawyers who understand the differences between the parties’ modus operandi (including feminist attorneys who despise what trans is doing to women and girls) AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK."
Yes! And look to people from Genspect. I love that the administration has attorney Harmeet Dhillon.
It really is shocking, Beeswax, that FIC/GAC which causes harm and has no long term proven benefit at all gets paid for by the people rather than being a fringe "Go to Brazil" matter. It goes to show the level of institutional capture this cult has.
The Education System is a serious problem. I hope we can close the Department of Education - for starters.
The Education System is a serious problem, yes. The American Federation of Teachers, which supports GLSEN (the purveyor of queer propaganda for children), is neck deep in gender ideology. They are unfit for purpose. If we can close the DOE for a while and regroup, that would be great. It will be a battle.
As did I. I was a lifelong Democrat until 2016. It amazes me that party elites still appear to be digging in on this issue when they know it isn't a political winner. It really does appear to be foundational to them. Ideologically, this was always a crucial step on the path...the goal being the destruction ("deconstruction") of all norms, traditions, distinctions. And given their supreme arrogance, I don't think they ever thought there would arise an effective resistance.
"Gender ideology is a social contagion so mere legislation will not end it, but it sure is a good start." This is true, but it's even worse than that, because these federal interventions aren't even legislation. They are executive orders and actions that can easily be halted in courts (as they already are), and reversed by the next administration.
Unfortunately, given the incompetence and maliciousness of the Trump administration and their extremely destructive actions in the realms of international relations, the rule of law, the civil service, and even the economy, these executive actions, which I applaud in principle, are not going to further our cause in the long run. It is too easy to paint them as "hateful", and they will just prompt Democrats to dig in their heels further.
It doesn't help that the administration also clearly has no concept of the fundamental difference between "trans rights" and gay rights, and approaches some of their interventions with the same incompetent chainsaw approach they have overall exhibited, as shown by their flagging of a picture of the plane "Enola Gay" for removal from the DOD website.
Ultimately, we need to change hearts and minds, and this administration is never going to help with that. So far, they have been making it harder to argue that this is not a left-right issue, and that opposition to gender ideology is not a bigoted cause.
Just Show Me Your Eggs Man https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/show-me-your-eggs-man
It looks like this happened on May 28th:
"HHS Directs Hospitals to Stop Mutilating “Trans” Children"
https://thepopulisttimes.com/hhs-directs-hospitals-to-stop-mutilating-trans-children/
Next, please issue a directive for the 18 - 30 year old set for the same reasons, especially since they received Gender Indoctrination at school & were gaslit ("affirmed") by teachers . Please hurry!
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has directed healthcare providers to stop using irreversible chemical and surgical interventions as the default treatment for children with gender dysphoria.
HHS warned that previous research that recommended medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria has been debunked and caused more harm than good. “Providers should no longer rely on discredited guidelines that promote these dangerous interventions for children and adolescents based on ideology, not evidence.”"
Subsequently, HHS urged healthcare providers to make “immediate updates to treatment protocols for minors with gender dysphoria based on HHS’ comprehensive review.”
The review [pdf] found no evidence that chemical and surgical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria in children were effective.
In contrast, it found “risk of significant harm,” including “common and potentially serious long-term adverse effects.”
Using various studies that have since been debunked, trans activists have falsely claimed that medical interventions help prevent depression, anxiety, and self-harm.
However, more recent studies show that, within two years, children who underwent chemical and surgical interventions reported up to a 25% increase in depression, compared to those who did not transition. “Mental health outcomes included depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder, assessed over two years post-surgery using clinician-verified ICD-10 codes,” says the study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Similarly, the HHS reiterated the lack of evidence to support previous assumptions that irreversible chemical and surgical mutilations helped reduce suicide rates for children with gender dysphoria.
“No independent association between gender dysphoria and suicidality has been found, and there is no evidence that pediatric medical transition reduces the incidence of suicide, which remains, fortunately, very low,” the letter stated. The letter also debunked another leftist narrative that some of the inhumane medical interventions, such as puberty blockers, were totally reversible.
It warned that children who underwent the procedures suffered from life-long conditions such as “ infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret.”
