Jul 7, 2023Liked by Unyielding Bicyclist, K. Parker
Thanks for a great round up. Regarding the NYT article (“In medical news, Ernesto Londoño and Azeen Ghorayshi wrote for the New York Times about families fleeing their home states to keep access to transgender medicalization”), I wish someone would cover the opposite migration. I know liberal families who have moved to conservative states specifically because of this issue, and husband and I are seriously considering leaving the Bay Area for the same reason.
Cross-sex ideation is a more accurate term, and I will take credit for promoting it. One other factoid Dr. Miriam Grossman, child psychiatrist and author of a new book on the cult, brought out before the US Congress, is that Finland changed policies on "child transition' in 2020, and there have not been a tsunami of teen or young adults suicides due to "lack of affirmative care."
I am now edging towards 50 trans widow responses to my survey, "20 Questions to Ask a Trans Widow." While my cohort is self-selected, my questions are based on observations of our experiences of cross-sex ideating husbands and their "affirming" therapists. A shocking percentage of therapists wade into the bedroom, cajoling, requesting, joining in hubby's coercion to engage in sex role play with equipment such as "strap ons." One woman brought up the dangers of this activity for a mother with C-section scars. Women are the ones who think of all the ramifications, it is part of our biology. None of this information is violent rhetoric. None of this information exhorts anyone to crimes against crossdressers. It does however, highlight the risks for women who try to stay in these marriages. We do not even have information on how many left after a year or two of "sticking it out for the sake of the children." More info on us at Lime Soda Films channel, where Vaishnavi Sundar, Indian film auteur has posted 2 trailers of her upcoming documentary, Behind the Looking Glass.
A brief on survey results at the time of 35 responses:
I think even simply including the word identity would make it better: gender identity ideology, gender identity theory. Going in a different direction, you could call it radical sex stereotyping...
The NYT piece is interesting for a few reasons not flagged in the article. One of the three families profiled adopted 7 of 9 children. The other (Becker's) appears to have adopted children as well, based on the photos (parents are both white, some kids appear biracial) as well as the fact that the mom, a Christian writer who is "passionate about adoption" had only 3 kids in 2020 and now has 6. There is data that kids who are adopted or in care have higher rates of identifying as transgender, for reasons not fully understood. This article seems to support that story.
The Netherlands, which is the home or 'birthplace' of the Dutch Protocol and it's 'designers', is being left out too in many GC articles. Being 'progressive' has high standing there. Anything must be possible! Outspoken critics of gender affirming medical treatments, can be counted on one hand. The global focus and support of push back against Self ID legislation and gender 'suppression', could be increased. Genspect has an excellent interview on their you tube channel with the doctors/professors who experimented with puberty blockers, 'hormone replacement', and surgeries. Stella and Sasha were very nervous conducting this interview but so were the two medicos as they admitted at the end. A bridge had been build in the meantime, and open discussion can now be heard by all. We must dispel all myths and expose the reality of borderline eugenics.
Why not "the observable sex" at birth instead of the "assigned sex" at birth? And maybe "sex stereotyping medical treatments" instead of "gender affirming care?"
I agree. In everyday conversations, I specifically say sex instead of gender. To me, gender equals sex stereotypes. I asked my 16 yo daughter once to define gender without using sex stereotypes and she couldn’t.
Hi, you’ve linked to thenpolitico article twice rather than to the conservative article. Can you fix the link please? Super keen to read that one! Thanks
Would it be a federal crime (kidnapping) for one parent to take a child across State lines to access medical treatments, especially if the other parent objects to it?
why would a recent waterloo grad from Ecuador stab a univ teacher? some say the man removed LGB flags from the area, was opposed to the "trans agenda" and opposed sterilizing kids. some report he didnt like the pride celebration. not sure how reliable those reports are. but the timing tracks with pride month just over.
His views may also have included observations of how western groups promoting gender ideology misrepresent latin countries and its people. many of the courses at the school's gender studies program reference the "global south", latin nations, latin traditions and heros. gender industry propaganda commonly incorporates latin nation cultural phenomena, such as homophobia or high crime rates as the basis for stats and reports deceptively attributing 3rd world problems to western nations. for example, in order to support the bogus claim that men in drag have high rates of crime victimization to justify them entering womens spaces, crime rates against trans prostitutes in brazil are used while omitting that brazil has possibly the highest crime rate in the world and all prostitutes there likely suffer crime similarly. latin nations are always a reliable source when a homophobia stat is needed to support gender ideology propaganda reports. these stats are usually hidden in the footnotes few bother to check.
as an immigrant from Ecuador, perhaps the suspect was concerned with how gender ideology intersects with and harms his home region. maybe he observes that gender ideology is similar to other European colonial take overs and this the most harmful one by far. or perhaps he was concerned with how the gender movement was portraying his home heros and customs. or maybe like many latinos, he just hates the term "latinx". this wouldn't be the first time gender propagandists were caught lying about global customs and beliefs.
