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🧵Today a stunning message was sent to @wpath members by the org’s president, the plastic surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers- who operated on Jazz Jennings ⤵️ listloop.com/wpath/mail.cgi…
The message outlined the org’s strategy for “damage control” of its Standards of Care v.8 & “gender-affirming care” in general, in light of increased criticism by the public as well as republican bills restricting medical transition for minors across the US.
The letter insists SOC8 was “based on the best available scientific evidence & weighing all risks & benefits to arrive at the recommendations”. But the “evidence” is all low-quality studies. economist.com/briefing/2023/…
Bowers: “The 1st step on the road back, in my opinion, will be to allow the public to hear the anguish and the stories of those in pain as a direct result of anti-trans legislation, difficult as this will be to watch”
“…and to pin this pain upon those legislators and policy makers who have inflicted the agony.” Wow. Just Wow.
Bowers: “The 2nd step on the road back will be to unite disparate causes in our fight against a common foe. An attack on trans care is an attack on women. It is an attack on black people, brown people, and Asian people…”
“…It is an attack on Jewish, Muslim, Hindi, Sikh, and true Christian communities. It is an attack on diversity and all of the ideals that diversity holds. It is an attack on us all.”
Well, that’s a stretch. But very predictable. It’s straight from the intl law firm Denton’s strategic advice for transactivists:‘Tie your campaign to more popular reform.’ (Like gay rights. Or intersection feminism. Or Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.) spectator.co.uk/article/the-do…
Finally, Bowers complains about the film #WhatIsAWoman, & claims that “nature lacks a definitive answer to the question. Because there is no biological measure-not chromosomes, not hormones, not anatomy nor any of the 6 other biological markers of sex”…
Bowers: “…a woman is what society sees based upon the gender identity the individual projects. No measure in biology gets it right every time”. This is absolute nonsense!
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