<p>Suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, urged his Bluesky followers to purchase guns over fears the Trump administration might ban so-called transgender individuals from owning firearms.</p>
<p>A Bluesky account suspected to be Allen&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-leavitt-react-to-string-of-transgender-violence-additional-actions-to-come">posted</a> a CNN article, &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment">Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say</a>,&#8221; with the caption &#8220;Best time to buy a gun was &lt;greater than or equal to your state&#8217;s waiting period&gt; days ago Second best time is today.&#8221;</p>
<p>The September 2025 CNN article discussed a mass shooting that took place at a Minneapolis Catholic church, carried out by a &#8220;23-year-old transgender woman.&#8221; The article says the Department of Justice was &#8220;weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms&#8221; and framed this potential move as &#8220;a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s fight against the rights of transgender Americans.&#8221;</p>
<p>There have been several recent high-profile shootings in the past several years with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tyler-robinsons-family-furry-trans-lover-to-testify-for-prosecution-in-charlie-kirk-murder-trial">ties</a> to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covenant-shooters-entire-diary-published-revealing-obsession-with-white-privilege-transgenderism">transgenderism</a>, leading the Trump administration to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-leavitt-react-to-string-of-transgender-violence-additional-actions-to-come">examine the relationship</a> between transgenderism and violence.</p>
<p>Allen obtained a bachelor&#8217;s degree in mechanical engineering from the prestigious California Institute of Technology in 2017, where he participated in the school&#8217;s Christian Fellowship Program, according to his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-allen-003804b7/">LinkedIn profile</a> and social media posts. December 2016 Facebook posts from Caltech Christian Fellowship show Allen smiling and attending an event held by the school&#8217;s Christian club.</p>
<p>Evangelical Christians believe there are only two sexes and openly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/christians-need-not-apply-to-foster-in-this-state">oppose transgenderism</a>. Allen wrote an anti-Trump manifesto that mocked Christianity and was sent to a family member minutes before the shooting, according to reporting from <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/whcd-gunman-cole-allen-sent-anti-trump-manifesto-to-family-just-before-opening/">the New York Post</a>.</p>
<p>Allen mocked the Christian idea of &#8220;turning the other cheek&#8221; in the manifesto writing, “Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial,” according to reporting from The New York Post.</p>
<p>&#8220;Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes,” Allen wrote in a manifesto provided to U.S. officials, according to reporting from <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/whcd-gunman-cole-allen-sent-anti-trump-manifesto-to-family-just-before-opening/">The New York Post</a>.</p>


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<p>New York City&#8217;s most elite hospital gave more than a million dollars to an &#8220;anti-racist,&#8221; pro-LGBTQ+ theater company as it laid off a thousand workers, records reviewed by The Daily Wire show.</p>
<p>New York-Presbyterian has donated more than 1.3 million to the People’s Theatre Project since 2021, financial <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133957095/202543189349306204/full" target="_blank" rel="noopener">records</a><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133957095/202413189349304986/full" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> show</a>. In October 2023, Dr. Steven J. Corwin, then president and CEO of the hospital system, pledged to give another million to the theater — an arts program that &#8220;centers immigrants and members of the Latine, Black, and Queer communities&#8221; — to build a state-of-the-art performance center.</p>
<p>As the hospital was bankrolling the &#8220;anti-racist&#8221; organization&#8217;s quest to &#8220;build a world where the oppressed can find Liberation,&#8221; it was struggling financially. In May 2025, it <a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/newyork-presbyterian-to-cut-1000-employees/">announced</a> it was slashing 2% of its workforce, laying off 1,000 people. In 2026 it <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/nurses-describe-escalating-tension-as-nyc-strike-continues-00734336">came under fire</a> when it offered nurses a lower-than-requested annual raise, a cut the hospital blamed on the Trump administration&#8217;s economic policies.</p>
<p>In October 2025, Corwin <a href="https://www.nyp.org/news/newyork-presbyterian-leadership-transition-announcement">announced</a> he would step down in early 2026.</p>
<p>New York-Presbyterian&#8217;s reputation took a serious hit in the final years of Corwin&#8217;s 14-year tenure. It&#8217;s financial troubles came as it became one of the <a href="https://www.centernyc.org/urban-matters-2/enough-to-make-you-sick-curbing-high-private-hospital-costs#:~:text=New%20York%20City%27s%20private%20hospitals%20are%20some,than%20one%20percent%20of%20private%20hospital%20spending.">most expensive hospitals</a> in the country. In March 2026, the Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-new-york-presbyterian-hospital-anticompetitive-contracts-increase">sued the hospital</a> for &#8220;anticompetitive contract restrictions that deny New Yorkers the choice of lower cost healthcare options.&#8221;</p>
<p>All the while, it was supporting the People’s Theatre Project.</p>
<p>In October 2023, Corwin appeared with New York Governor Kathy Hochul and &#8220;Hamilton&#8221; composer Lin-Manuel Miranda to pledge $1 million to the construction of the Centro Cultural Inmigrante, a 19,000-square-foot compound featuring multiple theaters and a gallery, meant to &#8220;amplify the voices of New York City’s diverse immigrant communities.&#8221; The State of New York contributed $4 million.</p>
<p>“NewYork-Presbyterian is proud to support the People’s Theatre Project, and we look forward to the future of the Centro Cultural Inmigrante,” Corwin said. “This will be a space where members of the community can come together to create meaningful social connections, build a sense of belonging, and help enrich the community and New York City through the arts.”</p>
<p>It is unclear if the hospital ever made the $1 million contribution. Neither NewYork-Presbyterian nor the People&#8217;s Theatre Project responded to a request for comment.</p>
<p>The relationship between the hospital and the radical arts organization dates back to 2009, when it was founded by Mino Lora, a leftist who has called for defunding the police and served on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s transition team. That year, New York-Presbyterian <a href="https://thepeoplestheatre.org/home/about-us/">partnered</a> with the group on &#8220;a health-focused theatre-making program for children ages 5–12.&#8221; New York Presbyterian’s Corporate Director of Community Affairs, Monica Hidalgo, serves on the theater&#8217;s board.</p>
<p>All told, NewYork-Presbyterian has given the People&#8217;s Theatre Project $1,312,500 since 2021. During that time, the theater has produced such plays as “The Diamond,” which “follows a group of detained immigrants who conspire against a dystopian government.” Earlier this month, it hosted a reading of the “Sombraluz,” a play about a marine whose life was “shaped by the trauma of Guantanamo Bay.”</p>
<p>The People&#8217;s Theater Project also hosts outright political events, including a “rapid response” and “safe space” to “share feelings, build resilience, and transform emotions into art&#8221; in the wake of President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 election. In January 2026, the theater hosted an “undoing racism” workshop.</p>
<p>&#8220;As an anti-racist organization, we believe in Equity for all,&#8221; the group&#8217;s website reads. &#8220;We see the full humanity and immense power that exists in immigrants, youth, people of color, the LGBTQIA community, and people living with disabilities. We work to build a world where the oppressed can find Liberation.&#8221;</p>
<p>The People&#8217;s Theatre Project<a href="https://thepeoplestheatre.org/education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> works</a> with K-5 &#8220;young artists&#8221; to celebrate &#8220;their identities and communities&#8221; through theatre pieces and has a &#8220;social justice leadership program&#8221; for adolescents in grades 6-12. The organization also<a href="https://thepeoplestheatre.org/ptp-partnerships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> partners</a> with elementary, middle, and high schools in New York City.</p>
<p>The organization views theatre &#8220;as a catalyst for change,&#8221; and its mission includes advocacy for progressive social causes such as dismantling systemic racism, immigrant rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights.</p>
<p>&#8220;Racial justice is an urgent priority because systemic racism persists in our society, perpetuating inequality at every turn,&#8221; the group&#8217;s <a href="https://thepeoplestheatre.org/advocacy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> says. &#8220;Theatre serves as a powerful platform to confront and dismantle these injustices.&#8221;</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Biden-appointed federal judge has ruled American taxpayers must continue spending millions of dollars on transgender procedures in blue states.</span></p>
<p>A coalition of <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72077914/28/2/state-of-oregon-v-kennedy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 states</a>, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-backyard-battle-between-dem-governor-and-couple-next-door?author=Jordan+Schroeder&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=The+Backyard+Battle+Between+Dem+Governor+And+Couple+Next+Door" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Shapiro</a>, sued Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over a December 2025 <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/declaration-pediatric-sex-rejecting-procedures.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declaration</a> that told medical providers and organizations they can be denied Medicaid and Medicare funding if they continue providing harmful &#8220;sex-rejecting procedures&#8221; to children.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sex-rejecting procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective as a treatment modality for gender dysphoria, gender incongruence, or other related disorders in minors, and therefore, fail to meet professional[ly] recognized standards of health care,&#8221; states Kennedy&#8217;s declaration.</p>
<p>Kennedy clarified in the document that the term &#8220;sex-rejecting procedures&#8221; includes puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries, which are sometimes referred to as &#8220;gender-affirming care.&#8221;</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai, who is known for his judicial <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senate-republicans-question-oregon-judicial-nominees-support-diversity-2023-10-04/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a><a href="https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PronounsPrivilege.Kasubhai.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> activism</a>, vacated the declaration on April 18, calling it &#8220;unlawful&#8221; and &#8220;one man’s musings on gender-affirming care.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This Court is not persuaded by Defendants’ attempts to gaslight it into believing that the Kennedy Declaration does anything other than what it says: proclaims that gender-affirming care for minors falls below professionally recognized standards of care, supersedes state laws that say otherwise,&#8221; wrote Kasubhai in his <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.191371/gov.uscourts.ord.191371.93.0_2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opinion</a>. &#8220;Secretary Kennedy’s unlawful declaration harmed children. This case illustrates that when a leader acts without authority and in the absence of the rule of law, he acts with cruelty.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;HHS will continue to fight to protect our nation’s children, as this Biden-appointed judge’s ruling puts radical ideology ahead of their safety,&#8221; HHS Press Secretary Emily Hilliard told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>The lawsuit&#8217;s plaintiffs include: Oregon, Washington State, New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, the District of Columbia, and the Governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro.</p>
<p>Washington State admitted to spending more than $31 million providing &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; services to 10,000+ &#8220;transgender&#8221; individuals over three years in a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.191371/gov.uscourts.ord.191371.34.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legal document</a> submitted in the lawsuit. The federal government financed the bulk of the state&#8217;s spending, providing $25 million of the $31 million Washington State spent on transgender procedures from 2022 to 2024. It also spent more than $2 million on transgender interventions for minors just in 12 months, according to the document.</p>
<p>The data was provided in a declaration submitted by Dr. Judy Zerzan-Thul, Washington State Health Care Authority&#8217;s <a href="https://www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/who-we-are/our-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chief Medical Officer</a>.</p>
<p>Washington State has nearly 6,000 &#8220;distinct Medicaid providers&#8221; offering sex-rejecting interventions, and not allowing providers who accept Medicaid and Medicare payments to &#8220;provide gender-affirming care&#8221; would cripple the industry, according to Zerzan-Thul.</p>
<p>&#8220;The consequence will be that no provider who accepts these forms of payment will be able to provide gender-affirming care to any child or adolescent patient,&#8221; states her declaration. &#8220;This action will make it very difficult, if not impossible, for Apple Health to find health care providers willing to provide gender-affirming care to Apple Health clients, even if such services were entirely state-funded.&#8221;</p>
<p>Apple Health, the umbrella term for the state&#8217;s health insurance programs, spent $10.8 million providing sex-rejecting procedures to more than 10,000 &#8220;transgender individuals&#8221; in 2024, more than $10.6 million providing the procedures to 9,500+ individuals in 2023, and more than $10.1 million providing the procedures to 8,500+ individuals in 2022, according to the Zerzan-Thul declaration.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayers-pay-millions-to-surgeon-who-performs-transgender-surgeries-in-prisons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a> that the Washington State Health Care Authority spent more than $4.3 million on a cosmetic surgery practice led by Dr. Geoffrey Stiller, MD, who offers an array of “transgender” surgical procedures, including facial feminization, “non-binary” double mastectomy, and “bottom surgery,” according to the Stiller Aesthetic <a href="https://www.stilleraesthetics.com/gender-affirming-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.</p>
<p>Zerzan-Thul cited discredited gender medical guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Endocrine Society, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) as the state&#8217;s basis for determining that sex-rejecting interventions were &#8220;evidence-based, safe, and effective, medical treatments.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;WPATH remains a globally recognized authority on gender-affirming care, and its Standards of Care have been widely adopted by medical institutions worldwide,&#8221; states the Zerzan-Thul declaration.</p>
<p>In its review of pediatric gender medicine, HHS noted that <a href="https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-11/gender-dysphoria-report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">medical gender guidance</a> from the Endocrine Society, WPATH, and the AAP has been found to be of &#8220;very low quality.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Washington State Health Care Authority did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.</p>


