Children & gender identity
Gender-affirming care
* Introduction *
Children are being surgically transitioned in appalling numbers, including at least some genital mutilations that often require life-long continuing medical support -- when studies show that gender confusion in children and teenagers is often "transitory," as the "de-transition" phenomenon is growing.
A new study has been published by the Journal of the American Medical Association about the number of people who have had “gender-affirming” surgeries — including minors — between 2016-2019. The numbers are startling.
(Source: "Thousands of Minors Received 'Gender-Affirming Surgeries’ | National Review")
A new study has been published by the Journal of the American Medical Association about the number of people who have had “gender-affirming” surgeries — including minors — between 2016-2019. The numbers are startling.
(Source: "Thousands of Minors Received 'Gender-Affirming Surgeries’ | National Review")
Over the past few years there has been a global rise in the number of children referred to gender clinics. There is no reliable scientific basis for the diagnosis of transgender, nor long-term research on the outcome of treatments. Setting children off on a path towards medicalization with irreversible life-long effects is an experiment which has no precedent.
(Source: "Transgender Trend")
Minors need to be protected from coercion, sterilization, castration or mutilation when they are too undeveloped mentally and emotionally, and too uninformed to consent to a decision that could have horrific and irreversible outcomes they might very well regret for the rest of their lives. Youth should be listened to, informed and honored in their perceptions, but not subjected to physical or chemical changes until they are mature enough and have sufficient life experience to make their own unalterable decisions responsibly.
(Source: "Let’s Talk about SEX… and GENDER")
Minors cannot consent to sterilization or removing healthy body parts. To protect the future reproductive and sexual health of children into adulthood, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, mastectomies, and transitional genital surgeries for minors should not be allowed.
(Source: "Protect Kids California – We Are Parents On A Mission To Protect Children")
A doctor at a major children’s hospital had this to say about what puberty blockers do to a child’s mind, body, and soul: “This medication is called a ‘gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist’ and it comes in the form of monthly injections or an implant. And because it simulates the activity of this hormone, it shuts down the activity of the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is this almond-sized structure in your brain, it’s one of the most primal structures we have, and it controls all the other hormonal structures in your body. To shut down that system is to shut down what makes us human.”
(Source: "Inside the Transgender Empire")
The evidence base for gender-affirming interventions is sparce and of very low quality. While the evidence of benefits is highly uncertain, the harms to sexual and reproductive functions are certain, and many uncertainties about the long-term health effects exist. As a result, it is hard to ethically justify continuing to use hormones and surgeries as first-line “treatment” for gender dysphoric youth.
(Source: "Current Concerns About Gender-Affirming Therapy in Adolescents")
A new “affirmative care” standard of mental health care has been adopted by nearly every medical accrediting organization. The American Psychological Association guidelines go much further than respecting and supporting trans identities; they mandate that therapists adopt gender ideology themselves. Therapists must accept and affirm the patient’s self-diagnosis.
(Source: "Trans Science: A review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage")
Return to top of page(Source: "Transgender Trend")
Minors need to be protected from coercion, sterilization, castration or mutilation when they are too undeveloped mentally and emotionally, and too uninformed to consent to a decision that could have horrific and irreversible outcomes they might very well regret for the rest of their lives. Youth should be listened to, informed and honored in their perceptions, but not subjected to physical or chemical changes until they are mature enough and have sufficient life experience to make their own unalterable decisions responsibly.
(Source: "Let’s Talk about SEX… and GENDER")
Minors cannot consent to sterilization or removing healthy body parts. To protect the future reproductive and sexual health of children into adulthood, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, mastectomies, and transitional genital surgeries for minors should not be allowed.
(Source: "Protect Kids California – We Are Parents On A Mission To Protect Children")
A doctor at a major children’s hospital had this to say about what puberty blockers do to a child’s mind, body, and soul: “This medication is called a ‘gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist’ and it comes in the form of monthly injections or an implant. And because it simulates the activity of this hormone, it shuts down the activity of the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is this almond-sized structure in your brain, it’s one of the most primal structures we have, and it controls all the other hormonal structures in your body. To shut down that system is to shut down what makes us human.”
(Source: "Inside the Transgender Empire")
The evidence base for gender-affirming interventions is sparce and of very low quality. While the evidence of benefits is highly uncertain, the harms to sexual and reproductive functions are certain, and many uncertainties about the long-term health effects exist. As a result, it is hard to ethically justify continuing to use hormones and surgeries as first-line “treatment” for gender dysphoric youth.
(Source: "Current Concerns About Gender-Affirming Therapy in Adolescents")
A new “affirmative care” standard of mental health care has been adopted by nearly every medical accrediting organization. The American Psychological Association guidelines go much further than respecting and supporting trans identities; they mandate that therapists adopt gender ideology themselves. Therapists must accept and affirm the patient’s self-diagnosis.
(Source: "Trans Science: A review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage")
* Related resources *
Thousands of Minors Received 'Gender-Affirming Surgeries’ | National Review - Children are being surgically transitioned in appalling numbers, including at least some genital mutilations that often require life-long continuing medical support -- when studies show that gender confusion in children and teenagers is often "transitory," as the "de-transition" phenomenon is growing.
Transgender Trend - Transgender Trend is a UK organisation advocating for evidence-based care of gender dysphoric children and science-based teaching in schools. Transgender Trend has led the way in advocating for the rights of children to reject gender stereotypes and be who they really are without discrimination, labelling or medical intervention to ‘fix’ them.
Protect Kids California – We Are Parents On A Mission To Protect Children - Our organization strongly advocates for policies that prioritize and promote the well-being of all children. Our initiatives are geared towards protecting children and ensuring that parents are a fundamental part of their child’s growth and able to protect their safety.
Inside the Transgender Empire - The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize on its behalf and activist health professionals are promoting the mutilation of children under the euphemistic banner of “gender-affirming care.”
Current Concerns About Gender-Affirming Therapy in Adolescents - Results of long-term studies of adult transgender populations failed to demonstrate convincing improvements in mental health, and some studies suggest that there are treatment-associated harms.
Trans Science: A review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage - A review by Dr. Harriet Hall of Abigail Shrier’s 2020 book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care - Six young people discuss the "gender affirming" medical care they received for gender dysphoria and how they subsequently realised this was the wrong treatment.
Return to top of pageSource: National Review | Date: Aug 26, 2023
Transgender Trend - Transgender Trend is a UK organisation advocating for evidence-based care of gender dysphoric children and science-based teaching in schools. Transgender Trend has led the way in advocating for the rights of children to reject gender stereotypes and be who they really are without discrimination, labelling or medical intervention to ‘fix’ them.
Protect Kids California – We Are Parents On A Mission To Protect Children - Our organization strongly advocates for policies that prioritize and promote the well-being of all children. Our initiatives are geared towards protecting children and ensuring that parents are a fundamental part of their child’s growth and able to protect their safety.
Inside the Transgender Empire - The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize on its behalf and activist health professionals are promoting the mutilation of children under the euphemistic banner of “gender-affirming care.”
Source: The Epoch Times | Date: Nov 9, 2023
Current Concerns About Gender-Affirming Therapy in Adolescents - Results of long-term studies of adult transgender populations failed to demonstrate convincing improvements in mental health, and some studies suggest that there are treatment-associated harms.
Trans Science: A review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage - A review by Dr. Harriet Hall of Abigail Shrier’s 2020 book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care - Six young people discuss the "gender affirming" medical care they received for gender dysphoria and how they subsequently realised this was the wrong treatment.
