Thread by @carolinedowney_

EXCLUSIVE: Texas Children’s Hospital is under investigation after getting busted for its secret child sex-change program. But executives are doubling down, instructing employees to affirm pseudo-identities such as "bigender" and "gender fluid."

My investigation. 🧵

A mandatory training issued only a few weeks ago instructs 20,000 staff to affirm gender-dysphoric patients in the way they collect their personal information. It makes no distinction between children and adults.

nationalreview.com/news/texas-chi…

The presentation reinforces the idea that a person can be born in the wrong body, telling staff to be prepared with “answers to sexual orientation and gender identity questions” for gathering patient data. Last year’s training touched on similar themes.

The training defines gender identity, gender expression, gender dysphoria, and sexual orientation. It urges staff against assuming a patient’s gender from their appearance, outlining the gender spectrum of “Bigender,” “Agender,” “Gender Queer,” “Gender Fluid,” & “Non-binary.”

Hormones & gender surgery often follow social transition- accommodating a child's preferred identity, pronouns, & name. The affirmation model being pushed by TCH lays the groundwork for invasive medical interventions that can destroy fertility, sexual function, & bone density.

Staff members serving in certain patient-facing roles receive additional training on asking patients questions related to their preferred gender, names, and sexuality, according to the training.

The training teaches that the “LGBTQIA+” experiences high rates of depression and suicidal ideation. A March study from Finnish scientists found that suicide among gender-dysphoric youth is extremely rare and likely driven by underlying psychological problems.

The training drums the debunked concept of unconscious/implicit bias "to work towards being more equitable and inclusive in our decision-making processes.”

In 2017, Harvard, UVA, & UW-Madison researchers found a weak correlation between implicit bias & discriminatory behavior.

The hospital for years has been veering into radical territory under CEO Mark Wallace. When it finally cancelled its child gender-transition program after Texas’ probe, Wallace called the decision “heart-wrenching.” He recommended kids be referred to gender doctors out of state.

Wallace’s leftwing commitments run the gamut from gender to race. Amid the riots after the death of George Floyd, Wallace endorsed the BLM movement and encouraged TCH staff to attend a protest “to advocate for the black community and the eradication of police violence.”

Wallace announced in June 2020 that TCH’s Miracle Bridge would be lit up in black and yellow until Juneteenth to “show our support for the Black Lives Matter movement.”