Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> signed a bill Thursday making California a sanctuary state for child gender surgery.
The new law restricts California officials and health providers from cooperating with out-of-state attempts to stop a child from getting gender health services, which could include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or gender surgery.
“In California we believe in equality and acceptance. We believe that no one should be prosecuted or persecuted for getting the care they need — including gender-affirming care,” Newsom said in a signing message.
“Parents know what’s best for their kids, and they should be able to make decisions around the health of their children without fear. We must take a stand for parental choice,” the governor added.
The <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB107" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> prohibits health care providers from releasing medical information about a child receiving gender health services in response to a criminal or civil action from a state where such care is restricted.
The bill also bans police from arresting or extraditing someone based on another state&#8217;s restrictions for providing gender health services to a child. The law also prohibits California officials from enforcing another state&#8217;s order that a child be removed from parents who allow the child to receive gender health services.
Critics have sounded the alarm over several clauses in the bill that deal with custody of children who are receiving gender health services.
The law authorizes a court to take &#8220;temporary jurisdiction because a child has been unable to obtain gender-affirming health care.&#8221;
The law also prohibits a court from &#8220;considering the taking or retention of a child from a person who has legal custody of the child, if the taking or retention was for obtaining gender-affirming health care or mental health care.&#8221;
The bill, Senate Bill 107, was sponsored by state Senator Scott Wiener (D), who represents San Francisco.
In 2020, Wiener sponsored another law Newsom signed that says adults who have oral or anal sex with a child ten years younger than them may not have to register as sex offenders, leaving that decision to a judge. The law supposedly addressed discrimination against LGBT people.
Before his bill was passed, Wiener acknowledged that the Constitution limits what they are able to do with this bill.
“We may have limits under the U.S. Constitution, but we are going to go right up to the edge of what we’re able to do to protect them and say, ‘Unless we are absolutely forced to send you back, we are not going to send you back,’” Wiener <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-29/with-new-law-california-welcomes-out-of-state-transgender-youth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Wiener is a long-time advocate on LGBT issues and has participated in several of San Francisco&#8217;s LGBT celebrations over the years.
Last week, Wiener attended San Francisco&#8217;s &#8220;Leather Pride Week,&#8221; where he <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1574161185351421952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1574161185351421952%7Ctwgr%5E2a7196984536548cf11a99f63c11a9e9e5d10ef3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.queerty.com%2Fsenator-scott-wiener-posts-shirtless-folsom-pic-right-wingers-explode-20220927" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posed</a> shirtless with four leather-wearing men. He also <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/777579947049136128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attended</a> in 2016.
Conservative groups have slammed the bill as infringing on the rights of parents to protect their children from harmful medical procedures.
“SB 107 is one of the gravest threats to parental rights in recent years,” <a href="https://www.californiafamily.org/2022/08/victory-and-defeat-for-parental-rights-in-sacramento/">said</a> Jonathan Keller, president of California Family Council.
“If Governor Newsom foolishly signs this measure, California should brace for lawsuits. Other states’ Attorneys General will not sit idly by as California steals children from parents who don’t want them sterilized with these trans-treatments.”
The law may indeed face legal challenges, since federal requirements <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-29/with-new-law-california-welcomes-out-of-state-transgender-youth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">say</a> states must recognize other states&#8217; laws when residents travel.
Earlier this year, California established itself as a sanctuary state for abortion. Newsom signed a slate of abortion bills designed to strengthen protections around abortion in the state.
One of the bills prohibits California police from cooperating with other states’ investigations related to abortions.

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Virgin Atlantic announced on Wednesday that pilots and other employees are allowed to wear uniforms that correspond with their “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">gender identity</a>” — an action that comes as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/air-travel">airline</a> struggles to turn a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/business">profit</a>.
Pilots, crew, and members of the Virgin Atlantic ground team are permitted to wear clothes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/male-pilots-can-wear-skirts-now-on-virgin-atlantic-flights">belonging to the opposite sex</a>, meaning that men will be able to don the red jackets and skirts designed for women, who can in turn wear the burgundy trousers and blazers meant for men.
“Reflecting the diversity of the workforce and in a move that cements its position as the most inclusive airline in the skies, Virgin Atlantic will offer its people a fluid approach to its red and burgundy uniforms, meaning LGBTQ+ colleagues will be able to choose either the red or the burgundy uniform, depending on which best reflects themselves,” the company said in a <a href="https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/media/press-releases/virgin-atlantic-updates-gender-identity-policy.html">statement</a>, which added that employees can now wear badges declaring their preferred pronouns.
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We’ve changed our uniform code to give our crew, pilot and ground teams the option to choose which of our iconic uniforms, designed by Vivienne Westwood, best represents them 👠 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeeTheWorldDifferently?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SeeTheWorldDifferently</a> <a href="https://t.co/dbCP4WxObl">pic.twitter.com/dbCP4WxObl</a>
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The push toward inclusivity occurs as Virgin Atlantic battles to turn a profit. The airline, which has not been in the black since 2016, reported £594 million — roughly $659 million — in losses before taxes and exceptional items last year. “While we have learned we can’t predict the future and there will be significant challenges ahead, the outlook is full of promise,” Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss said in an April <a href="https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/media/press-releases/virgin-atlantic-ltd-2021-financial-results.html">press release</a>. “This will be the year we get back to our very best for our people and our customers.”
At the end of 2021, Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson was forced to inject £204 million amid turbulence in the travel sector, while Delta Air Lines — which owns the other 49% of the company — contributed £196 million, according to a <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d4e3ed6a-3de8-4fdc-959b-87f145cb2d4a">report</a> from Financial Times.
Though many Americans want companies to advance agendas beyond their bottom lines, an exclusive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-by-two-to-one-margin-investors-reject-woke-companies-pushing-political-causes">poll</a> from The Daily Wire showed that most investors would rather see companies pursue profits instead of pontificating on social policy. While 29% of respondents to the poll agreed it is a “good thing” for companies to use their financial power for political or social causes supported by executives, 58% — twice as many — said it is a “bad thing.”
