Karol Markowicz: Radical Activists Try to Silence All Debate About Transgender Kids

A teacher at an elementary school near St. Louis sent an email to the Washington University Transgender Center, located nearby, with a problem. After a fifth grade student decided she was transgender, several of her classmates decided the same. The teacher did not want to. “discourage” The children were suspected to be there. “other reasons” All the friends expressed interest in switching genders.

Emails were discovered and the clinic worker was very happy to assist. Daily Mail reveal. It didn’t matter what teacher’s well-founded suspicions might be; she should confirm all these choices for the 10-year-old and 11-year-olds.

Anyone who suggested peer pressure or “contagion” The increase in transgender children was not likely to be an issue. “affirming” “in my personal and professional opinion, invalid.”

Invalid.

This is the language of fringe. Radical group of transgender activists They see any questioning of beliefs or discussion of significant societal shifts as being out of bounds. It’s not permitted to discuss it.

It’s evident in the New York Times’ article about transgenderism, which was published in the most basic and innocuous of ways.

However, an open letter addressed to Philip B. Corbett as associate managing editor of standards and signed 200 leftist activists, denies that the paper was in breach of standards. “editorial bias” In its coverage of the trans community. The Times does not give fair coverage of the gender transition being pushed on ever younger children.

The most absurd thing about this letter? It’s that the pieces are utterly benign, and soft-pedal it’s concern with kids being pressured into making life-altering decisions about their bodies before the time they turn 18.

The Emily Bazelon Article “The Battle Over Gender Therapy” These were years after Abigail Shrier’s book “Irreversible Damage” First, it was made clear how dangerous pediatrician is “gender care” had become. Bazelon mentions the book, but makes sure that activists are noted. “abhor” it. Bazelon also targets the right wing, which is opposed to children who are transitioning from one gender to another. It’s absurd to believe it’s not the. “right wing” Who care about the permanent harm done to children by their parents in the name of “fixing” Their gender identity.

The second article that the letter writers consider problematic is “When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know.” Writer Katie J.M. Baker illustrates how parents get upset when their children are sent to school without their permission. Well, yes. This isn’t controversial at all.

Letters like these show that transphobia isn’t a myth for those who thought it was.

It states that “This is not a cultural emergency.” But it is. This cultural emergency extends far beyond the fact that children are given hormones to alter their appearances and the surgeries that follow. It even goes beyond keeping a child’s gender identity from their parents. This letter is to make it clear that outlets should not report such things. It forces a conformity to the subject and rigidity when talking or writing about it. They want science to be settled.

The letter admits that “A tiny percentage of the population is trans.” Although this is true, it is not true for youth. “trans” In the past five years, the population has increased by two-thirds. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that although.05% consider themselves to be trans, 1.4% do so among youth aged 13-17. That number could be higher. A June Pew Research survey found that 5.1% of adults under 30 are not married. Trans and nonbinary“

This is not an accident. It’s because children are so vulnerable to the power of suggestion. Schools are advised to keep this from their parents, who can help them to work through their confusion.

Anyone who has eyes can see that it is a social contagion and targets pre-teens and teenage girls. It is important for parents to act as a line-of-defense to prevent their child from falling prey to other influences.

More than “affirming” Parents, therapists, unblinded specialists, and minors all have to weigh in on the decision.

Trans activists want to silence all dissent and all debate. It is inhumane. I hope The Times, and other media outlets, will choose journalism. The lives of children are at risk.

Karol Markowicz co-authored the forthcoming “Stolen Youth.”

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