In exclusive interviews, two prominent providers sound off on puberty blockers, ‘affirmative’ care, the inhibition of sexual pleasure, and the suppression of dissent in their field.
A must read interview of two top Trans doctors by ‘my gal’ Abigail Shrier. It’s all about the inappropriate medicalization of dysphoric youth. And although Shrier doesn’t say it, I will, this and other recent developments1In May the Karolinska Institute, the same institute that awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine, advised its hospital to stop hormone treatments and surgery for young people under 18! vindicate the thesis of her book.
Here are a few quotes from the piece and some comments from me in [brackets] & bold italics:
(the) new orthodoxy (affirmative care) has gone too far, according to two of the most prominent providers in the field of transgender medicine: Dr. Marci Bowers, a world-renowned vaginoplasty specialist who operated on reality-television star Jazz Jennings; and Erica Anderson, a clinical psychologist at the University of California San Francisco’s Child and Adolescent Gender Clinic.
[Both of whom are Transgender “women.” Bowers has built or repaired more than 2,000 vaginas, the procedure known as vaginoplasty.]
Earlier this month, Anderson told me she submitted a co-authored op-ed to The New York Times warning that many transgender healthcare providers were treating kids recklessly. The Times passed, explaining it was “outside our coverage priorities right now.”
[What! With many in Europe questioning the Dutch Protocol and halting the distribution of puberty blockers and hormones to anyone under the age of 18,2In May the Karolinska Institute, the same institute that awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine, advised its hospital to stop hormone treatments and surgery for young people under 18! the NY Times says the issue of dispensing puberty blockers to children is “outside our coverage priorities right now.” Unbelievable! You can read about what’s happening in Europe, here and here. When one of the leading trans-surgeons in the world says gender clinicians are being “reckless” that’s not a story to tell? ]
The problem for kids whose puberty has been blocked early isn’t just a lack of tissue but of sexual development. Puberty not only stimulates growth of sex organs. It also endows them with erotic potential. “If you’ve never had an orgasm pre-surgery, and then your puberty’s blocked, it’s very difficult to achieve that afterwards,” Bowers said. “I consider that a big problem, actually. It’s kind of an overlooked problem that in our ‘informed consent’ of children undergoing puberty blockers, we’ve in some respects overlooked that a little bit.”
[Can you say lawsuits? To all those clinicians and surgeons who assured children and parents that puberty blockers were “totally reversible” the trial lawyers are lining up.]
I asked Bowers about the rise of detransitioners, young women who have come to regret transitioning. Many said they were given a course of testosterone on their first visit to a clinic like Planned Parenthood. “When you have a female-assigned person and she’s feeling dysphoric, or somebody decides that she’s dysphoric and says your eating disorders are not really eating disorders, this is actually gender dysphoria, and then they see you for one visit, and then they recommend testosterone — red flag!” Bowers said. “Wake up here.”
[If you follow this Planned Parenthood link you will see they boldly advertise “Planned Parenthood staff may be able to start hormone therapy as early as the first visit.” Look below the section telling you about their locations in Texas.]
Wake up indeed.
The part in the story about world famous celebrity Jazz Jennings (male to female transgender “woman”) is illuminating. And heart breaking. Even after all “her” celebrity and financial compensation in the millions, Jazz admitted in 2021 to an eating disorder where “she” gained over 100 pounds in two years. It looks like “her” transition is not going smoothly. As you read that part of the piece and the parts about surgical procedures, ask yourself the question: Who is the Conversion Therapist?
Shrier’s piece is one of the best articles you’ll read on the subject. So…..
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If you’ve just found my blog and are intrigued about this issue, and want to learn more, I highly recommend a book by Abigail Shrier.
Shrier is a graduate of Columbia College who went on to earn a bachelor of philosophy degree from the University of Oxford and a JD from Yale Law School. Her book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters was named a “best book” by The Economist and The Times of London. [2020, 2021]
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As a Classic Christian I encourage everyone to “Embrace, Don’t Affirm” those with a Gender Identity Disorder (Gender-Dysphoria). Please read this post for more details.