So many of us can’t speak. We can’t because our children might run the other direction. We can’t speak even know we know so much and others know so little. They can’t say oops my bad, for what they have done. This has so many issues and it’s crazy how it has all played out. And so many children and parents were harmed and so many people have no idea. It’s beyond f$@&ed up.
I also was one of the teachers who affirmed a girl who insisted she was a boy at age 3. Her parents had discovered trans ideology, and all of us (in 2010, before the deluge of "trans kids"), thinking that was the best thing to do, allowed this girl to come back to school at age 4 with a new name. She went to a different school after that, so I don't know what has happened since. She's either a senior in high school now, or a graduate.
I can't help but wonder, after coming to understand how wrong we were, how things would have been different for this girl if we had said something like, "Of course you're a boy, a special kind of boy called a tomboy. That means you're really a girl, but can do all the fun things boys do, and wear the clothes you like, even have a "boy" haircut if you want. No one can change the fact that you're a girl, but you don't have to dress or act any special way because of that."
But when all the authorities are telling you that "trans" is real and the best thing you can do for your child is to affirm their opposite sex "identity," and medicalize them when the time comes, it is really difficult to insist on going in a different direction. How many young people have been harmed this way?
Obama is still defending Trans. In his speech campaigning for Spanberger, he mentioned how much Republicans hated Trans people, and were denying them rights. That was just a few days ago. Also, Spanberger is going to win today. So there is that.
Did Obama happen to mention the response of Islam to trans? It's heartbreaking this coupling of the democrats and Islam. I'm truly disappointed in Virginia although not surprised. I lived there in the early 2000s. Beautiful state, but...
A few days ago, I was watching a Fox News program while visiting my daughter in Indiana. They showed the cover of Glamor magazine which had a picture of 8 or 9 trans women who were featured as “Women of the Year”. I was appalled and the news anchors were, too. There was an excellent discussion about how wrong it was to highlight these men who are pretending to be women, how dangerous the trans gender ideology is, and how insulting it is to all the women who were overlooked to be named “women of the year.” This was the first time I had witnessed the truth about trans being told on a news program. I was so happy and realized that maybe, just maybe some of the world was waking up. Then today I read your story and you also are noticing changes. This is very encouraging and I hope the momentum for change and truth picks up speed and this evil trans-cult is destroyed once and for all. The damage that has been done is irreparable to hundreds if not thousands of families who have been torn apart by the trans lies. The pain this cult has brought to homes around the world will be felt forever. Lives will never be the same, lives have been lost, identities have been stolen, and there are children and young adults who will carry the scars and their ill-health with them for the rest of their lives. The worst medical scandal of the 21st century! Accountability is coming and I will cheer on all the legal convictions, license suspensions, and prison sentences. Let all the people who affirmed and encouraged these innocent children have their lives ruined. Justice needs to be served.
We can never get back the years of sick worry. Our children can never get back their childhoods, and all the experiences they missed out on, all the "normal" things they never did, while they were led down this dark and destructive path.
This one really hits home for me. I have family members that support my daughter's "transition". I feel so abandoned by them. This whole trans issue has turned me from a Democrat to a Republican. Politics aside, I feel like when I try to explain the inner workings of this activist movement, they think I am crazy. Thanks for saying everything I've been feeling. I only hope my family drops the cheering like yours did.
I haven't been able to discuss any political or theological issues with most of my family. I became a born again Christian in my early 40s which is something I would have not believed i would ever do even 5 years prior. We were raised Catholic yet as adolescents, we left that faith for varying reasons. I became a conservative after the Iran hostage crisis occurred. Until then I wasn't aware of feeling any measure of patriotism. Now I just cant talk to any of them about these things if I hope to have a relationship with them. They have all almost in a snide way been happy to hear my daughter who has autism and ADHD has declared herself trans although for the most part she is not, something i am grateful for. She has not taken any hormones, sought out any surgeries and has no plan to. She has decided to change her name and wears men's clothes sometimes. She resents my lack of endorsement for her desire to be "trans" especially since her best friend from childhood is truly gender dysphoric, he also has not undergone transitioning and most likely will not. He does appear as female, wears dresses and make-up and is in same sex intimate relationships. I am glad he didn't pursue the clearly harmful chemical or surgical treatments as we do love him very much..
I remain hopeful my daughter will outgrow her association and in time want to explore having a connection to God for herself. I have never figured out how to un-love anyone. I actually dont think it's possible by design. Meanwhile I will try to be true to myself.
There is no moving on with out some self awareness and repentance from those who supported this. Nothing can be healed with the wound still open. In order for this to never happen again, people need to own up to the fact that they were not only duped, but treated others horribly and participated in hurting children and those that love them. Until that happens, which I doubt it ever will for most of these people, we will be left to pick up the pieces ourselves.
