Wednesday, November 2, 2022
"A surgeon and medical school professor has said we are right in the middle of an extraordinary medical atrocity and likened 'gender-affirming' hormones and surgeries to lobotomies and eugenics."
This day in Herstory: Marion Jones Farquhar (née Jones; November 2, 1879 – March 14, 1965) was an American tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships.[1] She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. (more)
US - New York pediatric neurosurgeon speaks out against sex changes for kids
“I’ve come to realize, with the growth of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming medical care, that we’re right in the middle of an extraordinary medical atrocity.”
From The Post Millennial (Canada)
By Mia Ashton
November 2, 2022
A surgeon and medical school professor has said we are right in the middle of an extraordinary medical atrocity and likened “gender-affirming” hormones and surgeries to lobotomies and eugenics.
In an interview with The Federalist, Dr. Michael Egnor, a pediatric neurosurgeon and professor at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York, called the advice parents are being given regarding so-called gender-affirming treatments “basically criminal.” … read full article
UK - Keir Starmer changes his mind on trans children
The Labour leader stressed the importance of parental consent
From The Post By UnHerd (UK)
By Joan Smith
November 2, 2022
It was bound to happen. At some point, reality was going to catch up with Sir Keir Starmer, who has spent the last couple of years robotically repeating the doctrine of trans activists. Now he’s discovered an issue, the social transitioning of children without their parents’ consent, on which he’s no longer willing to toe the line. His change of heart will be welcomed by parents and health professionals who warn that allowing children to change their pronouns and use opposite-sex toilets at school could put them on a path towards irreversible medical treatment, including puberty blockers.
“We all know what it’s like with teenage children and I feel very strongly about this… this argument that children can make decisions without the consent of parents is one I just don’t agree with at all,” Starmer told Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet. Such clarity and passion is rare from the Labour leader, who has not previously shown himself sympathetic to gender critical arguments. What he’s said strikes at the heart of the notion of the ‘trans child’, who supposedly knows from an early age that he or she was ‘born in the wrong body’. If that isn’t the case, the argument for encouraging transition in childhood falls apart, which is why there has been a furious reaction to Starmer’s sudden embrace of common sense. … read full article
UK - Trans lunacy has blinded the left
Labour needs to stop listening to its mad, trans-activist fringe.
From spiked (UK)
By Jo Bartosch
November 2, 2022
As Labour leader Keir Starmer sat on the Mumsnet leatherette sofa, fielding questions from platform founder Justine Roberts, one could almost feel the sweat trickling down the back of his jacket. Roberts had just hit on that thorniest of issues – the question of children who identify as transgender. With a pained, constipated expression, Starmer attempted to outline his thoughts on the interim report by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, who is conducting a review into how the NHS should treat children who want to change their gender. ‘I feel very strongly that children shouldn’t be making these very important decisions without the consent of their parents’, Starmer limply conceded.
The Mumsnet interview took place last week, though a clip of it has gone viral on Twitter in the past day or so. While most people would likely agree with Starmer that sometimes children don’t know what is best for them, his comments have sent the woke left into meltdown. Apparently, Starmer’s tepid words amount to an ‘anti-trans dog whistle’. … read full article
US - Oxford Hills residents divided on student gender identity policy
Science, politics, religion and law cited by speakers at Paris high school.
From Sun Journal (USA)
By NICOLE CARTER
November 2, 2022
Fifty people shared diverse viewpoints Tuesday night at a public forum on Maine School Administrative District 17’s proposed policy on gender identity of students.
Terry Hayes of Buckfield, executive director of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank and former state legislator, moderated the public discussion attended by about 300 people at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.
Roughly 70% of the speakers opposed the policy, which the board of directors approved in its first reading Oct. 17.Fifty people shared diverse viewpoints Tuesday night at a public forum on Maine School Administrative District 17’s proposed policy on gender identity of students.
Terry Hayes of Buckfield, executive director of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank and former state legislator, moderated the public discussion attended by about 300 people at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.
Roughly 70% of the speakers opposed the policy, which the board of directors approved in its first reading Oct. 17. … read full article
Scotland - Scottish Labour and Conservatives urged to reveal how they will amend controversial gender reforms
Seventeen organisations, including For Women Scotland, LGB Alliance and Fair Play For Women have written to Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar about the Bill.