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<div>America&#8217;s most powerful group of pediatricians, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has called denying children puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries harmful.</div>
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<div>Denying a child so-called &#8220;gender-affirming care&#8221; was labeled a form of &#8220;medical neglect&#8221; and &#8220;emotional abuse&#8221; in <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/153/1/e2023064292/196236/Prohibition-of-Gender-Affirming-Care-as-a-Form-of?autologincheck=redirected">a December 2023</a> paper published in the AAP&#8217;s medical journal, Pediatrics. Parents across the country have had children <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-sends-new-guidance-to-all-50-states-on-trans-kid-disputes">removed</a> by child protective services for affirming their child’s natural sex.</div>
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<div>Buried in this <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-477/323964/20240903155151548_23-477%20tsac%20Brief%20of%20Amici%20Curiae%20AAP%20et%20al..pdf">belief</a> is an open secret: pediatricians who embrace gender ideology view parents as harming — and possibly abusing — their children if they refuse to support the child&#8217;s transition to another sex.</div>
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<div>While the AAP suggests that not affirming a child&#8217;s <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/132/1/e297/31402/Office-Based-Care-for-Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual">transgender</a> identity causes emotional and psychological <a href="https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/aap-voices/why-we-stand-up-for-transgender-children-and-teens/?srsltid=AfmBOop1hSO_tAwdoxX9YOW4JyRl7y77MgcUBAFmT1kaPzFdmk6a73l4">harm</a>, it has failed to clarify how this belief impacts parents and parental rights.</div>
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<div>The Daily Wire asked the AAP outright if it believes parents who affirm their child&#8217;s natural sex and refuse to provide so-called “gender affirming care” are abusing their children. The AAP did not respond to multiple requests for comment.</div>
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<div>Given the AAP’s extensive reach — the organization claims <a href="https://www.aap.org/en/about-the-aap/">67,000 members</a>, while there are an <a href="https://www.abp.org/dashboards/general-pediatricians-us-state-and-county-maps">estimated</a> 60,000 active pediatricians in America — its views on gender ideology and non-affirming parents impact how medicine is practiced in pediatric offices across the country.</div>
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<div>A review of the group&#8217;s public statements and policies suggests the group views parental non-affirmation of gender identity as a form of child abuse — something doctors should actively look for.</div>
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<div>&#8220;<a href="https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/lgbtq-health-and-wellness/a-pediatricians-guide-to-an-lgbtq-friendly-practice/">A Pediatrician’s Guide to an LGBTQ+ Friendly Practice</a>&#8221; gives pediatricians a road map to discover if a family “accepts” the gender identity of their “LGBTQ+” child and recommends that doctors routinely ask teens about their gender identity in private, without parental knowledge.</div>
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<div>“Normalize confidential, one-on-one discussions with adolescents and young adults as part of routine adolescent medical care,” states the guide. “Explore whether your [electronic health record] can ‘hide’ sensitive information.”</div>
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<div>The guide gives doctors a series of scripted questions to use when having confidential conversations with teens about gender identity and family dynamics, including:  ​</div>
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<div>“Identities grow and evolve over time. Do you want to talk more about your gender or sexuality today?”</div>
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<div>“Do you need support or have any questions as you navigate your gender identity, sexual orientation, or relationships?” ​</div>
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<div>“How much do your caregivers know about your identity? How does their behavior toward you/your friends reflect that? How safe do you feel at home?”</div>
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<div>Family acceptance of gender identity is viewed as a critical safety issue within several <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/132/1/198/31354/Office-Based-Care-for-Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual">AAP policies,</a> and the guide encourages doctors to ask teens, “How does your family accept and support you?”</div>
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<div>The AAP’s gender medicine <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for">policy</a> has an entire section devoted to the <a href="https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/gradeschool/Pages/Gender-Diverse-Transgender-Children.aspx?_gl=1*1dvwhgh*_ga*MTM0NDM4NDI5LjE3NzMxNjcwNzQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*czE3NzU4Mjg2MjQkbzM3JGcxJHQxNzc1ODMxMjY3JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..">importance</a> of &#8220;family acceptance&#8221; and warns pediatricians to look out for families that deny their child sex-change medical interventions, saying this could raise “safety” concerns.</div>
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<div>&#8220;Some families may take issue with providers who address gender concerns or offer gender-affirming care,&#8221; states the policy. &#8220;In rare cases, a family may deny access to care that raises concerns about the youth’s welfare and safety; in those cases, additional legal or ethical support may be useful to consider.&#8221;</div>
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<div>The Family Acceptance Project (FAP), an intervention claiming to reduce &#8220;health risks&#8221; for &#8220;LGBTQ&#8221; youth by increasing family affirmation of a child&#8217;s gender identity, is listed as a resource on the AAP <a href="https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/lgbtq-health-and-wellness/?srsltid=AfmBOooX5ne3OrGOQMhAhgFhiqQ4yn4VLGpiFyAPS179O6nKlJYVd_EK">website</a>. ​</div>
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<div>The program has identified more than 50 harmful &#8220;rejecting&#8221; family behaviors and 50 &#8220;accepting&#8221; behaviors that create safety, according to its <a href="https://lgbtqfamilyacceptance.org/about/">website</a>. Harmful parental &#8220;rejecting&#8221; behaviors include not allowing children to cross-dress, not using a child&#8217;s chosen name or pronoun, and denying participation in LGBTQ support groups, <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/FAP_English-Rejection-Poster_8.5x11_2023.pdf">documents show</a>. Helpful parental &#8220;accepting&#8221; behaviors include connecting a child with an LGBTQ adult role model, using a child&#8217;s chosen pronouns, and participating in family LGBTQ support groups, <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/FAP_English-General-Acceptance-Poster_18x24_2023.pdf">documents show</a>.​</div>
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<div>The Family Acceptance Project did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s request for comment.</div>
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<div>Kurt Miceli, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Do No Harm, says pediatricians should not be pushing vulnerable kids towards medical transition.</div>
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<div>&#8220;Loving parents should not be treated as welfare risks requiring legal intervention; instead, they should be included as partners in supporting their child’s well‑being, helping their son or daughter navigate distress, and fulfilling their responsibility to protect their child from irreversible harm,&#8221; Miceli told The Daily Wire.  ​</div>
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<div>The AAP co-sponsored an event in October 2024 focused on expanding the use of &#8220;family acceptance&#8221; interventions, which try to convince skeptical parents to affirm their child&#8217;s transgender identity. Hosted by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-biden-administrations-speed-dating-event-for-trans-activists-and-megadonors?author=Megan+Brock&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Biden+Admin+Hosted+%E2%80%98Speed+Dating%E2%80%99+Event+For+Trans+Activists+With+One+Rule">Biden administration</a>, the event brought together government officials, philanthropists, and transgender activists, with the common goal of furthering the impact of gender ideology in child welfare systems. ​</div>
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<div>Biden officials viewed “family acceptance” of so-called gender identity as an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221204062339/https://mchb.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/mchb/programs-impact/edc-parental-acceptance.pdf">important</a> step in “preventing” LGBTQI+ children from entering foster care.</div>
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<div>Representatives of the AAP were invited to take part in a special breakout session with government officials and child welfare leaders to discuss &#8220;big ideas&#8221; for the &#8220;cross-sector&#8221; promotion of family acceptance programs that re-educate parents to embrace gender ideology, records show.</div>
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<div>“We know that family support around LGBTQI+ identity, as early as possible, is a key protective factor against … entry into the child welfare and juvenile justice systems for LGBTQI+ youth,” Julie Kruse, a contracted senior advisor for the LGBTQI+ Initiatives, wrote in an <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/Screenshot-.pdf">email</a> describing the event. “These programs are critical to preventing LGBTQI+ youth homelessness and entry into foster care.”​</div>
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<div>The Daily Wire inquired about the AAP&#8217;s role in this event and whether it believes pediatricians should encourage parents to be re-educated through &#8220;family acceptance&#8221; programs to prevent a child from being removed from their home. The AAP did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.</div>
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<div>“The American Academy of Pediatrics claims to be a reliable guide for pediatricians and families, yet its misguided approach to children experiencing gender distress is harmful and unsupported by the evidence. Its embrace of &#8216;family acceptance&#8217; frameworks — and its promotion of the Family Acceptance Project as a community resource — only heightens these concerns,&#8221; Miceli told The Daily Wire.</div>