Several high-profile companies have faced criticism from consumers in recent years over the promotion of homosexuality and transgenderism. Insurance company State Farm was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-state-farm-backs-down-on-donating-transgender-books-for-five-year-olds-to-schools">forced to back down</a> after outrage over its plan to donate books about transgenderism to schools and public libraries for children as young as five years old, while domestic subscription growth at entertainment conglomerate Disney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-subscriptions-at-ultra-woke-disney-slow-to-a-crawl-after-company-loses-left-wing-political-battles">slowed to a crawl</a> after executives campaigned against parental rights legislation.
Earlier this year, Virgin Atlantic also became the first British airline to permit visible tattoos among members of its customer-facing teams. “Many people use tattoos to express their unique identities and our customer-facing and uniformed colleagues should not be excluded from doing so if they choose,” Virgin Atlantic Chief People Officer Estelle Hollingsworth remarked in a <a href="https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/latest/virgin-atlantic-relaxes-tattoo-policy-for-employees">statement</a>. “That&#8217;s why, in line with our focus on inclusion and championing individuality, we&#8217;re relaxing our tattoo restrictions for all our people. We&#8217;re proud to be the airline that sees the world differently and allows our people to truly be themselves.”
Three years ago, Virgin Atlantic <a href="https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/media/press-releases/pride-flight.html">hosted a flight</a> to New York City “staffed entirely by LGBT+ pilots and cabin crew” — an experience meant to celebrate the arrival of World Pride 2019 in the Big Apple. Passengers partook in speed dating, drag queen performances, and a Judy Garland singalong. “We take our commitments to diversity and inclusion seriously, but you can rest assured we have a lot of fun along the way,” Virgin Group Global LGBT Lead Mark Anderson said.

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According to the most recent data released by the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the U.K.’s Tavistock Centre, child and adolescent referrals have doubled compared to the previous year. GIDS now estimates 5,000+ children and adolescents sought gender-related services in 2021-2022, a 112% increase from 2020-2021.
GIDS saw a slight dip during the pandemic from 2020-2021 with 2,401 new referrals compared to recent years of 2,750+ referrals. The gender clinic <a href="https://gids.nhs.uk/about-us/number-of-referrals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially reported</a> in June their 2021-2022 data approximated 3,585 new patients, but an additional 1,500 referrals were later included in a July <a href="https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/about-us/news/stories/regional-model-for-gender-care-announced-for-children-and-young-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
“Referrals to our Gender Identity Development Service stood at over 3,500. In addition, the referral support service set up by NHS England for GP referrals recorded over 1,500 referrals,” reads the press statement.
The Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (<a href="https://segm.org/">SEGM</a>), an international group of over 100 clinicians and researchers, released a new graph on Thursday to illustrate the steep increase. 
<div id="attachment_443968" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-443968" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-443968 " src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fd1bDD7WIAIpR54.jpeg" alt="" width="714" height="730" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Fd1bDD7WIAIpR54.jpeg 1184w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Fd1bDD7WIAIpR54-294x300.jpeg 294w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Fd1bDD7WIAIpR54-564x576.jpeg 564w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Fd1bDD7WIAIpR54-768x785.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />New graph reflected recent data on gender clinic referrals, created by the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine segm.org</div>
GIDS is reporting exponentially more cases of unknown sex.  Furthermore, the additional 1500+ referrals are from a different source, and SEGM&#8217;s chart states that it does not currently have the age and sex breakdown of those cases. “The lack of quality data on the sex of referrals is concerning since it obscures the trend that has been observed since 2012-13, when adolescent females first began to comprise the majority of GIDS referrals,” said SEGM.
“Our stacked area chart also shows that adolescent females 12-17 continue to dominate the referral activity at 1759 cases,” said SEGM. “But a new trend is also emerging: increasing numbers of referrals are not recorded by natal sex. In 2021-22, a total of 779 referrals were of unknown sex.”
It is unclear why data on natal sex was not recorded. One possibility is that researchers left this data out of their report because they did not distinguish between a patient’s sex and self-reported “gender identity,” rendering the data meaningless. Another possibility is that sex was not recorded because of the belief held by many gender activists that males and females are meaningless “social constructs.” However, simple incompetence cannot be entirely ruled out.
SEGM also tweeted that because GIDs had to rely on a new referral service (Arden &amp; GEM) to handle gender-related child and adolescent referrals, it “speaks to the degree of overwhelm faced by GIDS” regarding the skyrocketing trend.
“While these data are UK-specific, other Western countries are likely experiencing similar trends. It&#8217;s vital to investigate the cause of the sharp rise in gender dysphoria in youth, in order to identify safe and effective treatment approaches that prioritize long-term health,” SEGM <a href="https://twitter.com/segm_ebm/status/1575517762050576384?s=20&amp;t=-L5ikmn_8zE9O3mteS7AgA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Twitter.
In July, Britain’s National Health Service announced their plans to close down the Gender Identity and Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock Centre in London in spring of 2023. According to a <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, employees were pressured to adopt an “unquestioning affirmative approach.” As a consequence, once children and young people were identified as having “gender-related distress,” their other mental health needs could “sometimes be overlooked.”

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The new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> docuseries “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story</a>” is a huge success for the streaming platform, but some fans were upset with how it was tagged in their library.
Initially, the story of one of America’s most notorious <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/serial-killer">serial killers </a>came up under the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBTQ</a>” tag, along with other titles such as “Heartstopper,” “Sex Education,” and “AJ the Queen,” the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-09-27/netflix-jeffrey-dahmer-show-lgbtq-tag">reported</a>. But now, Netflix has changed that after getting a lot of backlash via social media.
“If I need to stay in my lane absolutely tell me but anyone else think it’s pretty gross of @netflix to list Dahmer under #LGBTQ, especially when the True Crime tag would have worked?,” writer Frances Danger <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesMFDanger/status/1572689081460719616">tweeted</a> just after the series premiere. 
A TikTok user conceded that even though it’s “technically true” the series qualified as LGBTQ because Dahmer was gay, that doesn’t make it right. “This is not the representation we’re looking for,” the poster <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@lizthelezbo/video/7145976046012173574">continued</a>. 
As of Tuesday, Netflix had removed the LGBTQ tag and classified “Monster” as “Crime TV Shows” and “Social Issue Drama,” the publication reported.
This isn’t the only controversy that the new Dahmer series faces. Prior to its release, some critics claimed “Monster” never should have been made in the first place because it exploited gay, black men, who were the main targets of the real-life serial killer. 