The review also noted that previous treatment guidelines included recommendations by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) published in its Standards of Care Version 8 (SOC-8) document. However, it warned that SOC-8 was “fraudulent and marked ‘a clear departure from the principles of unbiased, evidence-driven clinical guideline development.’”
The letter also accused WPATH of suppressing systematic reviews of evidence, failing to manage conflicts of interest, and relying on legal and political considerations instead of medical ones. Subsequently, healthcare providers were obligated to avoid serious harm by promptly updating their treatment protocols and training in light of the new information.
“Given your ‘obligation to avoid serious harm’ and the findings of the Review, HHS expects you promptly to make the necessary updates to your treatment protocols and training for care for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria to protect them from these harmful interventions.” etc.
I have a hard time reconciling these actions/ EOs (heavily challenged) with other things happening. Is is possible these efforts to appease the masses happen while a biosynthetic revolution is underway? I will share just a couple of things.
Venture capitalist Aaron D'Souza is behind a new ultra doping spectacle called Enhanced Games which set to have 1st competition in 2026. Trump Jr. happens to be part funder all while dad, Trump Sr pushes Stargate and the internet of bodies. Thiel and other lovers of the quest to live forever (transhumanists) are also funding.
https://khmezek.substack.com/p/gladiators-on-steroids
Also if you are not familiar with the Means and their business ventures, read up on them. Casey Means (not an MD) is up for US surgeon general. Their father published a children's book about sexual and gender identities. He seems to fall into the goals /patterns of UN sustainable development goals and WEF.
https://margox.substack.com/p/the-long-dark-road-of-synthetic-sex?r=1kuq0
I am unsure of this process to actually be confirmed but it seems there has been no date announced.
I agree. Nothing seems to add up. Then you mix in Curtis Yarvin, Musk, etc. I don't trust any of these players. They're not friends to the average human being or particularly principled people concerned with higher-order thinking and the well-being of life on this planet. They certainly don't match with any form of Christianity, even the prosperity gospel wouldn't manage to line up for them and that's a pretty odious doctrine. Something stinks.
Neuralink, anyone!?
I feel that the FDA should could make a statement about how there is no proven benefit to Frankenstein Industrial Medicine (FIM)/GAC so it should stop while they do a real long term study. Imagine if they used controls.... The thing about how it is "medically necessary" because "suicide" is complete bunk but used to ram crazy FIM through. No one was jumping off a cliff in 1850 or 1940 because he or she could not have cross sex hormones or have body parts removed. If anybody had done that he or she would justifiably have been considered a nutter.
I saw a Reddit post complaining that some trans person's mother was threatening suicide. With no sense of irony, the Redditors were posting about the mother being emotionally manipulative. Some of the responses even suggested that the mother didn't care about the mtf adult child's welfare (i.e. the adult child might off themselves and what a big tragedy that would be compared to the b*tch mother). What a mess. I'm afraid I have more sympathy with the mother, because it is horrible having to live with the thought that your child is gone but still somehow lives as a alternate universe version of themselves and now hates you for perceived injustices you commit by being naturally female and remembering the past accurately. I mean, I've certainly considered death in the last few days as a viable option. I won't, because I still consider that a pretty grave departure from my faith, but I would be lying if I said it hadn't crossed my mind. Not out of manipulation but out of the emotional and psychological pain this is causing.
hang in there
The suicide myth is used, among other things, to obfuscate the fact that trans-identified people do have a higher suicide rate, not before, but after they transition and are suffering from the ghastly effects of surgeries and wrong-sex hormones.
Spot on.
It is also used to claim that "transition" is "medically necessary" and "life saving" & therefore ought to be covered by insurance.
I don't understand why Richard Levine is not in any trouble with the authorities as yet.
If we could explain why Levine is not in trouble with the authorities, we'd have the answer to this entire debacle.
But first, we'd have to get a whole new set of "authorities" who actually deserve the title.
Trump doesn't live in reality, so he can't restore it. I get that his EOs come across as a breath of fresh air to anyone hoping for a return to sanity. The trouble is that they can just as easily be reversed by the next president. And since Trump's actions have enraged the far left, the trans activists have been emboldened, not stopped.
