I am so moved by this post because it proves the embattled warriors in this cause was never about politics. At the core the critical movement was about care and concern for better standard that followed all other medical psychological procedure. What is next is critical. Keep your eyes on the prize. Healthy and good care for children and adults and families. Just want to thank you for being a clear voice in this storm of confusion all these years.
1) Include links to the press releases/news reports for the three major events in question;
2) For the malpractice case, make it clear that the jury found fault with what the gender cult would consider a normal “affirming” approach to treatment. Otherwise it’s unclear whether it was just a botched surgery.
I think this is beautifully written and so important in its intention. Hazel-rah makes a good point in that there are millions of people in the US, esp on the left, who have no idea there’s any legitimate concern: witness the reaction to Michael Shermer on the Brian Lehrer show for proof.
Age ought not be the limitation to culpability. Young adults are equally if not more extensively harmed and exploited by this medical malpractice. The entire concept of medical misdiagnoses along with the subsequent mistreatments will continue to occur with no guardrails whatsoever for distressed young adults. And worse for this particular population is that with the encouragement of captured therapists and online echo chambers, they have often estranged themselves from once intact, loving family members who dare to ask hard questions. These young adults are truly victimized in a crucial coming of age difficult time in their lives. It is as devastating as it ought to be criminal on behalf of the so-called professionals pedaling the lies, prescriptions and procedures with devastating consequences. Informed consent is a complete misnomer when the consent is given based on wrongful information.
The olive branch was offered years ago and it was ignored. The only way out now is through, which means blowing up the "system" with law suits and exposing the dirty truth of the psychology and plastic surgery industry. Sorry, but I can't take the "high road" on this matter. Too many children, young adults and families have been harmed and I want the whole scheme exposed and punished.
I agree that the most effective approach to the "gender medicine" problems is to aggressively pursue legal remedies. On the other hand, both the aggressive approach and the repeated offers of olive branches can be carried out simultaneously. One of the things that the "gender" movement has revealed is how much the majority of people want to conform to standards of "goodness," behaviors that get them social approval, and beliefs about "how things are," no matter how few years these beliefs have been in existence. Pretty soon, the conformists who obviously make up the majority of the population will become uncomfortable with the emerging conflict about the goodness and normality of "gender medicine." They will start edging towards the door and saying "I don't know about that" in response to the "trans activists," just as they have been doing for years in response to us. At that point, some of them might feel a need for a path out of inner conflict, guilt, and uncertainty, and give those olive branches a second look.
This is a wonderful approach that I hope is appreciated by those who need it. But the problem is so much bigger than just LGBTQ organizations, it has also nearly destroyed the formerly well understood foundational values of groups formed not around identities, but around embodied realities, such as formerly mother to mother birth and breastfeeding support organizations.
La Leche League, which styles itself as having "global expertise in breastfeeding support" has an inclusivity policy which mandates their volunteer Leaders must support "everyone" to breastfeed. Marian Tompson, one of the Founders who created this organization in 1956, resigned from the LLLI Board in disgust when she was unable to get a straight answer from the other Board members to her question about whether they support male lactation: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/is-la-leche-league-international
Here is the personal testimony of a volunteer Leader in LLL Great Britain who was forcibly removed from her position when she and her colleagues tried to explain to the LLLI Board that under UK law, they could not support men to breastfeed because men are not mothers: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/the-beginning-of-the-end-started
That one needs breasts in order to breastfeed appears to be not universally understood, but, one thing I am certain of is that the loss of ability to breastfeed is going to be a regular feature of the young women who win their cases against those who cheerfully removed their breasts as teens: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/there-was-no-neuroscience-to-change
I am curious as to what the reception was to the groups you met with. At least in SF , the situation still is that no one is allowed to raise a question without being banished as a heretic. I think this is a great offering , but it seems to be based on being rational, and that's not the case here. Somehow this needs to get past the gatekeepers at MSM who are unrelentingly more advocates than journalists.
This is a great idea but I'm perplexed as to why you have repeatedly said that the evidence is changing? The evidence is not changing, there has never been any evidence, only ideology based on poor social theory supported by medical malpractice. What is changing is that people are increasingly questioning what was falsely given as evidence - the propaganda that proclaimed 'trans women are women' which thankfully has lost much of its traction.
I agree with you, but I think they are trying to create an off ramp for people who made good faith mistakes (bought into the ideology without doing their own research).
The side of truth will progress more quickly if we do extend and olive branch.
(FWIW, because of the suffering my family has experienced as a result of our oldest daughter’s involvement in this, I want to burn the whole thing down along with every person who was on the other side. But embattled people who are proved wrong will often, illogically, fight to the death and, in so doing, extend the war. Let’s get the end of this sordid chapter ASAP.)
Although it's been a busy and heartening week, it's way too early to expect any kind of circumspection or humility from the opposition. They have far too much invested and to protect. The obstinance, lies, and resistance will continue. If the carefully crafted myth of the trans child is taken off the board they risk losing the whole game. And they know it. This handful of events will be dismissed as irrelevant or painted as bigoted transphobia, and most likely will harden their resolve.
I am so moved by this post because it proves the embattled warriors in this cause was never about politics. At the core the critical movement was about care and concern for better standard that followed all other medical psychological procedure. What is next is critical. Keep your eyes on the prize. Healthy and good care for children and adults and families. Just want to thank you for being a clear voice in this storm of confusion all these years.
