Seymour Flops
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What are public schools doing when a child expresses confusion about their gender? Some of them are providing "mental health care" behind parents' backs:
www.schoolcounselor.org
School counselor's organizations are "re-educating" their own members, to ensure that traditional ideas about gender are wiped out.
https://cdn.videos.schoolcounselor.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/21162107/The-School-Counselors-Role-in-Supporting-Transgender-and-Non-Binary-Students.pdf
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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. But it is not only schools doing this. For Gender Specialissts, kindergarten is often 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.
www.businessinsider.com
Translation: OB-Gyns are too dumb to know what sex a baby is. All the really smart doctors become Gender Specialists.
Of course, some children have been able to stop their own victimization, but sadly, only after much damage has been done to them. This "de-transitioned" teen tells her story to help others.
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 ā traveling the country as a leader of the controversial "detransition" movement and emerging as a right-wing icon.
From Reuters:
But families that go the medical route venture onto uncertain ground, where science has yet to catch up with practice. While the number of gender clinics treating children in the United States has grown from zero to more than 100 in the past 15 years ā and waiting lists are long ā strong evidence of the efficacy and possible long-term consequences of that treatment remains scant.
Puberty blockers and sex hormones do not have U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for childrenās gender care. No clinical trials have established their safety for such off-label use. The drugsā long-term effects on fertility and sexual function remain unclear. And in 2016, the FDA ordered makers of puberty blockers to add a warning about psychiatric problems to the drugsā label after the agency received several reports of suicidal thoughts in children who were taking them.
More broadly, no large-scale studies have tracked people who received gender-related medical care as children to determine how many remained satisfied with their treatment as they aged and how many eventually regretted transitioning. The same lack of clarity holds true for the contentious issue of detransitioning, when a patient stops or reverses the transition process.
(Some may find the pictures in this article disturbing)
www.reuters.com
Does any supporter of child transgender treatments know what it means to say "science has not caught up with practice?" I'd love to read your comments on that.
- Student records: Schools should make every effort to use studentsā chosen/affirmed names on student records, even if a legal name change has not been made. This includes making changes in the schoolās 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 āpreferred nameā in the systemĶ. This affirmed name should be used by staff and peers, according to the transgender or nonbinary studentās wishes. Attendance rosters and ID cards should reflect the studentās 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).
The School Counselor and Transgender and Nonbinary Youth - American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
School counselor's organizations are "re-educating" their own members, to ensure that traditional ideas about gender are wiped out.
https://cdn.videos.schoolcounselor.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/21162107/The-School-Counselors-Role-in-Supporting-Transgender-and-Non-Binary-Students.pdf
EditSign
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. But it is not only schools doing this. For Gender Specialissts, kindergarten is often 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.
As a gender specialist, I've seen kids as young as 3 recognize they are trans
The author has been working with trans youth and has seen children as young as 3 years old know their real gender identity.
Translation: OB-Gyns are too dumb to know what sex a baby is. All the really smart doctors become Gender Specialists.
Of course, some children have been able to stop their own victimization, but sadly, only after much damage has been done to them. This "de-transitioned" teen tells her story to help others.
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 ā traveling the country as a leader of the controversial "detransition" movement and emerging as a right-wing icon.
From Reuters:
But families that go the medical route venture onto uncertain ground, where science has yet to catch up with practice. While the number of gender clinics treating children in the United States has grown from zero to more than 100 in the past 15 years ā and waiting lists are long ā strong evidence of the efficacy and possible long-term consequences of that treatment remains scant.
Puberty blockers and sex hormones do not have U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for childrenās gender care. No clinical trials have established their safety for such off-label use. The drugsā long-term effects on fertility and sexual function remain unclear. And in 2016, the FDA ordered makers of puberty blockers to add a warning about psychiatric problems to the drugsā label after the agency received several reports of suicidal thoughts in children who were taking them.
More broadly, no large-scale studies have tracked people who received gender-related medical care as children to determine how many remained satisfied with their treatment as they aged and how many eventually regretted transitioning. The same lack of clarity holds true for the contentious issue of detransitioning, when a patient stops or reverses the transition process.
(Some may find the pictures in this article disturbing)
As children line up at gender clinics, families confront many unknowns
Thousands of transgender U.S. youths are medically transitioning. The treatments they receive have little scientific evidence of long-term safety and efficacy.Does any supporter of child transgender treatments know what it means to say "science has not caught up with practice?" I'd love to read your comments on that.