You repeatedly make that argument. And it falls flat every time. At least as far as I'm concerned. NEWS FLASH...the Democratic Party is not going to be the political force that undoes the damage of "gender-affirming care". Why on Earth would anyone ever expect it to???
The Democrats and GOP belong in the trash bin of history. They have both fundamentally failed this country and courted the extreme identity politics that have divided us and driven us all off a cliff. The Democrats co-opted one end of the extreme and the GOP the other. Just because there might be one EO that suits my purposes (ending GAC) doesn't absolve them of the myriad of evils they've caused otherwise. Their polarization of the country is as responsible for the TRA getting a foothold as anything else. I know on some level there has to be a group of people thinking, "Well, the GOP is wrong about so many other things, the trans cause must be right." Critical thinking is seriously lacking. It's like you have to join a certain tribe and then buy the tribe's starter pack and uncritically accept everything in it. Since when was that desirable?
Agreed.
Trump is doing what is in his power to do. We have to push congress to enact more legislation. And remember individual states have already enacted bans on so-called gender affirming care. The next president cannot so easily reverse state laws on his own. The next president cannot so easily put men back into women’s sports while 80 percent of voters opposing men in women’s sports.
What we must avoid is overestimating the strength and persistence of the trans contagion. With unity of purpose we have to struggle against the trans contagion. The trans movement is corrupt at its foundation. Trans madness can fracture, crumble and disappear before the next
election.
And if it does not crumble, we use our votes to make sure the next president and the next
congress is anti-trans.
Don’t make this about what Trump can and cannot do. Trump is here now because God saved him from the assassins bullet. Who is to say whether or not he was saved precisely for the purpose to save our children.
Trump is a human being. One day his soul will depart this world and his body will be buried in his grave. But God is everlasting and makes war against evil in every generation.
Yes, 100% social contagion. I hope and pray that reality will be restored. We must keep pushing, keep telling the truth, keep standing strong, keep the hope alive, keep fighting the trans-cult lies, keep demanding justice, keep our heads held high, keep our arms opened wide, keep believing that we will be the change, and keep the home fires burning!
Pride month coming up & our public library is celebrating with all kinds of events, speakers,etc etc for all ages. For example a craft workshop for teens to make your own pronoun pin to reflect your identity. When will this end???
Get some people together, a permit if you need it, and protest it.
It’s such a battle, & I don’t really understand it, does it mean they are defying executive orders or is it an optional buy in
Yes, they will defy executive orders. They believe they are fighting against human rights violations coming from the top of the administration. Trump's actions have enraged and emboldened trans rights activists in the US. Expect "Pride Month" to be more obnoxious than ever.
Even though this is a public library? Is the justification that this is using State funds & we have a Democratic governor, the EO doesn’t override? 🤔
The "justification" is that they think they're in the right and can defy the change in federal policy in Trumps' Executive Orders. (Even though Biden randomly changed federal policy on "trans rights" with Executive Orders himself!) It's messy now. There will be defiance and lawsuits over whether or not states must follow the new federal policy. Unfortunately Executive Orders aren't the same as laws made and voted into being by Congress. They can be overturned by a next administration, or rendered void by the Supreme Court (when/if the lawsuit gets to them.) The dust isn't going to settle on this for a while. If anything, the fight between certain states and the feds is just beginning and will continue for quite some time.
The administration needs to act to get GAC/FIC (Frankenstein Industrial Complex) removed from insurance. So long as there is a code for "gender dysphoria" - which is an Identity as well as an infirmity and still not anything more than "a different way to be" - young people who were cult indoctrinated as minors and then proceed to that whiff of "freedom" after they turn 18/19 will get cross sex hormones in our medical systems and even continue further on the "medical" path of self harm by Pharma and Doctor.
This is even a separate matter from the very few older men who used to "go to Brazil" back in the day and spend their own money. However, such people do want Frankenstein "Medicine" normalized. Most people don't realize all this insurance money pays for FIC and that it is so widespread - not just a handful of people. Meanwhile, many cannot get medically necessary help paid for by their insurance or maybe they do not have dental or vision care.
I do not care about political parties the way some people seem to feel about them (like the sports team one grew up with?) but the Democrat party wants to die on FIC Hill.