The cousin of one of the victims posted to Twitter claiming the series brought up negative feelings for their family. 
“I’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge rn, but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are pissed about this show. It’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?” Eric Perry tweeted the day after the series debuted, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-cruel-victims-family-member-not-happy-about-new-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story-documentary">reported</a>.
“Like recreating my cousin having an emotional breakdown in court in the face of the man who tortured and murdered her brother is WILD. WIIIIIILD,” Perry shared alongside side by side clips from real-life courtroom footage and scenes from the docuseries.
Former Milwaukee District Attorney Michael McCann, who prosecuted Dahmer in the 90s, also criticized “Monster” for portraying law enforcement as turning a blind eye to crimes against gay and black men. Per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/28/jeffrey-dahmer-prosecutor-denies-racial-homophobic-bias-police/">TMZ</a>, McCann says that wasn’t how the case was handled in real life.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> lawmakers are revisiting the possibility of legislation to crack down on child gender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transitions</a> after the release of multiple videos related to Vanderbilt Medical Center&#8217;s so-called gender-affirming care.
The governor and state lawmakers said this week that they are discussing legislative solutions after video footage showed a doctor calling certain transgender surgeries “huge money makers” and a health law expert saying conscientious objections to the surgeries are “problematic.”
This week, a groundswell of lawmakers demanded an investigation into the Pediatric Transgender Clinic, one of two transgender clinics at the medical center, after an exposé on transgender surgeries from Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. The other clinic is for adults.
On Wednesday, Walsh <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1572684341070757893">said</a> he had met with state Rep. William Lamberth (R-TN) and state Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-TN) to discuss a potential bill. &#8220;We are working on a bill to shut down Vanderbilt’s child gender transition program and ban the practice in the state. Tennesseans do not want this barbarism in our state. We will put a stop to it,&#8221; Walsh tweeted.
Governor Bill Lee&#8217;s (R-TN) office said he is in contact with the state&#8217;s top lawmakers about potential legislation as well.
“We should not allow permanent, life altering decisions that hurt children, like we saw on display at VUMC. The Governor is in communication with Leader Johnson and Leader Lamberth about legislative solutions, and we look forward to working with them and many other Tennesseans who are passionate about protecting children,&#8221; Casey Sellers, a spokeswoman for the governor, said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
The pediatric gender clinic at VUMC performs “gender-affirming” double mastectomies on minor girls and offers puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors as well, Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wave-of-lawmakers-demanding-investigation-into-vanderbilt-pediatric-gender-clinic">noted</a>.
In one video uncovered by Walsh, a Vanderbilt doctor affiliated with the adult transgender clinic, but not the pediatric one, can be seen emphasizing the dollar signs around gender surgery.
“It’s a lot of money. These surgeries make a lot of money,” VUMC Clinic for Transgender Health’s Dr. Shayne Sebold Taylor said in one video.
Taylor said that “gender-affirming” double mastectomies could bring in $40,000, and a female-to-male phalloplasty could bring in upwards of $100,000.
Another doctor associated with the hospital says that objecting to gender surgery for religious or other reasons should have “consequences.”
“I just want you to take home that saying that you’re not going to do something because of your religious beliefs is not without consequences and it should not be without consequences,” said Vanderbilt health law expert and pediatrician Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton.
“If you don’t want to do this kind of work, don’t work at Vanderbilt,” Clayton added.
Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2696.pdf">a bill</a> that would have banned gender surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for minors died in the Tennessee legislature after it failed to garner enough Republican support.
The ill-fated Youth Health Protection Act was sponsored by state Sen. Janice Bowling (R).
Another <a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0126">bill</a> that made it into law last year banned cross-sex hormones for prepubescent children. However, cross-sex hormones are not commonly prescribed to prepubescent gender-dysphoric youth, who would be more likely to receive a prescription for puberty blockers.
Bowling described last year&#8217;s bill as &#8220;worse than nothing&#8221; since, in her view, it tacitly approved cross-sex hormones for older children.
&#8220;It was a smoke and mirror bill. In the appearance of preventing something, it actually tacitly enabled something,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire.
Tennessee does have a <a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2010/title-39/chapter-13/part-1/39-13-110">law</a> on the books prohibiting female genital mutilation, a practice common in some ethnic communities, but it is unlikely that the law would ever be interpreted to apply to gender surgery.

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In recently surfaced footage, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate nominee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fetterman-files-pennsylvania-democrat-brings-baggage-to-senate-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> responded affirmatively when asked if he agreed that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBTQ</a> education should be “mandatory” in schools nationwide.
During a 2021 interview with Powered By Rainbows, the candidate — then competing for the Democratic Senate nomination — was asked whether he would be supportive of bills that make “LGBTQ education” mandatory in subjects such as history, literature, and science.
“I’m for as many perspectives in letting everybody be included in, because we are all part of America, and we all have history, and that should be a part of American history because you are a part of America in these communities,” Fetterman, dressed in a rainbow top hat and draped in a rainbow flag, responded.
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The resurfaced comments from Fetterman, who is campaigning against Republican Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, came as many states advanced bills prohibiting leftist ideology in public schools. Earlier this year, Disney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-subscriptions-at-ultra-woke-disney-slow-to-a-crawl-after-company-loses-left-wing-political-battles'">garnered controversy</a> for opposing Florida’s parental rights legislation that banned classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade. In an exclusive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-poll-over-60-of-americans-back-floridas-limits-on-k-3-lessons-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity">survey</a> from The Daily Wire, 64% of Americans — including 62% of Democrats and 57% of independents — supported the Florida law.
Meanwhile, parents across the country have been finding books that promote homosexuality and transgenderism in public school libraries. One graphic novel found in a Hawaii high school included <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-school-library-housed-graphic-novel-with-gay-sex-scenes">illustrations of sex</a> between two males with a sex toy, as well as oral sex, masturbation, and other explicit content.
According to Fetterman’s <a href="https://johnfetterman.com/issue/securing-lgbtqia-rights/">campaign website</a>, the longtime mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, was the “first and only elected official” in the Keystone State to “solemnize same-sex weddings” as early as 2013, even though the practice was still illegal. He vows to vote for the Equality Act — a bill that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-ways-the-equality-act-could-damage-religious-freedom-in-america">insert</a> “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” into the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — if elected to the Senate.
