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Landmark Study Challenges Leftist Assumptions About Gender-Transition Treatment for Youth

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In a groundbreaking development, a significant study conducted in Finland is reshaping the narrative surrounding gender-transition treatment for young individuals, challenging widely held beliefs about the supposed life-saving nature of such interventions. The movement advocating for pediatric gender-transition treatments asserts that these medical interventions are not only “medically necessary” but also crucial for saving lives. However, until now, there has been a notable absence of research examining the validity of this claim.

The newly released Finnish study delves into the impact of providing cross-sex hormones and gender-transition surgeries to adolescents and young adults, specifically examining their association with suicide deaths. Contrary to popular assumptions, the study found that these interventions did not appear to have a significant effect on reducing suicide deaths.

Unsurprisingly, the study revealed that gender distress, severe enough to prompt young individuals to seek assistance from gender clinics, was not independently linked to a higher suicide death rate. Instead, the research identified a higher likelihood of suicide in young adults with a substantial number of appointments with mental health specialists, indicating severe mental health challenges.

The study’s conclusions challenge the prevailing notion that the higher suicide rate among gender-distressed youth is primarily linked to their gender identity. Instead, the researchers assert that the elevated suicide rate is more closely tied to the presence of severe psychiatric problems. Consequently, the study advocates for a shift in focus towards comprehensive mental health care for these individuals rather than controversial medical interventions.

The findings of this study directly address a contentious debate within the discourse on transgender youth: whether the high rate of mental health problems among trans-identified youths is a consequence of societal judgment or a coping mechanism for mental health issues unrelated to gender identity.

Notably, the study’s results have sparked conversations within the medical community, challenging the assertions made by prominent supporters of gender-transition treatments for young individuals. Dr. Riittakerttu Kaltiala, the leader of the study and a top adolescent psychiatrist at Finland’s Tampere University Hospital, criticized the ethical implications of presenting a choice between “a living son or dead daughter” to parents, as many trans-advocating doctors do.

Sick Bill Changes Definition of ‘Abused Child’ to Include Kids Whose Parents Object to Abortion, Transgender Hormones and Surgeries

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A recently-introduced bill in the state of Illinois would change the definition of “abused child” to include minors whose parents object to their children receiving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, transgender surgeries, and abortions.

House Bill 4876, which was introduced in early February, also shields doctors from liability if they prescribe such treatments to minors who do not have parental consent — and empowers the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to step in and, if they deem it necessary, remove children from their biological parents based on the new definition of an “abused child.”

According to the legislation, which imbues minors with the same legal status as adults with regard to consenting to medical treatments and procedures related to abortion and gender transition, “consent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority.” (Read more from “Sick Bill Changes Definition of ‘Abused Child’ to Include Kids Whose Parents Object to Abortion, Transgender Hormones and Surgeries” HERE)

Video: Cathedral Hosts Funeral for Atheist Transgender Activist

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A huge funeral was held Thursday inside Manhattan’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral for transgender activist and atheist Cecilia Gentili of Brooklyn, who died February 6.

Gentili was 52 when he died of unknown causes at home, the Daily Mail reported Friday, noting that about 1,000 friends and fans of Gentili filled the church pews during the service.

The outlet described the scene:

A picture near the altar showed a haloed Ms. Gentili surrounded by the Spanish words for ‘transvestite,’ ‘whore,’ ‘blessed’ and ‘mother’ above the text of Psalm 25.

A mourner upstaged the priest at one point by singing ‘Ave Maria’ – but changing the lyrics to ‘Ave Cecilia’ before dancing through the aisles.

Even though Gentili said he was an atheist, funeral organizer Ceyenne Doroshow planned for the service to be held at the large church. (Read more from “Video: Cathedral Hosts Funeral for Atheist Transgender Activist” HERE)

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Disney Board Wants To Hide Political Donations, Spending On Sex Changes From Shareholders, Docs Reveal

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The Walt Disney Company board wants to hide key financial data from the public, particularly as it relates to their funding of the transgender movement and donations to political candidates, documents reviewed by the Daily Caller reveal.

The 2024 proxy vote ballot for Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, scheduled for April 2, reveals the board doesn’t want the public, or even their own shareholders, to know how much Disney spends on “gender transition compensation and benefits” for its staff. Despite the board’s suggested vote to shareholders, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) and National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) are urging the company to release the data.

In Disney’s 2024 “Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement,” Disney details how the NLPC and NCPPR notified the company that they intend to present proposals focused on these issues. Within the same document, Disney “affirms” that people who suffer from gender dysphoria can “transition to a different sex.” However, “an increasing body of scientific evidence shows no benefits result from such medical treatments,” the NLPC argues. They go on to cite the European and American medical community’s “increasing” caution about gender-transition “therapies.”