From Scottish Daily Express (Scotland)
By David Walker
November 2, 2022
Scottish Labour and the Scottish Tories have been urged to reveal how they will amend the SNP's controversial gender reforms as they move to the next stage.
The Gender Recognition Reform Bill passed through stage one at Holyrood last week with most MSPs airing doubts about it. It was still voted through overwhelmingly, with all Labour, Lib Dem and Green MSPs in favour.
Nine SNP MSPs did not vote with the Scottish Government while all but two Tory MSPs voted against. The rebellion among the Nationalists led to Ash Regan resigning as community safety minister. … read full article
Scotland - Thank goodness we have Scottish courts defending free speech
It was Voltaire’s biographer, rather than the man himself, who came up with the phrase: “I hate what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” But this Edwardian confection of the sentiment of an 18th century French philosopher is a glorious one, even if some would have you believe it has no place in 21st century Scotland.
From The Scotsman (Scotland)
By Murdo Fraser
November 2, 2022
Certainly, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens (and now, remarkably, a Minister in the Scottish Government), Patrick Harvie, has his own personal limits on what can be said and who can say it. In a paraphrase of George Orwell in his world, ‘free buses good, free speech bad.’
His confection of the sentiment seems to stop with, “I hate what you say,” with the possible addition of, “and will kill your right to say it.” If Mr Harvie does not like the cut of your jib he feels he has the right to silence you, but thankfully we still have judges with a regard for the rule of law.
Anyone with an interest in defending free speech will have welcomed the judgement of Sheriff John McCormick last week, in the case of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association against the Scottish Event Campus Ltd. … read full article
UK - Nicola Sturgeon’s trans crusade will cost her dearly
By allowing herself to be captured by extremists, she has united both nationalists and unionists against her
From The Telegraph (UK)
By JENNY HJUL
November 2, 2022
A shameful dereliction of duty is taking place in Scotland under the noses of the Scottish NHS and driven by the ideological fervour of the Nationalist administration led by Nicola Sturgeon. According to a report this week, children as young as nine have been prescribed life altering puberty blockers at Scotland’s controversial gender clinic, dubbed “Sturgeon’s Tavistock” after the scandal-hit London centre that has been ordered to shut down.
The Glasgow-based Sandyford continues to operate, despite calls for it to close over its treatment of vulnerable children with what critics say are experimental and dangerous drugs. A report by NHS clinicians found 79 children aged between nine and 18 were referred for puberty-suppressing medication. Nearly 40 per cent of the youngsters undergoing gender treatment suffered from mental health problems and a disproportionately high number had autism. … read full article
US - 'We are not co-parenting with the government': PA parents question district gender policy
From Idaho News (USA)
By Kristina Watrobski
November 2, 2022
EXTON, Pa. (CITC) — Pennsylvania parents are demanding answers from a public school district on whether or not it hides their children's gender transitions from them.
Parents expressed their outrage over this topic at last week's West Chester Area School District (WCASD) Board of Education meeting. Many allege a lack of clarity, with some saying they had to go so far as to obtain documents through formal public information requests to gather answers.
After parent Constance Halloway learned of two nearby schools "hiding students' gender transitions from their parents," she set out to see if the same was happening in WCASD. She claims to have discovered a gender support form marked "confidential," which she displayed to board members, that further raised her suspicion. Sample questions from that form ask staff if a students' guardians are aware of their "gender status," and if not, how communication between the school and home should be handled. … read full article
UK - Serial Offender Appears In Court as Both Man AND Woman on Same Day
From Reduxx (Canada)
By Reduxx Team
November 2, 2022
In what is said to be the first case of its kind, a man in Scotland appeared in court to have public order complaints he committed under two different gender identities and names heard on the same day.
Alan Morgan, 50, was sentenced to a 3-month restriction of liberty order in relation to four different public order complaints. In two of those complaints, he was designated as a man under his birth name, and for the other two, he was designated a woman under the name “Alannah.”
According to the Scottish Sun, two of the complaints stem from two incidents in 2021, and two occurred over the course of this year. … read full article
US - HHS Under Fire for Using Federal Funding to Push 'Radical Gender Ideology' and 'Medical Transition of Children
From CBN News (USA)
By Steve Warren
November 1, 2022
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) is facing a new inquiry about taxpayer dollars potentially being used to promote transgender policies to children, including life-altering gender transitions using puberty blockers or surgery.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, recently sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for all documents and communications about federal funds being used to pursue gender-related medicine for children.
