https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seduc...
And if that were the case, and I refused to recognize one of my child's weekly fantasies (he likes to pretend to be a cat, but we don't take _that_ seriously), I would be considered a toxic and "transphobic" parent. That these medical procedures and gender "counseling" could provided to my child without my input or approval (in the name of "safe spaces") should be alarming to most parents.
We need to understand what's going on in our schools and with our children before we smear people with this "transphobia" neologism, because it's not productive nor conducive to discussion.
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seduc...
No true Scotsman is transgender, either.
> This is the subject of conservative misinformation[1].
It’s also the subject of high quality investigative reporting:
https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seduc...
> Children cannot get irreversible surgery in the US. They may be given puberty blockers, which are completely reversible
The effect of delaying puberty until adulthood is irreversible and we don’t have studies that rule out long term side effects.
> and only until they're adults and able to make a decision for themselves.
Ok - so the decision to medically alter the course of their development is made for them, at a time when you admit they are not able to decide for themselves.
> And none of this happens without the consent of a board-certified physician who is under oath (and the threat of lawsuit and/or losing malpractice insurance) not to do anything to harm the patient.
Which is increasingly happening in other countries.
And why does a doctor get to make this decision without the parents?
> Why are doctors deciding that minors with healthy genitalia need to have them surgically altered?
> Also, wait until you hear about circumcision. You're going to be really outraged at the surgical alteration of minors with healthy genitalia then!
I am in fact outraged at the practice of circumcision. Aren’t you?
My understanding is the author is skeptical of the rise in reported cases of gender dysphoria over time. She contends that the rise in cases is partly a result of tangential social influences that are ultimately detrimental do development of kids. Rational skepticism is not phobia.
Being intersex is very rare and unfortunate, and I am sympathetic to those with such birth defects.
However, the explosion in "trans kids" has nothing to do with being intersex and has everything to do with being a mental craze. There is no explanation for feelings of "gender dysphoria" rising by 1000% among young girls except for it being a mental craze, with all the encouragement and support among themselves, in social media, and among the school administrators. [1]
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seduc...