We editors of Twitchy aren’t assigned to “desks”; we don’t have a White House person and a Supreme Court person and a crime person — each of us just grabs whatever we find. That said, this editor is starting to feel like the go-to person for transgender issues. As someone mentioned, same-sex marriage wasn’t even made legal nationwide until 2015, and now it’s 2022, and USA Today’s woman of the year is a biological male. We’ve come a long way pretty quickly, but there doesn’t seem to be any patience for those who aren’t keeping up.
Libs of Tik Tok made of note of these underpants the other day after finding them on a Facebook group for parents of trans and non-binary children. They go all the way down to a size 4 toddler:
A shop on Etsy is selling underwear to parents of male toddlers so they can 'tuck' their child's penis. This is to help affirm the idea that their boy, in one case who had just started potty training, is really a girlhttps://t.co/zOmleoeuV4
— ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) March 14, 2022
Yes, tucking is a thing, and Libs of Tik Tok found a handy instruction sheet from a children’s hospital on tucking, with advice ranging from taping (never use duct tape) to wearing Spanx to inserting your testicles inside your body.
🚨Doernbecher CHILDREN’S hospital in Portland has a detailed guide on ‘tucking’ for kids. At the end, they also refer children to a sex toy shop for gender affirming items. pic.twitter.com/gqb44moeNt
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) March 16, 2022
The hospital’s gender clinic adds “a note on the words we use”:
This information uses the words “penis,” “scrotum,” and “testicles.” We know you may not use those terms or identify with them. We use them here to refer to body parts that people with tucking needs have, while understanding those words are not for everyone.
In other words, they’re apologizing for using the word “testicles” in their guide to inserting your testicles inside your body. We need new words, apparently.
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Here’s their guide on puberty blockers where they practically promote kids taking them. They call males “people with testicles” and females “people with ovaries” pic.twitter.com/uFVCMbiQgf
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) March 16, 2022
The discussion of risks in this document is inadequate. It does not discuss the risks of loss of testicle from testicular torsion, which they've tried to minimise as merely "twisting" of the testicle. Bring on the personal injury lawyers….
— DozaiLam (@DozaiLam) March 17, 2022
So stunning and brave. A new stunning and bravery world everybody.
— Åïdėn Hållėö (@AidenHalleo) March 16, 2022
i hate everything about what i just saw
— Mal of the Desert 🌵 (@TheBadRaspberry) March 17, 2022
— ES Trader (@ES_trader1030) March 16, 2022
This is why I laugh when people on either side talk about “healing the divide” or “calming things down”.
I want to be divided from these people. As far as the East is from the West. I want the divide. https://t.co/1JqXjSpdTD
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) March 16, 2022
I so wish this wasn’t real
— Scott Foster (@fosterss1969) March 16, 2022
FYI, the page that says SheBop is a sex toy shop that is inviting minors for "afterhours" appointments. If anyone is concerned that this might be child abuse you can report it anonymously. https://t.co/nRCxhxOpSR
— Snark_Vader (@Tm90dG9kYXk) March 17, 2022
It really says that. The “sex-positive” shop is for 18 and over, but it offers before- and after-hours appointments for those younger and in need of gender-affirming clothing items.
This is correct.
There is zero upside in working with these people and zero downside to a permanent divorce from these people.
— H.L. Mencken's Ghost 👌🏻 (@menckens_ghost) March 16, 2022
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School’s ‘transition closet’ allows kids to change into clothes that fit their real identity, like the superheroes they are https://t.co/QvZd5lcYTm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 16, 2022
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