Saturday PITT Review - August 4 to August 8, 2025

Aug 09, 2025

Welcome to the PITT weekly roundup where you’ll find a list of the week’s postings along with links to some of our favorite books, videos, social media, and podcasts. Please continue the fight against the harms of gender ideology by sharing.

Access to all PITT content is free. Our objective is to inform the public of the devastating impact of gender ideology on families through our personal experiences. And it’s working - support for transitioning of children and distressed young adults is crumbling due to evidence-based findings.

Quote of the Week from How I Tell (Lefty) Friends... : “I shock people who know me when I say that I do not support the current model of “gender-affirming care” for minors. To keep my friends listening, I need to be careful. The language I use matters.”

PITT POSTS THIS WEEK:

Friday, August 8: Repost: To My Daughter's Therapist: You Were Wrong

Thursday, August 7: How I Tell (Lefty) Friends...

Wednesday, August 6: The Deep End

Tuesday, August 5: Rebekah/Elias

Monday, August 4: She/Him/Us

IN THE NEWS

Two opposing views of recent news about the closing of gender clinics and an illustration of how contentious and ideological this topic is……

Good News: Child Gender Clinics Are Finally Shutting Down from RealClear Politics Kurt Miceli, August 3, 2025

From coast to coast, child gender clinics are shutting down, thanks to the leadership of the Trump administration. Children are safer because of these closures - protected from radical transgender ideology and the sex changes that threaten their bodies, minds, and futures.

Hospitals Are Limiting Gender Treatment for Trans Minors, Even in Blue States New York Times, July 22, 2025

In Texas, Tennessee and other Republican-led states, legislators have passed scores of laws restricting the lives of transgender people. They have made it illegal for transgender minors to get certain medical treatments and have threatened to have their parents investigated.