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<p>A California group positioned to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence regulation for children believes drag queens are positive role models for 4-year-olds.</p>
<p>Common Sense Media, a California nonprofit with a stated <a href="https://www.commonsense.org/">mission</a> to protect kids online, gave a children&#8217;s show featuring two male drag queens a <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-fabulous-show-with-fay-fluffy">perfect</a> child safety score and recommended it for kids ages 4 and up. &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGyr45BKn_o&amp;list=PL2F3nYtGth8cylKCts9if0EkyoZF1FRiI">The Fabulous Show With Fay &amp; Fluffy</a>&#8221; received a 5/5 star rating and was praised for offering positive role models, having educational value, and showcasing diversity.</p>
<p>Bluey, the popular family-friendly cartoon, was outshined by the drag queens and only received a 4/5 star rating.</p>
<p>Common Sense Media provides safety reviews of movies, books, and video games through a vast database that includes many positive reviews for LGBTQ+ content aimed at young children. The nonprofit has an entire <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/celebrate-lgbtq-pride">webpage</a> devoted to &#8220;LGBTQ+ Stories for the Whole Family.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;From affirming, relatable stories about queer kids and teens, to history-making moments and figures on screen, LGBTQ+ representation in media is increasing. Now, kids have more choices that reflect their world and lived experiences, whether they&#8217;re queer, straight, trans, cisgender, or figuring it all out,&#8221; states its website.</p>
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<p>Recent reports say it&#8217;s attempting to extract millions of dollars from AI companies to help them self-regulate in the litigious environment. It&#8217;s simultaneously supporting legislation in California that would require AI chatbot products to submit to regulation from groups like Common Sense Media.</p>
<p>The nonprofit, which claims it&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/what-we-stand-for/tech-accountability">holding tech companies accountable</a>,&#8221; is asking for millions of dollars to launch a new institute focused on providing safety assessments for AI products, according to reporting from <a href="https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/04/key-nonprofit-pitches-tech-giants-to-pay-100m-each-for-ai-safety-effort-00853205?site=pro&amp;prod=alert&amp;prodname=alertmail&amp;linktype=headline&amp;source=email">Politico</a>. Common Sense Media offered the tech companies the opportunity to provide input on the safety assessments if they provided a donation, Politico reported.</p>
<p>Its current ratings, however, indicate it&#8217;s in no position to assess what is appropriate for children.</p>
<p>The group recommends transgender content for 4-year-olds, including &#8220;I Am Jazz,&#8221; which it <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/i-am-jazz">calls</a> a &#8220;Sweet, straightforward story about a transgender girl.&#8221; It also <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/jacobs-new-dress#modal">recommends</a> &#8220;Jacob&#8217;s New Dress,&#8221; a story about a young boy who likes to crossdress and was written by parents of a &#8220;gender-nonconforming child,&#8221; and “Sparkle Boy,” the <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/sparkle-boy">story</a> of a 3-year-old boy who “loves all the glittery stuff his older sister loves” and “causes a stir” when he crossdresses.</p>
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<p>Common Sense Media also <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/marleys-pride">recommends</a> &#8220;Marley&#8217;s Pride,&#8221; the &#8220;joyful&#8221; story of “Marley and their grandparent&#8221; who identify as nonbinary and attend their first pride celebration together.</p>
<p>“RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Show” is <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/rupauls-drag-race">recommended</a> for teenagers 15 and older and called a program that promotes &#8220;self-love and compassion for heavily marginalized communities.&#8221; The review tells parents to expect &#8220;lots of sexual innuendo, including references to various sex acts and partial nudity, mostly bare torsos&#8221; and warns it includes strong language and sexual terms such as &#8220;f&#8211;k,&#8221; &#8220;s&#8211;t,&#8221; &#8220;doggy style,&#8221; but notes these words are mostly used &#8220;for tongue-in-cheek humor and camp.&#8221;</p>
<p>The nonprofit also has an education wing and has partnered with schools to provide training about media and online safety to more than <a href="https://www.commonsense.org/">1.4 million</a> educators, according to its website. Common Sense Media has also worked with the <a href="https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/dc/index.asp">California Department of Education</a> and the <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releases/common-sense-educations-digital-literacy-curriculum-selected-as-connecticuts-statewide-model-for-k-12#:~:text=%22Connecticut%20has%20taken%20an%20important,new%20technological%20developments%20and%20challenges">Connecticut State Department of Education</a>, who announced in February 2025 that they were implementing the nonprofit&#8217;s K–12 Digital Citizenship <a href="https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship">Curriculum</a> statewide.</p>
<p>Common Sense Media provides <a href="https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/supporting-lgbtq-students-in-the-classroom-and-online">ways</a> teachers can create LGBTQ+ inclusive classrooms, telling them, &#8220;Your courage is critical. Know that you may be the only adult in a kid&#8217;s life who shows acceptance &#8212; their only oasis,&#8221; according to its website. Teachers are recommended to funnel gender confused students to transgender activist groups like the Trevor Project and PFLAG.</p>
<p>Common Sense Media now has its eyes on shaping the safety standards of artificial intelligence products for kids. Common Sense Media is <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/featured-content/files/common-sense-media-2026-ca-legislative-priorities.pdf">supporting</a> two <a href="https://sd18.senate.ca.gov/news/assemblymembers-bauer-kahan-and-wicks-and-senator-padilla-introduce-legislation-protect">California</a> bills aiming to regulate AI chatbot products for minors.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because of the potential risks of AI to children and teens, California must take the lead in establishing a process for vetting the impact of AI products and services on kids,&#8221; states a Common Sense Media <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/featured-content/files/common-sense-media-2026-ca-legislative-priorities.pdf">document</a>.</p>
<p class="gmail-title gmail-pb-3"><span class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-title gmail-field--type-string gmail-field--label-hidden">California Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan introduced <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2023">AB 2023</a> in <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1119">February 2026</a> saying the bill will establish &#8220;nation-leading safety standards for AI companions used by children and teens,&#8221; in a <a href="https://bauer-kahan.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260326-assemblymembers-bauer-kahan-and-wicks-and-senator-padilla-introduce">press release</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-title gmail-field--type-string gmail-field--label-hidden">Chatbot operators will be required to undergo an annual safety assessment of any </span>&#8220;child safety risks&#8221; posed by the AI chatbot if the bill becomes law.</p>
<p>&#8220;This bill would require an operator of a companion chatbot to&#8230;annually perform and document a comprehensive risk assessment to identify any child safety risk posed by the design, configuration, and operation of the companion chatbot that assesses, among other things, the likelihood of a covered harm,&#8221; states the bill.</p>
<p>One of the &#8220;covered harms&#8221; included in the bill is &#8220;gender identity&#8221; discrimination. California considers <a href="https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2022/11/The-Rights-of-Employees-who-are-Transgender-or-Gender-Nonconforming-Fact-Sheet_ENG.pdf">declining</a> to use a person&#8217;s preferred pronouns or not allowing a man to use the women&#8217;s bathroom forms of &#8220;gender identity&#8221; discrimination.</p>
<p>Under AB 2023 if an AI chatbot product is found to be unsafe by the safety assessment, the operator must make changes to the product and then undergo an independent compliance audit that, upon completion, will be submitted to the California Attorney General.</p>
<p>Common Sense Media is positioning itself to be the go-to for AI chatbot safety assessments and stands to play a powerful role in shaping how information is defined and disseminated, if California&#8217;s chatbot bills pass.</p>
<p>&#8220;Three of the people familiar said Common Sense will be positioned to become a default safety auditor in California for AI products aimed at kids,&#8221; Politico reported.</p>
<p>Public figures known for their transgender activism spoke at the March 2026 Common Sense <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/common-sense-summit-speakers-2026">Summit</a> on Kids And Families including <a class="gmail-team-profile-title gmail-link gmail-link--title" href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/common-sense-summit-speakers-2026#">Randi Weingarten</a>, President of The American Federation of Teachers, JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, and Rob Bonta, Attorney General at the California Department of Justice. Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and <span class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-title gmail-field--type-string gmail-field--label-hidden">Rebecca Bauer-Kahan also </span>spoke at the summit.</p>
<p>Common Sense Media did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.</p>


