Fascinating that it’s Republicans who protect gay kids.
“Sex-trait modification procedures” is precisely the kind of bullshit prevarication that makes this all seem light and fluffy.
We’re not talking about “make-up” procedures involving lipstick and mascara. We are speaking of surgical mutilation of children’s genitals. There is no way to dress that up.
It’s not called “Female sex trait modification” by the WHO, or UNICEF, it’s called “Female Genital Mutilation”. That’s who I’d take a cue from, not Leo Sapir folks.
It’s precisely the same bullshit language as “gender affirmation”.
This is fantastic news. This document neatly summarizes the case in readable prose. It can be distributed to Republican candidates for office at every level. Most of them (like most Americans) are simply unknowing about this crucial issue (due to the lack of truthful coverage by the mainstream media), but now there is a document that both explains things clearly and gives candidates license to talk about it, since it's a resolution of their party's national committee.
Once election season ramps up in earnest, I encourage all my fellow Americans to send this to their local Republican candidates for office, and let those candidates know that this is an important issue to you.
That's what struck me, Mark. Not saying it's perfect but it does a good job of pulling together key elements of the debate in plain English. It's taken a while for the political world to get its head around the topic of gender clinics; there's still a lot of misinformation confidently spouted by politicians. It's partly ideological blindness but it's also due to the fact that most mainstream media coverage has lacked accuracy & detail. But it's getting better, as we see with The New York Times.
I hope I can be forgiven for posting links to Erin Reed, but it's a good way to keep up with what activists are doing and thinking....and Reed is a pretty clear writer, though sins of omissions/commissions abound. Anyway, here is this from her latest:
"California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives - Prop 8 All Over Again?"
"Gender affirming care is associated with a 73% reduction in suicidality and over 50 studies assembled by Cornell University show its benefits. "
That is the Tordoff study which Jesse Singal critques....and you should read it because that study is widely touted (Reed, of course, says nothing about the big shortcomings of that Tordoff study):
"Researchers Found Puberty Blockers And Hormones Didn’t Improve Trans Kids’ Mental Health At Their Clinic. Then They Published A Study Claiming The Opposite. (Updated)
The thing is.....that study marches on, as if triumphant. Quoted again and again.
In the case of Reed, and you should subscribe to her column not necessarily as paid, it is absolutely expected that she would say nothing about Singal's critique and play as if it's a credible paper.
BTW, a very interesting twitter or X thread.........in which Reed and Carabello? are nonchalant about effectively being caught lying.....
every gender biz stat and claim is a lie. all based on meaningless online polls, bogus misleading studys such as tordoff or bait and switch stats that twist or misrepresent the truth, such as claims men in drag are unsafe when in reality theyre affected by crime at lower rates than most other groups.
gender ideology is a PR and lobby campaign that uses these lies to the benefit of white men and the pharm industry at the expense of vulnerable groups such as women, kids, gays and dysphoric ppl.
for the past few decades gender ideology thrived becuase of a carefully crafted PR strategy that kept its bogus claims on the down low with the least amount of publicity as possible. attorneys convinced magor media that activist gatekeeping was required to protect a group of magic people and most media continues to be unconcerned that their publications with activist gatekeepers are trampling the rights of woman, kids and gays by spreading activist misinformation and by preventing info that counters their fraudulent claims. this all didnt happen overnight and it will take some time for the public to become aware of what a fraud gender ideology is.
Thank you for the info on the California ballot initiatives! I am in California, and I will be working hard to get these on the ballot!
Getting these propositions on the ballot (as great as that will be) will serve the additional purpose of forcing candidates to discuss these issues. I really look forward to many Nicola Sturgeon moments:
"... I encourage the [Republican] Party, don’t say ‘mutilation’—that is a loaded term”
Yes, whatever evil ends the GOP aims for, they mustn't under any circumstances use loaded language. They've gone from seditious conspiracy to being protectors of innocent children against "Biden's woke cultural revolution"- no need to use hyperbole. /s
Detransitioners post-surgery have to come to some acceptance of their irreversibly changed bodies. Probably doesn’t help hearing talk of “mutilation”, though it’s true that some detransitioners themselves use the term sometimes.
Fascinating that it’s Republicans who protect gay kids.
“Sex-trait modification procedures” is precisely the kind of bullshit prevarication that makes this all seem light and fluffy.
We’re not talking about “make-up” procedures involving lipstick and mascara. We are speaking of surgical mutilation of children’s genitals. There is no way to dress that up.