"The Biden Administration appears to be encouraging any child, who does not conform to perceptions of masculine or feminine stereotypes, to alter his or her body through potentially irreversible medical or surgical intervention. Instead of funding these life-altering drugs and procedures, our government should be promoting policies to protect vulnerable children—who cannot consent. In light of these concerns, I am requesting documents and information to understand whether, and to what extent, taxpayer dollars are being used to promote and/or fund these potentially harmful practices," Mace wrote. … read full article
US - U.S. beauty pageant can exclude transgender contestants, court rules
From Reuters (USA)
By Daniel Wiessner
November 2, 2022
Beauty pageant operator Miss United States of America LLC cannot be forced to allow transgender women to compete because doing so would interfere with its ability to express "the ideal vision of American womanhood," a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision rejected a lawsuit by Anita Green, a transgender activist, claiming that Miss United States of America's policy of only allowing "natural born" women to compete violates an Oregon anti-discrimination law.
Green, who is from Oregon, sued the company in federal court in Portland last year after her application to participate in the pageant was rejected. Miss United States of America does business as United States of America Pageants.
The 9th Circuit said applying the Oregon law, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity in public accommodations, to Miss United States of America would violate the pageant's free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. The court agreed with the company that it expresses its views on womanhood by determining who can compete. … read full article
UK - How did I, a mild-mannered mother-of-two, trigger a meltdown at Cambridge University by daring to debate trans issues
From The Mail+ (UK)
By Helen Joyce
November 2, 2022
As a postgraduate student in mathematics, I first arrived in Cambridge in 1991. I was thrilled to be taking a challenging course at a world-famous university — to be somewhere that arguments and evidence mattered.
I’ve always been proud to have Cambridge on my CV — until last week.
Last Tuesday, I had to scuttle into Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge at 5pm, then hide in a side room for two hours.
You might think that’s a strange way to prepare for a talk I’d been invited to give by Professor Arif Ahmed, a philosopher and Fellow of the college. … read full article
Analysis - Christopher Rufo Explains the Real, Dark Intentions Behind Drag Queen Story Hour
From Daily Citizen (USA)
By Daily Citizen Staff
November 2, 2022
We have all heard of Drag Queen Story Hour being featured in public and school libraries across the nation and wondered why any sensible librarian, regardless of their politics, would ever say to her or himself, “Yes, men dressed as cartoonish women dancing provocatively is exactly what we should provide for the young patrons of our library!”
That question is even more disturbing when one digs into the true intentions of those who founded and are pushing Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) around our nation and the world. That is exactly what Christopher F. Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, did in a very important exposé in the most recent issue of City Journal. (He also published an abridged version at Foxnews.com)
Rufo explains, “The drag queen might appear as a comic figure, but he carries an utterly serious message: the deconstruction of sex, the reconstruction of child sexuality, and the subversion of middle-class family life.” … read full article
UK - Dwyane Wade's ex-wife claims he is exploiting their transgender daughter Zaya, 15, for financial gain: Child's mother begs court to force her to wait until 18 before legally changing sex
Dwyane Wade's ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade filed paperwork this week
She is begging a judge to intervene in their daughter Zaya's transition
Zaya (formerly Zion) came out as transgender in 2019 at the age of 12
Since then, she has won lucrative modeling contracts and social media deals
Siohvaughn fears her father is pushing her into the decision for financial gain
She wants Zaya to wait until she is 18 before she legally changes her gender
Neither Wade nor his wife Gabrielle Union have responded to the claims
Dwyane petitioned a court in August to allow his daughter to change her name
From Daily Mail (UK)
By JENNIFER SMITH
November 2, 2022
Dwyane Wade's ex-wife has accused him of exploiting their 15-year-old transgender daughter for financial gain and is begging a court to intervene to stop her from changing her name and gender on her birth certificate.
In court papers filed this week that were obtained by The Blast, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, the star's first wife and mother of his two oldest children, begged a judge to impose an order that would ban their 15-year-old daughter Zaya from legally changing her gender from male to female until she is 18.
Zaya, as she is now known, came out aged 12 in 2019. Since then, she has won modelling contracts with brands like Tiffany, Dove and amassed hundreds of thousands of social media followers. According to her mother, she is also in talks for deals with Disney. … read full article
Analysis - Your pronoun badge tells me you’re okay with sterilising autistic kids
By using preferred pronouns, what are you tacitly supporting?
