The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> community has turned on a once revered surgeon specializing in sex change surgeries after a patient posted graphic photos of an allegedly botched operation.
Dr. Sidhbh Gallagher, a Miami-based surgeon specializing in double mastectomy surgeries for transgender-identifying patients, has been heavily criticized for performing the elective surgery on minors. She has also earned the moniker &#8220;TikTok Surgeon&#8221; for her <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/irish-gender-affirmation-surgeon-based-in-florida-is-reported-over-false-promotion-in-tiktoks-42051361.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advertising methods</a> to her large social media following. Her detractors have primarily been conservatives and liberals critical of gender ideology, but recently, after a former patient went viral with allegations of medical malpractice, the transgender community has responded with outrage toward the doctor.
&#8220;In August of 2022, I flew to Miami, Florida to get top surgery from Dr. Sidhbh Gallagher,&#8221; wrote Rylan, a 23-year-old trans-identified female, on the self-publishing platform Medium. &#8220;3 weeks later, a local surgeon had to rush me in to remove over half a foot of dead, rotting tissue. Gallagher dismissed every concern, including hollow cavities that formed on my ripped-open incision.&#8221;
Rylan came forward on November 22, describing her ordeal in detail with graphic images of severely infected wounds. She also included screenshots of the email correspondence with Dr. Gallagher.
As of December 8, Rylan&#8217;s viral <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mrherbcat/video/7168938866257186094?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7171125136645424686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> on TikTok has amassed 4.5 million views, nearly 100,000 likes, and over 14,000 comments, with a vast majority of the messages expressing their sympathy and outrage. As word spread across social media of Rylan&#8217;s story, some transgender TikTokers made their own videos warning others of Dr. Gallagher.
&#8220;If you are part of the trans community, or you&#8217;re an ally, I need you to heed this warning and beware of Dr. Gallagher,&#8221; <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@pinkiel7/video/7167548815568915755?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7171125136645424686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began</a> one TikTok user.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re considering getting top surgery done by Dr. Gallagher, who you might have noticed on TikTok — DON&#8217;T,&#8221; <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@armhole_/video/7167796413802319110?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7171125136645424686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> another TikToker.
&#8220;This person is not to be trusted when it comes to your healthcare,&#8221; <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@octaviadylanquinn/video/7169038396432665898?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;lang=en&amp;q=gallagher%20top%20surgery&amp;t=1670450518952" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> yet another user on the platform.
Rylan, who lives in Ohio, said she sought out the Miami-based doctor because she is willing to operate on overweight patients. &#8220;She’s one of the only gender surgeons with no BMI cap in my country,&#8221; said Rylan.
But after just four days, Rylan began to notice complications from the surgery. When she sent a photo of her oozing wound with extensive black-and-purple discoloration on her left side, Gallagher assured her it was just &#8220;bruising.&#8221;
On the day of her follow-up appointment, the incision had reopened and was &#8220;bleeding significantly.&#8221; Rylan described bleeding through her clothes and onto the exam room table as Gallagher &#8220;minimized everything.&#8221; Rylan alleges that Dr. Gallagher called the wound a &#8220;blowhole&#8221; and made a crude joke about menstruating.
&#8220;I was confused, because <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@gendersurgeon?_t=8XZjQFEYaB1&amp;_r=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her TikTok page</a> has videos where she says she’s never had an incision break,&#8221; Rylan said.
Three weeks after surgery and back home in Ohio, Rylan was in excruciating pain when she was rushed to the emergency room after giant coagulated blood clots &#8220;the size of golf balls&#8221; began sloughing off of her wounds. Her incisions had begun opening in several locations that would become &#8220;gaping abscesses.&#8221;
When Rylan emailed photos of her deteriorating condition from the hospital, Dr. Gallagher sent a reply the following morning, which Rylan claimed minimized her concerns and instructed her that there was &#8220;no need for the ER.&#8221; Throughout the ordeal, Rylan had sent Dr. Gallagher photos of her gaping wounds, to which she replied, &#8220;looking good – not infected.&#8221;
Ultimately, Rylan would have over 6 inches of infected, necrotic tissue removed from her torso.
&#8220;I went under anesthesia 3 days later and woke up to a nurse telling me I could’ve gone septic without the surgery,&#8221; said Rylan. &#8220;Over half a foot of my left side had been killed by a bacteria that has a high mortality rate.&#8220;
After the ordeal, Rylan sought the services of a medical malpractice lawyer in Miami, who informed her that Dr. Gallagher had opted out of medical malpractice insurance. Florida is one of 32 U.S. states that do not require <a href="https://www.chapmanlawgroup.com/practice_areas/florida-physicians-without-medical-provider-liability-insurance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">physicians</a> to carry medical liability insurance, which protects physicians from medical malpractice lawsuits.
&#8220;The payout would not be enough to cover the cost of the case for a law firm, so lawyers are highly unlikely to help me sue her without that insurance,&#8221; said Rylan. &#8220;I was told she likely utilizes this loophole on purpose, knowing it leaves her victims powerless.&#8221;
Since the video went viral, dozens of users had noticed that their critical comments on Dr. Gallagher&#8217;s TikTok videos had been deleted — some users were even blocked.
&#8220;You cannot spam her comments,&#8221; <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sea_slugs_and_gays/video/7169192265494318382?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7171125136645424686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> one TikTok user. &#8220;She deletes all of them. But it just shows how guilty she is. She changed her [TikTok] account name as well.&#8221;
Gallagher responded to the viral outrage with a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@gendersurgeon/video/7171462051485732138?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7171125136645424686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> of her own on November 29, apologizing for her &#8220;bedside manner,&#8221; but neglecting to address her purportedly ill-fated medical advice — which she explained was due to patient confidentiality.
&#8220;A lot of you guys have been asking me to comment about the recent patient story that was posted online — it&#8217;s one of my patients,&#8221; Gallagher began. &#8220;And the reason I&#8217;ve been so quiet about it is the confidentiality laws here in the United States are very strict and I cannot discuss any medical facts about the case.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://socialblade.com/tiktok/user/gendersurgeon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SocialBlade</a>, a social media analytics website, Gallagher had approximately 273,600 TikTok followers in mid-November, and has lost at least 16,000 followers since the story went viral on November 22.
&#8220;Since posting my story on other social media platforms, I’ve had countless former patients of hers reach out to me with harrowingly similar stories,&#8221; said Rylan. &#8220;Many of them, including myself, needed an intervention from a secondary healthcare provider to avoid either death or more harm.&#8221;
Rylan still identifies as transgender and shared her story to &#8220;keep the trans community safe.&#8221;
In a September <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/health/top-surgery-transgender-teenagers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The New York Times, Gallagher has said she performed between 400-500 double mastectomy surgeries in the last year, 13 of which were on minors as young as 13 years old. Gallagher told The New York Times that most of her patients find her through TikTok.
In October, five organizations led by <a href="https://genspect.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Genspect</a> filed a <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/irish-gender-affirmation-surgeon-based-in-florida-is-reported-over-false-promotion-in-tiktoks-42051361.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> against Gallagher with the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly engaging in deceptive marketing to minors. Gallagher is accused of claiming that double mastectomies on healthy breasts are “proven safe, effective, and medically necessary.”
A Florida lawyer is seeking information from past patients of Dr. Gallagher in order to file a formal complaint with the Florida Attorney General. In an interview with Reduxx magazine, Kendra Parris of <a href="https://parrislaw.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parris Law</a> in Orlando, Florida, said she is pursuing a case against Gallagher after hearing reports of &#8220;potentially unethical, improper behavior&#8221; from the surgeon.
Dr. Sidhbh Gallagher, the Florida Health Department, and the Florida Surgeon General did not respond to The Daily Wire’s requests for comment in time for publication.

