Supreme Court Punts on ‘Conversion Therapy’

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Combining “change therapies” targeting sexual orientation and gender identity under the same rubric is one of the worst consequences of replacing the lesbian and gay rights movement with LGBTQ+.



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As I’ve said, if Trump wants to allow therapists to help kids with gender confusion realize they can be a gender-nonconforming boy or girl, then “progressives” want to outlaw such counseling and only allow puberty blockers and breast/genital surgery as state-permitted treatment options.

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The Ultimate Agenda

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But of course:

University of California, Riverside associate professor Brandon Robinson argued that a sexual identity label like “gay” or “lesbian” “harms trans people” and called for abolishing sexual identities altogether. …
Robinson, who uses they/them pronouns, explained the importance of moving beyond “gender essentialism” from sexual identities, which the professor claims can be built around gender “stereotypes.”
“If being ‘gay’ means being a man attracted to men, it assumes ‘man’ is a stable, inherent category, when history shows the definition of manhood is constantly changing,” Robinson said. “Gender essentialism also harms trans people, who often complicate those binary boundaries.”
Robinson included traditional labels like “gay” or “lesbian” as ones to abolish, wanting readers to question “why we privilege gender and genitals above all other attributes” in our desires.


For those who discount conservative-leaning news sources, here’s the UC Riverside press release.

Similarly:

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Defending Effeminate Boys

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Kevin Waldman writes that he:

…conducted a mixed-methods study on the University of Michigan campus examining identity formation, belonging, and psychological safety within campus LGBTQ coalition structures. …
Put plainly: the data suggest that gay students experience pressure to align with trans-centered frameworks, while trans students do not report a comparable expectation to align with gay-centered frameworks. … Gay male participants in interviews did not describe hostility toward trans peers. They described vigilance. They described scanning their speech before speaking. They described calculating reputational risk. They described fatigue. …
The findings from this study suggest that universities should consider restoring orientation-specific spaces for gay youth – spaces organized explicitly around same-sex relational development and psychosocial experience – alongside broader LGBTQ coalitions.

While I question whether “broader LGBTQ+ coalitions” make sense given the conflicting interests of those of us who are gay and those who are trans-identifying, particularly transactivists (i.e., protecting and safeguarding the natural development of gender-nonconforming kids vs. encouraging them to trans-identify and socially/medically transition), kudos to the author for going so far as to encourage gay-specific social spaces for gay students. I hope the pushback from the TQ+ side isn’t overwhelming.

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Gays Faced Forced Sex-Reassignment in Iran

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Just a reminder: Under the Islamic Republic’s penal code, sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal and strictly punished by imprisonment, corporal punishment, or execution. But there is a legal and socially approved option for homosexuals: they can undergo state-sanctioned sex-reassignment surgery to avoid persecution.

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Can Democrats Stop Digging on Trans Ideology?

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Harsanyi also observes: “Anyone with a functioning moral compass is horrified by the thought of the government seizing confused children from parents and allowing strangers to mutilate their bodies via “gender-affirming care,” a perverse euphemism for plying children with puberty blockers or hormones, or worse.”

And the party keeps rolling along. Next up: “To the Democrats’ Dismay, the List of Hospitals Ending ‘Gender-Affirming Surgeries’ for Minors Grows.”



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And the Canadian Liberal Party: “Member of Parliament Especially Concerned for 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadians in Puerto Vallarta.”



Then there’s the mendacity of the left: “Medicaid Spent More Than $100 Million in Five Years on Gender Treatments and Surgeries for Minors, Government Investigator Finds.”



The party’s positions on trans issues are not based on “science” or medical evidence, but were incubated in left-wing academia:



On the subject of academia and how supportors of trans ideology want to stifle any debate on their positions, the Wall Street Journal reports on an attempt at the University of North Carolina to foster civil debate, which is, of course, opposed by “progressive,” Muslim and TQ+ student groups (“These Schools Want Civil Discourse on Campus. Even That Is Up for Dispute”):

CivComm [is] a residential hall affiliated with a program at UNC called the School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL). … At CivComm, all discussions are governed by an agreed-upon set of rules; as one student put it, while residents might strongly disagree, they must still live with one another…. Her experiences there have made it hard to put people in boxes and helped her recognize their inherent goodness, even when they have very different beliefs. … Another student organization, TransparUNCy, has organized boycotts and teach-ins opposing the school. “Your participation in these classes only continues to fund the cancerous growth of SCiLL,” warned its Instagram account.

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The Cause of These Tragedies Can’t Be Ignored

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Despite efforts by mainstream media and LGBTQ+ advocates to obscure what’s actually happening, the tragedy of trans shooters can’t be swept under the rug. Children with gender confusion are suffering from a mental health issue, and the answer is not puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries.








Worth repeating:



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The Abject Homophobia that Big LGBTQ+ Still Supports

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Worth repeating:

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The Gender-Identity Ideology Dam Is Breaking

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A small step in the right direction. Of course, the WaPo reporter sees a conspiracy by the nefarious Trump admin. And the LGBTQ+++ groups warn that suicides will result (despite all the legitimate evidence to the contrary).

Via the Washington Post:

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a broad recommendation against gender transition surgeries for youths, becoming the first major medical association in the United States to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care amid a crackdown by the Trump administration.
A statement sent Tuesday to the group’s 11,000 members and obtained by The Washington Post recommends surgeons delay gender-related chest, genital and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old. …
The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, says in some rare cases, teenagers under 18 have received transition surgeries “to reduce the impacts of significant gender dysphoria, including anxiety, depression, and suicidality.” …
Last week, a jury in New York awarded $2 million in damages to a woman who, after detransitioning, sued her plastic surgeon for providing her with a mastectomy at age 16.


Via City Journal:

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has come out unequivocally against “gender-affirming” surgeries in adolescents under age 19. The association’s statement raises strong concerns about not just surgeries but also the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, and it represents an important break with the views of other medical organizations. Read more from Leor Sapir.

Will LGBTQ+++ organizations respond, or simply bury their heads in the sand (sadly, the latter is far more likely):

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Justice for Victims Means Holding Perpetrators to Account

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Should have been $20 million.






Detransitioner Chloe Cole’s story is similarly tragic — assigned puberty blockers and given a double mastectomy at 16, she now suffers from chronic pain and struggles with sexual functioning:


And this:

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