Month: June 2023

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Ontario Elementary Principal to Parent: Human Rights Code Doesn’t Require Parental Consent

Grade 5-8 Workshop on Gender and Queer Identity

Eye opening report by a parent of a student attending an Elementary Public School in Ontario province.

Display at the door of Grade 2 (age 7) daughter’s classroom.
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I’m a parent at an Elementary-aged Public School in York Region District in Ontario. 

Sometime at the end of February, without parents’ knowledge, the school invited Canadian Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity to give a workshop on gender diversity and queer identity to students from Grade 5 to 8. The title and content of this workshop and by what organization were all vague. Some parents heard something from their children but no one had a clue what happened. 

Until March 1st. 

At the school parents council meeting, while the school showed previous activities at the school, I noticed this workshop for Grade 5 to 8 and asked what it was about and if parents’ consent were obtained. The Principal stated that this topic falls under the Human Rights code, thus parents acknowledgement or consent are not required. Two other council members stated that they wanted to be educated on the same topic so parents can help promote gender equity. The school thought it would be a great idea to bring in speakers to give a gender diversity session to parents. On April 21, the school sent out the following invitation to all parents at the school: 

Read about the whole episode here. She took photos of the training session and presentation slides are provided.

Don’t think this is just a Canadian issue!

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Dangerous California Bill AB 957 Enshrines Gender Affirmation Cult

I’m a Classic Christian and think Gender Ideology is anti-creational to the core. This blog is about “God’s Good Creation.” That’s why I’m writing about Gender Ideology. And “speaking up” as I’m confident Jesus would.

"Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female.'" [Matt 19:4]
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The Natchez by Delacroix – 1835
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Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Transition Regret: Understanding Detransition

The medical professionals at SEGM have taken a look at a new peer-reviewed article, “Transition Regret and Detransition: Meaning and Uncertainties,” published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Takeaways

Gaps in Healthcare: Many detransitioners report not feeling adequately informed about the health implications of treatments before undergoing them. They also feel that they did not receive sufficient exploration of preexisting psychological and emotional problems. Most patients did not maintain contact with their gender clinic during their detransition, and there is a lack of clinicians knowledgeable about how to safely stop hormonal therapies and surgical reversal or restorative options.

Predicting Transition Outcomes: The ability to predict who will benefit from transition-related medical interventions and who will be harmed by them is limited. There is no systematic tracking of how many young people regret transition or how many are helped by it. Recent studies suggest that up to 30% of those who undergo medical transition may discontinue it within a few years, and a number of them may experience significant regret over lost opportunities and permanent physical changes.

Transition Models and Their Implications: The less restrictive eligibility criteria for accessing transition-related medical interventions under the gender-affirmation and informed consent models, coupled with the rapid rise of adolescents and young adults presenting to gender clinics, have important implications for the incidence of transition regret and detransition. These models view hormonal therapies and surgery as a means of realizing personal identity or ’embodiment goals,’ rather than treating an underlying illness or injury.

Preventing Detransition and Inappropriate Transitions: The author of the article suggests several measures to prevent detransition and inappropriate transitions, including improving the process of informed consent, prioritizing treatment of co-occurring social, developmental, and psychological problems, using precise language about medical interventions, helping young people expand their understanding of gender, and being transparent about the quality of evidence supporting medical interventions and the uncertainty about long-term harms.

Read Complete Review Here

Companion Post

Detransitioner Layla Jane; Double Mastectomy Age 13

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