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It Says Drag Queens Are Safer For Kids Than Bluey. Now It Wants To Regulate AI For Children.

Artificial Intelligence

California

Children's Books

Entertainment

<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This article is part of </span></i><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/introducing-upstream-a-lifestyle-and-culture-section-of-the-daily-wire"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Upstream,</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Daily Wire’s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories — from our featured writers to you.</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a hundred years&#8217; time, people will still remember the name J. K. Rowling — and not only for writing one of the most beloved and best-selling fantasy book series of all time. She will be remembered for the role she played in saving civilization from the harms of gender ideology.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rowling is an internationally beloved icon, known for bringing joy to millions through the Harry Potter book series. Harry Potter was, and still is, a cultural behemoth that has been retold through movies, video games, and theme parks, and is now being turned into an HBO</span><a href="https://people.com/harry-potter-series-cast-side-by-side-original-movie-actors-11934425"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">television series</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But in 2020, almost overnight, Rowling went from being the queen of popular culture to becoming an internationally hated villain. Her crime? Defending women&#8217;s rights and publicly acknowledging you can&#8217;t change your sex.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In late 2019, Rowling was already receiving backlash for hinting she disagreed with the transgender agenda in social media posts. However, she fully outed herself as &#8220;transphobic&#8221; in June 2020 by publishing a powerful and highly controversial</span> <a href="https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">essay</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that defended women&#8217;s rights and biological reality.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rowling explained in the essay how &#8220;trans activism&#8221; was threatening the rights of women across the globe and expressed concerns over women losing their fertility from medical transitions and the dangers of allowing men into female private spaces.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It’s been clear to me for a while that the new trans activism is having (or is likely to have, if all its demands are met) a significant impact on many of the causes I support, because it’s pushing to erode the legal definition of sex and replace it with gender,&#8221; Rowling wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe. When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman — and, as I’ve said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones — then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s incredible to read this essay today and see how ahead of the curve Rowling was in understanding the many ways gender ideology harms women and society.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As one of the earliest and boldest celebrity figures to speak clearly on these issues, Rowling earned brutal backlash from nearly every corner of the internet, from fans removing their Harry Potter tattoos because they now represented &#8220;</span><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/fans-tell-us-why-they-want-to-cover-up-their-harry-potter-tattoos/#:~:text=Some%20people%20have%20covered%20up%20their%20Harry,assume%20she%20has%20similar%20views%20to%20Rowling."><span style="font-weight: 400;">transphobia</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8221; to harsh</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/01/daniel-radcliffe-says-rupture-with-jk-rowling-over-trans-rights-is-really-sad"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">criticism</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who played Harry Potter in the movies.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rowling has been called derogatory names and had her physical safety</span><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jk-rowling-opens-up-about-threats"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">threatened</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> thousands of times over her opposition of gender ideology. And almost six years after publishing her initial essay, she&#8217;s still being criticized for supporting biological reality and women&#8217;s rights.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just last week, Andrew Garfield, a B-list actor best known for being Emma Stone&#8217;s</span><a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a65796803/emma-stone-andrew-garfield-spider-man-experience/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">ex-boyfriend</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, went viral for taking a dig at Rowling in an interview. Garfield called watching the Harry Potter movies &#8220;</span><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/andrew-garfield-harry-potter-daniel-radcliffe-jk-rowling-b2948074.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">controversial</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8221; and said, &#8220;We shouldn’t be, you know, putting money in the pocket of inhumane legislation right now through she that shall remain nameless.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rowling has a</span> <a href="https://jkrwf.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">fund</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that supports individuals and organizations &#8220;fighting to retain women’s and girls’ sex-based rights in all aspects of life.&#8221; Rowlings financially</span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/16/critics-of-trans-rights-win-uk-supreme-court-case-over-definition-of-woman"><span style="font-weight: 400;">supported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a group that won a U.K. Supreme Court case in 2025 that clarified the definition of &#8220;woman&#8221; should be based on biological sex in the U.K.&#8217;s Equality Act 2010.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to that win, Rowling tweeted a photo of herself, holding a drink and smoking a cigar, with the simple caption, &#8220;I love it when a plan comes together.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tuesday is Transgender Day of Visibility, a fake holiday</span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-history-behind-international-transgender-day-of-visibility"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">created by a man</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> pretending to be a woman, and I think it&#8217;s a perfect day to celebrate J.K. Rowling. Rowling is a real woman who has held the line on biological reality for us all. She has given the issue of gender ideology visibility in a way that only a</span> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/05/30/jk-rowling-is-a-billionaire-again/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">billionaire</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> cultural icon could.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She&#8217;s chosen to make herself visible, putting a target on her back, and has taken many arrows from angry transgender activists who have threatened her safety and tried to</span> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64729304"><span style="font-weight: 400;">destroy her legacy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In spite of it all, she&#8217;s carried on with a smile and a sharp sense of humor and has helped other women fighting similar battles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of her first acts of defiance against gender ideology happened in 2019 when Rowling defended</span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/01/maya-forstater-woman-who-lost-job-after-tweeting-view-on-biological-sex-awarded-100000-by-tribunal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maya Forstater</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a British researcher who lost her job for tweeting that a man cannot change his biological sex. She continues to face headwinds for women fighting for biological rights on the ground through the</span><a href="https://jkrwf.org/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">J.K. Rowling Women&#8217;s Fund</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rowling could have just chosen to stay quiet and enjoy life in her private Scottish castle. Instead, she chose to fight for and support those who don&#8217;t have the means or voice to fight alone. Those who give up their own comfort for the betterment of others are the kinds of historical figures that save civilizations. History will remember J. K. Rowling for doing her part.</span></p>