- NY Times report imagines people are moving to escape laws that protect kids, yet provides zero evidence of this occuring only to say "there is no way to be sure of the numbers". i suspect they mulled the results of a recent online poll that attempts to claim people are moving due to these laws (another anonymous online poll created by and for activists with no cookies to prevent repeat poll takers). the NY times didnt use that phony stat, but certainly will in the future.
the issue of "trans kid panic" is a main part of gender affirmation in every state, with or without gender meds or their availability. when puberty is near, kids who are affirmed suddenly partake in the manufactured crisis of their own biology and either need millions of dollars of surgeries; or pills that every gov review on earth found does more harm than good. parents sucked in by this cult will say or do anything to get the gov to fork over millions to pay for this bogus "care". in reality none of this "care" is needed, all of it is harmful and the real crisis occurs when opposite gender is affirmed by parents who were lied to by the NY times and billionaire funded orgs.
after these kids become disabled as adults due to the harmful effects of this "care", they will reach out their hand once again for the taxpayers to support their disability they intentionally caused or were tricked into by the dishonest quacks weve allowed to run amok. is there any info that shows how these kids fare long term? no. the closest thing is amsterdam's report that those on these meds long term die early at twice the average rate and other studys that show people on gender meds long term have suicide rates 20x ave (but they dont start out that way and if they dont take the meds as kids most grow out of dysphoria and live happily ever after).
Thanks for a great round up. Regarding the NYT article (“In medical news, Ernesto Londoño and Azeen Ghorayshi wrote for the New York Times about families fleeing their home states to keep access to transgender medicalization”), I wish someone would cover the opposite migration. I know liberal families who have moved to conservative states specifically because of this issue, and husband and I are seriously considering leaving the Bay Area for the same reason.
My family left our liberal nyc suburb and moved back to the city for more anonymity.
There were too many yenta glitter families circling us there. Too bad. It was our home for 17 years.
The Bay Area is a cesspool of gender whoo hoo. I see why you might want to move.
“the belief that a person’s spiritual alignment with sex stereotypes trumps biological sex”
Wonderfully expressed! Kudos.
Cross-sex ideation is a more accurate term, and I will take credit for promoting it. One other factoid Dr. Miriam Grossman, child psychiatrist and author of a new book on the cult, brought out before the US Congress, is that Finland changed policies on "child transition' in 2020, and there have not been a tsunami of teen or young adults suicides due to "lack of affirmative care."
I am now edging towards 50 trans widow responses to my survey, "20 Questions to Ask a Trans Widow." While my cohort is self-selected, my questions are based on observations of our experiences of cross-sex ideating husbands and their "affirming" therapists. A shocking percentage of therapists wade into the bedroom, cajoling, requesting, joining in hubby's coercion to engage in sex role play with equipment such as "strap ons." One woman brought up the dangers of this activity for a mother with C-section scars. Women are the ones who think of all the ramifications, it is part of our biology. None of this information is violent rhetoric. None of this information exhorts anyone to crimes against crossdressers. It does however, highlight the risks for women who try to stay in these marriages. We do not even have information on how many left after a year or two of "sticking it out for the sake of the children." More info on us at Lime Soda Films channel, where Vaishnavi Sundar, Indian film auteur has posted 2 trailers of her upcoming documentary, Behind the Looking Glass.
A brief on survey results at the time of 35 responses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIPO4EtJG8&t=1s
Cross sex ideation is a far more accurate term and I plan to start using it.
What would be your preferred term to “gender ideology”?
I think even simply including the word identity would make it better: gender identity ideology, gender identity theory. Going in a different direction, you could call it radical sex stereotyping...
The NYT piece is interesting for a few reasons not flagged in the article. One of the three families profiled adopted 7 of 9 children. The other (Becker's) appears to have adopted children as well, based on the photos (parents are both white, some kids appear biracial) as well as the fact that the mom, a Christian writer who is "passionate about adoption" had only 3 kids in 2020 and now has 6. There is data that kids who are adopted or in care have higher rates of identifying as transgender, for reasons not fully understood. This article seems to support that story.
That’s interesting.
I noticed that too, and it’s significant. These demographic patterns need to be called out more widely to better understand the phenomenon.
Thank you for a great piece, Kate! These round-ups are hugely helpful in saving time, and consolidating what’s being published.