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Famed ‘TikTok Surgeon’ Faces Intense Backlash From Transgender Community After Allegedly Maimed Patient Goes Viral

Famed 'TikTok Surgeon' Faces Intense Backlash From Transgender Community After Allegedly Maimed Patient Goes Viral

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">Transgender</a> activist Dylan Mulvaney is defending the feminine hygiene brand Tampax, saying the company shouldn’t be targeted just because of its rumored association with the social media influencer. 
Mulvaney&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok">TikTok</a> video is called “the great tampon debacle of 2022” and features the activist saying the brand doesn&#8217;t deserve boycotts. Rumor had it that Mulvaney was a spokesperson for Tampax following a viral video when the influencer indicated as much. &#8220;When Tampax offers to sponsor you but you don&#8217;t have a [cat emoji],&#8221; Mulvaney shared at the time. 
“I haven’t talked about tampons on here lately because I don’t use them,” Mulvaney <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanmulvaney/video/7174529186302856491?_r=1&amp;_t=8XzZ3lUVCty&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;item_id=7174529186302856491">begins</a>. “I’m a woman who doesn’t have a uterus. I know this, and science was my strongest subject in high school.”
Mulvaney, a biological male, also explained their &#8220;pure-intentioned&#8221; act of sometimes carrying tampons anyway and says anyone who takes issue with the brand because of it is “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/LGBTQ">transphobic</a>.”
“I just sometimes carry one in case anyone needs it,&#8221; said Mulvaney. &#8220;And that seems to have just set the world on fire in some pretty nasty ways.”
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Next, Mulvaney shoots down rumors of being a Tampax spokesperson or being paid as a sponsor. The influencer discusses receiving a box of tampons from the company, and states that was the extent of the relationship.
“The bigger problem at hand is that you feel me carrying a tampon around is a threat to you and your womanhood,” Mulvaney continues. “How is someone doing something nice so repulsive to you?”
The TikTok star goes on to talk about how a girl whose boyfriend or husband did something similar would be celebrated. 
“It’s not because I’m misogynistic, it’s because you’re transphobic,” Mulvaney declares.
The activist continues by discussing feelings of pain and being so tired of women acting like they’re in “high school” with their shunning. Finally, Mulvaney concludes with a warning.
“PS, I am also very nervous for you, just because hopefully soon transphobia won’t be as tolerated online, but your tweets are forever, and I don’t want those to come back and haunt you.”
While Mulvaney indicates that the Tampax controversy is focused on them being associated with trans-identifying people, the brand has come under fire for other reasons. Twitter users <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgusting-and-creepy-tampax-boycott-trends-after-bizarre-tweet-from-the-brand-goes-viral">demanded a boycott</a> after the Tampax official account posted a sexually charged joke which it later apologized for and deleted.
“You’re in their DM’s. We’re in them. We are not the same,” the tweet read, seemingly referencing that tampons are inside women and are closer to those individuals than the men trying to hit on them.
“A women’s period products company is getting off on the idea of their products being inserted in girls and women – getting there first – while men are chatting them up hoping for sex. Overtones of rape, [pedophilia], misogyny – what a hat-trick,” one person replied. 
Tampax has been on board for left-wing gender ideology as well, and not just by sending tampons to Mulvaney. 
The company caused an uproar in September 2020 with a <a href="https://twitter.com/Tampax/status/1305952342504767491">tweet</a> that said: “Fact: Not all women have periods. Also a fact: Not all people with periods are women. Let&#8217;s celebrate the diversity of all people who bleed!”

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Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney Defends Tampax, Says It’s ‘Pure-Intentioned’ To Carry Tampons Around

Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney Defends Tampax, Says It's 'Pure-Intentioned' To Carry Tampons Around