“I will also support efforts to end the hateful practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy,’ and fight to strengthen anti-harrassment policies on school and college campuses,” Fetterman’s campaign website adds.
During the interview with Powered By Rainbows, Fetterman shared that he had attended “many, many Pride events … in red counties” — a reality signaling that Republicans are increasingly “embracing these communities.” Indeed, a majority of Republican voters had for the first time indicated that they support same-sex marriage earlier in 2021, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/majority-of-gop-voters-support-same-sex-marriage-for-the-first-time-poll">poll</a> from the Public Religion Research Institute.
“We need to give equal protection under the law to the gay and trans communities — certainly here in Pennsylvania, but everywhere in our country,” Fetterman remarked.
In a recent <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNvXkny4ZBWWVm-ZPgoitQp6ae_kTAeQ/view">poll</a> from CBS News and YouGov, Fetterman was supported by 52% of respondents, while Oz was backed by 47%. Voters also indicated a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pennsylvania-republicans-face-uphill-battles-in-final-weeks-of-midterm-race">higher level of favorability</a> for the former candidate — 56% of Fetterman supporters said they are backing him “mainly because” they like him, while only 15% of Oz voters said the same.
Democrats are hoping that Fetterman will contribute to a majority in the evenly divided Senate. However, Fetterman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hell-be-fine-pa-democratic-senate-nominee-cleared-by-doctor-to-campaign-after-suffering-a-stroke-days-before-primary">suffered a stroke</a> days before the state’s primary election and has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-john-fetterman-video-raises-questions-on-his-fitness-for-office-absolutely-cannot-debate-anyone">stumbled</a> during speeches at multiple campaign events. Roughly 41% of voters believe that Fetterman is not in “good enough health” to serve in office.

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The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) recently published its new <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Standards of Care guidelines</a>, with a controversial chapter that seeks to include “eunuch” as part of the “transgender umbrella.” WPATH held a live-streamed session with two of the major contributors of the eunuch chapter at their annual conference on Tuesday.
Thomas W. Johnson, a professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University, Chico, and a major contributor to the eunuch chapter, <a href="https://wesleyyang.substack.com/p/4d5257b1-aa65-4131-b24c-dd6081c5451b">opened</a> the session with a history lesson. “eunuch is the oldest recognized gender outside the binary,” said Johnson.
During the history lesson, Johnson said that enslaved people used to be castrated in a similar way to livestock. “Slaves were just another domestic animal,” said Johnson. “Slaves were treated the same way as domestic animals, you castrate the non-breeding populations.”
Johnson describes eunuchs as an “invisible gender.” He estimates there are eight to ten thousand self-identified voluntary eunuchs in North America today. “Most present publicly as male, they’re indistinguishable from anyone else on the street,” said Johnson. “Sometimes they try to appear androgynous, but there is no other real way they demonstrate publicly that they are other than male.”
In an attempt to normalize voluntary castration, Johnson compared those seeking it to prostate cancer patients who have been tragically castrated out of necessity. “Men today are also castrated for medical reasons,” said Johnson. “At least half a million men in North America are currently castrated, whether chemically or surgically, as treatment for prostate cancer.”
Next, Johnson describes the various subcategories of men seeking voluntary castration. “Men with extreme gender dysphoria; they desire to be not male, to be emasculated but don’t want to be female either,” said Johnson. “They have a Male-to-Eunuch Gender Dysphoria that is now part of the SoC 8.”
The second subgroup of men seeking to castrate themselves have a condition known as Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID), which the World Health Organization <a href="https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/256572629">describes</a> as a mental disorder characterized by “an intense and persistent desire to become physically disabled in a significant way” that “results in harmful consequences.”
“There are others who have a feeling that their genitals are not a proper part of their body,” said Johnson, who explains that an implicit definition of Body Integrity Disorder is now included in WPATH’s new Standards of Care 8th edition. “Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID), this is in the Soc 8. It’s also in ICD-11 6C21,” said Johnson. “It’s there in the ICD as well as the Standards of Care,” he reiterated.
The normalization of the consequences of Body Integrity Dysphoria in the new Standards of Care contradicts statements made by Dr. Marci Bowers, the President-elect of WPATH, who has said that patients with Body Integrity Dysphoria are “kooky” and have “nothing to do with gender identity” in an interview Bowers had with Matt Walsh in The Daily Wire documentary “What is a Woman?”
The final category of men who seek voluntary castration is described as men with “an extreme fetish or paraphilic disorder.” Johnson stresses that men with castration fetishes are not included as part of the new Standards of Care. However, Johnson previously <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17961144/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published research</a> that found “[a] large proportion (approximately 40%) of wannabes&#8217; interest in castration was singularly of a fetishistic nature.” “Wannabes” here denotes men who have not yet been castrated, but want to be.
The purpose of including eunuch as a gender identity is clear: so that they can easily access the insurance benefits that cover “gender-affirming care.”
“The 8th version of the Standards of Care (SOC) includes a discussion of eunuch individuals because of their unique presentation and their need for medically necessary gender-affirming care,” reads the introduction of the <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eunuch chapter</a>.
“Many of them out there are seeking what they term ‘eunuch calm,’” said Johnson, who describes this as a desire to reduce both libido and “reactive aggression.” “This is the road rage, the bar fights, the loss of control, losing one&#8217;s temper easily,” Johnson explains.
Johnson then dives into the demographics of those who identify as eunuchs, who often have a college education and have experience castrating animals on a farm. “We have found in looking at the population out there, that a great many of them are very well-educated,” said Johnson. “A lot of them have farm backgrounds, rural backgrounds, that they have witnessed or participated in animal castration, so they know what the procedure is.”
Interestingly, Johnson shared a slide entitled “Threatened with castration as a child” alongside two statistics from a sample he collected data on. The results he found were that 18.1% of eunuchs and 14.6% of “wannabes” were threatened with castration by an adult when they were a child. “I think of that as a very high number, but there&#8217;s nothing to compare it with,” said Johnson.
Next, Johnson opened a slide from the Eunuch Archive Message Board, cited in the new edition of Standards of Care. “There is a website where many of them congregate,” said Johnson. Because of the number of visitors to the website, 130,000 registered members according to the Standards of Care,  Johnson reckons there must be a lot of people seeking castration. “So there&#8217;s a lot of interest out there that is not being taken care of,” he said.
