Things are changing for the better in the US. When we started 7 years ago, we were a lone voice screaming into the void about child/teen transition. Now it’s impossible to keep up with all the orgs & individuals who will no longer stand for the “affirmation only” madness. #Onward
(Actually almost 8 years now). Besides a massive number of detransitioners (seems a new voice every day!), now there are “crossovers” from other battles, a growing number of LGB (& T) warriors angry about the hijacking of their hard-fought movement, & others too many to count.
Will this rising tide give sufficient cover so more physicians & therapists will join their brave colleagues & have the courage to speak out against the extremism that has captured our once-revered institutions? @JuliaMasonMD1 spoke at yesterday’s rally. We need more like her.
For anyone who doesn’t know, a broad coalition rallied at the @AmerAcadPeds convention yesterday to demand a more careful approach to youth gender dysphoria. Dr. Mason was among them.
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Our source in one of the "affirming" parent groups thought we'd like to see the latest news. Top post: Moms discuss sex toys for their "trans girls" so they'll know how to orgasm before vaginoplasty. Author sterilized her child at 13. (blocked at 11, estrogen at 13) 1/
Tons of praise in the long thread for "how amazing" this mom is for her "next-level parental support." (Thought experiment: Imagine a mom of any other teen discussing, in detail, sex toys and techniques for her teen son or daughter). 2/
"Exactly my mission!" crows mom, when a commenter points out that practice makes perfect if you hope your kid will have a chance at sexual function after genital surgery. 3/
Why do you just keep lying about this? You’ve seen the evidence people keep providing for you. There’s no other explanation other than you know you’re lying, but you keep doing it anyway.
It does raise the question: If Caraballo (and company) will willfully and repeatedly lie about this, what else are they lying about?
Caraballo finally blocked. We’ve pointed out this lie at least 3 times previously. Wonder what finally provoked Caraballo to block (vs honestly engaging)?
. TransfamilySOS.org is often mentioned in “affirmative” parent groups. The founder—a mother who got a double mastectomy for her 14-yr-old adopted/fetal alcohol syndrome child—is very active in these groups, offering to pressure insurance companies for underage procedures.
In fact, TransfamilySOS specializes in pressuring insurance companies, boasting a 99% success rate in overturning denials. They charge nothing for this service—that’s how dedicated they are to increasing the number of minors who undergo medical transition. archive.ph/n6wYf
For years, the founder of TransfamilySOS has magically appeared in nearly every thread wherein parents of minors express concern that their insurance company is balking at covering “top surgery” or another procedure.
It seems child gender clinics around the US are all marching to the same drummer. Notably (from all the recent reporting we’ve seen) they all adhere to the Diane Ehrensaftian notion that toddlers can “know” their “gender identity.”
Short thread: Only ONE "gender-affirming" procedure carries a minimal age recommendation in SOC8: phalloplasty. Because of high complication rates, the this very serious surgery is recommended for 18+. But this was STILL too restrictive for some well known trans activists. 1/
International Transgender Health FB moderator & longtime activist says a 17-yr-old "man" would be better off undergoing this dangerous procedure while living with parents. (And anyway, a commenter adds, some countries have a younger age of majority. So, a 16-yr-old in the UK? 2/
Notably underage vaginoplasty was recommended as recently as 2017 for same reason: Mom/Dad can take better care of MINOR offspring than a young adult on their own (who might be too busy to maintain, for example, the post-surgical dilation schedule). 3/
Make no mistake: Maoist totalitarians aren’t stopping w/the kiwi farms takedown. They‘re already strategizing how to bring down Substack, Mumsnet… any entity that dares challenge their views. These ppl want total control over the Internet, not just an end to doxxing/harassment.
Lots of talk like this going on.
They want the Internet to be one big echo chamber where they can spew their propaganda and purge anyone who dares to so much as politely identify a person’s birth sex. The new term is “stochastic terrorism”.