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<p>America&#8217;s most influential psychological association told The Daily Wire it still recommends children receive so-called gender affirming medical interventions, despite downplaying its support of child transgenderism in a letter to government <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/commissioners-staff/commissioners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officials</a><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/chairman-ferguson-gender-affirming-care-workshop-speech.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> investigating</a> fraud in pediatric gender medicine.</p>
<p>The American Psychological Association (APA) confirmed in a written statement that it continues to &#8220;support treatments for minors seeking gender affirming care&#8221; in alignment with its 2024 <a href="https://www.apa.org/about/policy/transgender-nonbinary-inclusive-care.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy statement,</a> which endorses minors receiving harmful gender medical interventions, condemns state laws banning child sex-changes, and says &#8220;non-affirmation&#8221; of a child&#8217;s transgender identity can cause &#8220;significant harm.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a September 2025 <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/American-Psychological-Assocation-Response-to-FTC-RFI_Gender-Affirming-Care-9-26-2025_Signature.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the Federal Trade Commission — which is actively investigating <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/06/ftc-announces-workshop-exploring-unfair-or-deceptive-trade-practices-gender-affirming-care-minors#:~:text=Home-,FTC%20Announces%20Workshop%20on%20Exploring%20Unfair%20or%20Deceptive%20Trade%20Practices,whistleblowers%2C%20detransitioners%2C%20and%20parents.&amp;text=Tags:,Health%20Care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unfair and deceptive</a> practices within the field of pediatric &#8220;gender affirming care&#8221; — the APA downplayed its support of &#8220;gender affirming care,&#8221; stating the primary role of a therapist treating children with gender dysphoria is assessment, not affirmation.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is important to stress that during the assessment and evaluation process, a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or the identification of a youth as gender-questioning is not an automatic or singular pathway to medical intervention or even social transitioning,&#8221; the letter reads.</p>
<p>This statement contradicts the idea that &#8220;non-affirmation&#8221; poses a direct harm to children, as included in the 2024 policy.</p>
<p>Kurt Miceli, the chief medical officer at Do No Harm, says the APA wants to &#8220;have it both ways.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The American Psychological Association continues its attempt at having it both ways,&#8221; Miceli told The Daily Wire. &#8220;In its 2024 Policy Statement, the APA explicitly endorses &#8216;medical gender‑affirming care,&#8217; even urging insurers to cover these interventions for minors.&#8221;</p>
<p>The APA told The Daily Wire the &#8220;2024 policy statement and the FTC letter are consistent&#8221; and that &#8220;both documents reflect APA&#8217;s consistent commitment to evidence-based psychological care.&#8221;</p>
<p>The APA is the latest medical group to try to shed its reputation for radical transgender ideology. When President Donald Trump returned to office, his administration purged gender ideology from the government and launched investigations into practices within pediatric gender medicine. Since then, gender clinics <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-across-u-s-stop-transitioning-children-after-trump-signs-order-protecting-kids">across the country</a> have closed their doors, while the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-fight-is-not-over-major-medical-org-rejects-transgender-surgeries-for-kids">American Society of Plastic Surgery</a> has backed away from supporting sex-rejecting procedures for minors.</p>
<p>&#8220;The APA’s 2024 and 2025 statements cannot be reconciled,&#8221; Miceli told The Daily Wire. &#8220;It is an audacious contradiction for the APA to try to claim that their definition of ‘affirming care’ means anything other than sex-rejecting interventions.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Daily Wire asked the APA how it simultaneously viewed the &#8220;non-affirmation&#8221; of a child&#8217;s gender identity as causing &#8220;significant harm&#8221; while recommending a psychologist&#8217;s role is to assess, rather than affirm, a child&#8217;s gender confusion. The Daily Wire also asked for clarity on what clinical standards the APA recommends to help therapists determine when non-affirmation of gender identity is harmful versus when it&#8217;s an appropriate part of a clinical assessment.</p>
<p>The APA did not provide a straightforward answer to these questions, but said, &#8220;In APA’s professional framework, affirming care does not mean a predetermined outcome, automatic validation of any particular intervention, or bypassing clinical judgment.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Daily Wire asked the APA if a therapist should withhold using a child&#8217;s preferred pronouns — a form of &#8220;social transition&#8221; — until the child undergoes an extensive assessment.</p>
<p>&#8220;Affirmation and assessment work together,&#8221; the APA told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Supporting a child does not mean steering them toward any particular outcome, and neither a diagnosis nor a youth’s questions about gender automatically lead to social or medical transition.&#8221;</p>
<p>The APA also said it &#8220;cautions that equating gender‑affirming care solely with medical transition can stigmatize and limit access to essential mental health services.&#8221;</p>
<p>With more than<a href="https://www.apa.org/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 190,000 members</a> nationwide, the APA has a far-reaching impact on the psychological field and the practice of therapy throughout the United States. The APA has received more than 20 million dollars in federal funding since 2020, according to a government transparency <a href="https://taggs.hhs.gov/Detail/RecipDetail?arg_EntityId=EiNnLpTBhhCS2ZCRaSuz3Q%3D%3D">website</a>.</p>


Pride Flags Above Regent Street In London

Your Therapist Is Being Told To ‘Affirm’ Child Transgenderism

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<p>COLUMBUS, OHIO—I just finished testifying for a bill that would make it illegal for the state government to rip children away from loving parents who refuse to &#8220;affirm&#8221; that child&#8217;s so-called &#8220;transgender identity.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not every day an investigative journalist weighs in on legislation like this. But this is different.</p>
<p>More than two years ago, I began investigating how transgender activists were working to weaponize child welfare systems against loving parents.</p>
<p>I was horrified by what I found.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/23/exclusive-child-services-dept-working-with-biden-harris-admin-tracked-trans-kids-on-secret-database/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cuyahoga County</a> Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) was chosen as one of four agencies nationwide to develop gender ideology-based child welfare interventions that suggest parents and caregivers who do not affirm a child’s sexual orientation or gender confusion are unsafe.</p>
<p>As part of its &#8220;Safe Identification&#8221; program, Cuyahoga County DCFS created a database that tracked the sexual orientation, transgender identity, and pronouns of children who interacted with the child welfare system. The database noted if parents were &#8220;accepting&#8221; or &#8220;rejecting&#8221; of their child&#8217;s gender identity. Parents who were &#8220;rejecting&#8221; could be referred to re-education programs where parents learned to &#8220;accept&#8221; their child&#8217;s transgender identity as a last resort before CPS stepped in and removed the child.</p>
<p>Some transgender activists believe refusing to affirm a child’s gender confusion is a form of<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-harris-hhs-consulted-activist-who-said-parents-should-be-prosecuted-for-transphobia" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> child abuse</a> and have even suggested families should be prosecuted as abusers for refusing to call their gender confused child the opposite sex.</p>
<p>Public records revealed that behind the scenes, members of the Cuyahoga County DCFS team were communicating with the Biden administration on how interventions like Safe Identification could be implemented at the federal level.</p>
<p>This would be insane regardless of where it was happening. But the fact that it&#8217;s been going on in a red state like Ohio is truly shocking.</p>
<p>As part of my reporting, I reached out to Ohio State Representative Gary Click and asked him to comment on what was happening in Cuyahoga County. He promised the Ohio legislature would not be idle while local government attempted to usurp the role of the family and harm children.</p>
<p>Click has kept that promise by co-sponsoring the<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-may-protect-parents-who-wont-affirm-their-childs-gender-identity" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Affirming Families First Act</a>, the bill I testified in favor of today. It states that parents have a right to use their child’s given name and correct pronouns, and prohibits state agencies from using state funds for training, education, or programming that characterizes affirming a child’s sex as abuse or neglect.</p>
<p>I’m proud to have played a part in this bill’s inspiration. As a mother, I know if we can’t protect our children from lies and raise them according to reality, without fear of retribution from the state, we no longer live in a free nation.</p>
<p>When the state strips custody from loving parents who simply don&#8217;t want to affirm their confused child&#8217;s gender delusions, it violates all the rights Americans hold dear: the freedoms of speech and religion first and foremost, as well as parental rights and medical freedom. All these protections are swiftly swept away as families are ripped apart and vulnerable youth are placed in the hands of transgender activists who encourage them to destroy their bodies.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve spoken with parents who’ve experienced this nightmare, and I wouldn&#8217;t wish their pain on my worst enemy. I want to see vulnerable children and families in our nation protected from this insanity, which is why I&#8217;ve traveled to Ohio to testify in favor of a bill that will protect parents who do not “affirm” their transgender-identifying children.</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t always a journalist. I&#8217;m a nurse by training, but switched careers when I realized the extent to which radical transgender ideology was endangering children. I&#8217;ve since spent hundreds of hours exposing the horrors of transgenderism because I understand stopping gender ideology is the most important issue of our time. If we can’t define the basic reality of the sexes, we can’t define anything.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump has kept his campaign promises to purge gender ideology from the federal government, but without legislation, these policies can be reversed as quickly as they were implemented.</p>
<p>Some parental rights advocates I&#8217;ve spoken with are concerned we are one election away from a full return to the transgender insanity we were living through just 15 months ago.</p>
<p>The transgender activists have lost some major battles under President Trump. But the war for sanity is raging on. We can&#8217;t let up on fighting gender ideology until it&#8217;s been returned to the pit of hell it came from.</p>