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A Northern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> city college launched a &#8220;full investigation&#8221; on a math professor who argued against pushing transgender surgeries and hormone blockers on children in a series of emails obtained by <a href="https://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/12/community-college-to-investigate-anti-trans-emails-from-professor/">local media</a>.
In response to an email sent to Sacramento City College faculty promoting &#8220;The Ethics of Providing Healthcare&#8221; at Sacramento State University last week, Professor Robert Crawford wrote that kids should be able to &#8220;figure out who they are without being bullied into radical surgeries and hormone blockers.&#8221;
&#8220;We should stand against castrating boys and we should imprison any doctor who cuts off healthy girls [sic] breasts,&#8221; Crawford wrote. &#8220;This is an evil that we should all be against.&#8221;
&#8220;No child fantasies about being the opposite sex/gender should be entertained,&#8221; he added. &#8220;For Christs sake, stop this madness.&#8221;
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Crawford received pushback from other staff members, including one from the Sociology department who asked the math professor to explain how a child would &#8220;know they are really the opposite gender.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;ve never had the body of the opposite gender so how do they know this? I&#8217;ll wait….&#8221; the unnamed female faculty member wrote.
Crawford then claimed the faculty member “plays for the other team … a double agent parading as a union rep,” who allegedly coerced people into taking the “pseudo vaccine” and denied support to other faculty members who were fired after refusing to comply with the mandate.
&#8220;I suggest we vote for new leadership that isn&#8217;t compromised by his/her own Leftist/tyrannical ideology,&#8221; he said before shifting back to the original topic.
&#8220;With all the people detransitioning and hating their parents for allowing them to butcher their bodies in their naivete [sic] as youths, we need to look far more skeptically at &#8216;doctors&#8217; and others who would encourage radical surgeries and puberty blockers onto children,&#8221; Crawford said. &#8220;Follow the money.&#8221;
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh recently uncovered shocking details of the so-called gender-affirming care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
According to Dr. Shayne Sebold Taylor of the center&#8217;s Clinic for Transgender Health, &#8220;chest reconstruction&#8221; could cost $40,000 per patient, vaginoplasty surgeries are about $20,000, and patients undergoing female-to-male bottom surgeries could pay up to $100,000.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot of money,&#8221; Taylor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/huge-money-maker-video-reveals-vanderbilts-shocking-gender-care-threats-against-dissenting-doctors">said</a> at one Medicine Grand Rounds lecture unearthed on video and archived web pages. &#8220;These surgeries make a lot of money.&#8221;
Crawford&#8217;s comments sparked city college officials to take the &#8220;discrimination or harassment&#8221; accusations against the staff member &#8220;very seriously.&#8221;
Kaitlyn Collignon, Communications and Public Information Officer from Sacramento City College, told local media that they have begun &#8220;a full investigation into the incident and communications in question, and will take all appropriate steps to protect the safety and well-being of our students, faculty, and staff.&#8221;
UC Davis Law Professor Ash Bhagwat told local media that Crawford&#8217;s comments get &#8220;problematic&#8221; and complicated as the professor sent the emails under his community college email address.
Noting the professor&#8217;s views may create a hostile work environment, Bhagwat said there could be a claim under Title VII for discrimination.
&#8220;Hostile work environment is a Title VII claim for discrimination,” Bhagwat said. &#8220;But you have to be discriminated based on a protected category,” adding that &#8220;being offended is not being discriminated against based on a protected class.&#8221;
Crawford said he stood behind his emails in a request for comment from local media.
&#8220;Feel free to publish my comments as they are,&#8221; Crawford said. &#8220;I stand behind them 100%. God is my witness and judge in this life not the latest fashions.&#8221;
&#8220;I am called to speak up for the innocent and defend them,&#8221; he added.

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A Virginia school board fired its superintendent Tuesday night, more than a year after The Daily Wire revealed that he lied about the rape of a female student in a girls restroom even as he pushed for a controversial transgender bathroom policy, and one day after a special grand jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-throws-soros-backed-prosecutor-off-of-case-against-loudoun-rape-victims-father/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">corroborated its findings</a>.
The Loudoun County school board voted unanimously to sack Scott Ziegler &#8220;without cause,&#8221; meaning that according to his contract, he will be paid a golden parachute worth some $350,000, according to <a href="https://www.loudounnow.com/news/loudoun-school-board-fires-ziegler/article_1c621fae-75db-11ed-bab0-0f68fa21ce96.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loudoun Now</a>, which noted that the board had given Ziegler a $28,000 raise in July.
That’s despite a grand jury finding that, at a meeting a month after the rape in which board members debated a policy that would allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, Ziegler dismissed safety concerns.
“To my knowledge we don’t have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms,” Ziegler said, although he was well aware that weeks earlier a skirt-wearing boy had been accused of raping a girl in a high school bathroom.
The principal of the high school where the attack occurred later testified that the superintendent’s statement was not true and another witness called it a “bald-faced lie,” according to the grand jury report.
The school system’s communications arm — which the grand jury revealed ordered staff to “TAKE NO ACTION” in response to The Daily Wire’s October 2021 inquiry informing it of its findings — similarly did not return a request for comment on the firing. The Daily Wire had also requested a copy of Ziegler’s employment contract and information on whether any action would be taken against Division Counsel Robert Falconi, who the grand jury also found at fault.
After the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/grand-jury-finds-virginia-school-bathroom-rape-handling-worse-than-known-rips-officials-intentional-amnesia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grand jury report</a> was released Monday, a statement attributed to school board chair Jeff Morse and vice chair Ian Serotkin said they were “pleased” that the grand jury has not indicted anyone, even though the report painted a devastating picture and found that “throughout this ordeal LCPS administrators were looking out for their own interests instead of the best interests of LCPS.”
By Tuesday night at a meeting of the county’s other governing body, the Board of Supervisors, Democrats turned against their colleagues on the school board, with Supervisor Kristen Umstattd condemning school officials and board members for taking a “victory lap,” which she called “callous,” Loudoun Now reported.
“Let me say this as clearly as possible: Dr. Scott Ziegler needs to be fired,&#8221; Board of supervisors chair Phyllis Randall, a Democrat, said. &#8220;We had a young woman violently raped and another one assaulted, and this was for all intents and purposes, on his part, a coverup.&#8221;
Soon after, the school board, meeting separately, fired Ziegler.
On May 22, 2021, a male student wearing a skirt anally raped a ninth-grade girl in a girls bathroom at Stone Bridge High School, shortly before the school board was to vote on the transgender bathroom policy. The school did not disclose that incident publicly, nor a second sexual assault committed in a classroom by the same perpetrator on October 6. School board members only learned that the same person was behind both when The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke the story October 11</a>, the report said. The second assault “could have, and should have, been prevented,” grand jurors found.
The special grand jury, which was convened pursuant to an order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares, said it was &#8220;met with obfuscation, deflection, and obvious legal strategies designed to frustrate the special grand jury’s work,” and blamed Falconi.
“Unlike federal law, no Virginia statute explicitly addresses witness tampering, and the Virginia obstruction of justice statute does not cover this fact pattern. For those reasons, we were unable to consider an indictment against the LCPS division counsel,” the grand jury wrote.
Scott Smith, the father of the rape victim, told The Daily Wire that “Firing Ziegler is a good first step, though it should have been done in October of 2021. However, justice will be denied until everyone whose egregious and reckless conduct was detailed in that report is terminated as well. That includes the Deputy Superintendent, Division Counsel, school board members and the other unnamed actors whose actions put our child and everyone else’s child at risk.”
Of the grand jury report, he said “The grand jury report is thorough, however, it has no teeth holding anyone accountable by name at the moment.”
But he said that a criminal standard is not the only one that applies. “There’s gonna be civil lawsuits. We’ll be filing a Title IX lawsuit in Alexandria federal court,” he said.
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American Girl, the popular doll brand founded in 1986 that featured dolls of young girls from American history with accompanying books telling their stories, is being slammed for a new book that trumpets how prepubescent girls can change their gender.
The 96-page book, titled, “A Smart Girl’s Guide: Body Image: How to love yourself, live life to the fullest, and celebrate all kinds of bodies,” is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Girls-Guide-yourself-celebrate/dp/1683371909/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VMB4S2YX5O94&amp;keywords=Body+Image+A+Smart+girls+guide&amp;qid=1670423631&amp;sprefix=body+image+a+smart+girls+guide%2Caps%2C107&amp;sr=8-1">aimed</a> at girls 8-11 years old, in grades four through six.
“The way you show your gender to the world through clothes and behaviors is your gender expression,” the book states. “Your gender expression can be feminine, masculine, or somewhere in between &#8211; and it might change! Maybe you&#8217;ll experiment with bright dresses and long, feminine hairstyles. Or you might try baggy shorts, plaid shirts, and a buzzed haircut. Your gender expression should make you feel at home in your body.”
“Parts of your body may make you feel uncomfortable and you may want to change the way you look. &#8230; &#8216;That&#8217;s totally OK!” the book states, according to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11509601/American-Girl-accused-stripping-away-innocence-book-teaches-girls-change-gender.html">the Daily Mail</a>. The book adds, “If you haven’t gone through puberty yet, the doctor might offer medicine to delay your body’s changes, giving you more time to think about your gender identity.”
“You can appreciate your body for everything it allows you to experience and still want to change certain things about it,” the book advises.
The book also advises children to turn to recommended organizations if parents don’t support them, declaring, “If you don’t have an adult you trust, there are organizations across the country that can help you. Turn to the resources on page 95 for more information.”
Among the book&#8217;s critics was one mother who declared that American Girl was “stripping away all innocence” with the book&#8217;s content, the Daily Mail reported.
The original books, written by schoolteacher Pleasant Rowland, featured 9-year-old girls in American history, but after the company was bought by Mattel in 1998, the focus of the books became modern girls looking for empowerment.
In May 2022, Mattel, the owners of Barbie dolls, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laverne-cox-barbie-mattel-transgender-doll/">created a transgender Barbie</a> doll modeled after activist Laverne Cox as part of its Tribute Collection. In celebration of her birthday, Mattel made a donation in Cox&#8217;s name to a nonprofit she favored.
“It&#8217;s been a dream for years to work with Barbie to create my own doll,” Cox said. “I can&#8217;t wait for fans to find my doll on shelves and have the opportunity to add a Barbie doll modeled after a transgender person to their collection.”

