The myth that trans-identified kids will kill themselves if not given drugs and surgeries is pernicious disinformation.
Here are 10 things you need to know to combat it:
BREAKING: 8th Circuit reverses lower court decision, rules 3-0 in PDE v Linn Mar Community School District (Iowa) that a school may not compel its students to use gender identity-based language as doing so likely violates the 1st and 14th Amendments.
This decision to grant a…
BREAKING: Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Finland's leading expert on pediatric gender medicine and chief psychiatrist at its largest gender clinic (Tampere University), just gave an interview to the country's leading newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat.
Transphobiaphobia: the irrational fear of being called transphobic for stating simple truths about human biology and asking obvious questions about medical ethics.
INCREDIBLE: The Texas Senate is holding a hearing on its proposed ban on pediatric gender medicine. Dr. Megan Mooney, a psychologist, testified against the bill.
Asked by Senator Campbell, the bill's sponsor, whether she believes that a child who says "I'm trans" really is…
IMPORTANT:
A detransitioner has just filed a lawsuit against Dr. Jason Rafferty, Dr. Michelle Forcier, Thundermist Health Clinic, and others.
This is a major development, as Rafferty is the author of the
“Yes, they are conducting medical experiments on those men in Tuskegee, leading to physical impairments and death. But the true scandal here is that a whistleblower is sharing (highly redacted and unidentifiable) information with a journalist!”
I speak to many doctors in my line of work. They come from across the political spectrum and from a range of specialties.
One of the most sobering things I've learned from them is the extent to which medical schools do not always teach students about the principles of…
This is getting ridiculous.
“Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their transition, but a small new study found that satisfaction with one such surgery is…
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CNN
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Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds https://cnn.it/45nEWIK
Chris Rufo, Chris Brunet, Aaron Sibarium, and Bruce Ackman didn’t topple Claudine Gay by lying to the American public. They did it by forcing leaders of American elite institutions to grapple with the practical consequences of an ideology they have come, not always consciously,…
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Christopher F. Rufo
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This is the beginning of the end for DEI in America's institutions. We will expose you. We will outmaneuver you. And we will not stop fighting until we have restored colorblind equality in our great nation.
The reason Ana Kasparian and The Young Turks are taking so much heat from progressive activists over Kasparian’s acknowledgment that puberty blockers can cause “irreparable harm” is that it disrupts the activist narrative that only right-wing anti-science bigots would oppose…
Do you know why Dr. Meredithe McNamara can't name a single study that a) shows mental health benefits associated with GnRHa and b) is methodologically strong enough to produce "high" or even "moderate" certainty of evidence using the GRADE system?
Because there isn't one.
And…
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The Post Millennial
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Democrat witness can’t name ONE study that shows how transgender procedures are beneficial for kids
) is instructing its members to avoid using work emails when communicating about “AAP matters,” especially “sensitive topics,” due to concerns about “subpoenas” and “FOIA requests.”
There is no suicide epidemic among trans kids. There is an epidemic of body self-hatred among suicidal kids.
If you believe the “affirm them or they’ll kill themselves” mantra, you’ve fallen for the classic correlation/causation fallacy.
Wise up. Kids need your help.
A talk with a liberal voter yesterday further confirmed something for me.
“Gender ideology” isn’t the big story here. Political tribalism is. There are many liberals/Democrats who sense something is profoundly wrong with “gender ideology” but can’t stomach the idea that they…
LGBT-friendly Sweden cuts ties with WPATH, reiterates psychotherapy as the default treatment for gender dysphoria. Hormones reserved only for the most extreme cases.
This is “conversion therapy,” per Biden administration and
Until medical sex changes for children became widely available, no one was talking about trans issues.
Until gender pseudoscience was pushed in schools, sometimes as early as first grade, no one was talking about trans issues.
Until teachers started performing secret gender…
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Ari Drennen
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It is not about protecting women’s sports.
It is not about protecting children.
It is not about preventing detransitioners.
It is not about low-quality studies.
It is about eradicating my entire community.
And it always has been. x.com/RightWingWatch…
While it is "important to accept the child as they are," Kaltiala said, it's also necessary to recognize that "four out of five" children with cross-gender ID grow out of it during puberty and come to terms with their body/sex.
Blockers are a near certain path to CSH (iatrogenesis), as research and data from other countries show. And the ability of a 12 year old to understand what it means to trade off future fertility for (supposed) mental health benefits is nil. Stop sterilizing gay kids,
As Americans begin to grapple with the calamity of what happened at Wash U's pediatric transgender clinic, a key question that arises is whether what Jamie Reed saw there is the exception or the rule.
We have good reason to suspect it is, in fact, the rule. Here's why.
This is just astonishing. He goes from absolute certainty that it’s not happening, to acknowledging that it is happening but it’s fine because teen girls are being properly vetted, to insisting there should be little or no vetting, all in the space of 2 minutes.
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James Klüg
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"They're not doing surgeries on kids who are under 18!"
>Gets proven wrong.
>Supports surgeries on kids under 18.
@BillboardChris
1. "I predict we will look back on this period with the same disgust we feel about the overprescription of amphetamines like Adderall to every 8-year-old boy who couldn't sit still for an entire day. The most damage is often done by doctors and parents who are so well-meaning…
Dr. Hammes' claim that "gender-affirming care" is a suicide prevention measure, the intl' experts say in their WSJ letter, "is contradicted by every systematic review."
2023 will be the year of:
* Detrans lawsuits
* Exposing gender docs as frauds, incompetent, or confirmation biased
* States successfully restricting medical "affirmation"
* Getting gender pseudoscience out of schools
* Schools not transitioning students behind parents' backs
This is a remarkable exchange.
“American pediatric gender docs are right and European docs are wrong because American docs have been doing this for longer.”
Cites article showing that’s not true.
“OK, but that article is not from an American publication.”
Shows the article’s…
The claim that "gender affirming" puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries are "medically necessary" and (or rather because) "life-saving" doesn't stand up to minimal scrutiny.
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"Kids will kill themselves" is not one of the arguments made in support of "gender affirming" care, it's often the *only* argument that's made, or at least the only one that counts.
IMPORTANT : Finland's leading gender clinician and researcher, Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala of Tampere University Hospital, warns of a medical scandal in the U.S. and urges our medical societies to recommit themselves to science and safeguarding.
Dr. Kaltiala had previously called the affirm-or-suicide narrative "purposeful disinformation" and its promotion (given the contagious nature of suicide) "irresponsible."
I say this with confidence: the panic spread by people like AC and outlets like Vice is far more likely to cause psychological harm to vulnerable, sex-distressed teens than any law being proposed in any state right now. This is unhinged narcissism. 1929 Berlin?!?
Let me rephrase in plain language: “Having a goal of a child growing up to accept her sex and feel comfortable enough in her body so as not to feel she needs lifelong, risky medicalization is unethical.”
That’s what “to be cisgender” means.
The interview highlights just how out of step the U.S. medical establishment is with its European counterparts on pediatric gender medicine. Doctors and medical groups in Finland have been willing and able to stand up to activists, including within their own ranks.
Although they have commented on the problems of the American "affirming" model in the past (e.g., Cass Report), this is the first time international experts have publicly weighed in on the American debate over "gender-affirming care."
New study: 15 seconds after waking up from a gender affirming double mastectomy, 2 teenage girls exhibited high rates of satisfaction and low rates of regret. The other 60 girls were lost to follow-up.
Conclusion: gender affirming double mastectomies improve quality of life.