Dr. Michael Irwig, an endocrinologist, was introduced as a contributor to the eunuch chapter and took over the podium. “I am by no means an expert in this field,” said Irwig, who admits to only having “taken care of two eunuch or eunuch wannabe patients.”
Irwig shows a slide with instruments used to castrate animals, specifically the Burdizzo clamp used to castrate beef cattle and the elastrator used on young lambs and goats, the description reads. “There are a large number of eunuch individuals who have performed self-surgery or have had surgery performed by other people who are not credentialed medical providers,” the slide reads.
“We recommend health care professionals should consider medical and/or surgical intervention to eunuch individuals when there is a high risk that withholding treatment will cause individuals harm through self-surgery, surgery by unqualified practitioners, or unsupervised use of medications that can affect hormones,” said Irwig.
Irwig introduces the idea of “chemical castration” as an alternative to surgical castration. “So before getting castrated physically, you can actually do a chemical castration, kind of, as a trial,” said Irwig.
Irwig says that a chemical cocktail of hormones and blockers, similar to the regimen offered to adolescent patients who identify as transgender, can be used to chemically castrate eunuchs. “So there are ways to suppress testosterone levels, through hormonal suppression, to explore the effects of androgen deficiency for eunuch individuals wishing to become, for example, asexual or nonsexual or androgynous,” said Irwig.
Endocrinologist Dr. Mike Laidlaw told The Daily Wire that “chemical castration” is effectively when a blocking medication like Lupron is used to stop the pituitary from communicating with the testicles (or ovaries) to cause hypogonadism (very low sex hormone levels). It is no different from the &#8220;gender affirming care&#8221; given to adolescents. &#8220;It’s just that the effects are more dramatic, and I would say more dangerous, in puberty,&#8221; said Laidlaw.
Laidlaw believes that the addition of the eunuch gender identity was a bizarre choice that ultimately negates the cogency of “gender identity” as a concept. &#8220;With this addition, WPATH has inadvertently killed off the &#8216;gender identity&#8217; as a serious concept in psychology.&#8221;
Gender identity, he explains, is the name used in psychology to describe internal feelings about a person’s gender for which there is no physical correlation. &#8220;There is no test such as a blood test, or a CT scan, or a biopsy, or a genetic test which can locate and verify the gender identity,&#8221; said Laidlaw. &#8220;It is just a feeling, and feelings can change. This is why kids mainly desist from gender incongruity by adulthood.&#8221; The exact number varies by study, but roughly 60–90% of kids who identify as transgender no longer believe themselves to be transgender by adulthood, according to a <a href="http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html">systematic review</a> of 11 studies.
&#8220;No one will ever find a corner of the brain where the &#8216;eunuch identity&#8217; is hidden. They will also never find any sort of &#8216;gender identity&#8217; in the brain,&#8221; said Laidlaw. &#8220;It is a phantom with no basis in physical reality. WPATH has highlighted just how frightening the phantoms that they have dreamed up really are.&#8221;
Laidlaw&#8217;s concern is the suffering that results when an ostensibly scientific body refuses to follow the evidence. &#8220;The reality is many people, both children and adults, have been harmed and will continue to be harmed by the non-scientific guidelines that they have created,&#8221; he said.
The eunuch chapter in the Standards of Care 8th edition also indicates that children or adolescents may have a secret eunuch identity. “Like other gender diverse individuals, eunuch individuals may be aware of their identity in childhood or adolescence,” states the new guidelines.
Previous <a href="https://reduxx.info/trans-authority-cites-pedophilic-forum-reduces-age-restrictions-for-puberty-blockers-and-genital-surgeries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> from Reduxx Magazine found that the aforementioned Eunuch Archive, much of which was used to inform WPATH’s eunuch chapter, hosts a trove of fictional stories that feature themes of rape, castration, torture, and killing of children. “Eunuch Archives hosts over 3,000 pieces of fictional child pornography that detail the rape, torture, and killing of children. In some narratives, children with stunted puberty are raped by doctors. In others, children are castrated by force as part of a sadistic sexual torture ritual,” <a href="https://reduxx.info/top-academic-behind-fetish-site-hosting-child-sexual-abuse-fantasy-push-to-revise-wpath-guidelines/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported Reduxx</a> earlier this year.
Johnson has been a leading member of the Eunuch Archive for over two decades, since 2001, and has published research on his findings. “Many stories feature attraction to, and ablation of, the genitals of pubescent or adolescent males,” reads the <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35556189/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abstract</a> of a paper published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.

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Leading Transgender Health Association Seeks to Include 'Eunuch' As 'Gender Identity'

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A gay rights organization was deplatformed by PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo, only to discover on Thursday that pro-pedophile organization Prostasia continues to be on good business terms with the multinational financial technology company.
<a href="https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/">Gays Against Groomers</a>, an organization comprised entirely of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and even transgender people, launched in 2022 and has had meteoric success at attracting followers to their cause exposing the harms done to children by some radicals hiding behind the LGBTQ banner. Gays Against Groomers <a href="https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/status/1572115130242179073?s=20&amp;t=3CgBakE_IGeTkYHxoLBLXA">wrote early</a> on Tuesday that PayPal and Venmo had dropped them for “violating” their user agreement.
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JUST IN: While we’re not allowed to conduct business on PayPal, guess who is… an organization that offers a support group for “MAPs”<a href="https://twitter.com/PayPal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PayPal</a> banned us for being against pedophilia, but allow actual pedophile groups to use their services unabated.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottPayPal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BoycottPayPal</a> <a href="https://t.co/b6csNR73cv">pic.twitter.com/b6csNR73cv</a>
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&#8220;The fact that an organization comprised solely of gay people, with trans contributors as well, is being banned from the largest payment processors in the country for opposing the sexualization and mutilation of children is shocking, to say the least,&#8221; said Jaimee Michell, the Gays Against Groomers founder.
&#8220;On top of that, we discovered tonight that while we have been banned, an organization that literally runs a support group for pedophiles is able to use PayPal’s services. It tells you all you need to know about the state of our society right now,&#8221; Michell added.