‘1 Million March for Children’ protest in Toronto

Why I Testified For A Bill That Would Stop The State From Taking Gender-Confused Kids From Parents

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<p>Less than a month before the 2024 presidential election, President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration brought together transgender activists, government officials, and major progressive philanthropists in what organizers dubbed a &#8220;speed dating&#8221; event.</p>
<p>The event, called “Our Family Values: Building the Evidence Base for Child Well-Being,” took place just three weeks before Americans would vote to send Donald Trump back to the White House following a campaign that revolved largely around radical gender ideology. But even as the election seemed to break against them, the Biden White House was working to match leaders of “family acceptance” child welfare programs with major funders of the LGBTQ movement, records show.</p>
<p>Biden officials viewed “family acceptance” of so-called gender identity as an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221204062339/https://mchb.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/mchb/programs-impact/edc-parental-acceptance.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">important</a> step in “preventing” LGBTQI+ children from entering foster care and wanted to further the impact of radical child welfare programs. The goal of the speed dating event was to expand child welfare programs that re-educate non-affirming parents to accept their child&#8217;s “LGBTQI+” identity, <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/Screenshot-.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">records</a> <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/Screenshot-7.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a>.</p>
<p>“We know that family support around LGBTQI+ identity, as early as possible, is a key protective factor against … entry into the child welfare and juvenile justice systems for LGBTQI+ youth,” Julie Kruse, a contracted senior advisor for the LGBTQI+ Initiatives, wrote in an <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/Screenshot-.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a> describing the event. “These programs are critical to preventing LGBTQI+ youth homelessness and entry into foster care.”</p>
<p>Angela Weeks, director of the <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity &amp; Expression Center,</a> was instrumental in setting up the event. On October 13, she sent an email to participants explaining how the &#8220;Partnership Speed Matching” would work.</p>
<p>“You will rotate between tables of philanthropic organizations and ACF leadership. They will be instructed to ask you and question they have of you during the 8-min discussion. When each rotation only has two minutes left, Marlene will give the 2-minute warning, which is the cue for you all to start discussing next steps/collaboration,” Weeks wrote in the <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/speed-date5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a>. “Try not to leave the table without a next step and a contact person. It will be the purveyor’s responsibility to follow-up.”</p>
<p>At least 14 donors were invited to participate in the speed dating event, along with government officials who came from the Administration for Children and Families, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, records show.</p>
<p>After the event, Kruse sent several follow-up <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/speed-date-6.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emails</a> <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/speed-date-7.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicating</a> the meeting was successful and that donors were interested in funding the family acceptance programs.</p>
<p>“Our great hope is that you made connections and identified resources at this event that will help you take actions to increase the availability of LGBTQI+ family support services, so that children can stay safely in their homes with families of origin and kin, preventing LGBTQI+ youth homelessness and entry into foster care,” wrote Kruse.</p>
<p>Some transgender activists believe refusing to affirm a child’s gender confusion is a form of child abuse. During a webinar hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services in the fall of 2023, one activist called “transphobia” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-harris-hhs-consulted-activist-who-said-parents-should-be-prosecuted-for-transphobia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">child abuse</a> and suggested families should be prosecuted as abusers for refusing to call their gender confused child the opposite sex.</p>
<p>“Biden promised to enforce LGBTQ ideology throughout government systems in his 2020 campaign platform, and no administration has done more damage to child welfare systems,” Laura Hanford, senior policy analyst at the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing, told The Daily Wire. “He funneled millions of dollars to toxic ideological training programs promoting the lie that raising a gender-confused child as his or her sex is abusive, and forcing parents to ‘transition’ their gender-confused children or lose them to the state.”</p>
<p>The organizers of the invitation-only October 16 event hoped to elevate “family acceptance programs” to the scientific standards of the <a href="https://preventionservices.acf.hhs.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prevention Services Clearinghouse</a>, a federal database of social services programming used by child welfare agencies across the country.</p>
<p>“October 16 will focus on building the evidence base (e.g., research, analysis, evaluation) for family support programs that would make them eligible for the Family First Prevention Services, a significant source of federal funds for prevention programs that meet a certain evidence threshold,” Kruse wrote.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://acf.gov/cb/title-iv-e-prevention-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Family First Prevention Services Act,</a> which became law in February 2018, diverted federal funds from supporting children in foster care to programs aimed at <a href="https://www.myflfamilies.com/kids/news/family-first-prevention-services-act-ffpsa#:~:text=The%20Family%20First%20Prevention%20Services%20Act%20(FFPSA),are%20imminent%20risk%20of%20entering%20foster%20care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preventing children</a> from entering state systems. The <a href="https://acf.gov/opre/project/title-iv-e-prevention-services-clearinghouse-2018-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prevention Services Clearinghouse</a> was established in accordance with the law to provide a systematic process to <a href="https://acf.gov/opre/project/title-iv-e-prevention-services-clearinghouse-2018-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rate and review</a> the quality of evidence supporting prevention programs. The database lists available programming with a rating of  “well-supported, supported, promising, or does not currently meet criteria,” according to its <a href="https://preventionservices.acf.hhs.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. States can receive <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10590" target="_blank" rel="noopener">federal reimbursement </a>for using programs approved by the Prevention Services Clearinghouse.</p>
<p>“The idea was that [the Clearinghouse] was going to give states a list of evidence-based programs that they could choose from and that they would be eligible to receive federal reimbursement if they used those programs,” Naomi Schaefer Riley, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told The Daily Wire. “If they passed, if they got the Clearinghouse stamp of approval, then states could kind of pick these programs off of a kind of shelf and say, ‘We&#8217;re going to use this one and we&#8217;ll get federal reimbursement for it.’&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;speed dating&#8221; event was co-sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Welfare League of America, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, the National Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity &amp; Expression Center, the Trevor Project, and Think of Us, records show.</p>
<p>Kruse personally invited Funders for LGBTQ Issues, a philanthropic organization that envisions a “world where all queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people are liberated, loved, valued, respected, and thriving,” to attend the meeting. The group gives approximately $200 million annually to LGBTQ issues, according to its <a href="https://lgbtfunders.org/about/about-mission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.</p>
<p>A representative from the organization wrote it was unable to attend the October 2024 meeting but hoped they could “remain in touch to identify future ways we can partner together to advance our shared goals,” emails show. In response, Kruse set up a personal meeting between the Funders for LGBTQ Issues, the Administration for Children and Families, and Weeks.</p>
<p>The Funders for LGBTQ Issues did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.</p>
<p>The National SOGIE Center is home to a group of activists working to transform social services nationwide through gender affirming programs, many of which are available on its <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/programs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. Members of the group <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/14/activists-behind-biden-harris-foster-care-regulation-want-to-strip-custody-from-non-affirming-parents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked hand in hand</a> with the Biden administration to inform its September 2023 <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/28/2023-21274/safe-and-appropriate-foster-care-placement-requirements-for-titles-iv-e-and-iv-b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">regulation</a> requiring foster care families to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/states-press-hhs-over-illegal-rule-that-could-force-foster-care-providers-to-facilitate-trans-procedures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirm</a> a child’s gender confusion.</p>
<p>Weeks had a working relationship with Kruse that was critical in organizing the “Our Family Values” event, records reveal.</p>
<p>In July 2024, Kruse <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/speed-date-8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emailed</a> Weeks and officials from the Administration for Children and Families, HHS, and NIH, to lay the groundwork for the event. The pair stayed in regular communication through November 2024, records show.</p>
<p>The “Our Family Values” event was focused on three programs: Chosen Affirming Finding Family, Youth Acceptance Project, and AFFIRM Caregiver programs, which are all affiliated with the National Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity &amp; Expression Center.</p>
<p>The Chosen Affirming Finding Family <a href="https://www.kinnect.org/what-we-do/safe-affirmed-youth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">program</a> helps “LGBTQ+ young people” identify “chosen family” who can provide them support and “works with those people to help them understand the young person’s LGBTQ+ identity and the best ways to affirm and support them with their identity and transition into adulthood,” according to a SOGIE Center <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAFF-1-pager-PDF.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://familybuilders.org/programs-services/youth-acceptance-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Youth Acceptance Project</a> is a program that re-educates parents of children who are “at risk” of entering the child welfare system due to “family stress” surrounding the child’s gender identity.</p>
<p>“The YAP social workers/clinicians provide a trauma-informed, psycho-educational model while partnering with parents/caregivers; supporting them to process misinformation, resistance, fear, and grief that families often struggle with when they learn that their child is LGBTQ+,” a National Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity &amp; Expression Center <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/YAP-1-pager-PDF.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a> reads. “The Youth Acceptance Project is designed to work both with families of children already in, or at risk of entering, the child welfare system due to family stress resulting from their child’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.”</p>
<p>Finally, the Affirm Caregiver <a href="https://www.affirmativeresearch.net/register/p/affirm-caregiver-june-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">program</a> is an educational intervention that enhances “affirmative parenting practices that promote the safety and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth,” according to a National Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity &amp; Expression Center <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/programs/affirm-caregiver/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a>.</p>
<p>Parents across the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/murdered-by-gender-ideology-mother-whose-daughter-committed-suicide-blasts-child-protective-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">country</a> have had their children taken away by child <a href="https://becketfund.org/case/m-c-and-j-c-v-indiana-department-of-child-services/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welfare</a> <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/17/exclusive-gender-confused-kids-taken-non-affirming-parents-one-family-fight-son-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">services</a> for affirming their child’s sex.</p>
<p>President Trump called for federal action to protect the rights of parents to affirm the true sex of a gender confused child in his recent State of the Union address.</p>
<p>“Surely we can all agree no state can be allowed to rip children from their parents’ arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents’ will,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Who would believe that we’re even talking about it? We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Trump administration is taking action to stop the spread of child welfare family acceptance programs.</p>
<p>The Clearinghouse <a href="https://preventionservices.acf.hhs.gov/programs-planned-review" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> notes that the <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/programs/affirm-youth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFFIRM Youth</a>, a sister program of <a href="https://sogiecenter.org/programs/affirm-caregiver/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFFIRM Caregiver</a>, was “removed from the working list of programs and services planned for systematic review,” in accordance with Executive Order 14151.</p>
<p>The Administration for Children and Families at HHS has also alerted all 50 states that affirming “biological reality” does not constitute child abuse or neglect under federal laws. It has also encouraged states to clearly define the terms “abuse” and “neglect,” saying these definitions should clarify that affirming a child’s sex and “refusing to condone sex-rejecting interventions” does not constitute abuse.</p>
<p>The Trump administration has since &#8220;rescinded a Biden-era rule that required prospective foster families to affirm support for a child’s gender transition or sexual orientation in order to receive federal funding,&#8221; Health and Human Services Press Secretary Emily G. Hilliard told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;This requirement discouraged many faith-based families from participating in foster care at a time when the nation is experiencing a record year-over-year decline in foster families. By removing this barrier, ACF is expanding the pool of qualified caregivers and reinforcing its commitment to biological reality, parental rights, and equal access to the foster care system.&#8221;</p>
<p>“The child welfare actions of the Trump and Biden administrations are diametrically opposed,&#8221; Hanford told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Biden&#8217;s programs embedded toxic gender ideology in child welfare systems, leading to gender-confused children being ripped from parents who simply affirmed the reality of their sex. Trump, in contrast, is taking major steps to protect such families from being ripped apart.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Daily Wire reached out to the organizations named in public records as possible attendees of the October 16, 2024, event.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for Arnold Ventures confirmed it does not fund the family acceptance programs seeking funding at the October 16, 2024, event.</p>
<p>The Annie E. Casey Foundation told The Daily Wire, “Due to our longstanding expertise in child welfare, over the years the Foundation has frequently been invited by the administrations of both parties to events on topics related to foster care and family well-being. As part of that ongoing engagement, a Foundation representative attended the signing of President Trump’s ‘Fostering the Future’ executive order in November 2025.”</p>
<p>A representative from Blue Meridian Partners told The Daily Wire the invited representative did not attend the event and that it has not considered for funding or funded the organizations or programs discussed at the &#8220;Our Family Values&#8221; event.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire requested a comment from the Pritzker Foster Care Initiative, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Welfare League of America, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, the National Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity &amp; Expression Center, the Trevor Project, Think of Us, Angela Weeks, Julie Kruse, Family Builders (YAP program), Kinnect (CAFF program) and Affirmative Research for comment but did not receive a response.</p>