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‘Stripping Away All Innocence’: ‘American Girl’ Book Tells Young Girls They Can Change Gender

American Girl’ Book Tells Young Girls They Can Change Gender

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Girls

A network of mental health professionals wrote a new clinical guide for adolescents struggling with gender dysphoria, offering an &#8220;exploratory&#8221; alternative to &#8220;affirming&#8221; a minor&#8217;s chosen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> identity.
The Gender Exploratory Therapy Association (<a href="https://genderexploratory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GETA</a>) developed &#8220;A Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth&#8221; to present mental health professionals with a new therapeutic technique to help minors who experience distress about their gender. The guidance advocates for an approach to explore possible underlying factors that may be causing their dysphoria.
&#8220;The exploratory approach outlined here stands in contrast to the &#8216;gender-affirmative approach,’” the introduction to the <a href="https://genderexploratory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GETA_ClinicalGuide_2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guide</a> reads. &#8220;The affirmative approach assumes that minors presenting with a wish to live in a gender role different from their sex are transgender, and that the primary role of the therapist is to help minors transition.&#8221;
Therapists who abide by the affirmative approach often facilitate a social transition, which usually includes a name change and new pronouns. Although social transition is commonly portrayed as a benign way to allow children to express their “true selves,” there are good reasons to doubt this narrative.
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All available <a href="https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/camh.12330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> suggests that this seemingly innocuous act of support is an active psychosocial intervention that may greatly increase the likelihood of a child persisting in the rejection of their bodies. Gender-affirming therapists frequently provide their clients with letters of support to pursue medical transition.
Medical transition, which includes puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries comes with significant risks. &#8220;These risks include compromised bone density and brain development, cardiovascular complications, neoplasms, and other dangers,&#8221; the guide reads.
In addition, children who begin taking puberty blockers during the first signs of puberty and go on to take cross-sex hormones, which constitute the vast majority, will have permanent loss of fertility and sexual function.
&#8220;This means that children as young as 9-12 may be waiving their future right to sexual function and reproduction long before they are mature enough to comprehend the importance of these functions,&#8221; says GETA. &#8220;This is especially alarming since gender-related distress is a common developmental phase of many pre-gay youth who may not discover their sexual orientation until they are more mature.&#8221;
GETA believes in a more &#8220;patient-centered&#8221; and &#8220;whole-person approach” that &#8220;does not favor any particular outcome.&#8221;
&#8220;Just like any other patient, gender distressed youth deserve individualized treatment that leaves room for a full therapeutic process and doesn’t come with any fixed agenda,&#8221; said Lisa Marchiano, a licensed therapist who co-authored the new guidance. &#8220;Good psychotherapists already have the skills to offer this. They just need a reminder that what we do with gender questioning youth is the same way we would approach any other patient—with compassion and curiosity.”
Along with Marchiano, the new guides&#8217; contributors include Sasha Ayad, Dr. Roberto D’Angelo, Dr. Dianna Kenny, Dr. Stephen B. Levine, and Stella O’Malley, the founder of <a href="https://genspect.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Genspect</a>, an advocacy group that strives for an evidence-based approach to gender distress.
&#8220;In view of the heavy medical burden and risks associated with medical transition, the uncertain long-term benefits, and low-quality evidence base, a growing number of public health authorities internationally are recognizing that less invasive approaches, such as exploratory psychotherapy, should be the first line treatment for youth with gender distress,&#8221; the guidance read.
The international authorities that have departed from the gender-affirming model of care were outlined in the guide. After conducting systematic reviews of the evidence for the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones in treating pediatric gender dysphoria, health authorities in <a href="https://segm.org/segm-summary-sweden-prioritizes-therapy-curbs-hormones-for-gender-dysphoric-youth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://genderreport.ca/finland-strict-guidelines-for-treating-gender-dysphoria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Finland</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/englands-national-health-service-abandons-gender-affirming-model-of-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">England</a> have decided to abandon the “gender-affirming” model, finding the costs far outweigh the benefits. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists published a <a href="https://www.ranzcp.org/news-policy/policy-and-advocacy/position-statements/gender-dysphoria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">position statement</a> on gender dysphoria last year distancing itself from the gender-affirming model.
England’s National Health Service (NHS) has proposed <a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-specialist-service-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new guidelines</a> for treating trans-identifying youth and warns that adolescents identifying as transgender may be experiencing a “transient phase” and that doctors should not encourage them to change their names and pronouns. “Social transition,” the NHS said, is not a “neutral act” and could have “significant effects” in terms of “psychological functioning.”
In the United States, there are few alternatives to “affirming” the identity of a child who believes themselves to be transgender. Over 20 states <a href="https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed laws</a> in recent years banning &#8220;conversion therapy,&#8221; which now includes any attempt to dissuade someone of their &#8220;gender identity.&#8221; They succeeded in the ban by <a href="https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/on-gender-the-aap-has-chosen-ideology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">equating</a> &#8220;watchful waiting&#8221; with the discredited practice of trying to get gays and lesbians to &#8220;convert&#8221; to heterosexuality.
&#8220;Current thinking about treatment for gender dysphoria is structured by a binary that considers only two possible approaches: affirmation or conversion,&#8221; the guide explains. Gender-exploratory therapy provides a third option that is &#8220;not constrained by the affirmation-conversion binary but is open to a range of outcomes, including gender outcomes.&#8221;
The guide tackles the <a href="https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/pediatric-gender-medicine-and-the" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirm-or-suidice myth</a>, debunking the narrative that implies that medically transitioning adolescents will prevent them from committing suicide.
&#8220;The &#8216;transition or die&#8217; storyline, in which parents are informed that they must choose between a &#8216;live trans daughter or a dead son&#8217; or &#8216;live trans son or dead daughter,&#8217; is not only factually inaccurate but, also, ethically questionable,&#8221; says GETA.
Much of the hype around trans-identified youth at increased risk for suicide relies on online surveys of self-reported &#8220;suicidal thoughts,&#8221; which may not be the best measure of suicidality. Although thoughts of suicide are concerning, GETA says that completed suicides are equally important measures of suicidality.
GETA cited data from the largest pediatric gender clinic in the world, the recently-shuttered Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service in the U.K., which reported a 0.03% rate of completed youth suicides over a 10-year period. This amounts to an annual rate of 13 per 100,000, GETA noted.
&#8220;Although this rate is higher than that observed in the general population of adolescents, it is far from the epidemic of trans suicides described in headlines and public discourse,&#8221; said GETA. &#8220;In fact, there were just four completed suicides in this very large sample.&#8221;
Additionally, short-term studies of improved mental health after medical transition may not be a reliable indicator of long-term outcomes. GETA cited a <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885#s4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">longitudinal study</a> from Sweden that followed study participants for over 30 years and found that adults who underwent surgical transition were 19 times more likely than their peers to commit suicide. Female-to-male participants were 40 times more likely to commit suicide than the expected rate.
GETA believes that the &#8220;transition or die&#8221; storyline is &#8220;worse than mistaken; it is unethical.&#8221;
&#8220;Unquestionably, any increased suicidality and suicide risk is worrying, and any at-risk adolescents should be carefully evaluated and treated by capable mental health professionals,&#8221; asserts GETA. &#8220;But we aver that the hyper-focus on heightened suicide risk promulgated by clinicians and the media may create an injurious nocebo effect, inadvertently exacerbating suicidality in vulnerable youth.&#8221;
The 120-page clinical guide is available for download on GETA&#8217;s <a href="https://genderexploratory.com/clinical-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. GETA also offers membership for therapists who are dedicated to providing care &#8220;without pushing an ideological or political agenda&#8221; and a database for clients to access their services. &#8220;We believe that skilled, ethical exploratory therapy is appropriate for those with gender dysphoria, their families, and detransitioners,&#8221; the website reads.
If you or someone you know is struggling or thinking of harming themselves, please call or text the 988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline at 988.