The gay rights advocacy group is the latest to be targeted by PayPal for challenging dominant leftist narratives surrounding sex and gender. Evolutionary biologist <a href="https://quillette.com/2022/06/23/i-got-thrown-off-etsy-and-paypal-for-expressing-my-belief-in-biological-reality/">Colin Wright</a>, writer <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/paypal-permanently-bans-journalist-ian-miles-cheongs-account">Ian Miles Cheong</a>, and recently the Free Speech Union and the Daily Sceptic, run by conservative editor <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-has-paypal-cancelled-me-">Toby Young</a>, have all had their accounts permanently closed by PayPal without notice.
Ironically, PayPal sported a banner that said “Open For All&#8221; on Twitter during Pride month in June, which their <a href="https://twitter.com/PayPalUK">U.K. account</a> still displays. While critics of leftist ideology are denied the ability to conduct commerce, PayPal remains open for business with the openly pedophilic advocacy group Prostasia. Prostasia accepts donations through their website by credit card, check, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as well as PayPal and Venmo.
Of particular concern is a forum hosted by Prostasia called the <a href="https://prostasia.org/blog/an-introduction-to-map-support-club/">MAP Support Club (MSC)</a>, which is described as a “chat-based peer-support network for teenagers and adults who self-identify as being attracted to younger minors.” MAP Support Club invites “minor attracted people” aged <a href="https://mapsupport.club/">13 years old</a> and up to participate in online chats about “minor attraction.”
“It is intended as a community where MAPs can connect with one another, offer and receive support in difficult times, and overall just enjoy a relaxed atmosphere where one can have fun and not be judged,” reads the MAP Support Club <a href="https://mapsupport.club/">website</a>.
Additionally, on Tuesday, Gays Against Groomers <a href="https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/status/1572432474965409793?s=20&amp;t=3CgBakE_IGeTkYHxoLBLXA">announced that Google</a> had also disabled their account, which included the use of their Gmail email address, for “violating” their policies. Gays Against Groomers has also been suspended from Twitter numerous times, purportedly for their use of the recently-banned word “groomer.” Twitter was pressured to ban use of the word as a targeted insult after Reddit and other platforms recently banned the word, claiming that it is an &#8220;anti-LGBT slur.&#8221;
While “groomer” is sometimes used to describe the process of adults initiating a sexual or predatory relationship with minors, the word can also be used to describe a process of indoctrinating naive children into cultish ideologies. On Twitter, the word had been increasingly used in the latter sense to describe those indoctrinating children into gender ideology, which is a belief system based on the falsehood that whether someone is a man, boy, woman, or girl has nothing to do with one’s biology, but is instead determined by one’s subjective and undefinable &#8220;gender identity.&#8221;
Attracting even more drama, PayPal last week threatened to <a href="https://www.mauinews.com/uncategorized/2022/09/pressure-mounts-for-total-sarver-ban-as-paypal-makes-ultimatum/">pull their sponsorship</a> of the Phoenix Suns NBA basketball team if owner Robert Sarver remained part of the franchise at the end of his suspension.
In a statement, PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman pointed to his company&#8217;s &#8220;strong record of combatting racism, sexism and all forms of discrimination,&#8221; and said Sarver&#8217;s conduct is &#8220;unacceptable and in conflict with our values.&#8221;
“In light of the findings of the NBA’s investigation, we will not renew our sponsorship should Robert Sarver remain involved with the Suns organization, after serving his suspension,” Schulman said.
There has been a notable increase in user bannings after PayPal partnered with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in 2021 to &#8220;fight extremism and protect marginalized communities.&#8221; According to their <a href="https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/paypal-partners-with-adl-to-fight-extremism-and-protect-marginalized">press release</a>, the ADL said the collaboration &#8220;launched a research effort to address the urgent need to understand how extremist and hate movements throughout the U.S. are attempting to leverage financial platforms to fund criminal activity.&#8221;
PayPal did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s request for comment in time for publication.

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Tucker Carlson used his opening monologue Wednesday night to report on Matt Walsh’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-bill-lee-calls-for-investigation-of-vanderbilts-pediatric-transgender-clinic-following-matt-walsh-bombshell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revelation</a> about Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and later interviewed The Daily Wire host about his findings on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/huge-money-maker-video-reveals-vanderbilts-shocking-gender-care-threats-against-dissenting-doctors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hospital’s</a> transgender “care.”
Walsh revealed in one video Tuesday that a VUMC doctor openly discussed how lucrative transgender surgeries are for the hospital. In another video, a different doctor said medical professionals who object to performing the procedures should face consequences.
“We know this for a fact … that Vanderbilt, they perform double mastectomies on minor girls, on children, they chemically castrate children, they give them irreversible hormone drugs, and change their bodies permanently,” Walsh told the Fox News host.
Walsh then said that this kind of stuff is happening “all across the country, in every single state.”
“One of the reasons it’s allowed to keep happening is because people don’t know about it because they&#8217;re not talking about it,” Walsh commented. “And I think for a lot of Americans, people just walking down the street, it’s unthinkable. They can’t imagine this sort of thing is actually happening.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a> on Tucker after exposing Vanderbilt&#39;s abuse of children: &quot;They perform double mastectomies on minor girls. They chemically castrate children. That&#39;s happening all across the country in every single state.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/WV9RgTzcjR">pic.twitter.com/WV9RgTzcjR</a>
&mdash; American Firebrand (@FirebrandPAC) <a href="https://twitter.com/FirebrandPAC/status/1572744018819416064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Carlson then named all of the board of directors for VUMC and called on them to “act immediately” to stop transgender treatments on minors. Following Walsh’s revelation, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wave-of-lawmakers-demanding-investigation-into-vanderbilt-pediatric-gender-clinic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple lawmakers</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-bill-lee-calls-for-investigation-of-vanderbilts-pediatric-transgender-clinic-following-matt-walsh-bombshell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Bill Lee</a> (R-TN) called for an investigation of the Pediatric Transgender Clinic at VUMC.
Dr. Shayne Sebold Taylor, who works with VUMC Clinic for Transgender Health, which is separate from pediatrics, admitted in one live-streamed video, “These surgeries are labor intensive, they require a lot of follow-ups, they require a lot of our time, and they make money,” she emphasized. “They make money for the hospital.” Taylor does not work with pediatric patients.