I think FIC might be out of Obamacare/ACA starting in January 2027 which will be too late for many of our families and also the states might take up the "slack" but it is something - if the "One Big Beautiful" budget bill passes the Senate.
See:
“Why ‘Gender Dysphoria’ is a lie” by Clinical psychologist Pamala Williams”
https://web.archive.org/web/20250120044738/https://dionneinlondon.substack.com/p/why-gender-dysphoria-is-a-lie
Why has Richard/Rachael Levine not been arrested or even have the Feds file anything against him? Instead, he was honored at the Smith College commencement - even after the WPATH Files. Can the people who run Smith read?
This is all wonderful until you read the linked article that shows that pretty much all of these policies have so far been blocked by district judges.
Unbelievable! What a battle/fight this is, I’m gobsmacked
Yes. The Democrats are much more savvy than the Republicans when it comes to the courts. Look at how they used lawfare against Trump. Granted, it didn’t prevent him from getting elected; in fact, it probably helped him, because voters were turned off by the tactic of using the courts to harass a political opponent.
Nevertheless, the Democrats operate as a block, with no dissent allowed, and they control the media to a large extent. They’re much better with the virtue signaling while they do exactly the opposite of what they claim to be doing.
Also, I’m not convinced that the Republicans understand how to use the courts to their (and our) advantage, without trampling on the First Amendment.
Trump’s tactics often more resemble the doctor who treats a wart on someone’s finger by amputating their hand.
I also hope the Republicans understand that gender ideology is woven into the educational system, social media, the medical profession, and the corporations(and has been for decades), and the money that funds this toxic juggernaut is probably sufficient to make up for whatever federal funds Trump chooses to withhold.
My rallying cry to Kash Patel et al is to find the best, expert lawyers who understand the differences between the parties’ modus operandi (including feminist attorneys who despise what trans is doing to women and girls) AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
I am repeating the beginning of my post up top, but:
It looks like this happened on May 28th:
"HHS Directs Hospitals to Stop Mutilating “Trans” Children"
https://thepopulisttimes.com/hhs-directs-hospitals-to-stop-mutilating-trans-children/
"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has directed healthcare providers to stop using irreversible chemical and surgical interventions as the default treatment for children with gender dysphoria.
HHS warned that previous research that recommended medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria has been debunked and caused more harm than good. “Providers should no longer rely on discredited guidelines that promote these dangerous interventions for children and adolescents based on ideology, not evidence.”"
Next, they need to issue a directive for the 18 - 30 year old set for the same reasons, especially since they received Gender Indoctrination at school & were gaslit ("affirmed") by teachers . I hope they hurry!
Donald Trump is a felon. Let's not forget that. He was convicted by a jury of his peers, not by the Democratic Party. Also, Democrats aren't "more savvy" about using the courts. Remember Mitch McConnell??
Kash Patel is incompetent and a kook, so don't expect him to be your savior in this fight. Trump's executive orders aren't the solution either. You are correct that gender ideology permeates our educational system, social media, medicine, plus the practice of therapy, and also that there is funding from outside sources which can make up for Trump's spending cuts. The battle against trans ideology is far more complicated than we'd like to think, and it won't be won until the damage being done to our children is fully exposed. We aren't there yet.
I can't stand Trump. He's not exactly a bastion of high moral values and intellect. I will give him credit for not being so debased and debauched as to think gender ideology is ok, but that is all I can award points to him for accomplishing. Credit where credit is due, there, but he's still a broken moral compass otherwise. On this point, the enemy of my enemy may be my friend, but only on this one, granted very important, point.
You sure as fuck aren’t seeing democrats do a damn thing about the disease that is gender ideology 😂😂 they encourage the madness!
If you're waiting for me to argue, don't hold your breath. I think the Dems are despicable bastards on this point and a few others
No argument from me!
Donald Trump is not a felon. He was not convicted. If you claim he was, tell us what was the charge and on what date he was found guilty and which court he was judged in. The last I heard, Donald Trump has appealed any cases judged against, and is winning his legal battles. His administration is also winning. Prosecutions started in the Biden years have been withdrawn, because the Department of Justice is now under Pam Bondi.