“Victims report transition treatments and surgeries are harmful. Examples include long-lasting or permanent outcomes like chronic pain, sexual dysfunction, unwanted hair loss or hair gain, menstrual irregularities, urinary problems, and other complications,” the statement continues. “Rather than resolve health problems ‘gender affirming’ therapies instead often exacerbate them. In such instances, those who desire to ‘detransition’ cannot find medical care or insurance coverage, and are permanently mutilated. Many of these sufferers litigate against those who misled or harmed them.”

(Read more from “Disney Board Wants to Hide Political Donations, Spending on Sex Changes From, Docs Reveal” HERE)

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Surgeon Who Performs Transgender Vaginoplasties: Complications ‘Can Be Pretty Bad’

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A prominent surgeon stated that complications from vaginoplastic surgery that aims at removing male genitals and creating a vagina “can be pretty bad” and noted that there was “a growing number of programs throughout the world of gender affirmation, probably with a lack of training and not proper training,” according to the video of a presentation that the Daily Caller News Foundation obtained through a public records request.

“Complications can be pretty bad for vaginoplasty, and the most-dreaded complication is to perforate the rectum while you are dissecting the vaginal cavity,” Dr. Alex Laungani, a Canadian surgeon, who has “expertise in trans surgical care,” said at an event sponsored by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).

“You are essentially dissecting the vaginal cavity between the prostate and the rectum and there’s literally no space there,” he said. “So, you have to create a new plane in a spot that doesn’t exist. So, you’re very close to the rectum, and it’s very hard—it’s very easy to get in there. We don’t, I mean, the more you do it, the less risk you have, of course.”

WPATH is a medical organization that has published an influential clinical guidance on transgender health care called Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC). Laungani’s presentation, titled “Foundations in Surgery,” was part of an educational series recorded in September 2022 for licensed clinicians seeking WPATH certification in transgender health care. Laungani is a WPATH member.

The WPATH Standards of Care recommend that transgender surgeons be educated, trained and supervised on how to perform sex-reassignment surgeries. However, Laungani said in his presentation that as the number of sex-reassignment programs had grown, it was likely some surgeons had not received adequate training. (Read more from “Surgeon Who Performs Transgender Vaginoplasties: Complications ‘Can Be Pretty Bad’” HERE)

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What Do ‘Long COVID’ And Transgender People Have In Common?

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What do ‘Long COVID’ and the transgender movement have in common? No, this isn’t the set up for a punchline. Despite assurances by the “neutral” medical establishment, they both fall under the umbrella of a broader left-wing agenda — and the results are clear from new findings on who actually “suffers” from Long COVID.

According to a new survey from USA Facts, transgender people experienced the highest rate of Long COVID. Of the transgender people who had COVID, 46% reported struggling with Long COVID afterwards, compared to just 32% among women and 22% among men. Among “other” — whatever non-binary nonsense that implies — the rate was 37%. Further, among the transgender people claiming to suffer from Long COVID, 42% reported “severe” symptoms, four times higher than men (10%) and women (9%).

To use a favored term of the expert class, transgender people are “disproportionately impacted” by the disease — but it’s worth considering why that may be. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, this is due to their “lower access to health care and stigma regarding their gender or sexuality.” Yet this is political dogma disguised as scientific analysis. However, the real answer is likely just as political.

Interestingly, both Long COVID and the current transgender craze gripping American children developed along a very similar trajectory. They are both loosely defined by the medical establishment, yet get touted as a purely scientific phenomena — objective truth. If you are a man who identifies as a woman, you are a woman. As a result, it becomes impossible for even medical authorities to define what a “woman” really is. Similarly, the Centers for Disease Control defines Long COVID “broadly” as any “signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or develop after acute COVID-19 infection,” including “fatigue,” “difficulty thinking,” “sleep problems” and even “depression or anxiety.” So, Long COVID is pretty much anything you want it to be.

The real trick that captured medical and scientific authorities pull here is laundering one discrete, definable instance of a phenomenon into a broader, ideological movement. Transgender people, of course, exist in the objective sense — both throughout history and in that gender dysphoria is an established, clinical disorder. Yet that cannot explain the explosion of trans-identifying teens — mostly girls — over the past several years; there’s clearly a social aspect at play that the “experts” will not admit for ideological reasons. Similarly, “long” illnesses clearly exist; anyone who’s ever had a cold or flu can attest that unpleasant symptoms sometimes linger for weeks or months, which surely holds true for COVID as well. But clinically defining Long COVID as some miasmatic threat only serves to reinforce the CDC’s own authority over a never-ending COVID crisis.