Hope

New Clinical Guidance Offers Therapeutic Alternative To ‘Affirming’ Gender Dysphoric Youth

New Clinical Guidelines Offer Therapeutic Alternative To ‘Affirming’ Gender Dysphoric Youth

Health

Puberty blockers

Therapy

United States

Retired Navy SEAL Chris Beck says CNN used him to promote transgenderism during a 2013 interview with host Anderson Cooper.
Beck, a decorated vet who served as a part of SEAL Team Six, told the world in 2013 on CNN airwaves that he identified as a woman named Kristin Beck.
&#8220;Everything you see on CNN with my face, do not even believe a word of it,&#8221; Beck <a href="https://rumble.com/v1y4nn2-1.-the-real-story-with-chris-beck.html">told</a> journalist Robby Starbuck during a two-hour sit-down interview.
&#8220;I take full responsibility,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I went on CNN and everything else, and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here right now, I&#8217;m trying to correct that.&#8221;
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The 56-year-old veteran conceded that his own mistakes and naïveté ultimately led to his personal struggle being used to help the so-called experts further a narrative.
&#8220;I think that, yeah, I was used … I was very naive, I was in a really bad way, and I got taken advantage of. I got propagandized. I got used badly by a lot of people who had knowledge way beyond me. They knew what they were doing. I didn&#8217;t.&#8221;
&#8220;But I take responsibility for that and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here now,&#8221; Beck added, explaining that he was speaking out in the hopes of preventing others from being used in the same way — and preventing the prevailing narrative from influencing more impressionable kids into irreversible actions. “I don&#8217;t want this to continue, and I don&#8217;t want these kids to get hurt.&#8221;
Beck revealed to Starbuck that after just one meeting at Veterans Affairs (VA) for no longer than an hour he was told he was transgender and offered hormones.
&#8220;I had so much going wrong in my system when I started taking those,&#8221; Beck explained, adding, &#8220;Some of that was paid for by the VA, and I&#8217;m sorry to the American people that I did that.&#8221;
Beck has been off these hormones for seven years now.
&#8220;They used me so well. I just wanna say I&#8217;m sorry. I didn&#8217;t know what I was doing, and the women out there and all these kids, I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; a choked-up Beck later said in the interview. &#8220;If they could forgive me not knowing anything — and the experts that knew definitely used that.&#8221;
&#8220;I know God will forgive me,&#8221; Beck said, adding, &#8220;You don&#8217;t understand how bad this is. It&#8217;s the destruction of family, it&#8217;s killing these kids … I&#8217;m gonna live with this my whole life. I destroyed my life ten years ago.&#8221;
The veteran said he believes transgenderism is currently &#8220;feelings-based&#8221; and more about sexuality than it is gender. &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me this is not about sex,&#8221; he told Starbuck.
The retired SEAL also took issue with leading figures in the transgender movement, like controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey.
Several of Kinsey’s published works have been the subject of controversy decades after their release, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/statue-honoring-controversial-sex-researcher-alfred-kinsey-draws-criticism">The Daily Wire</a> has previously reported. Two books on human sexual behavior, “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male” (1948) and “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female” (1953), contain data on pre-adolescent orgasms from children as young as two months old. Tables 30 through 34 of the male volume, in particular, have drawn concerns of child abuse. Table 34, titled “Examples of multiple orgasms in pre-adolescent males,” includes the notation, “Duration of stimulation before climax; observations timed with a second hand or stop watch. Ages range from five months of age to adolescence.”
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Navy SEAL Chris Beck came out in 2013 as transgender. <a href="https://twitter.com/andersoncooper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andersoncooper</a> did a special on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cnn</a> about it. His story was used as propaganda to allow trans people in the military and to popularize the issue. Now Chris is ready to expose the truth. Watch here: <a href="https://t.co/ChbjE6Kgly">https://t.co/ChbjE6Kgly</a> <a href="https://t.co/wQbGPln9K3">pic.twitter.com/wQbGPln9K3</a>
&mdash; Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1598316779633262595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Christina Buttons contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/statue-honoring-controversial-sex-researcher-alfred-kinsey-draws-criticism">Statue Honoring Controversial Sex Researcher Alfred Kinsey Draws Criticism</a>

