Does anyone even believe this? A) His English is bad, it should be "having had an operation", but anyway, what do we expect? But B) How do kids have operations in schools?
It's absolutely absurd.
(This thread is not about the dude who made the video. I posted this video because it shows Trump talk, at least twice, about kids going to schools and having operations. The video is only about evidence that Trump said this)
You are certainly correct in that public school are not performing "gender confirming" surgeries on children. Nor will they ever, I would imagine. But not out of any moral qualm about it.
What are public schools doing when a child expresses confusion about their gender? Some of them are providing "mental health care" behind parents' backs:
- Student records: Schools should make every effort to use students’ chosen/affirmed names on student records, even if a legal name change has not been made. This includes making changes in the school’s student information system, so the affirmed name is the one that appears on most printed unofficial materials (e.g., rosters, diplomas, student IDs, yearbooks, school newspapers, etc.) while the legal name is kept in a segregated, confidential file. If students have not disclosed their gender identity to a parent or guardian and as a result their name and/or gender marker cannot be changed on their student records, their chosen/affirmed name should be noted as a “preferred name” in the system͘. This affirmed name should be used by staff and peers, according to the transgender or nonbinary student’s wishes. Attendance rosters and ID cards should reflect the student’s wishes regarding name and/or gender marker/pronouns, regardless of recorded name and gender on student records. The legal name should be used only where specifically required. Districts and schools should determine which uses require the legal name, including whether it is required for specific testing or reporting purposes (GLSEN & NCTE, 2020).
That's from the American School Counselors Association, not from a Trump rant.
www.schoolcounselor.org
School counselor's organizations are "re-educating" their own members, to ensure that traditional ideas about gender are wiped out.
Some of them are calling parents to refer them to a "gender specialist" who specializes primarily in making money off of the natural confusion that many children feel around the age of puberty. For these profiteers, kindergarten is too long to wait before starting to work on kids.
Whenever I discuss working as a gender specialist with trans youth, the question I'm asked is, "But aren't they too young to know?" My short answer is: No.
I've studied child gender-identity development, read the theories, and combed through studies, but the confirmation I've gotten has been in witnessing the embodied joy and authenticity of trans children.
I've seen kids as young as 3 years old know what their gender is and how they identify. This is supported in the research, but so often adults are afraid and are more comfortable believing that children are too young to know. Parents, in a desire for certainty, prefer to believe the doctors got it right.
The author has been working with trans youth and has seen children as young as 3 years old know their real gender identity.
www.businessinsider.com
Pffft! Stupid doctors!
So, will a child come home "with a brutal operation" as Trump said? No, but they might certainly be subjected to brainwashing that could lead to brutal treatment with cross-sex hormones and brutal surgery before they are eighteen.
Cole has said publicly and in court documents that she first began questioning her gender identity when she was 12. She left a letter on the dining room table telling her family that she was a boy. She wanted a new name, like Ky or Chi, and a more comfortable life.
With the blessing of her parents, who sought the advice of physicians and mental health experts, the self-described socially awkward kid from the Central Valley received routine injections to suppress her puberty and boost testosterone. She was glad when her voice got deeper and her jawline became more defined. In 2020, at age 15, she underwent a double mastectomy in pursuit of her most authentic self.
But now, Cole identifies as a woman and says she regrets those decisions. And she's making a career out of that regret — traveling the country as a leader of the controversial "detransition" movement and emerging as a right-wing icon.
Is it really "right-wing" to say that children should not be subjected to such treatment? If so, that speaks volumes about the left-wing. So, yes. I'll take Trump's hyperbole and even his poor grammar, over a Party that thinks such treatment of children is "routine."