(Read more from “What Do ‘Long COVID’ and Transgender People Have in Common?” HERE)

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State Backtracks on Restricting Transgender Medicalization for Adults

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Ohio is backtracking on proposed restrictions to curb transgender medicalization for adults.

The state health department said Wednesday that it has changed its new proposed administrative rules on transgender medical treatments to apply only to children. The department said it received public comments opposing restrictions on adults for such treatments.

“The comments revealed a significant interest in the original draft’s impact on adult patients. The revised quality standard rules are now applicable only to care for minors,” the health department said in a memo noting the changes.

Earlier this month, Governor Mike DeWine (R) announced the new rules restricting transgender medical treatments for both adults and children.

One of the rules would have required trans-identifying adults to have a team of an endocrinologist, a bioethicist, and a psychiatrist evaluating them rather than just one clinician. (Read more from “State Backtracks on Restricting Transgender Medicalization for Adults” HERE)

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Leftist Lunatic Completely Flips His Lid After Being Questioned About Several Trans Athletes Dominating Women’s Sport

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. . .We have a load of anger poppin’ off in Toronto, Canada, right now following a women’s college volleyball match that included five transgender athletes (all biological men) playing in place of females.

The game went down on Jan. 24 between Seneca College and Centennial College and featured a total of five biological men, with Seneca having three and Centennial having two.

As you would expect, the men completely dominated the female competition, and also in not-so-shocking news, all five of the trans athletes remained on the court for the entire match.

Well, following the game, Rebel News reporter David Menzies appeared to be trying to confront the transgender athletes, but instead came across this leftist lunatic who absolutely spazzed after being questioned about this whole situation.

(Read more from “Leftist Lunatic Completely Flips His Lid After Being Questioned About Several Trans Athletes Dominating Women’s Sport” HERE)

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Gender Doctor: Parents Who Oppose Transitioning Kids Have ‘Mental Illness’

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Psychologist Dr. Harriette Wimms told attendees at a medical training summit in 2022 that parents who do not affirm their child’s gender identity have a “mental illness,” according to audio obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The discussion took place at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) 27th annual training symposium in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 17, 2022. Wimms, clinical director for The Village Family Support Center of Baltimore, suggested in a WPATH lecture on autism that parents who don’t affirm their children’s decisions are “transphobic” and have a “mental illness,” according to audio obtained in a public records request.

Wimms, alongside several other doctors, were discussing a case regarding a young adult referred to as “Silvian,” a biological female identifying as a man, who is also autistic and dependent on parents who would not affirm Silvian’s gender identity, according to the audio.

“Here in the States, Janet Helms is a researcher who has explored racism for years and years and she says that racism and other isms are [a] mental illness and need to be addressed,” Wimms said. “And I think if I were working with this client I just might say ‘Okay, your parents, unfortunately, they are transphobic and I’m sorry and let’s figure out some ways to deal with their mental illness.’” . . .

Other medical professionals at the WPATH summit also discussed working with parents who were reluctant to affirm a child’s transgender identity, with one doctor saying that it all comes down to “the messaging,” according to videos obtained exclusively by the DCNF. (Read more from “Gender Doctor: Parents Who Oppose Transitioning Kids Have ‘Mental Illness'” HERE)

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Rip Curl Brand’s Wipeout Over Transgender Surfer Shows Fed-Up Americans Are Winning

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It’s been a week to forget for surf company Rip Curl, the latest brand to risk consumers’ wrath with a pro-transgender marketing campaign.

Its January post urging people to meet “waterwoman” Sasha Lowerson, a biological man in a bikini, lit a literal fire under fans, who took to the internet to burn everything from surf booties to boards. Days after deleting the reel, with international outrage at a peak, headquarters decided to do something that Bud Light still hasn’t: apologize.

In a revealing move, management issued a mea culpa late Wednesday night, just five days into the dust-up. “Our recent post has landed us in the divisive space around transgender participation in competitive sport,” a spokesman told Shop-Eat-Surf late Wednesday night. “We want to promote surfing for everyone in a respectful way, but recognize we upset a lot of people with our post and for that, we are sorry. To clarify, the surfer featured has not replaced anyone on the Rip Curl team and is not a sponsored athlete.”

If Americans want to know who’s winning the war with corporate bullies, look no further.

A reversal like this is majorly significant—not only because of how intense the backlash was, but how quickly executives responded. If anything, the wave of corporate pushback that was sparked by Bud Light has only intensified over time. In fact, it’s so powerful that even the media is starting to admit that the grassroots may actually be winning this fight. “Big corporates may finally be learning that ‘Go woke, go broke’ is real,” commentator Nicolle Flint pointed out. (Read more from “Rip Curl Brand’s Wipeout Over Transgender Surfer Shows Fed-Up Americans Are Winning” HERE)

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