It’s not called “Female sex trait modification” by the WHO, or UNICEF, it’s called “Female Genital Mutilation”. That’s who I’d take a cue from, not Leo Sapir folks.
It’s precisely the same bullshit language as “gender affirmation”.
In Oregon, the Democrats were adamantly against adding detransitioners to those covered by insurance. An incredible tell.
BTW, I understand that a similar dynamic occurred in Texas several days ago.
This is fantastic news. This document neatly summarizes the case in readable prose. It can be distributed to Republican candidates for office at every level. Most of them (like most Americans) are simply unknowing about this crucial issue (due to the lack of truthful coverage by the mainstream media), but now there is a document that both explains things clearly and gives candidates license to talk about it, since it's a resolution of their party's national committee.
Once election season ramps up in earnest, I encourage all my fellow Americans to send this to their local Republican candidates for office, and let those candidates know that this is an important issue to you.
That's what struck me, Mark. Not saying it's perfect but it does a good job of pulling together key elements of the debate in plain English. It's taken a while for the political world to get its head around the topic of gender clinics; there's still a lot of misinformation confidently spouted by politicians. It's partly ideological blindness but it's also due to the fact that most mainstream media coverage has lacked accuracy & detail. But it's getting better, as we see with The New York Times.
I hope I can be forgiven for posting links to Erin Reed, but it's a good way to keep up with what activists are doing and thinking....and Reed is a pretty clear writer, though sins of omissions/commissions abound. Anyway, here is this from her latest:
"California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives - Prop 8 All Over Again?"
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/california-republicans-to-try-anti
The article includes this:
"Gender affirming care is associated with a 73% reduction in suicidality and over 50 studies assembled by Cornell University show its benefits. "
That is the Tordoff study which Jesse Singal critques....and you should read it because that study is widely touted (Reed, of course, says nothing about the big shortcomings of that Tordoff study):
"Researchers Found Puberty Blockers And Hormones Didn’t Improve Trans Kids’ Mental Health At Their Clinic. Then They Published A Study Claiming The Opposite. (Updated)
A critique of Tordoff et al. (2022)"
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/researchers-found-puberty-blockers
Thoughts?????????????????????
Yes, Singal’s analysis is devastating.
The thing is.....that study marches on, as if triumphant. Quoted again and again.
In the case of Reed, and you should subscribe to her column not necessarily as paid, it is absolutely expected that she would say nothing about Singal's critique and play as if it's a credible paper.
BTW, a very interesting twitter or X thread.........in which Reed and Carabello? are nonchalant about effectively being caught lying.....
https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1694363996613161247
Yes, similar misrepresentation of regret rates & desistance studies.
every gender biz stat and claim is a lie. all based on meaningless online polls, bogus misleading studys such as tordoff or bait and switch stats that twist or misrepresent the truth, such as claims men in drag are unsafe when in reality theyre affected by crime at lower rates than most other groups.
gender ideology is a PR and lobby campaign that uses these lies to the benefit of white men and the pharm industry at the expense of vulnerable groups such as women, kids, gays and dysphoric ppl.
for the past few decades gender ideology thrived becuase of a carefully crafted PR strategy that kept its bogus claims on the down low with the least amount of publicity as possible. attorneys convinced magor media that activist gatekeeping was required to protect a group of magic people and most media continues to be unconcerned that their publications with activist gatekeepers are trampling the rights of woman, kids and gays by spreading activist misinformation and by preventing info that counters their fraudulent claims. this all didnt happen overnight and it will take some time for the public to become aware of what a fraud gender ideology is.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-document-that-reveals-the-remarkable-tactics-of-trans-lobbyists/
Thank you for the info on the California ballot initiatives! I am in California, and I will be working hard to get these on the ballot!
Getting these propositions on the ballot (as great as that will be) will serve the additional purpose of forcing candidates to discuss these issues. I really look forward to many Nicola Sturgeon moments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmKZwvpPOk
As Kara Dansky says, "If we can be heard, we will win."
"... I encourage the [Republican] Party, don’t say ‘mutilation’—that is a loaded term”
Yes, whatever evil ends the GOP aims for, they mustn't under any circumstances use loaded language. They've gone from seditious conspiracy to being protectors of innocent children against "Biden's woke cultural revolution"- no need to use hyperbole. /s
Detransitioners post-surgery have to come to some acceptance of their irreversibly changed bodies. Probably doesn’t help hearing talk of “mutilation”, though it’s true that some detransitioners themselves use the term sometimes.
A range of terms used by different speakers is needed to move the Overton window. No need to settle on one.