Pride month was really hard to go through, as a parent caught up in this gender twilight zone. Something that particularly bothered me were the popular, rainbow-colored, Facebook posts that said things like: “If your parents don’t support you, I’m your mama now. Get some sleep. Eat breakfast. Take your vitamins.” You may have seen similar, colorful, easy-to-share memes. It really hurt to see nice women I know re-share these seemingly simple sentiments. I dejectedly thought, You have no idea...
“One peek behind the curtain reveals a burgeoning industry of gender therapists, pharmaceutical companies and surgeons whose profits are soaring” - this is the painful truth of what is happening! Money is driving this cult and our innocent children are paying the price. We are all heartbroken and terrified of the future for our children who are caught in this web of lies and greed. I HATED pride month and cringed every time I saw a rainbow sign or shirt, flag, flyer, advertisement, or social media posting. I will continue to pray every day for the truth to be revealed and for the safety of our children and for the strength we need to fight this! Do not give up!
YES! When the TRANS bomb goes off in your own home it tries to destroy everything in its path. I really appreciate all these stories shared by other concerned loving parents. It helps me realize I’m not alone in this fight to save our kids from this cult-like ideology. Thank you for sharing!❤️
I'm so sorry for what your family is going through. This epidemic of girls being dragged into trans ideology is so distressing. I'm so very sorry.
I know this is not the same thing, but my relative (biological male) came out as trans about a year ago. He has struggled with mental health issues his entire life. He was also sexually abused when he was very young and as a preteen, sexually abused his younger (about 3 years younger) cousin. When he was a teen, he started having sex (please know I'm using this loosely) with adult men. Now, in his early 20s, having never gotten help for his many issues and trauma (his parents are equally troubled), he's now trans. I just can't wrap my head around how clear psychological issues and traumas are being overlooked and estrogen (in his case) is just handed out. Incidentally, his mom came out as non-binary about 4 months ago.
I agree with you that the majority of "affirming" parents, friends, doctors, and therapists think that they are being supportive and doing the right thing. As a parent, I'm often irritated out how little that virtue signaling costs them and how much their good intentions cost me. But there you are.
Still, I urge you and other parents like you, to be gentle and very careful in your interactions with these people. Simply put, we need them to be our allies by not accepting "gender affirmation" uncritically. This means recognizing that some kids really are gender dysphoric and will later identify as trans adults, while at the same time pointing out that not all kids who identify this way will do so permanently. It means suggesting that cultural influences such as friend groups and the Internet do matter without implying that they are the reason for every kid's identification. (This shouldn't be that hard. Most liberals already recognize that social media has other negative effects, like promoting unhealthy body images, particularly for girls.) It means pointing out that gender is a confusing part of identity in a time of development when kids are confused about growing up in general, and that parents and friends can be supportive of kids' explorations and experiments without affirming that these identities are "true" or unchanging.
In no other area of life are parents expected to simply accede to a child’s weird version of “reality”. There is no other medical condition that a child can self-diagnose, that has no objective test, and where parents are pushed into blindly allowing life-altering medications and surgeries.
“… suicide danger is actually much higher for individuals 7-10 years following transition—when they realize transition wasn’t the panacea they had been promised.”
This doesn’t surprise me, and I’d love to know the source so that I can quote it.
I recently discovered that the false assertions that young people who aren’t affirmed have a heightened risk of suicide and that exploring causes of gender dysphoria is tantamount to “conversion therapy” go all the way up to the APA. I assume the APA is kowtowing to the trans rights activists. How on earth did they come to wield this kind of power?
The very first priority of this ideology,the teachers that hide your kids,the therapists and medical professionals that have made our children their new business model is to create a wedge between you and your children. That is how they steal them from you. It is premeditated, systematic and cruel. I hope they all burn in hell for what they do.
Thank you for sharing. Out of curiosity I went on the internet and took an ‘are you trans quiz’. Yes it declared me trans lol. I’m almost 50 and have been married for over 20 years… to a man. Lol.
Glitter moms lack boundaries sticking their beaks where they don't belong. I deleted my FB account 2 years ago because of all the politics. I spent so much time on it and now I rarely think about it. There are some friends who I never interact with anymore which is sad. FB did make me feel crummy a lot of the time. Some people live on FB. I said goodbye to that world.
Keep up the good fight. The image that comes to mind is of a mother confronting kidnappers. Because that what this mindset is. We would die for our children. We are capable of confronting the devil and winning. Picture Sigorney Weaver's, Ripley, in Aliens when she confronts the alien in order to save her little ward. Fierce. I wish you all the best and thank you so much for your cogent thoughts and the pain you're going through.