US-MILITARY-GENDER

‘Do Not Believe A Word Of It’: Detransitioned Navy SEAL Says CNN Used Him As Trans Propaganda

‘I Was Used’: DeTransitioned Navy SEAL Slams CNN For Using Him For Transgender Propaganda

Navy SEAL

U.S. Navy

A clinical investigator of the drug commonly used off-label to block puberty in trans-identifying adolescents voiced his concerns about administering the drug without conducting proper safety tests.
Dr. Marc B. Garnick, a Harvard professor, oncologist, and co-principal investigator for the drug Lupron, wrote a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/opinion/letters/puberty-blockers-transgender-youths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the editor of the New York Times in support of a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> into the health effects of puberty blocker drugs for adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria.
&#8220;The scholarly and well-researched article raises significant safety issues about using puberty blockers in prepubescent and pubescent children as part of gender transitioning,&#8221; Garnick argued. 
The letter was one of four accepted in response to the NYT article that described the &#8220;long-term physical effects and other consequences&#8221; of puberty blockers prescribed to adolescents experiencing gender distress. The other three letters, which were not written by medical professionals, criticized the article as &#8220;transphobic.&#8221;
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Garnick was one of three academic principal clinical investigators of studies that led to the initial FDA approval of Lupron for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. He studied the class of drugs, GnRH agonists – which include puberty blockers – for more than four decades. 
GnRH agonists are FDA approved to treat prostate cancer, endometriosis, and precocious puberty – a condition caused by pituitary gland dysfunction in which children begin to sexually mature before age 8 or 9. Lupron has also been used in the past to <a href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/02/25/chemical-castration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chemically castrate</a> violent sex offenders.
Doctors have prescribed puberty blockers off-label as a “treatment” for gender dysphoria on an experimental basis. They are not approved for their off-label use in this context – which occurs during a critical window of brain and body development. Much of the existing published data pertain only to precocious puberty patients.
&#8220;I can say that physicians are still learning and continue to be concerned about the safety of these agents in adults,&#8221; Garnick continued in the letter. &#8220;Woefully little safety data are available for the likely more vulnerable younger population.&#8221; 
Proponents of &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; care claim that puberty blockers are &#8220;completely safe,&#8221; &#8220;reversible,&#8221; and only a &#8220;pause button on puberty,&#8221; despite the absence of any evidence to support these statements. GnRH agonists act to suppress estrogen and testosterone – the hormones responsible for the development of the reproductive system. They also affect the bones, brain, and other parts of the body. 
&#8220;Bone loss in adult men who have been on these agents is significant, and a leading cause of morbidity with long-term administration,&#8221; Garnick warned. As outlined in the New York Times article, the risk of osteoporosis (bone density loss) is significant when puberty blocking drugs are administered in adolescence.  
&#8220;During puberty, bone mass typically surges, determining a lifetime of bone health,&#8221; the authors of the article wrote. &#8220;When adolescents are using blockers, bone density growth flatlines, on average, according to an analysis commissioned by The Times of observational studies examining the effects.&#8221;
Children who begin taking puberty blockers during the first signs of puberty and go on to take cross-sex hormones, which constitutes the vast majority, will result in the permanent loss of fertility and sexual function.
&#8220;Other safety issues include cognitive, metabolic and cardiovascular effects, still under intense investigation,&#8221; said Garnick.
Manufacturers that dominate the U.S. market for puberty blockers refuse to conduct safety trials on their frequently-prescribed, off-label drugs used to treat gender dysphoria in adolescents. Endo International plc and AbbVie Inc have repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/puberty-blocking-drug-companies-refuse-to-conduct-safety-trials">declined</a> to conduct safety tests on the puberty blocking drug Lupron.
&#8220;The prudent and ethical use of such agents in the younger population should demand that every pubertal or pre-pubertal child be part of rigorous clinical research studies that evaluate both the short-term and longer-term effects of these agents to better define the true risks and benefits rather than relying on anecdotal information,&#8221; Garnick concluded.
Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and AbbVie Inc. are currently under <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-investigate-promotion-puberty-blockers-children" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> in Texas for allegedly advertising and promoting puberty blockers for &#8220;unapproved uses without disclosing the potential risks associated with these drugs to children and their parents.&#8221; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened the investigation last year under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
On the AbbVie website, Lupron is only indicated for treatment of precocious puberty, uterine fibroids, advanced prostate cancer, and endometriosis. However, AbbVie has been active in advancing transgender causes. According to AbbVie&#8217;s diversity statement on their website, the pharmaceutical company prioritizes &#8220;supporting the LGBTQ+ community in visible ways&#8221; and &#8220;furthering education around LGBTQ+ issues,&#8221; including $50,000 donations to the Trevor Project and the Heartland Alliance that were &#8220;used to support programs specifically serving LGBTQ+ populations.&#8221;
Additionally, AbbVie is listed as a <a href="https://gendercool.org/partners-and-supporters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sponsor</a> of the GenderCool Project, an organization that embraces the concept of &#8220;transgender children.&#8221; Recently, AbbVie has come under fire for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220526081654/https://www.mamahasamustache.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnering</a> in the transgender film for children, “<a href="https://www.mamahasamustache.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mama has a Mustache</a>.” According to its website, the film is “driven completely by audio interviews of kids ages 5-10” and claims that “children are able to experience a world outside of the traditional gender binary.” After writer Christopher Rufo <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1598024159975870465?s=20&amp;t=qRG7A6YPTK3epx3kUgSsOg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> the potential conflict of interest to his Twitter followers last month, the pharmaceutical company has been removed from the film&#8217;s <a href="https://www.mamahasamustache.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.
Many are concerned about the rising number of children and adolescents adopting a transgender identity and seeking medical interventions that may be unnecessary and harmful. Media outlet Reuters published insurance <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/?scrolltoken=whs3RN_MoirIfvILiMHhJ7GbGiI55wzId7NgSE-9mKZWJzXo6aHu_SgreiLwiSP-Ta1397LOJpYmQ3CYNDe8PohA0ZWUc7sbpC3Ql-Yhnoxo3ZVvi1FxdWplE-LvO7sME8hKRUfRkOxkVwyFulf5EOI1nGZTtMrZUbkJh2jkIdoduUFCPeZTphGKMV07AcwLjB1hsKZQtXBOTjt6WG6OJ2q7DB1Q7H0rL1mecL9jIg.eyJraWQiOiIzIn0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> in October, finding that between 2017 to 2021, 17,683 of the 121,882 children ages 6 to 17 diagnosed with gender dysphoria received puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones. This number was likely a &#8220;significant undercount,&#8221; Reuters noted, because it only included data collected from insurance claims. 
The director of the pediatric gender clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital made the startling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/puberty-blockers-cause-infertility-and-are-given-out-like-candy-according-to-gender-clinic-director" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admission</a> that puberty blockers are handed out to children “like candy” to a “skyrocketing” number of new patients, despite the fact that they are known to cause infertility and are not approved for their off-label use by the FDA.

