The way out of rushing to surgical interventions lies in acknowledging that transgender identification has deep roots in the psyche and evaluating gender distress through the lens of adverse childhood experiences.
Author: Walt Heyer (Walt Heyer)
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Pastor Jeff Looked at Me through the Eyes of God
As a transgender woman, the most loving and compassionate help offered to me came from people who pointed me toward Jesus. Affirming false cross-gender identities is not love; helping someone reclaiming their true identity in Christ is.
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Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria—Too General and Too Much Harm
The diagnosis of gender dysphoria prematurely puts people on a path to transition while trivializing and dismissing contributing factors such as alcohol and drug abuse, sexual fetishes and co-existing psychological disorders. The trans “treatment” being idolized today should meet the same fate as lobotomies, tooth pulling and colon removal—tossed on the historical rubbish heap of debunked horrific experiments perpetrated on innocent, hurting people.
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Childhood Sexual Abuse, Gender Dysphoria, and Transition Regret: Billy’s Story
Billy is not the first who turned to a transgender identity to escape pain and trauma. It’s time for psychotherapists to seriously address the unique causes of each individual’s gender dysphoria before encouraging them to pursue hormones and surgery.
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The Transgender Matrix: It’s Time to Choose the Red Pill
The transgender community isn’t sympathetic to members of the trans-matrix who want to leave. Even so, the red pill population is growing every day.
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The Experiment on Our Children: Doctors Don’t Know Who the Real Trans Kids Are
Doctors currently have no way of predicting which gender dysphoric children will persist in their gender dysphoria, and yet they are pushing the minimum age for irreversible hormone therapy and surgery as low as possible.
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Bravo to the Truth: What’s Wrong with Transgender Ideology
The problem with basing a diagnosis and irreversible treatment on people’s feelings, no matter how deeply felt, is that feelings can change.
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A Nine-Year-Old Boy is Spreading a “Contagion of Mass Delusion”
National Geographic’s cover photo is exploitation. The health and well-being of a child are being sacrificed to advance a political and cultural crusade.
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Transgender Identities Are Not Always Permanent
Transgenderism is based on feelings that can change over time.
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Regret Isn’t Rare: The Dangerous Lie of Sex Change Surgery’s Success
Stop enabling the delusion that transition is the only answer. Allow scientific research to flourish, no matter what the results show. Look at the evidence and facts and encourage treatment options that address dangerous psychiatric conditions first.
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Freedom to Change Your Life: Why the Government Shouldn’t Ban “Reparative Therapy”
The Southern Poverty Law Center and other LGBT organizations seek to end civil rights for people with same-sex attractions who freely desire therapy rather than to continue in their current lifestyle. Equality in civil rights demands that no one should be unjustly stripped of their lawful, rightful access to effective therapies.
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50 Years of Sex Changes, Mental Disorders, and Too Many Suicides
Early pioneers in gender-reassignment surgery and recent clinical studies agree that a majority of transgender people suffer from co-occurring psychological disorders, leading tragically high numbers to commit suicide. Outlawing psychotherapy for transgender people may be politically correct, but it shows a reckless disregard for human lives.
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The Danish Girl: People Aren’t Born Transgender, But Playing Dress-Up Can Spark Psychological Problems
A recent film accurately portrays the deep emotional and psychological problems that transgender people experience, but it fails to address the reality of life after sex reassignment surgery and the need to treat comorbid psychological disorders.
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Public School LGBT Programs Don’t Just Trample Parental Rights. They Also Put Kids at Risk.
No matter what well-intentioned teachers and administrators believe, LGBT acceptance programs designed by GLSEN and funded by the CDC are designed to encourage kids to question their gender identity and sexual orientation.
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“Sex Change” Surgery: What Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, and You Should Know
The dark and troubling history of the contemporary transgender movement, with its enthusiastic approval of gender-reassignment surgery, has left a trail of misery in its wake.
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I Was a Transgender Woman
The reprieve provided by surgery and life as a woman was only temporary. Hidden deep underneath the make-up and female clothing was the little boy hurt by childhood trauma, and he was making himself known.