“One peek behind the curtain reveals a burgeoning industry of gender therapists, pharmaceutical companies and surgeons whose profits are soaring” - this is the painful truth of what is happening! Money is driving this cult and our innocent children are paying the price. We are all heartbroken and terrified of the future for our children who are caught in this web of lies and greed. I HATED pride month and cringed every time I saw a rainbow sign or shirt, flag, flyer, advertisement, or social media posting. I will continue to pray every day for the truth to be revealed and for the safety of our children and for the strength we need to fight this! Do not give up!
YES! When the TRANS bomb goes off in your own home it tries to destroy everything in its path. I really appreciate all these stories shared by other concerned loving parents. It helps me realize I’m not alone in this fight to save our kids from this cult-like ideology. Thank you for sharing!❤️
I'm so sorry for what your family is going through. This epidemic of girls being dragged into trans ideology is so distressing. I'm so very sorry.
I know this is not the same thing, but my relative (biological male) came out as trans about a year ago. He has struggled with mental health issues his entire life. He was also sexually abused when he was very young and as a preteen, sexually abused his younger (about 3 years younger) cousin. When he was a teen, he started having sex (please know I'm using this loosely) with adult men. Now, in his early 20s, having never gotten help for his many issues and trauma (his parents are equally troubled), he's now trans. I just can't wrap my head around how clear psychological issues and traumas are being overlooked and estrogen (in his case) is just handed out. Incidentally, his mom came out as non-binary about 4 months ago.
I agree with you that the majority of "affirming" parents, friends, doctors, and therapists think that they are being supportive and doing the right thing. As a parent, I'm often irritated out how little that virtue signaling costs them and how much their good intentions cost me. But there you are.
Still, I urge you and other parents like you, to be gentle and very careful in your interactions with these people. Simply put, we need them to be our allies by not accepting "gender affirmation" uncritically. This means recognizing that some kids really are gender dysphoric and will later identify as trans adults, while at the same time pointing out that not all kids who identify this way will do so permanently. It means suggesting that cultural influences such as friend groups and the Internet do matter without implying that they are the reason for every kid's identification. (This shouldn't be that hard. Most liberals already recognize that social media has other negative effects, like promoting unhealthy body images, particularly for girls.) It means pointing out that gender is a confusing part of identity in a time of development when kids are confused about growing up in general, and that parents and friends can be supportive of kids' explorations and experiments without affirming that these identities are "true" or unchanging.
In no other area of life are parents expected to simply accede to a child’s weird version of “reality”. There is no other medical condition that a child can self-diagnose, that has no objective test, and where parents are pushed into blindly allowing life-altering medications and surgeries.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/31/equality-act-devastate-parents-ability-get-trans-children-help
“… suicide danger is actually much higher for individuals 7-10 years following transition—when they realize transition wasn’t the panacea they had been promised.”
This doesn’t surprise me, and I’d love to know the source so that I can quote it.
I recently discovered that the false assertions that young people who aren’t affirmed have a heightened risk of suicide and that exploring causes of gender dysphoria is tantamount to “conversion therapy” go all the way up to the APA. I assume the APA is kowtowing to the trans rights activists. How on earth did they come to wield this kind of power?
Well written thank you
The very first priority of this ideology,the teachers that hide your kids,the therapists and medical professionals that have made our children their new business model is to create a wedge between you and your children. That is how they steal them from you. It is premeditated, systematic and cruel. I hope they all burn in hell for what they do.
Truth. Just unequivocally the truth.
Also: isn't this the definition of grooming?
Amen.
Thank you for sharing. Out of curiosity I went on the internet and took an ‘are you trans quiz’. Yes it declared me trans lol. I’m almost 50 and have been married for over 20 years… to a man. Lol.
Thank you for telling the TRUTH and protecting children. You have a lot of support.
Brilliant!!!! Bravo and thank you!
A beautiful, spot-on piece of writing. Hold on. We're with you.
Glitter moms lack boundaries sticking their beaks where they don't belong. I deleted my FB account 2 years ago because of all the politics. I spent so much time on it and now I rarely think about it. There are some friends who I never interact with anymore which is sad. FB did make me feel crummy a lot of the time. Some people live on FB. I said goodbye to that world.
Keep up the good fight. The image that comes to mind is of a mother confronting kidnappers. Because that what this mindset is. We would die for our children. We are capable of confronting the devil and winning. Picture Sigorney Weaver's, Ripley, in Aliens when she confronts the alien in order to save her little ward. Fierce. I wish you all the best and thank you so much for your cogent thoughts and the pain you're going through.