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Dear well-meaning relatives: Back off
The following letter was submitted by “Sleepless Parent,” the mother of a boy who recently announced he is transgender. Dear well-meaning relatives, Yes, you. The ones who, when my son abruptly “came...
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“Insistent, consistent, persistent”: Autism spectrum disorder seen as no...
The headline I chose for this post comes from the oft-repeated axiom (unsupported by any robust research to date) that kids who are “insistent, consistent, and persistent” in their assertion that they...
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UK’s “Gendered Intelligence” has been indoctrinating students for the last 7...
Children as young as four are receiving lessons from transgender campaigners – including a man who revealed to primary school classes that he is a ‘trans man’ and was ‘assigned female’ at birth....
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Skeptical gender therapist: “A medical doctor is not a candy seller”
In yesterday’s post, I focused on the situation in the United Kingdom, where the school system is deeply enmeshed with a trans activist organization which peddles its message to kids as young as 4...
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UK pediatric transition referrals DOUBLE in SIX months, girls far outnumber...
Scanning through my Twitter feed this morning, I nearly scrolled past this little news item tweeted by the Guardian: According to a freedom of information response obtained by the Guardian, the number...
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6-year-old “trans princess” reality show star is mentored by 15-year-old...
The day Dev could walk, the walk was feminine. The day Dev could talk…it was really feminine. The way he smiled in pictures, the way he posed….He would pick up dolls and we would take them and hide...
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7-year-old “trans activist” used in campaign by Transgender Europe, a German...
US taxpayers, did you know that some of your hard-earned money goes to a foreign NGO which uses a 7-year-old child to promote a trans activist agenda? Transgender Europe (TGEU), which is celebrating...
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Introducing a new, global organization for parents skeptical of the “trans...
I’m happy to announce the launch of Transgender Trend, an international organization created by and for parents who are questioning the accelerating trend to diagnose children and adolescents as...
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Parents, keep listening to your gut—not the gender therapist
A few months ago, my teenage daughter stopped trying to “pass” as male. She dropped the self-defined-as-male uniform, the stereotyped swagger and the fake-deepened voice and just—moved on. Her fervent...
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Nothing wrong with your body that the truth can’t cure: Guest post
This guest post by “fightingunreality,” a regular commenter on this blog, is the second in an ongoing series of accounts by women who at one time experienced gender dysphoria or the desire to become...
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All in the transfamily: Three sets of trans siblings make headlines
Though you’d never know it from the incessant, daily onslaught of “Hey, look mom, I’m trans!” stories in the media, is it possible the garden variety tales of 3-year-old trans children could be...
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Chest tumors and rape gashes: Do trans activists realize they enable this...
This is a comment submitted to my blog this morning on my post discussing my daughter’s desistance from her prior trans identification: I’m forty. I came out to my parents at nineteen, from an Ivy...
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Geeks & nerds, boys at risk: Guest post
While the primary focus of my blog is to examine the transgender trend as it relates to girls and young women, the online community of readers and commenters here also includes some parents of boys,...
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Internalized homophobia & teen dysphoria: More reader comments
This week, I’ve been featuring comments submitted to this blog. Today, there are two selections: a commenter asking what the solution is (if not transition) for a female who is sexually attracted to...
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Self harm & the need for more possibilities for “gender variant” kids
Holidays can be rough for people who are experiencing family discord–or worse, total estrangement from loved ones. A time like Christmas is also particularly hard on those who are depressed or suicidal...
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Activist-clinicians tout “cultural humility” & surgery-on-demand for...
A funny thing happened to me recently as I trudged down the Got-Dysphoria?-Must-Transition-or Die rabbit hole. I’ve learned that those of us wringing our hands over the rush to diagnose dysphoric...
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To crush every doubt: Just pronouns and a name
This is a guest post by commenter thissoftspace, a woman who experienced gender dysphoria, began transition to FTM, but pulled back to embrace herself as female. This account is a bit different from...
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A “gay boy in a girl’s body” desists: Guest post
This is a guest post by long-time 4thWaveNow community member overwhelmed. She is available to respond to your comments and questions in the comments section for this post. Most trans activists and...
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And then I woke up: Guest post
This is Part II (Part I is here) of a guest post by thissoftspace, a woman in her late 30s who experienced gender dysphoria, began transition to FTM, but pulled back and now writes her own Tumblr and...
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Groundbreaking study: Kids mean what they say
The clinic advised that Rudy should start to make his own choices and, specifically, recommended that he was allowed to pick an item of clothing. ‘He chose a Disney princess nightie and skipped around...
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