State prosecuters such as Fanni Willis (Georgia) and Alvin Bragg (Manhatten) have been reversed and disgraced.
New York attorney Letitia James failed in her case against Trump alleging mortgage fraud, and in bizarre twist, is now herself under investigation for mortgage fraud.
The congressional impeachments against Donald Trump were not completed by the Senate. The Senate acquitted him both times.
So no, he is not a convicted felon.
You're wrong. Where do you get the idea that Trump wasn't convicted of a felony? You do recall his mug shot, don't you? I'm just curious to know where you get your "news." The fact is that Trump has the unique distinction of being the only US president (or former president) to be convicted of a federal crime, although he did not serve time for his criminal actions. Any of his efforts to appeal court cases, discredit prosecutors or conceal the truth can't change that fact that he's a criminal.
Since you weren't paying attention to real news, let's review what happened. Exactly one year ago, a New York jury of 12 citizens convicted Trump of falsifying business records in a hush money scheme to silence Stormy Daniels and thus influence the outcome of the 2016 election. He was found guilty on 34 felony counts.
Don't believe me? Read on:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/10/trump-not-sentenced-to-any-punishments-in-hush-money-criminal-case/
I remember the mug shot. That was taken at Fulton County jail when Fanni Willis allowed him to voluntarily surrender. He was not convicted in Georgia. Trump sold mugs with the mug shot and I bought one to support his re-election campaign. I have it with in the office where I work and proudly bring it to lunch room so people know I support Trump.
Yes, I was wrong about the Manhatten case. Judge Juan Merchan convicted him, making him a felon. He also granted unconditional discharge, so Trump will not have any punishment for the case.
I maintain that Trump is an honest business man, and my hero because he is bringing honesty to government, is doing what can be done to promote health and peace for common people. This includes his work against transgenderism, and also cleaning up the FBI and Dept of Justice. In previous administration, FBI and Dept of Justice treated concerned parents who showed up at school board meetings as “suspected domestic terrorists”.
The FBI has announced an investigation into targeted violence against religious groups at events such as the May 27 event outside Seattle city hall. I credit Donald Trump for his new administration taking action to protect parents, children, and churches.
The Manhatten court that convicted Trump brought shame and discredit on the court. In my eyes, Trump is on the side of justice. Judge Juan Merchan is on the side of corruption.
The Manhattan court that convicted Trump brought shame and discredited the court?? Trump is on the side of justice?? Trump is an honest business man??? And your hero???? Okay. I don't think rational arguments will sway your opinion. But I'll ask you this much: Where is your evidence that Judge Merchan is corrupt? Do you think Trump acted like a hero when he used social media to attack Merchan (and his family) in addition to witnesses and the jurors? Should I assume you believe the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels didn’t happen? Or that Trump didn't have sexual relations with her?
"My rallying cry to Kash Patel et al is to find the best, expert lawyers who understand the differences between the parties’ modus operandi (including feminist attorneys who despise what trans is doing to women and girls) AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK."
Yes! And look to people from Genspect. I love that the administration has attorney Harmeet Dhillon.
It really is shocking, Beeswax, that FIC/GAC which causes harm and has no long term proven benefit at all gets paid for by the people rather than being a fringe "Go to Brazil" matter. It goes to show the level of institutional capture this cult has.
The Education System is a serious problem. I hope we can close the Department of Education - for starters.
Harmeet Dhillon is a gem. And yes to Genspect.
The Education System is a serious problem, yes. The American Federation of Teachers, which supports GLSEN (the purveyor of queer propaganda for children), is neck deep in gender ideology. They are unfit for purpose. If we can close the DOE for a while and regroup, that would be great. It will be a battle.
The judges have "injuctivitis". I guess they are the new "#Resistance"?
I voted for this.
As did I. I was a lifelong Democrat until 2016. It amazes me that party elites still appear to be digging in on this issue when they know it isn't a political winner. It really does appear to be foundational to them. Ideologically, this was always a crucial step on the path...the goal being the destruction ("deconstruction") of all norms, traditions, distinctions. And given their supreme arrogance, I don't think they ever thought there would arise an effective resistance.
It's a good start!!