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mikkel_the_dane
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I simply don’t agree with anti-woke. I’m inclusive and I’m going to continue to be inclusive. And I hope it will end well.
SkepticThinker
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Over the weekend, I watched something that everybody who makes OPs like this one, or who thinks that parents shouldn't be able to provide their children with "gender-affirming care" or anyone who thinks transgenderism is a fad or just a mental disorder absolutely needs to watch.
It's called The Problem With Jon Stewart and it's from season 2, episode one, titled The War on Gender.
He's got a geneticist to explain how sex isn't as simple and binary as some seem to think it is.
He's got an endocrinologist to explain the hormonal aspect of it.
And most importantly, he interviews parents of trans-children. Parents who, as they will say, didn't understand a thing about transgenderism when their children came to them at 3 years old, and some even fought it and tried to ignore it. What they say, is that once they started actually supporting their child, trying to understand them and allowing them to live as they are comfortable - they said they saw a 100% change in their child's happiness. As in, their children were depressed and suicidal prior to being allowed to identify as they saw themselves, and then when they were allowed to be who they felt they were, they were suddenly ... wait for it ... happy!
He talks about how expensive gender-affirming care actually is, and how it isn't even accessible to the average working-class American family. All these people claiming that children are having their hoo-haws cut off left and right, are completely ignorant as to what gender-affirming care actually is. And he goes into what it actually is, how very specific and well-informed guidelines, based on peer-reviewed science have been put together by medical and psychiatric\psychological professionals, which is backed by the American Medical Association, The American Academy of Pediatrics, The American Psychological Association, The American Academy of Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Endocrine Society.
He talks about how anti-trans legislation has increased in the US by 800% since 2018. And he talks to the very ignorant and ill-informed Attorney General of Arkansas who is trying to ban gender affirming care in her state. He tries to point out to her that she's actually harming families with such legislation, rather than helping them. Not surprisingly, she doesn't get it.
Very informative. Very in-depth. A must see.
“Well, it’s interesting that folks might say that these are woke parents ‘cause my husband and I weren’t really woke about this. We had a child who was telling us that they – that, you know, she’s been a girl her whole life, and we were not really listening. So I am not sure how woke we were….I kind of wish we were more woke. I wish we had been able to hear her sooner. Took us a few years to really listen and appreciate that she was telling us who she was. And when we did, she was – she was like a new child. She just literally lit up, woke up. She woke up when we supported her. We said, ‘we recognize that this is who you are, and we are gonna support you in our house. And we’re gonna support you in your life.’ And when that happened, she’s like, ‘this is amazing.’ She really didn’t have words for it as a 10-year-old. She had been telling us since she was three. And since that time, what we deal with now is a child who is now almost going to college. She’s in high school. And, I told someone the other day, I said, ‘You know, her being trans is the least interesting thing about her.’
“So the year before she transitioned, I knew – she was verbalizing that she did not want to live. And I said ‘I don’t want to lose my child,’ so we may have had our heads in the sand about what was really going on, acknowledging this. So there was a razor’s edge for sure at that point. Once we actually affirmed this child, she’s actually been fine. She’s on her phone too much. That’s her biggest problem. Once she had the gender-affirming care of her parents – she blossomed.”
– Keisha Michaels, PTEC Parent
It's called The Problem With Jon Stewart and it's from season 2, episode one, titled The War on Gender.
He's got a geneticist to explain how sex isn't as simple and binary as some seem to think it is.
He's got an endocrinologist to explain the hormonal aspect of it.
And most importantly, he interviews parents of trans-children. Parents who, as they will say, didn't understand a thing about transgenderism when their children came to them at 3 years old, and some even fought it and tried to ignore it. What they say, is that once they started actually supporting their child, trying to understand them and allowing them to live as they are comfortable - they said they saw a 100% change in their child's happiness. As in, their children were depressed and suicidal prior to being allowed to identify as they saw themselves, and then when they were allowed to be who they felt they were, they were suddenly ... wait for it ... happy!
He talks about how expensive gender-affirming care actually is, and how it isn't even accessible to the average working-class American family. All these people claiming that children are having their hoo-haws cut off left and right, are completely ignorant as to what gender-affirming care actually is. And he goes into what it actually is, how very specific and well-informed guidelines, based on peer-reviewed science have been put together by medical and psychiatric\psychological professionals, which is backed by the American Medical Association, The American Academy of Pediatrics, The American Psychological Association, The American Academy of Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Endocrine Society.
He talks about how anti-trans legislation has increased in the US by 800% since 2018. And he talks to the very ignorant and ill-informed Attorney General of Arkansas who is trying to ban gender affirming care in her state. He tries to point out to her that she's actually harming families with such legislation, rather than helping them. Not surprisingly, she doesn't get it.
Very informative. Very in-depth. A must see.
“Well, it’s interesting that folks might say that these are woke parents ‘cause my husband and I weren’t really woke about this. We had a child who was telling us that they – that, you know, she’s been a girl her whole life, and we were not really listening. So I am not sure how woke we were….I kind of wish we were more woke. I wish we had been able to hear her sooner. Took us a few years to really listen and appreciate that she was telling us who she was. And when we did, she was – she was like a new child. She just literally lit up, woke up. She woke up when we supported her. We said, ‘we recognize that this is who you are, and we are gonna support you in our house. And we’re gonna support you in your life.’ And when that happened, she’s like, ‘this is amazing.’ She really didn’t have words for it as a 10-year-old. She had been telling us since she was three. And since that time, what we deal with now is a child who is now almost going to college. She’s in high school. And, I told someone the other day, I said, ‘You know, her being trans is the least interesting thing about her.’
“So the year before she transitioned, I knew – she was verbalizing that she did not want to live. And I said ‘I don’t want to lose my child,’ so we may have had our heads in the sand about what was really going on, acknowledging this. So there was a razor’s edge for sure at that point. Once we actually affirmed this child, she’s actually been fine. She’s on her phone too much. That’s her biggest problem. Once she had the gender-affirming care of her parents – she blossomed.”
– Keisha Michaels, PTEC Parent
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
“Well, it’s interesting that folks might say that these are woke parents ‘cause my husband and I weren’t really woke about this. We had a child who was telling us that they – that, you know, she’s been a girl her whole life, and we were not really listening. So I am not sure how woke we were….I kind of wish we were more woke. I wish we had been able to hear her sooner. Took us a few years to really listen and appreciate that she was telling us who she was. And when we did, she was – she was like a new child. She just literally lit up, woke up. She woke up when we supported her. We said, ‘we recognize that this is who you are, and we are gonna support you in our house. And we’re gonna support you in your life.’ And when that happened, she’s like, ‘this is amazing.’ She really didn’t have words for it as a 10-year-old. She had been telling us since she was three. And since that time, what we deal with now is a child who is now almost going to college. She’s in high school. And, I told someone the other day, I said, ‘You know, her being trans is the least interesting thing about her.’
“So the year before she transitioned, I knew – she was verbalizing that she did not want to live. And I said ‘I don’t want to lose my child,’ so we may have had our heads in the sand about what was really going on, acknowledging this. So there was a razor’s edge for sure at that point. Once we actually affirmed this child, she’s actually been fine. She’s on her phone too much. That’s her biggest problem. Once she had the gender-affirming care of her parents – she blossomed.”
– Keisha Michaels, PTEC Parent
ICYMI: Watch Jon Stewart Debunk Anti-Trans Myths about Gender Affirming Care