We must expose the left’s gender transition propaganda. Every American
will play a crucial role in this effort, but parents and grandparents have a special responsibility to protect their children and grandchildren from such dangerous lies.
they should only be accessed as part of research.” NHS’s decision was made in response to an alarmingly sharp rise in refer- rals for gender transition therapy, a dramatic change in the population of patients from predominantly biologi- cal males to predominantly biological females, the high prevalence of seri- ous preexisting mental health condi- tions among referrals, and a scarcity of evidence for any positive effects of gender transition therapy. Instead of continuing to promote harmful transgender “therapy” for children, American lawmakers can learn from Europe’s cautionary tale.
American parents, teenagers, and even former workers in the industry are beginning to courageously speak out about their own truly horrific experiences. Jamie Reed, self-described as a queer who is “politically to the left of Bernie Sanders,” worked as a case worker at the Washington Univer- sity Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital for four years. Last November, she left the clinic after she concluded that the medical “treatments” had “life-altering conse- quences” that permanently harmed vulnerable patients. In February of this year, she published an article in The Free Press warning parents about the “morally and medically appalling” practices. She detailed case after case of the medical manipulation of parents and children as well as the irreversibly damaging effects of hormonal and surgical transitions. Parents have confirmed that their experiences were as horrifying as Reed described. One mother, Caroline, brought her son to the center when
he was 14 years old. He had flipped between different labels of gender identity and was curious about being transgender. He had been experienc- ing psychological distress recently, and Caroline was told that a puberty blocker would help. When she voiced hesitations, the psychologist responded, in front of Caroline’s son, with alarming and misleading statis- tics about suicides among children not allowed to transition. Caroline felt that she had no choice but to agree to the puberty blocker. As she put it, “It’s being implied that if I don’t okay this, I don’t care if my kid kills himself.” While she had hoped that the puberty blockers would alleviate her son’s depression, in reality, her son became increasingly depressed and anxious. He struggled to keep up in school or even get out of bed and became suicidal. At the onset of all these disturbing side effects, Caroline demanded the blocker’s immediate removal. However, the clinic refused. To this day, the puberty blocker continues to wreak havoc on the physical and emotional well-be- continued on page 30
Victims Speak Out
Even in the United States, where until recently it was uncommon for doctors to offer teenagers puberty blockers, hormonal drugs, and sex-change surgeries, the evidence of the detrimental effects is quickly mounting.
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