Injection

Clinical Investigator Of Puberty-Blocking Drug Warns Of Safety Hazards For Children

New York Times

A hospital in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/memphis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memphis</a>, Tennessee, is being threatened by the American Civil Liberties Union (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aclu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACLU</a>) with a possible complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights unless it performs transgender surgeries.
The warning comes as Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare paused the surgery planned for 19-year-old Chris Evans, whom the ACLU claims is suffering from gender dysphoria.
“In recent weeks, some care providers voiced questions about patients receiving gender affirming procedures at a facility affiliated with our health system,” said Rachel Powers, a spokeswoman for the hospital. “This resulted in a temporary pause to review current practices.”
The ACLU claims that this pause could be a violation of federal law.
“Ending medically necessary healthcare for one particular group of people based on sex, whether by formal written policy or simply in practice, is discrimination and violates federal law,” ACLU attorney Lucas Cameron-Vaughn <a href="https://www.wfmj.com/story/47865620/memphis-hospital-halt-to-trans-procedures-is-temporary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “We will evaluate whether we need to file a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights once we have a response from the hospital.&#8221;
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Transgender procedures have been a focus of Tennessee lawmakers for the upcoming legislative session after Daily Wire host Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-unthinkable-matt-walsh-discusses-shocking-revelation-about-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-with-tucker-carlson?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mattwalsh">publicized the fact</a> that certain transgender procedures had been done on minors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). After Walsh&#8217;s report, Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) called for an investigation of the Pediatric Transgender Clinic at VUMC.
“We should not allow permanent, life-altering decisions that hurt children or policies that suppress religious liberties, all for the purpose of financial gain,” Lee&#8217;s office <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">said</a>. “We have to protect Tennessee children, and this warrants a thorough investigation.”
At the time, Walsh appeared on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to discuss the revelations.
&#8220;We know for a fact, this is an absolute fact, that Vanderbilt, they perform double mastectomies on minor girls, on children; they chemically castrate children, and they give them irreversible hormone drugs that change their bodies permanently. They’re doing all of that to kids,&#8221; he said.
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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>
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In November, Tennessee Majority Leaders William Lamberth and Jack Johnson, both Republicans, introduced the Protecting Children from Gender Mutilation Act, which would effectively bar doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and performing gender-related surgeries on minors for the purpose of medical transition.
“This bill is about protecting children,” said Johnson. “Under no circumstances should minors be allowed to undergo irreversible elective procedures to mutilate body parts and intentionally harm their reproductive systems. This practice comes with lifelong health complications that children are not capable of understanding.”

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ACLU Threatens Hospital If It Doesn't Perform Transgender Surgeries