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Vanderbilt opened its trans clinic in 2018. During a lecture the same year, Dr. Shayne Taylor explained how she convinced Nashville to get into the gender transition game. She emphasized that it&#39;s a &quot;big money maker,&quot; especially because the surgeries require a lot of &quot;follow ups&quot; <a href="https://t.co/zedM7HBCBe">pic.twitter.com/zedM7HBCBe</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1572313523232931840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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At another Medicine Grand Rounds lecture, Vanderbilt health law expert Ellen Wright Clayton suggested that objecting to transgender surgeries was problematic.
“If you are going to assert conscientious objection, you have to realize that that is problematic,” Clayton said. “You are doing something to another person, and you are not paying the cost for your belief. I think that is a … real issue.”
Clayton said conscientious objectors would be “accommodated,” but said these people have to find someone else to carry out such surgeries for them. “I just want you to take home that saying that you’re not going to do something because of your conscientious — because of your religious beliefs, is not without consequences, and should not be without consequences,” she stressed.
“We are given an enormous — if you don’t want to do this kind of work, don’t work at Vanderbilt,” she said.
VUMC released a statement Wednesday claiming to be victims of posts that “misrepresent facts.”
“We have been and will continue to be committed to providing family-centered care to all adolescents in compliance with state law and in line with professional practice standards and guidance established by medical specialty societies,” the statement said.
The medical center seemed to acknowledge it provides highly controversial transgender treatment to minors, but said “VUMC requires parental consent to treat a minor patient” and “never refuses parental involvement in the care of transgender youth who are under age 18.”
“Our policies allow employees to decline to participate in care they find morally objectionable, and do not permit discrimination against employees who choose to do so,” the statement continued. “This includes employees whose personal or religious beliefs do not support gender-affirming care for transgender persons.”

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‘It’s Unthinkable’: Matt Walsh Discusses Shocking Revelation About Vanderbilt University Medical Center With Tucker Carlson

Matt Walsh Sits Down With Tucker Carlson To Discuss His Shocking Revelation About Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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A normally anti-woke professor faced backlash online Tuesday after urging people on social media to make a &#8220;good argument&#8221; as to why a male teacher in Canada who wears giant prosthetic breasts in the classroom should not be allowed to teach in a public school.
The teacher, who Fox News host Tucker Carlson has <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1572387964742664198">covered</a> twice this week on his show, sparked outrage this week after students at Oakville Trafalgar High School in Ontario began posting images of the teacher on social media.
The school district has <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11224383/High-school-defends-transgender-teacher-large-prosthetic-breasts.html">defended</a> the manufacturing technology teacher, saying that they recognize &#8220;the rights of students, staff, parents/guardians and community members to equitable treatment without discrimination based upon gender identity and gender expression.&#8221;
Philosopher Peter Boghossian tweeted out an image of the teacher and suggested that most people would have a &#8220;difficult&#8221; time making a &#8220;good argument&#8221; as to why the teacher should not be allowed to teach in the school.
&#8220;Most people have strong moral impulses about whether this individual should be allowed to teach their children in a public school, but very few can construct a good argument why or why not,&#8221; Boghossian tweeted. &#8220;It’s more difficult thank you think. Try it.&#8221;
Boghossian&#8217;s tweet instantly sparked widespread backlash, even though the intended purpose of his tweet was not to defend the teacher.
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Most people have strong moral impulses about whether this individual should be allowed to teach their children in a public school, but very few can construct a good argument why or why not. It’s more difficult thank you think. Try it. <a href="https://t.co/aH5Zpu8cWB">pic.twitter.com/aH5Zpu8cWB</a>
&mdash; Peter Boghossian (@peterboghossian) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/status/1572269292921696258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Notable responses included: 
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<li>Calvin Robinson, political commentator: &#8220;Because he’s clearly a pervert, demonstrating narcissistic tendencies, forcing children to partake in his sexual fetish. It used to be okay to say we don’t want sexual deviants teaching children. Why is that no longer enough of an argument? Keep kinks out of the classroom.&#8221;</li>
<li>Helen Joyce, author: &#8220;This is fetish gear being worn in front of children. These prosthetics are about getting turned on at the idea of being a woman. The intention is sexual gratification.&#8221;</li>
<li>Mary Harrington, editor at UnHerd: &#8220;It’s inimical to the interests of women and children, to allow any male to behave like this. Nearly everyone sees this intuitively. If your definition of ‘good argument’ is hampering your ability to do so, the problem is your definition of ‘good argument.’&#8221;</li>
<li>Dana Loesch, radio host: &#8220;Try it in class with a giant prosthetic schlong.&#8221;</li>
<li>Mark Hemingway, writer: &#8220;It should be enough to say this person is mentally ill. But more specifically, this person gets sexual gratification from making others confront their own deviancy. That&#8217;s pathological, dangerous behavior.&#8221;</li>
<li>Mike Cernovich, political commentator: &#8220;Not really. This is a f***ing pervert &#8211; a complete deviant playing out a fetish with mannequin tits. If this [whatever pronoun] had a huge fake cock sticking out, no one would act like it’s so hard to draw lines.&#8221;</li>
<li>Jedediah Bila, Fox News: &#8220;If you’re confused at all about why this person shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a classroom, and are seeking further explanation or justification, then you have a serious issue of your own to deal with.&#8221;</li>
<li>Amber Athey, writer: &#8220;Most of the time a strong moral impulse is a good enough reason.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rebeccah Heinrichs, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow: &#8220;It is 0% hard. I can even tell you why in 2 words.&#8221;</li>
<li>Allie Beth Stuckey, political commentator: &#8220;It’s only hard to argue against this if you’re a morally relativistic classical liberal, if you’re a morally deranged leftist. For sane people: It’s wrong &amp; inappropriate for men to dress like women, especially sexual charicatures of them. That should be against dress codes.&#8221; She added, &#8220;This also constitutes sexual harassment. This person’s hard drives should for sure be investigated.&#8221;</li>
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Philosopher Slammed For Claiming It’s Hard To Argue Why Controversial Teacher Should Not Be Allowed Near Kids

Philosopher Slammed For Claiming It's Hard To Argue Why Controversial Teacher Should Not Be Allowed Near Kids

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An author of the leading <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> health association’s new guidelines for adolescents revealed that they have called Child Protective Services on uncooperative parents who did not affirm their child’s newly chosen transgender identity. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) held a session on the “Adolescent” chapter during their annual conference on Monday that was livestreamed online.