Thanks, this is great!
A couple suggestions from a writer’s perspective:
1) Include links to the press releases/news reports for the three major events in question;
2) For the malpractice case, make it clear that the jury found fault with what the gender cult would consider a normal “affirming” approach to treatment. Otherwise it’s unclear whether it was just a botched surgery.
A brilliant, heartfelt invitation—and the kettle is still hot. Thank you for your invaluable, well-focused work.🙏❤️🙏
I don't know what impact this initiative will have in the immediate future, but it is an honest and intelligent proposal.
I think this is beautifully written and so important in its intention. Hazel-rah makes a good point in that there are millions of people in the US, esp on the left, who have no idea there’s any legitimate concern: witness the reaction to Michael Shermer on the Brian Lehrer show for proof.
I am also interested if anyone senior from any LGBTQ+ organization has agreed to meet with you.
Age ought not be the limitation to culpability. Young adults are equally if not more extensively harmed and exploited by this medical malpractice. The entire concept of medical misdiagnoses along with the subsequent mistreatments will continue to occur with no guardrails whatsoever for distressed young adults. And worse for this particular population is that with the encouragement of captured therapists and online echo chambers, they have often estranged themselves from once intact, loving family members who dare to ask hard questions. These young adults are truly victimized in a crucial coming of age difficult time in their lives. It is as devastating as it ought to be criminal on behalf of the so-called professionals pedaling the lies, prescriptions and procedures with devastating consequences. Informed consent is a complete misnomer when the consent is given based on wrongful information.
Has any LGBTQ organization ever actually agreed to meet with you? I feel like this could be a lost cause
The olive branch was offered years ago and it was ignored. The only way out now is through, which means blowing up the "system" with law suits and exposing the dirty truth of the psychology and plastic surgery industry. Sorry, but I can't take the "high road" on this matter. Too many children, young adults and families have been harmed and I want the whole scheme exposed and punished.
I agree that the most effective approach to the "gender medicine" problems is to aggressively pursue legal remedies. On the other hand, both the aggressive approach and the repeated offers of olive branches can be carried out simultaneously. One of the things that the "gender" movement has revealed is how much the majority of people want to conform to standards of "goodness," behaviors that get them social approval, and beliefs about "how things are," no matter how few years these beliefs have been in existence. Pretty soon, the conformists who obviously make up the majority of the population will become uncomfortable with the emerging conflict about the goodness and normality of "gender medicine." They will start edging towards the door and saying "I don't know about that" in response to the "trans activists," just as they have been doing for years in response to us. At that point, some of them might feel a need for a path out of inner conflict, guilt, and uncertainty, and give those olive branches a second look.
This is a wonderful approach that I hope is appreciated by those who need it. But the problem is so much bigger than just LGBTQ organizations, it has also nearly destroyed the formerly well understood foundational values of groups formed not around identities, but around embodied realities, such as formerly mother to mother birth and breastfeeding support organizations.
La Leche League, which styles itself as having "global expertise in breastfeeding support" has an inclusivity policy which mandates their volunteer Leaders must support "everyone" to breastfeed. Marian Tompson, one of the Founders who created this organization in 1956, resigned from the LLLI Board in disgust when she was unable to get a straight answer from the other Board members to her question about whether they support male lactation: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/is-la-leche-league-international
Here is the personal testimony of a volunteer Leader in LLL Great Britain who was forcibly removed from her position when she and her colleagues tried to explain to the LLLI Board that under UK law, they could not support men to breastfeed because men are not mothers: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/the-beginning-of-the-end-started
That one needs breasts in order to breastfeed appears to be not universally understood, but, one thing I am certain of is that the loss of ability to breastfeed is going to be a regular feature of the young women who win their cases against those who cheerfully removed their breasts as teens: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/there-was-no-neuroscience-to-change
I am curious as to what the reception was to the groups you met with. At least in SF , the situation still is that no one is allowed to raise a question without being banished as a heretic. I think this is a great offering , but it seems to be based on being rational, and that's not the case here. Somehow this needs to get past the gatekeepers at MSM who are unrelentingly more advocates than journalists.
This is a great idea but I'm perplexed as to why you have repeatedly said that the evidence is changing? The evidence is not changing, there has never been any evidence, only ideology based on poor social theory supported by medical malpractice. What is changing is that people are increasingly questioning what was falsely given as evidence - the propaganda that proclaimed 'trans women are women' which thankfully has lost much of its traction.
I agree with you, but I think they are trying to create an off ramp for people who made good faith mistakes (bought into the ideology without doing their own research).
The side of truth will progress more quickly if we do extend and olive branch.
(FWIW, because of the suffering my family has experienced as a result of our oldest daughter’s involvement in this, I want to burn the whole thing down along with every person who was on the other side. But embattled people who are proved wrong will often, illogically, fight to the death and, in so doing, extend the war. Let’s get the end of this sordid chapter ASAP.)
Brilliant post. Well said.👍
Now the off-ramps appear. Good.
Although it's been a busy and heartening week, it's way too early to expect any kind of circumspection or humility from the opposition. They have far too much invested and to protect. The obstinance, lies, and resistance will continue. If the carefully crafted myth of the trans child is taken off the board they risk losing the whole game. And they know it. This handful of events will be dismissed as irrelevant or painted as bigoted transphobia, and most likely will harden their resolve.
Superb!