Thread by @_CryMiaRiver

In 1949, when Egas Moniz was awarded the Nobel Prize for the invention of lobotomy, the New York Times published an article declaring that "surgeons now think no more of operations on the brain than they do of removing an appendix."

This @CBCNews article is the 21st-century equivalent.

Robyn Hodgson, a registered nurse at a gender clinic in London, Ont, said:

"I'm in my 27th year, and I've worked in a lot of areas — and this has been the most rewarding area that I've ever worked in."

You know, Robyn, prefrontal lobotomies were the most rewarding work Walter Freeman ever did too. Get ready to take your place in history beside him.

"Hodgson likens it to how society accommodates people who are left-handed."

This is absolute garbage journalism, @CBCNews. You ought to hang your heads in shame for publishing something so appalling.

We don't chemically castrate kids who are left-handed. Nor do we chop off their right hand.

"Canadian health-care providers broadly follow the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards of care."

Said as if it's a good thing that Canadian healthcare providers follow an organization that thinks children can identify as eunuchs.

"I think that there is this assumption that people are rushing into medical care and there's no thoughtful contemplation or support," Hodgson said.

The truth: Five out of Canada's ten main gender clinics require no psychological assessment or counseling prior to start on hormones. @CHEO here in Ottawa has put kids on blockers after just one twenty-minute appointment.

The Children's Hospital in Hodgson's own city endorses puberty blockers BEFORE the first gender clinic appointment.

"One of the nice things about blockers is that they can give you some time to continue to explore, rather than having to go through the puberty changes that would happen otherwise," said Dr. Tania Culham, a physician with Trans Care B.C.

A doctor saying this in 2015 could possibly have been forgiven. But in 2023, it is criminal.

As far back as 2006, right at the beginning of the puberty blockers experiment, the Dutch researchers noted that every child put on blockers progressed to cross-sex hormones, when historically, without medical intervention, most kids would desist and reconcile with their birth sex during or after puberty, and most would simply be homosexual.

Every study since has shown the exact same thing: puberty blockers lock in the transgender identity, making irreversible cross-sex hormones almost a foregone conclusion.

This means blockers have an iatrogenic effect, meaning the treatment causes the illness. Blockers are not a harmless pause to give the child more time to figure things out; they freeze the child in time, blocking the very cognitive development necessary for them to resolve their gender distress.

"Because hormones can have long-term effects on fertility, Sims says health-care providers don't prescribe them until a patient has shown a persistent desire to transition, been fully informed about the side effects and been offered a chance to have their sperm or eggs preserved for future use."

"These decisions, in general, are not taken very lightly," she said.

I have a report coming out about WPATH very soon that will prove this is completely false.

@CBCNews, I'd be delighted if you would report on it.

Then, @CBCNews endorses "mature minors" accessing a powerful, irreversible Schedule III controlled substance without parental consent. Testosterone will cause vaginal and uterine atrophy, greatly affecting her future ability to form long-term partnerships, and it will most likely rob her of her fertility. Also comes with increased risk of various cancers, heart disease, and strokes.

But, hey, no big deal right? No need for parental guidance on this life-altering medical decision.