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Oct 18 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A collection of some of my threads and observations about #puberty_blockers and #adolescent_transition. 🧵
Boys who are raised as girls are constantly having to prove to the world that they are girls—natal girls don't need to do this. Adult transwomen have no idea the trauma this causes.
Puberty blockers are unnecessary and harm kids
Children who are treated with puberty blocks and cross-sex hormones are put on a medical leash
Why we need to protect cisgender children from transgender affirming care!

Older transwomen support medicalizing children. Why? It's about sex.

Summary of the state of research on gender dysphoric youth

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Oct 26
The very "best" trans research shows:
* Pre-pubescent children will desist if not transtioned
* ... But they PERSIST if they are transitioned
* Modest improvements to mood in the short term
* ... But they are under constant care and attention, so it's hard to know the cause
* There likely ARE brain differences between pre-pubescents who identify as trans and who don't
* ... But this MIGHT be correlated with sexual orientation
* ... And it's easier to explain this as ordinary human variance, not innate transgenderism
* Adolescents who transition have a higher rate of "minority threat stress"
* Adolescents who transition also commonly have (often untreated) co-morbid mental disorders
* 10x greater prevalence of autism than in the general population
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Oct 25
I transitioned 30 years ago. There's never been a time with greater public or government support for "trans people" like me. In fact, even the conservative SCOTUS ruled in favor of "trans rights."
And yet, trans activists claim we're in the midst of a "trans genocide." Perverse.
It is a perversion of history. I am of Jewish lineage. My father's parents left Krakow in the early 20th century, and an unknown number of my relatives surely fell to the Nazi pogrom.

Trans genocide? Preposterous.
It is a perversion of justice. There are many people on the margins of society who identify as transgender. They are in a state of poverty and often in a state of drug addiction and are victims of human trafficking.
And yet, the activists bandy about the term "genocide." Fools.
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Oct 9
Spoke with an old friend today for a while about the gender wars.

We talked about what winning looks like: everyone pretends it never went wrong, everyone stops talking about the harm. We quietly fix as much as we can. There is no victory parade, and no credit.
When we finally have evidence-based medicine, when we stop putting children on the medicalization treadmill, it will be because policymakers, lawmakers, patients, and families finally pushed legislation into law and through the courts. We will be exhausted, not triumphant.
The people who have been harmed by this process will not have the gender clinicians lined up in front of them, on their knees, begging forgiveness. No. Most of these people who have enabled trauma will just move on to other fields of practice.
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Oct 8
Financial institutions should not coerce or extort its users into silence for holding completely valid and peaceful political positions. Image
Please understand this point: I doubt PayPal would actually penalize me $2,500 for speaking my gender critical views openly. But it’s clear that the purpose of this is to cause fear and suppress speech by merely creating the threat.
If you do not rely on PayPal for your income, I urge you to close your account, just as I have.
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Oct 8
I'm reminded that I want to make a point about "she/they" pronouns.

Lovely women, of all shapes, sizes and ages, to put "she/they" in your bio is to compromise yourself as a woman.
Yes, I realize that you're "not like the other women." I realize that sexist, misogynistic tropes of womanhood are abundant in culture and media. I appreciate that you want to resist giving in to these soul-sickening forces.

But changing your pronouns is not the answer.
You have sisters, cousins, nieces, daughters, friends, followers, and devotees who look up to you as a role model. To call yourself "she/they" is to fold yourself, as if to say "perhaps I really am not a woman after all."

Nonsense! You are, and you cannot be other.
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Sep 27
I have spent a lot of energy and time this year working to persuade people from all different points of view that it's necessary and important to pursue legislative means to influence pediatric gender medicine.
What kicked me in to high gear was the Texas governor, acting on advice from his attorney general, to leverage the power of the state to start persecuting families who had youth in a state of gender transition. That was not right.
Although I disagree with Texas's actions, it actually is the case that the leaders had a valid reason to be concerned. There has been an explosion in the population of minors who are seeking gender affirmative treatment. The public is mostly unaware, but people like me know it.
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