So very true. The only way you can move on and forgive (the ones who might deserve it) is through God's grace. He saw it all. He saw what they said and did and did not do. He knows and He is there working, even when you don't see it or feel it.
So true, beautifully written. Other people's children. They move on. We do not.
Our world is forever changed.
On the other parent side, as Helen Joyce states in her interview with Peter Boghossian, at 1:07: The parents who will never back down, they cheered on the identity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG9_lcln7FU
Yes, I agree. We are still in it. I fear we may be in it for a long time to come because the therapists and doctors who are affirming this madness are still affirming this madness! Until that ends and they really help the person to understand what is truly troubling their mind and emotional development, there will be no end....and they are banking on it. I wish I felt more hopeful, but my son is 24 and has lost his way for 7 years now. I miss him!
Your post gives me hope that there might indeed be change in the air. Unfortunately my friend, who works as a school nurse, tells me quite the opposite: that an ever higher number of students are declaring themselves trans.
Simone, What does your friend do in her capacity as a school nurse? Does she know that identifying this way is a sign of one or more mental health comorbidities, or that the child may be gay or lesbian? Does she affirm the delusions?
My friend knows what’s going on, but has to bow to the rules of the school district. She tells me some kids switch gender on a monthly basis, and they are forced to affirm the insanity.
Thank you. You write so beautifully to the point where we are right now. We are still in the starting stages of a complete turnaround, I believe, with much more to come. I am no prophet but on down the road, I envision medical systems (there have always been a few medical people who kept their morals), authentic healing groups (there have been a few), and retribution centers (there were the few) being set up to help heal our shattered world, our shattered children and grandchildren. I long for this time to come soon, as I pray for my three young adult grandchildren who have been in this insane cult for years now. I have no idea of how they have harmed the bodies God gave them, the depths to which they were guided into as they have blocked any access I had to them. Someday, I hope to see them again, and I will tell them I love them, no matter what. For the psychiatrist who treated them all in their mental illnesses (who paved the way for them to be scammed), and all those who encouraged them to fall down the abyss, I have questions; "Are you seeing this change? Do you now know the truth? Will you be able to escape your complicity in what has happened to these fellow human beings?" Our family members, friends, those on the outskirts may be able to turn aside and shuck it all off, but there does have to be true justice done here. Maybe when those people read about another clinic closed, when another professional, doctor or facility is sued and exposed, then will auntie or cousin be able to deny their part in this horrific charade? Tide, keep turning. Love, Indio
So many of us can’t speak. We can’t because our children might run the other direction. We can’t speak even know we know so much and others know so little. They can’t say oops my bad, for what they have done. This has so many issues and it’s crazy how it has all played out. And so many children and parents were harmed and so many people have no idea. It’s beyond f$@&ed up.
I also was one of the teachers who affirmed a girl who insisted she was a boy at age 3. Her parents had discovered trans ideology, and all of us (in 2010, before the deluge of "trans kids"), thinking that was the best thing to do, allowed this girl to come back to school at age 4 with a new name. She went to a different school after that, so I don't know what has happened since. She's either a senior in high school now, or a graduate.
I can't help but wonder, after coming to understand how wrong we were, how things would have been different for this girl if we had said something like, "Of course you're a boy, a special kind of boy called a tomboy. That means you're really a girl, but can do all the fun things boys do, and wear the clothes you like, even have a "boy" haircut if you want. No one can change the fact that you're a girl, but you don't have to dress or act any special way because of that."
But when all the authorities are telling you that "trans" is real and the best thing you can do for your child is to affirm their opposite sex "identity," and medicalize them when the time comes, it is really difficult to insist on going in a different direction. How many young people have been harmed this way?
Obama is still defending Trans. In his speech campaigning for Spanberger, he mentioned how much Republicans hated Trans people, and were denying them rights. That was just a few days ago. Also, Spanberger is going to win today. So there is that.
Did Obama happen to mention the response of Islam to trans? It's heartbreaking this coupling of the democrats and Islam. I'm truly disappointed in Virginia although not surprised. I lived there in the early 2000s. Beautiful state, but...
A few days ago, I was watching a Fox News program while visiting my daughter in Indiana. They showed the cover of Glamor magazine which had a picture of 8 or 9 trans women who were featured as “Women of the Year”. I was appalled and the news anchors were, too. There was an excellent discussion about how wrong it was to highlight these men who are pretending to be women, how dangerous the trans gender ideology is, and how insulting it is to all the women who were overlooked to be named “women of the year.” This was the first time I had witnessed the truth about trans being told on a news program. I was so happy and realized that maybe, just maybe some of the world was waking up. Then today I read your story and you also are noticing changes. This is very encouraging and I hope the momentum for change and truth picks up speed and this evil trans-cult is destroyed once and for all. The damage that has been done is irreparable to hundreds if not thousands of families who have been torn apart by the trans lies. The pain this cult has brought to homes around the world will be felt forever. Lives will never be the same, lives have been lost, identities have been stolen, and there are children and young adults who will carry the scars and their ill-health with them for the rest of their lives. The worst medical scandal of the 21st century! Accountability is coming and I will cheer on all the legal convictions, license suspensions, and prison sentences. Let all the people who affirmed and encouraged these innocent children have their lives ruined. Justice needs to be served.