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> psychologist has joined a lawsuit against a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maryland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland</a> school district over its policy to socially transition students without parental consent.
Dr. Erica E. Anderson, a clinical psychologist of 40 years who identifies as transgender, has been <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outspoken</a> about a concern for the surge in cases of adolescent gender dysphoria. Now, Anderson has joined a legal effort to counter the disturbing trend of school policies designed to conceal a student&#8217;s chosen trans-identity from their parents.
“As an ally and licensed psychologist with over 40 years of experience, I have seen hundreds of children and adolescents for gender-identity-related issues — many of whom transition, with my guidance and support,&#8221; <a href="https://will-law.org/will-amicus-lawsuit-against-montgomery-co-maryland-schools-over-adolescent-gender-identity-policy-usurping-parents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Anderson. &#8220;But a transition is a major event in a youth’s life, and parents must be involved.”
The Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty (WILL) filed an <a href="https://will-law.org/will-amicus-lawsuit-against-montgomery-co-maryland-schools-over-adolescent-gender-identity-policy-usurping-parents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amicus brief</a> on Anderson&#8217;s behalf last week that urges the federal court of appeals to reverse a District Court decision that excludes parents from &#8220;significant decisions affecting their children.&#8221;
The August <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/20/gender-transition-identity-montgomery-county/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a>, by Judge Paul W. Grimm, dismissed a complaint against the Montgomery County school board by parents who alleged that the district&#8217;s &#8220;gender identity&#8221; guidelines violated their state and constitutional rights. According to the guidelines, teachers are permitted to socially transition students to a &#8220;gender identity&#8221; different from their biological sex at school, without their parents&#8217; consent or knowledge.
The parents, who filed the lawsuit anonymously in 2020 against the Montgomery County Board of Education (MCBE), argued that the guidelines violated their right under the 14th Amendment &#8220;to direct the care, custody, education, and control of their minor children.&#8221;
MCBE issued their &#8220;2020-2021 Guidelines for Student Gender Identity,&#8221; which advised schools in their district to develop a &#8220;gender-support plan&#8221; with students using an intake form that, according to the filing, would be kept confidential if the family was not supportive of their child&#8217;s desire to adopt a new &#8220;gender identity.&#8221;
The plaintiffs argued that the new guidelines interfered with their parental rights “in a pivotal decision” in their children’s lives, which enabled school personnel to allow children “to transition socially to a different gender identity at school” without their consent.
Anderson <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/trans-psychologist-files-brief-md-school-district-hiding-transitions-parents-terrible-idea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News Digital that families should never be excluded from important decisions regarding their child&#8217;s health. &#8220;It&#8217;s well established that one of the most important factors in helping gender-questioning children is family support,&#8221; said Anderson. &#8220;So to deliberately deprive a child of support at a time potentially when they most need it is, I think, a serious error in judgment.&#8221;
Anderson is the former President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH) and former board member for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), but <a href="https://quillette.com/2022/01/06/a-transgender-pioneer-explains-why-she-stepped-down-from-uspath-and-wpath/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> in 2021 after no longer being able to support the direction they were headed. The leading transgender health authorities had issued a joint <a href="https://twitter.com/jokestress/status/1447964908088283138?s=20&amp;t=_qDwZ_G15-DuKTeiXf5Qgw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> in 2021 denouncing any form of discussion on medical transition for trans-identifying youth that wasn&#8217;t conducted by “experts and stakeholders.”
Anderson submitted an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> that was rejected by The New York Times, but published in The Washington Post, critical of the widely adopted &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; model of care for adolescents. &#8220;Gender-affirming&#8221; care <a href="https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discourages</a> medical professionals from questioning a minor’s self-reported transgender identity or exploring possible underlying factors that may be causing their dysphoria.
In a Quillette <a href="https://quillette.com/2022/01/06/a-transgender-pioneer-explains-why-she-stepped-down-from-uspath-and-wpath/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>, Anderson noted reading Abigail Shrier’s book, “<a href="https://store.dailywire.com/collections/books/products/irreversible-damage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters</a>,” and shared the author’s concerns about the explosion of adolescent girls identifying as transgender and seeking to medically transition.
“The main criticism of me is that many in the trans community regard Abigail Shrier as anathema, as a critic of appropriate trans care,” Anderson told Quillette. “I think that’s an inaccurate reading of what she’s written. And I think that it’s a distortion.”
&#8220;In some cases, [transgender people] believe that our job as a community is to protect the children from their parents,&#8221; Anderson told Fox News Digital. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s very misguided. I think our job is to support kids to be supported by their families. Deceiving your parents is not a way to get their support.&#8221;
Schools transitioning children, often without their parents&#8217; knowledge, is becoming increasingly common. Many schools now provide students with individualized &#8220;gender support plans&#8221; that ask the student to indicate if they would like their parents to be kept in the dark. Some schools even provide &#8220;transition closets&#8221; so that students can change into clothes that match their &#8220;gender identity&#8221; at school, and change back before heading home.
But while social transition is often portrayed as a benign way to allow children to express their &#8220;true selves,&#8221; there are good reasons to doubt this narrative. All available <a href="https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/camh.12330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> suggests that this seemingly innocuous act of support is an active psychosocial intervention that can actually make matters worse.
Evidence shows that such a “social transition” may greatly increase the likelihood of a child persisting in the rejection of their bodies, which will also make them more likely to pursue permanent surgical changes in their teenage years.
Psychologist and sexologist Ken Zucker <a href="https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/camh.12330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared</a> studies of children with gender dysphoria who were socially transitioned to similar studies where gender dysphoric children were not socially transitioned. Zucker found that socially transitioning children appeared to dramatically increase the rate of gender dysphoria persistence and frequently led to drastic medical treatments like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries.
The best <a href="http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> currently indicate that roughly 60–90% of children who identify as transgender, but do not socially or medically transition, will no longer identify as transgender in adulthood.
After conducting a systematic review of evidence, England’s National Health Service has proposed <a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-specialist-service-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new guidelines</a> for treating trans-identifying youth, and warns that adolescents identifying as transgender may be experiencing a “transient phase” and that doctors should not encourage them to change their names and pronouns. “Social transition,” the NHS said, is not a “neutral act” and could have “significant effects” in terms of “psychological functioning.”

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Transgender Psychologist Joins Lawsuit Against Maryland School District For Hiding ‘Social Transition’ From Parents

Transgender Psychologist Joins Lawsuit Against Maryland School District For Hiding 'Social Transition' From Parents

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A UK government watchdog announced a formal investigation into a British transgender charity on Friday after the initial inquiry began in September over concerns about the organization&#8217;s &#8220;approach to safeguarding young people.&#8221;
The Charity Commission, a regulator of charities in England and Wales, launched a full statutory inquiry into the transgender advocacy organization Mermaids after &#8220;identifying concerns about its governance and management,&#8221; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-statutory-inquiry-into-mermaids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a press release.
&#8220;The Commission will investigate the regulatory issues to determine whether they indicate serious systemic failing in the charity’s governance and management,&#8221; the press release said. &#8220;The regulator will seek to determine whether the charity’s governance is appropriate in relation to the activities the charity carries out, which involve vulnerable children and young people, as well as their families.&#8221;
The investigation comes just days after Mermaids&#8217; chief executive Susie Green <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/26/mermaids-chief-susie-green-steps-six-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped down</a> from her position after 6 years, with no interim to take her place.
The Charity Commission had <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/29/exclusive-trans-charity-mermaids-investigated-charity-commission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened</a> a regulatory compliance case into Mermaids on September 29 after concerns were brought to their attention of the trans charity&#8217;s conduct relating to children. The probe was prompted after an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221117165438/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/26/trans-charity-faces-watchdog-scrutiny-amid-child-chest-binding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> by The Telegraph found that Mermaids had been discreetly sending potentially dangerous &#8220;breast binders&#8221; to children as young as 13 and 14 against their parents&#8217; wishes. Breast binding, the act of flattening the chest through constrictive materials, can cause breathing difficulties, chronic back pain, changes to the spine, and even broken ribs.
The transgender charity also faced intense public scrutiny when it was <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/30/trans-charity-mermaids-helps-teenagers-change-name-secret/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that staff with no medical training were advising adolescents as young as 13 that puberty blocking drugs were safe and &#8220;totally reversible,&#8221; despite evidence to the contrary. Additionally, Mermaids faced backlash for offering to help 16-year-olds change their name without their parents’ knowledge.
The UK has seen a vast turnaround of their approach to treating minors who identify as transgender. After conducting a systematic review of evidence in October, England’s National Health Service (NHS) proposed <a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-specialist-service-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new guidelines</a> for treating trans-identifying youth, abandoning their previous endorsement of the “gender-affirming” model of care for a more cautious approach to treating gender dysphoria in minors. 
The NHS now recognizes that children and adolescents identifying as transgender may be experiencing a “transient phase” and warns that doctors should not encourage them to change their names and pronouns, as “social transition” is not a “neutral act” and could have “significant effects” in terms of “psychological functioning.”
After the Charity Commission concludes their inquiry, they plan to publish a detailed report of their findings and outcomes.

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UK Government Watchdog Launches Formal Investigation Into Trans Charity ‘Mermaids’

Government Watchdog Launches Formal Investigation Into UK Trans Charity 'Mermaids'

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