The Netherlands, which is the home or 'birthplace' of the Dutch Protocol and it's 'designers', is being left out too in many GC articles. Being 'progressive' has high standing there. Anything must be possible! Outspoken critics of gender affirming medical treatments, can be counted on one hand. The global focus and support of push back against Self ID legislation and gender 'suppression', could be increased. Genspect has an excellent interview on their you tube channel with the doctors/professors who experimented with puberty blockers, 'hormone replacement', and surgeries. Stella and Sasha were very nervous conducting this interview but so were the two medicos as they admitted at the end. A bridge had been build in the meantime, and open discussion can now be heard by all. We must dispel all myths and expose the reality of borderline eugenics.
Why not "the observable sex" at birth instead of the "assigned sex" at birth? And maybe "sex stereotyping medical treatments" instead of "gender affirming care?"
What about just “sex?” I feel like we cede ground when we add qualifiers. More along these lines at https://womensliberationfront.org/news/wolf-media-style-guide.
I agree. In everyday conversations, I specifically say sex instead of gender. To me, gender equals sex stereotypes. I asked my 16 yo daughter once to define gender without using sex stereotypes and she couldn’t.
Rather than “gender ideology “ , would you think “ the gender cult” a better label? Both fit, in my opinion.
And while we are at it, I would like to change those opposing "gender affirming" from "gender critical" to "reality affirming" .
I don’t disagree, but it’s too aggressive and not at all helpful in persuading people that there are serious harms happening to people.
Hi, you’ve linked to thenpolitico article twice rather than to the conservative article. Can you fix the link please? Super keen to read that one! Thanks
Fixed. Thanks so much for pointing that out!
This one? https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-is-gender-ideology/
Would it be a federal crime (kidnapping) for one parent to take a child across State lines to access medical treatments, especially if the other parent objects to it?
Thanks much for all the updates . . . BTW, you're missing a link to the article in The American Conservative about gender ideology: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-is-gender-ideology/
why would a recent waterloo grad from Ecuador stab a univ teacher? some say the man removed LGB flags from the area, was opposed to the "trans agenda" and opposed sterilizing kids. some report he didnt like the pride celebration. not sure how reliable those reports are. but the timing tracks with pride month just over.
His views may also have included observations of how western groups promoting gender ideology misrepresent latin countries and its people. many of the courses at the school's gender studies program reference the "global south", latin nations, latin traditions and heros. gender industry propaganda commonly incorporates latin nation cultural phenomena, such as homophobia or high crime rates as the basis for stats and reports deceptively attributing 3rd world problems to western nations. for example, in order to support the bogus claim that men in drag have high rates of crime victimization to justify them entering womens spaces, crime rates against trans prostitutes in brazil are used while omitting that brazil has possibly the highest crime rate in the world and all prostitutes there likely suffer crime similarly. latin nations are always a reliable source when a homophobia stat is needed to support gender ideology propaganda reports. these stats are usually hidden in the footnotes few bother to check.
as an immigrant from Ecuador, perhaps the suspect was concerned with how gender ideology intersects with and harms his home region. maybe he observes that gender ideology is similar to other European colonial take overs and this the most harmful one by far. or perhaps he was concerned with how the gender movement was portraying his home heros and customs. or maybe like many latinos, he just hates the term "latinx". this wouldn't be the first time gender propagandists were caught lying about global customs and beliefs.
- NY Times report imagines people are moving to escape laws that protect kids, yet provides zero evidence of this occuring only to say "there is no way to be sure of the numbers". i suspect they mulled the results of a recent online poll that attempts to claim people are moving due to these laws (another anonymous online poll created by and for activists with no cookies to prevent repeat poll takers). the NY times didnt use that phony stat, but certainly will in the future.
the issue of "trans kid panic" is a main part of gender affirmation in every state, with or without gender meds or their availability. when puberty is near, kids who are affirmed suddenly partake in the manufactured crisis of their own biology and either need millions of dollars of surgeries; or pills that every gov review on earth found does more harm than good. parents sucked in by this cult will say or do anything to get the gov to fork over millions to pay for this bogus "care". in reality none of this "care" is needed, all of it is harmful and the real crisis occurs when opposite gender is affirmed by parents who were lied to by the NY times and billionaire funded orgs.
after these kids become disabled as adults due to the harmful effects of this "care", they will reach out their hand once again for the taxpayers to support their disability they intentionally caused or were tricked into by the dishonest quacks weve allowed to run amok. is there any info that shows how these kids fare long term? no. the closest thing is amsterdam's report that those on these meds long term die early at twice the average rate and other studys that show people on gender meds long term have suicide rates 20x ave (but they dont start out that way and if they dont take the meds as kids most grow out of dysphoria and live happily ever after).