Mark your calendars: The New York Times published an opinion piece that's an actual act of journalism.
No, really.
As kids, they thought they were trans. They no longer do.
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) February 2, 2024
Read: https://t.co/JiwOcY4RBq
Thank you for publishing this.
As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do @nytimes
— Sex Matters (@SexMattersOrg) February 2, 2024
"Transgender activists have pushed their own ideological extremism, especially by pressing for a treatment orthodoxy that has faced increased scrutiny in recent years."https://t.co/VSLLybf7gz
It's a long piece, but worth the read. Here's just a taste, talking about Grace Powell, who started wanting to be a boy at 12 or 13:
At no point during her medical or surgical transition, Powell says, did anyone ask her about the reasons behind her gender dysphoria or her depression. At no point was she asked about her sexual orientation. And at no point was she asked about any previous trauma, and so neither the therapists nor the doctors ever learned that she’d been sexually abused as a child.
“I wish there had been more open conversations,” Powell, now 23 and detransitioned, told me. “But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem, and this will help you.”
Progressives often portray the heated debate over childhood transgender care as a clash between those who are trying to help growing numbers of children express what they believe their genders to be and conservative politicians who won’t let kids be themselves.
But right-wing demagogues are not the only ones who have inflamed this debate. Transgender activists have pushed their own ideological extremism, especially by pressing for a treatment orthodoxy that has faced increased scrutiny in recent years. Under that model of care, clinicians are expected to affirm a young person’s assertion of gender identity and even provide medical treatment before, or even without, exploring other possible sources of distress.
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Read the entire thing.
What a refreshing, honest take on this issue.
If there’s not a massive outcry over this very reasonable article Twitter really is dead https://t.co/WeMosSMXAP pic.twitter.com/WDCBnXnYp5
— Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) February 2, 2024
There should be. The lawsuits against the 'booming gender transition' clinics and providers are starting to roll in.
The damage done to kids in the name of 'gender identity' is only starting to be realized.
Oh, I wouldn't call it reasonable at all.
— 🇺🇸🐘American Elephant🇺🇸🐘 (@TheElephantsKid) February 2, 2024
I wonder how many kids have been permanently mutilated between the time conservatives first started saying these things, and today when the NYT finally, shamelessly started saying the same things.
Even one is too many. But the stories are out there.
Anyone with two neurons of common sense saw this coming three centuries ago.
— Constantin (@constantin_anth) February 2, 2024
Now, brace yourself for the lawsuits against parents, doctors, etc. https://t.co/WOvqL3pTYk
And more horror stories. We will look back on this time with the same disdain as forced sterilization and other human experimentation. And rightly so.
A big “I told you so!” is coming. For every person that defended this madness, it’s not too late to admit you were wrong and join the side of sanity. https://t.co/ALWSFMyg3C
— Ryan (@rcam_tv) February 2, 2024
They'll never do that, though.
As a kid, I thought I was Optimus Prime. https://t.co/LzwWy32yX7
— miglet35 (@miglet35) February 2, 2024
This writer -- and every girl her age -- thought she was a mermaid circa 1989 and Disney's release of 'The Little Mermaid.' We no longer think that. Thank goodness our parents didn't surgically attach fins to us.
As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do. https://t.co/TfMvue1TDR
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) February 2, 2024
Kids are impressionable and don't know what they want. It's insanity we let them make life altering decisions in the name of gender identity.
Seems to me stopping coding objects and hobbies to different sexes (boys wear this, do these hobbies, girls do that, wear those clothes, etc) is far more helpful to these kids than permanently mutilating their bodies.
— Walt 🦚 (@AU_GS_Walt) February 2, 2024
For people who scream about gender roles being social constructs, the Left -- especially the pro-trans Left -- are the most ardent, stringent enforcers of gender stereotypes.
Anyone who has been a parent through a child’s teenage time, especially in girls will not in the least surprised at this “revelation”. And if they are they shouldn’t be parents.
— Michel De Lecq (@de_lecq) February 2, 2024
No one is surprised by this, if they've spent five minutes around kids of any age.
“I wish there had been more open conversations,” Powell, now 23 and detransitioned, told me. “But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem, and this will help you.” NYT. The sandcastle crumbles. #NHPolitics https://t.co/xj5fGMOiDb
— Sidewalk Steve (@Sidewalk_Steve) February 2, 2024
Every politician, doctor, and mental health provider should read this.
via @NYTOpinion-
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) February 2, 2024
About time we are ready to talk about this- and btw- NYT would not have published this piece a year ago…or maybe even 6 months ago. https://t.co/9ImBdEQJ6n
It's long overdue and there needs to be a conversation.
And Navratilova is right: six months ago, this piece doesn't see the light of day at the NYT.
Finally, in the @nytimes:
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 2, 2024
"As one detransitioned man, now in a gay relationship, put it, 'I was a gay man pumped up to look like a woman and dated a lesbian who was pumped up to look like a man. If that’s not conversion therapy, I don’t know what is.'" https://t.co/EeqYzlr2RQ
Colin reminds us how far we've come that this piece got published now:
For perspective on how far behind the NYT is on this issue, here's me and @FondOfBeetles in the @WSJ almost exactly 4 years ago.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 2, 2024
We were viciously attacked for this piece. It helped usher in my exit from academia. Times are changing, finally. pic.twitter.com/BLtIxfs4Xi
We hope times are changing.
Brilliant reporting on controversial issues re: transgender therapeutic approaches by Pamela Paul @nytopinion. "prioritize compassion over demonization..rising above culture-war politics and returning to reason..the most humane path forward."🙏👍🎯 https://t.co/m7lshFkP4R
— Jeffrey Flier (@jflier) February 2, 2024
This shouldn't be controversial, but it will be. We'll be curious to see how much blowback the NYT and Pamela Paul get over this.
The lies told to distressed teenagers: “
— Bev Jackson (@BevJacksonAuth) February 2, 2024
* “Powell believed that the reason she didn’t feel comfortable in her body was that she was in the wrong body….”
* “The narrative she had heard and absorbed was that if you don’t transition, you’ll kill yourself.” https://t.co/3iMpNHX64x
Just incredible stuff.
Thank you Pamela Paul and @nytimes for finally allowing the truth to appear in print. The tide has turned. https://t.co/jvuDdNDCNn
— Joe Burgo (@jburgo55) February 2, 2024
Thank you very much.
We welcome this important new article by Pamela Paul. It seems to be yet another example of the NY Times cautiously attempting to figure out what's going on https://t.co/vwB0vN3O6R
— Genspect (@genspect) February 2, 2024
We welcome it, too, and encourage a lot more of it.
Left-leaning media have betrayed gay and autistic kids. It's a grotesque and historic failure of our duty
— Francis Harris (@fharris2011) February 2, 2024
"Detransitioners say that only conservative media outlets seem interested, which has left them open to attacks as hapless tools of the right"https://t.co/XYXX6kvwHN
We wonder how many gay and autistic kids were transitioned, when they were in need of other medical and mental health interventions.
This is incredibly importanthttps://t.co/YU0NOikE6p
— Grace (@HormoneHangover) February 2, 2024
It is.
"As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do."
— Gays Against Groomers Washington (@GAG_Washington) February 2, 2024
There is an ever growing community of regretters, detransitioners, and desisters. Because KIDS CAN'T CONSENT! https://t.co/e0nsro0sUy
No, they cannot.
Maybe we're starting to realize this.
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