From Mercatornet (Australia)
By Anonymous author
November 3, 2022
Dear teacher, principal, music director, barista, checkout clerk, and bookseller:
I think I know how this happened: you probably had a DEI workshop or a colleague or a woke friend or a passionate niece tell you this was a nice thing to do. I even had one of you tell me directly that “this is a small way to create an inclusive and nourishing community by affirming and supporting students of all genders.” So you put on your pronoun badge and added she/her at the end of your email signature. There, you thought, I’m a kind person.
And I sincerely believe that your intentions are good. Somewhere along the line, you heard that trans kids commit suicide at high rates. You saw a TV show where a trans character or actor was tragically heroic, misunderstood, and noble. You saw a soft-focus ad campaign about a little trans girl who just wants to play sports with the girls. Aw. … read full article
US - Could Indiana pursue a ban on gender-affirming care for minors?
From The Lebanon Reporter (USA)
By Whitney Downard
November 2, 2022
Republican-held states across the country are pursuing bans regulating access for minors seeking gender-affirming healthcare, including total bans in Arkansas, Alabama and Texas, leading some to wonder if Indiana is next.
The Washington Post reported that 2022 saw the largest number of proposed anti-trans laws in recent history, 155 bills compared to just 19 in 2018. Among those, Indiana's ban on trans female athletes who want to play with their peers, a bill Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed in March but the General Assembly voted to override in May.
That law is currently under a preliminary injunction following the case of a 10-year-old girl who wanted to play softball at an Indianapolis Public School. … read full article
Analysis - Against a stone wall
The gender debate has already been won
From The Critic (UK)
By Josephine Bartosch
November 2, 2022
Today, LGBT charity Stonewall has the jaded air of a once popular 1970s DJ — despite a glamorous past, it is now regarded as slightly suspicious. On Sunday the group’s new chair, Iain Anderson momentarily revived hopes of a return to sense. In his first media appearance since being appointed, the former government LGBT business champion told viewers of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that he takes a “big tent” approach to divisive issues and was keen to meet with women’s groups. But he is too late — whilst it might have been largely absent from the pages of the Guardian, for the past four years a national debate about the impact of trans-inclusive policies has been raging. The government listened, and Stonewall lost.
Stonewall has never publicly discussed its decision to add the “T” to the LGB. Despite being propped up by the taxpayer, the charity blocked dissenting voices on social media, declining any broadcast appearances where opposing positions would be presented. Last year, chief executive Nancy Kelley went so far as to compare gender critical beliefs, i.e. that sex is real and that it matters, to antisemitism. … read full article
Analysis - This Fragile Bridge
The individuation of an ROGD mom
From Redford Greene (USA)
By Redford Greene
November 2, 2022
By the time I set eyes on my husband I am just a torso, a leg, a few fingers and a handful of hair.
“I just had a disturbing phone call with Travis,” I say, before realizing he’s on the phone. He’s at his desk on the front porch where he works from home. I pivot from foot to shattered foot, waiting, then leave the house through the back door. In the driveway I sweep dead leaves into the sewer grate that separates our house from our neighbor’s. A minute or so later he joins me.
Being a solid human is one of Marcus’s strengths. It’s the number two reason I married him. Right behind his kindness. He shows me both strength and kindness now, setting the record straight and clarifying that he never told our son that it’s no use talking to me. He never said I was too far gone. He knows I am not a bigot, that Travis is prone to worry deeply about others, often to everyone’s detriment, and that he will talk to him. He also apologizes for talking about me behind my back with our son. … read full article
More than one medical school professor surely sees that this gender eugenics cult is extraordinary. Why do more not speak about it? Their voices are suppressed by government forces, social pressure, fears?
Gender ideology and critical race theory often involved ILLEGAL discrimination! Here are some recent victories I had against critical race theory in education and employment. The NYC film fund, a 7-million-dollar film fund which only helped upcoming artists if they wish to live as women, is now open to both sexes regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity because I complained to NYSDHR and they were found to have done illegal discrimination. I gathered evidence and filed complaints with NYSDHR and other FEPAs in other states, as well as OCR. Read my article to learn what my some of my victories are. https://open.substack.com/pub/justingaffneysamuels/p/using-factual-evidence-and-the-law?r=6512g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web