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Category Archives: Trans
Ten Convenient Beliefs For American Leaders In Gender Affirming Care
Leaders in gender affirming care believe the evidence base supporting puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical interventions for gender dysphoric youth is sufficiently robust to justify the clinical confidence with which these interventions have been recommended, the speed with which … Continue reading
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NYT: ‘Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth’
That headline is an outrageous lie. What NYU Langone Health ended is a specific specialty program. It did not stop treating transgender patients for ordinary medical needs. NYU Langone discontinued its Transgender Youth Health Program, which provided gender-related medical interventions … Continue reading
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Decoding Gender Affirming Care
James B. Meigs writes in the WSJ: For almost two decades, leading medical organizations have upheld puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, and sometimes even surgery as appropriate care for young people suffering from gender dysphoria. Ms. Perry compares these drastic interventions … Continue reading
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Decoding The MSM’s Lack Of Interest In Trans Murderers
The New York Post reports: The deranged high school dropout who murdered his mother and stepbrother before killing six people at a British Columbia school has been identified as 18-year-old transgender ex-student Jesse Van Rootselaar. The horrifying attack, one of … Continue reading
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Decoding Medicine’s Embrace Of Trans Mutilations
X notes: “A New York jury found psychologist Dr. Kenneth Einhorn and surgeon Dr. Simon H. Chin liable for failing to properly evaluate Varian’s mental health issues like depression, anorexia, ADHD, and possible body dysmorphia before approving the procedure. Varian’s … Continue reading
Why Did Karen Carpenter Starve Herself?
ChatGPT says: Karen Carpenter didn’t consciously decide to die—she suffered from anorexia nervosa long before the condition was well understood or properly treated. Several overlapping factors drove her illness: Perfectionism and control She was a meticulous, approval-seeking perfectionist. Music gave … Continue reading
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It Wasn’t An Accident That Another Trans Shooter Targeted A Catholic School
Roman Catholicism is the most visible example of an institution that has not gone all-in on celebrating gay and trans identity. To the extent there is any pushback to the valorization of gay and trans identity in America, it comes … Continue reading
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Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia (Transgender Edition)
01:00 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia (Transgender Edition), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15428403:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/38:00 Hero systems, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14653448:00 Liberal and conservative reactions to gay identity1:02:00 The rise of Christian nationalism1:08:00 The buffered identity purports to … Continue reading
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What Many Transgender Activists Don’t Want You to Know: and why you should know it anyway
J. Michael Bailey writes: Currently the predominant cultural understanding of male-to-female transsexualism is that all male-to-female (MtF) transsexuals are, essentially, women trapped in men’s bodies. This understanding has little scientific basis, however, and is inconsistent with clinical observations. Ray Blanchard … Continue reading
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Jayda Fransen Interview, #199 3-20-19 How Did Transsexuals Become So Powerful?
00:00 Jayda Fransen, formerly of Britain First 1:25:00 Kyle’s views on Pat Little, Brexit, the Yellow Peril 1:46:00 KMG talks about transsexual power 2:05:00 #AndyCohen is “raising” this child 2:20:00 Will New York City become Chinese? 2:43:00 Making jokes at … Continue reading
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