President Biden Hosts Pride Month Celebration Event

Biden Admin Hosted ‘Speed Dating’ Event For Trans Activists With One Rule

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<p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) is defending gender clinicians in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a female detransitioner who received harmful testosterone treatments while experiencing dissociative identity disorder.</p>
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<p>Layton Ulery had eight documented personalities and was &#8220;practically and legally disabled&#8221; when she was prescribed sex-rejecting testosterone by <a href="https://www.vistaclinicalresearchgroup.com/jason-rafferty">Dr. Jason Rafferty</a> at the <a href="https://www.thundermisthealth.org/about-us/mission-vision-values/">Thundermist Health Center</a> (HC) in Rhode Island, according to her November 2025 <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/1-1-Ex.-A-Second-Amended-Complaint.pdf">lawsuit</a>. Rafferty, the <a href="https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/12710/Pediatricians-are-key-in-supporting-transgender">lead author</a> of the American Academy of Pediatrics gender transition <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for?autologincheck=redirected">policy</a>, recognized Ulery&#8217;s deeply troubled mental state but still recommended she start testosterone, according to the lawsuit.</p>
<p>&#8220;To take me when I was in such a vulnerable state and essentially give me no hope whatsoever that it was ever possible for me to recover and to sentence me to a life of health issues and permanent physical damage &#8230; I just think it is so heinous,&#8221; Ulery told The Daily Wire. &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe that it was ever allowed to happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Thundermist HC is part of the <a href="https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/federally-qualified-health-center-fqhc/">Federally Qualified Health Center</a> program that <a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title42/chapter6A/subchapter2/partD&amp;edition=prelim">funds</a> nonprofit community health clinics providing essential healthcare services to vulnerable populations. The program is run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).</p>
<p>HRSA-funded <a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/about-health-center-program">health centers</a> and their employees are treated as <a href="https://www.usphs.gov/">public</a> health employees and receive medical malpractice liability coverage from the federal government, in accordance with the <a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/ftca">Federal Tort Claims Act</a> (FTCA). Under the FTCA, those harmed by federal employees can <a href="https://www.opm.gov/about-us/get-help/federal-tort-claims-act/#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Tort%20Claims%20Act%20(FTCA)%20sets,act%20proximately%20caused%20the%20injury%20or%20damage">seek compensation</a> from the federal government rather than the individual who committed the tort, according to <a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/ftca/what-ftca">HRSA</a>&#8216;s website.</p>
<p>&#8220;A covered entity or individual is immune and will not be financially liable for any claims arising from covered activities,&#8221; states the HRSA <a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/ftca/what-ftca">website</a>. &#8220;Covered activities are acts or omissions in the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions resulting in personal injury, including death, and occurring within the scope of employment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Legal documents show DOJ attorneys are representing Thundermist HC and its affiliates in Ulery&#8217;s malpractice lawsuit in accordance with the FTCA.</p>
<p>Ulery&#8217;s lawsuit was initially filed in October 2023 and bounced between state and federal courts for nearly two years before her federal claims were dismissed in September 2025. Ulery amended her complaint in November 2025, and the case was transferred back to federal court. DOJ attorneys recently moved to <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/7-Def-MTD-2.20.26.pdf">dismiss</a> Ulery&#8217;s case with prejudice, while Ulery is asking that the parties be allowed to engage in mediation.</p>
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<p>Josh Payne, <span class="gmail-nap-item gmail-nap-item--name">PLLC</span>, Ulery&#8217;s lawyer, told The Daily Wire he believes the DOJ&#8217;s actions in this case do not reflect the Trump administration&#8217;s commitment to stopping gender ideology.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Trump Administration is not practicing what it preaches in this particular circumstance,&#8221; Payne told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to get a grip on this case and instruct her staff to negotiate with us and try to resolve this case without further burdening the court,&#8221; Payne told The Daily Wire. &#8220;This is not what federal tax dollars should be spent on to defend. It’s bad enough tax dollars were used to fund the mistreatment Layton experienced at the federally-funded clinic. The administration should be protecting vulnerable people like Layton, not fighting them.”</p>
<p>The DOJ told The Daily Wire it is &#8220;fundamentally opposed&#8221; to gender ideology and stated that Ulery filed her claims outside the statute of limitations.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Department is fundamentally opposed to woke gender ideology and is using every legal and law enforcement tool available to protect youth from being mutilated under the guise of ‘care.’ Any suggestion otherwise is patently false,” a DOJ spokesperson told The Daily Wire. “As the Department has stated through filings and to counsel, the U.S. has moved to dismiss Ms. Ulery’s case because her claims are procedurally barred by the statute of limitations and failure to exhaust.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ulery&#8217;s legal team argued the statute of limitations should be extended because the tort occurred when she could not realize she&#8217;d been harmed due to her incapacitated mental state, court <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/8-Response-to-US-MTD-Ulery-25-cv-00619.pdf">documents</a> show.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dr. Rafferty and others at Thundermist misled Layton into believing the testosterone would cure her mental health problems. She had no reason to think the testosterone could harm her. It was only when she heard stories of other detransitioners that she discovered testosterone can harm women like her,&#8221; Payne told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>&#8220;All of the people that I was surrounded by were essentially people who were dissociated from reality, which was certainly not helpful in the circumstance that I was in,&#8221; Ulery told The Daily Wire. &#8220;No one even presented me with the idea that healing was possible.&#8221;</p>
<p>The lawsuit describes that Ulery escaped a cult from which she suffered 18 years of &#8220;physical, sexual, and psychological torment&#8221; and later sought the help of a therapist for her severe Dissociative Identity Disorder. Her therapist &#8220;began convincing Layton that she was a transgender man and in need of further medicalization&#8221; and referred her to <a href="https://www.thundermisthealth.org/about-us/mission-vision-values/">Thundermist HC</a> for sex-rejecting medical treatment, according to the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Thundermist HC removed a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250414024516/https://www.thundermisthealth.org/services/trans-health-access/">webpage</a> devoted to &#8220;Trans Health Access&#8221; that was saved in the Internet Archive on April 14, 2025. The Daily Wire asked the clinic if it still provides so-called gender affirming medical interventions, but it did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire asked HRSA to clarify if HRSA-funded clinics could provide so-called gender affirming care, but did not receive clarification. A HRSA representative told The Daily Wire it &#8220;does not comment on pending litigation and defers any questions regarding Federal Tort Claims Act litigation to the Department of Justice.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ulery has reclaimed her female identity and no longer experiences dissociation; however, she still suffers from irreversible effects of testosterone treatments, including body disfigurement, ongoing estrogen deficiencies, and chronic inflammation of her vocal cords.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every single day I wake up with a sore throat. Not only is it sore but my vocal cords are chronically inflamed, and I lose my voice very easily,&#8221; Ulery told The Daily Wire. &#8220;I am just asking for the consideration of the settlement for there to be some level of accountability because I think it was beyond unacceptable.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Her case should be resolved. We should not even be having a discussion about this. The parties should be able to work this out and get it settled,&#8221; Payne told The Daily Wire.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire tried to reach Dr. Jason Rafferty through his employer, Brown Health, but did not receive a response.</p>