We can never get back the years of sick worry. Our children can never get back their childhoods, and all the experiences they missed out on, all the "normal" things they never did, while they were led down this dark and destructive path.
This one really hits home for me. I have family members that support my daughter's "transition". I feel so abandoned by them. This whole trans issue has turned me from a Democrat to a Republican. Politics aside, I feel like when I try to explain the inner workings of this activist movement, they think I am crazy. Thanks for saying everything I've been feeling. I only hope my family drops the cheering like yours did.
I haven't been able to discuss any political or theological issues with most of my family. I became a born again Christian in my early 40s which is something I would have not believed i would ever do even 5 years prior. We were raised Catholic yet as adolescents, we left that faith for varying reasons. I became a conservative after the Iran hostage crisis occurred. Until then I wasn't aware of feeling any measure of patriotism. Now I just cant talk to any of them about these things if I hope to have a relationship with them. They have all almost in a snide way been happy to hear my daughter who has autism and ADHD has declared herself trans although for the most part she is not, something i am grateful for. She has not taken any hormones, sought out any surgeries and has no plan to. She has decided to change her name and wears men's clothes sometimes. She resents my lack of endorsement for her desire to be "trans" especially since her best friend from childhood is truly gender dysphoric, he also has not undergone transitioning and most likely will not. He does appear as female, wears dresses and make-up and is in same sex intimate relationships. I am glad he didn't pursue the clearly harmful chemical or surgical treatments as we do love him very much..
I remain hopeful my daughter will outgrow her association and in time want to explore having a connection to God for herself. I have never figured out how to un-love anyone. I actually dont think it's possible by design. Meanwhile I will try to be true to myself.
So true. They haven’t known the fear of being bullied into helping our children harm themselves.
There is no moving on with out some self awareness and repentance from those who supported this. Nothing can be healed with the wound still open. In order for this to never happen again, people need to own up to the fact that they were not only duped, but treated others horribly and participated in hurting children and those that love them. Until that happens, which I doubt it ever will for most of these people, we will be left to pick up the pieces ourselves.
So very true. The only way you can move on and forgive (the ones who might deserve it) is through God's grace. He saw it all. He saw what they said and did and did not do. He knows and He is there working, even when you don't see it or feel it.
So true, beautifully written. Other people's children. They move on. We do not.
Our world is forever changed.
On the other parent side, as Helen Joyce states in her interview with Peter Boghossian, at 1:07: The parents who will never back down, they cheered on the identity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG9_lcln7FU
Yes, I agree. We are still in it. I fear we may be in it for a long time to come because the therapists and doctors who are affirming this madness are still affirming this madness! Until that ends and they really help the person to understand what is truly troubling their mind and emotional development, there will be no end....and they are banking on it. I wish I felt more hopeful, but my son is 24 and has lost his way for 7 years now. I miss him!
I miss my daughter too! So many lost years!
Your post gives me hope that there might indeed be change in the air. Unfortunately my friend, who works as a school nurse, tells me quite the opposite: that an ever higher number of students are declaring themselves trans.
Simone, What does your friend do in her capacity as a school nurse? Does she know that identifying this way is a sign of one or more mental health comorbidities, or that the child may be gay or lesbian? Does she affirm the delusions?
My friend knows what’s going on, but has to bow to the rules of the school district. She tells me some kids switch gender on a monthly basis, and they are forced to affirm the insanity.
Beautifully said
Amen
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Thank you. You write so beautifully to the point where we are right now. We are still in the starting stages of a complete turnaround, I believe, with much more to come. I am no prophet but on down the road, I envision medical systems (there have always been a few medical people who kept their morals), authentic healing groups (there have been a few), and retribution centers (there were the few) being set up to help heal our shattered world, our shattered children and grandchildren. I long for this time to come soon, as I pray for my three young adult grandchildren who have been in this insane cult for years now. I have no idea of how they have harmed the bodies God gave them, the depths to which they were guided into as they have blocked any access I had to them. Someday, I hope to see them again, and I will tell them I love them, no matter what. For the psychiatrist who treated them all in their mental illnesses (who paved the way for them to be scammed), and all those who encouraged them to fall down the abyss, I have questions; "Are you seeing this change? Do you now know the truth? Will you be able to escape your complicity in what has happened to these fellow human beings?" Our family members, friends, those on the outskirts may be able to turn aside and shuck it all off, but there does have to be true justice done here. Maybe when those people read about another clinic closed, when another professional, doctor or facility is sued and exposed, then will auntie or cousin be able to deny their part in this horrific charade? Tide, keep turning. Love, Indio