Thank you! It's been a long slog. This crap started in Pride month 2019. Early GAC made her suicidal. Good therapy has helped tremendously and while she is still suffering from a mental health disorder, her emotional health has improved substantially.
I think we should rename it as gender-denying care because that’s what it really is. It reflects the tremendous fear of girl children about becoming women.
For men, I think the motivation is different. Some of it is rejecting masculinity for sure and some of it is wanting to be able to imitate women as drag performers do, and maybe get some of the privileges that are perceived to come to women.
That the request is being made in the context of recent state bans on care, plus the wording regarding “Where this care came from, who it was meant to help, and how it got pulled into a political fight”, leads me to believe they are soliciting stories of people who believe their children have been helped by this “care” and fear they won’t be able to access it anymore because it has been “politicized.” That will be the angle of the podcast they eventually do.
That makes it all the more urgent for PITT and others to flood the inbox with stories from the other side. Otherwise we will get a biased report, as we tend to do from the Times. If the makers of the podcast hear from the many people this “care” did NOT help, it may shock them into changing their point of view, or at the very least into realizing that this “care” may not be all it’s cracked up to be.
I shared our story and doubt it will see the light of day. Our daughter is showing signs of desistance.
Well that’s good to hear! (about your daughter)
Thank you! It's been a long slog. This crap started in Pride month 2019. Early GAC made her suicidal. Good therapy has helped tremendously and while she is still suffering from a mental health disorder, her emotional health has improved substantially.
I think we should rename it as gender-denying care because that’s what it really is. It reflects the tremendous fear of girl children about becoming women.
It's sex-denying. It's also gender-enforcing. And it's no kind of care--it's medical interference.
For men, I think the motivation is different. Some of it is rejecting masculinity for sure and some of it is wanting to be able to imitate women as drag performers do, and maybe get some of the privileges that are perceived to come to women.
For men it’s largely a sexual fetish. I agree totally different from the teenage girls.
That the request is being made in the context of recent state bans on care, plus the wording regarding “Where this care came from, who it was meant to help, and how it got pulled into a political fight”, leads me to believe they are soliciting stories of people who believe their children have been helped by this “care” and fear they won’t be able to access it anymore because it has been “politicized.” That will be the angle of the podcast they eventually do.
That makes it all the more urgent for PITT and others to flood the inbox with stories from the other side. Otherwise we will get a biased report, as we tend to do from the Times. If the makers of the podcast hear from the many people this “care” did NOT help, it may shock them into changing their point of view, or at the very least into realizing that this “care” may not be all it’s cracked up to be.
Ugh, the whole wording of this from the NYT is such a great example of their bias. It makes me want to scream.