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<p>Scrolling through social media can make you feel like the world has gone mad. But this month, that might be a good thing.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s officially the time of year when Americans come together to celebrate a very specific kind of madness: March Madness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the next three weeks, Republicans and Democrats will unite in their passion for the single-elimination, multi-week tournament competition between the top 68 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men&#8217;s college basketball teams, euphemistically known as “March Madness” or “</span><a href="https://fansided.com/2018/03/11/why-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-called-big-dance/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Big Dance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">College basketball fans across the nation will come together this month to root for the underdog team, yell at referees when they make bad calls, and be amazed by the beautiful game of basketball.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Making it to “The Big Dance” is the fantasy of every kid who’s played basketball in high school, but it&#8217;s one that few achieve. Only 1% of male high school basketball athletes go on to play</span><a href="https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2015/3/2/estimated-probability-of-competing-in-college-athletics.aspx"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">at the Division 1</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> level, and even fewer get the chance to play in the tournament. Stepping onto a March Madness court is a dream come true for college athletes, and teams play with a level of energy and heart rarely seen in professional sports.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top-seeded teams have the advantage of playing lower-seeded teams in the early rounds, which should make their path toward the championship easier. But in basketball, when five players work hard and play as a unified team, they can defeat a team of more talented superstars resting on their laurels.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The tournament is known for thrilling upset victories and Cinderella stories. You can anticipate, with reasonable certainty, that at some point during the tournament a low-seeded David is going to defeat a top-seeded Goliath in an epic, all-heart, buzzer-beating win. It’s complete madness. And that’s why it’s so fun to watch.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While most of us have never stepped foot on a college basketball court, we’ve found a way to feel like a March Madness winner by participating in the beloved tradition of “filling out a bracket.” This is the vernacular to describe trying to predict the outcome of all</span><a href="https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracketiq/2026-02-18/perfect-ncaa-bracket-absurd-odds-march-madness-dream#:~:text=MORE:%20This%20is%20the%20longest,have%20some%20fun%20with%20it."> <span style="font-weight: 400;">63 single-elimination</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> games played during the tournament. The NCAA has no verified record of a</span><a href="https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48214906/march-madness-ncaa-men-women-tournament-seeding-brackets"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">perfect bracket</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ever existing. The odds of completing a perfect bracket are</span><a href="https://abc11.com/post/march-madness-101-ncaa-tournament-format-history-facts/18720731/#:~:text=The%20NCAA%20estimates%20that%20there,sport%20and%20its%20surrounding%20factors."><span style="font-weight: 400;"> estimated</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to be 1 in 120.2 billion, if you’re making educated guesses. Those odds worsen to</span><a href="https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracketiq/2026-02-18/perfect-ncaa-bracket-absurd-odds-march-madness-dream"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 1 in 9.2 quintillion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if you’re making picks based on a coin toss.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I started filling out a March Madness bracket as a 10-year-old in the ’90s, and, while I’ve never come close to perfection, I have a lot of happy memories of the process. Back then, you couldn’t instantly print a bracket on Sunday night when the tournament teams were announced. You had to wait until Monday morning, when the entire bracket was printed in a special March Madness edition of USA Today. My dad would come home from work that evening with a stack of special March Madness edition USA Today newspapers. As a college basketball-loving ’90s kid with no internet, I was thrilled to read that newspaper.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every year, I’d watch the tournament with my dad. Looking back, I don’t remember many specific games, players, or winning teams during the hundreds of hours of basketball we watched. What I remember is being allowed to stay up way past my bedtime on a school night to watch the 1993 championship game. I remember my dad, a Villanova fan, retelling the story every year of when an</span><a href="https://www.ncaa.com/basketball-men/d1/villanova-college-basketball-championships-complete-history#:~:text=April%201%2C%201985%20(NCAA%20tournament,Ed%20Pinckney%20added%2016%20points.&amp;text=Your%20browser%20can't%20play%20this%20video.&amp;text=An%20error%20occurred.,is%20disabled%20in%20your%20browser."> <span style="font-weight: 400;">8th-seeded Villanova</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> team won the national championship in 1985. I remember trash-talking my brother when the team he picked to win the entire tournament went out in the second round.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While I genuinely love basketball, the memories of being together with family and friends are the real reason I&#8217;m such a fan of the March Madness tournament. Sports create a shared experience and give us a reason to come together as families, communities, and Americans. This is as important as ever in today’s world, where we are chronically online and constantly reminded of the deep divisions in our nation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And as we root for the underdogs this March, it&#8217;s worth remembering that America is the ultimate underdog story. ​Growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs minutes away from the location of George Washington&#8217;s famous 1776 crossing of the Delaware River, I&#8217;ve long viewed that night as one of the greatest underdog stories — even better than Villanova&#8217;s victory as an 8th-seeded tournament team.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington’s army was struggling, and</span><a href="https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/cross-with-us/history/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">morale was low</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when he led a group of battered soldiers to take on the polished Hessian troops stationed in and around Trenton, New Jersey. The Hessians severely</span><a href="https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/hessians-fortify-trenton/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">underestimated</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Washington and his army, to their great peril. The American underdogs stunned the British-supporting troops and handed them a swift defeat during the</span><a href="https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/battle-of-trenton?gad_campaignid=203226191&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADye4kE-TdbkdYh800YTBjgqe7P4d&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwjtTNBhB0EiwAuswYhvzohJnqxneajUCcovmnlh2M6djUTpkR1TDO4xbHGUmQeqs6M6zIYxoCSTAQAvD_BwE"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Battle of Trenton</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that provided a critical boost for the fledgling nation. America has a history of defeating Goliaths and winning big, against all odds, when we work together to protect freedom and liberty.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As finding common ground becomes increasingly difficult, watching March Madness with a friend, a neighbor, or even a stranger might be the doomscrolling antidote America needs right now. When we gather to watch the tenacity, camaraderie, and excellence of top athletes competing this March, may we be reminded of our shared humanity that’s deeper than any political divide. The freedom to disagree is a hallmark of our democracy. May we work harder than any sports team out there to keep it.</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</span></i></p>
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