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🚨BREAKING: Ren Massey, an author of WPATH&#39;s new Guidelines, says &quot;there are at least some Child Protective Service workers who are willing to enforce the need for affirmation by parents,&quot; which can be used to threaten hesitant parents into affirming their child&#39;s trans identity. <a href="https://t.co/388IxSoFjq">pic.twitter.com/388IxSoFjq</a>
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Dr. Ren Massey, a trans-identified female Clinical Child Psychologist from Atlanta, Georgia, revealed during a Q&amp;A session that calling Child Protective Services is a “resource” for clinicians to “enforce the need for affirmation by parents.” Massey goes as far as to suggest that merely informing parents that a call to CPS can be made might be enough to pressure them to cooperate.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leading-transgender-health-association-releases-new-guidelines">previously reported</a> that the 8th edition guidelines released last week indicated that the state may be enabled to intervene in order to assist with the child’s transition if parents do not affirm their child’s newly chosen identity.
“I had to make a call to Child Protective Services on a case and the Child Protective Services worker asked me about if some of the issues I was calling about were about the parents not being supportive or being emotionally abusive around gender identity issues,” said Massey.
Massey appeared pleasantly surprised to learn that CPS workers in Georgia had intervened in instances where parents were hesitant to accept their child’s new transgender identity. “And that was educative for me to learn that in my conservative state there are at least some Child Protective Service workers who are willing to enforce the need for affirmation by parents at least with social transition needs, names, pronouns et cetera,” said Massey. “So that may be a resource in states, provinces, regions, countries around the world.”
Massey suggests that threatening to call Child Protective Services on a parent who doesn&#8217;t affirm their child’s transgender identity may be all that is needed for the parent to cooperate with socially transitioning their child. “Even before making that call, letting parents know that if that’s true where you are practicing that might get their attention a little bit,” said Massey.
WPATH’s <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644">new guidance</a> also suggests that parental consent for minors to obtain medical treatments are recommended, but not required, and that the state may intervene when a parent refuses to affirm their child’s transgender identity.
“6.11- We recommend when gender-affirming medical or surgical treatments are indicated for adolescents, health care professionals working with transgender and gender diverse adolescents involve parent(s)/guardian(s) in the assessment and treatment process, unless their involvement is determined to be harmful to the adolescent or not feasible.” (emphasis added).
Statement 6.11 in Chapter 6 on adolescents further elaborates: “Helping youth and parent(s)/caregiver(s) work together on important gender care decisions is a primary goal. However, in some cases, parent(s)/caregiver(s) may be too rejecting of their adolescent child and their child’s gender needs to be part of the clinical evaluation process. In these situations, youth may require the engagement of larger systems of advocacy and support to move forward with the necessary support and care (Dubin et al., 2020).” (emphasis added).
The Appendix contains a “Summary Criteria for Adolescents” that further demonstrates that parents should be involved unless their involvement is deemed “harmful” or “not feasible” to their child’s medical transition. “Involvement of parent(s)/guardian(s) in the assessment process, unless their involvement is determined to be harmful to the adolescent or not feasible.”

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Yeshiva University has suspended all student club activities after the Supreme Court ruled against its request to overturn the recognition of an LGBTQ student organization.
The announcement was shared in an email to students on Friday that indicated the school would “hold off on all undergraduate club activities while it immediately takes steps to follow the roadmap provided by the U.S. Supreme Court to protect YU&#8217;s religious freedom.”
The change followed a 5-4 ruling on Wednesday that lifted a hold on a court order that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-religious-group-is-safe-from-government-control-scotus-makes-yeshiva-university-return-to-ny-court-forces-acceptance-of-lgbtq-club" target="_blank" rel="noopener">required</a> Yeshiva University to recognize the YU Pride Alliance group.
“The stakes couldn’t be higher, not just for Yeshiva but for the country,” Mark Rienzi, president of the Becket Fund that is representing Yeshiva in the case, warned. “That’s why people of many different faiths filed briefs asking the court to protect Yeshiva. If Yeshiva can’t even make religious decisions on its own campus, then no religious group is safe from government control.”
Following Wednesday&#8217;s ruling, Becket Vice President Eric Baxter released a statement regarding the next steps in the case.
“Today the Supreme Court instructed Yeshiva University to make an additional effort to get the New York courts to grant them emergency relief and made clear that if that protection is not provided, they can return to the Supreme Court to seek its protection again,&#8221; Baxter said in a statement. “We will follow the Court’s instruction.”
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Today&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCOTUS</a> order in YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University can be found here: <a href="https://t.co/Pss6v41rqI">https://t.co/Pss6v41rqI</a>
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The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-yeshiva-university-in-lgbtq-club-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> on September 9 to temporarily block a New York judge’s order to force the school to recognize the YU Pride Alliance until the college’s religious freedom case is completed.
Justice Sonia Sotomayer signed the order that included no dissents in the ruling. Sotomayer signed the ruling as she is the circuit justice for the Second District that includes New York.
“Yeshiva shouldn’t have been forced to go all the way to the Supreme Court to receive such a commonsense ruling in favor of its First Amendment rights,” Baxter said in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-yeshiva-university-in-lgbtq-club-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> sent to The Daily Wire following the ruling.
“We are grateful that Justice Sotomayor stepped in to protect Yeshiva’s religious liberty in this case,” he added.
Just days later, the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision is now requiring Yeshiva University to pursue the matter in the state&#8217;s courts first, with the hold lifted effective immediately. The latest effort by the Jewish Orthodox school will keep any student organization from operating, including the pride group, until a legal decision can be made in the case.
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Katie Rosenfeld, a lawyer for the pride group, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/17/yeshiva-university-lgbtq-club/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Washington Post that the school&#8217;s decision is discriminatory, calling it “a throwback to 50 years ago when the city of Jackson, Miss., closed all public swimming pools rather than comply with court orders to desegregate.”
“The Pride Alliance seeks a safe space on campus, nothing more,” she said in an email Saturday. “By shutting down all club activities, the YU administration attempts to divide the student body, and pit students against their LGBT peers. We are confident that YU students will see through this shameful tactic and stand together in community.”
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