Sunday, October 30, 2022 - correction
The GC News editor - yes, that's me - mistakenly thought that NBC News had finally done some real reporting. Turns out I was wrong.
It might seem like a small thing
And yes, it’s relatively minor. But I started today’s (main) issue of GC News with an editor’s note that expressed a mistaken perception of the first of today’s articles (see below). I want to correct the record and let you, the readers of GC News, that it matters to me that my editorial comments are as sound as I can make them. In addition, as a policy, we seldom include anything from mainstream media outlets that express the typically warped, biased, and misleading presentation of stories related to gender identity ideology. When we do, we either ensure that those articles are accurate (which rarely happens) or provide an editorial comment noting the bias.
That’s why this isn’t so minor that I was willing to simply ignore the mistake and move on. Every one of these instances of shoddy journalism further damages society, by failing to vigorously interrogate the background narrative that underlies gender identity ideology. Every one of these instances of gaslighting denies or distorts three basic facts:
Biological sex is binary and immutable.
NO children are “born in the wrong body.”
There are NO “trans kids.”
After my friend and co-editor kindly alerted me to my mistake, I revised the editor’s note. Here’s that revised note and a link to the story.
Ed. Note [revised]: When I first read this news coverage from NBC News, I was very pleasantly surprised to find relatively unbiased reporting, which presents two perspectives in a relatively balanced fashion. And I was even more pleased when I mistakenly thought it ended with a powerful quote from Chloe Cole (included here).
But I was mistaken. The article didn’t end there. In fact, it went on to distort the picture in the same way that the US mainstream media has been doing for years. I apologize to all readers for my error and unfounded hopeful reading. Clearly, we still have a very long way to go.
US - Florida medical board votes to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors
The Florida Board of Medicine voted to start drafting a rule that will ban puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries for trans youths under 18.
From NBC News (USA)
By Jo Yurcaba
October 29, 2022
After five hours of tense testimony and protests, the Florida Board of Medicine voted Friday to start drafting a rule that would bar all minors in the state from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries as treatment for gender dysphoria.
Florida’s medical board is the first in the country to pursue such a rule, but Florida is among a wave of states where officials have attempted to restrict gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. …
After expert testimony, the board began the public comment period, which was scheduled to last two hours, according to multiple attendees. …
Chloe Cole, who described herself as an 18-year-old detransitioned female from California, said she began transitioning at 12 and received a double mastectomy at 15. At 16, she said, she realized she regretted her transition.
“All the talk about mental health, self-perception, pronouns and ideology leads me to the question, why is a mental health epidemic not being addressed with mental health treatment to get at the root causes for why female adolescents like me want to reject their bodies?” Cole said. … read full article
I admire your editorial integrity. It is far too rare a commodity these days. Thank you for all your hard work!