Wednesday, October 5, 2022
"Three major medical associations are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute journalists who disagree with radical gender transition procedures for minors."
This day in Herstory: Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE, born October 5, 1975, is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, and for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named Winslet one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012. (more)
France - “Men Can Have Abortions”: Women Assaulted by Trans Activists at Paris March
From Reduxx (Canada)
By Genevieve Gluck
October 5, 2022
A group of feminists marching for women’s rights in Paris last week were physically assaulted by trans activists who tore up their signs and hurled slurs at them for being critical of gender ideology.
On September 28, a march was organized in Paris to support reproductive freedom. Two grassroots feminist groups, L’Amazone and Osez Le Féminisme, attended the demonstration to represent women’s sex-based rights, but their participation quickly drew hostility from the trans activists present. … read full article
US - Medical Associations Ask DOJ to Prosecute Journalists who Disagree With Gender Ideology
From Daily Citizen (USA)
By Zachary Mettler
October 5, 2022
Three major medical associations are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute journalists who disagree with radical gender transition procedures for minors.
On October 3, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Children’s Hospital Association sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking him to “investigate the organization individuals, and entities coordinating, provoking, and carrying out bomb threats and threats of personal violence against children’s hospitals and physicians across the U.S.” …
In short, here you have three major medical associations asking the DOJ to investigate and prosecute journalists for reporting factual and true information on physicians and hospitals that provide harmful and damaging “sex change” procedures on young children.
The associations label this “disinformation,” and those who share it should be investigated and prosecuted. … read full article
UK - Mermaids' latest scandal and words you can't say on Twitter
From gender:hacked by Eliza Mondegreen (Canada)
By Eliza Mondegreen
October 5, 2022
Reduxx reports on the latest news from the troubled children’s charity Mermaids, where public scrutiny forced the resignation of a secret trustee:
At the organization’s 2011 symposium, Breslow read from a paper in which he compared molesting a child to masturbating on a shoe. …
One thing that’s made terribly clear here: Education empowers children. Indoctrination undermines.
Sex education worth its name says here’s the body you have, here’s what your body does, here’s how to take care of your body, here’s how to treat yourself and others with respect, here’s how to make informed choices when you’re ready. … read full article
US - Transgender domestic terrorist Emily Hari to be sent to high-security male prison
From Ford County Chronicle (USA)
By Will Brumleve
October 5, 2022
URBANA — Indeed, the Federal Bureau of Prisons intends to send Emily Claire Hari to a male prison — at least initially — despite the domestic terrorist from Ford County identifying as a transgender female and requesting to be housed among women, documents filed recently in U.S. District Court in Urbana confirmed.
In response to civil complaints Hari filed in federal court this summer against the Federal Bureau of Prisons in an attempt to prevent her placement in a male prison, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Klein of Peoria disclosed in a Sept. 19 court filing that Hari, formerly known as Michael B. Hari, is expected to be sent to a male facility, just as Hari had feared. … read full article
US - How gender dysphoria rates among children have DOUBLED since 2017 - with 300,000 teens now identifying as trans
Total of 300,000 children in the US were transgender in 2020, estimates say, double the number from 2017
Children aged 13 to 17 are over four times more likely to identify as transgender than adults over 65
Some say the rise is from rising awareness and an uptick in acceptance across American society
From Daily Mail (UK)
By CAITLIN TILLEY
October 5, 2022
The number of children with gender dysphoria has exploded in recent years, giving rise to the use of powerful puberty-blocking drugs.
About 300,000 children aged between 13 and 17 (1.4 per cent) in the US identify as transgender, according to most recent estimates from 2020.
That is double the number estimated to be transgender in 2017 in a previous report by the same researchers, though they used different estimates. … read full article
Ireland - Trans Activists' Speeches to Be Streamed into Classrooms of 15k Irish Schoolgirls
60-year-old male lobbyist and "non-binary" woman to be streamed at girls by an organisation that also promotes "yeet the teets" doctor as inspirational
From 4W (Ireland)
By Róisín Michaux
October 5, 2022
“When people speak of me as a woman, I want to run away,” Taryn de Vere, an Irish social media celebrity recently told the Irish Independent, adding that she was renouncing her womanhood in favour of the label “non-binary”. And yet de Vere is listed as an inspirational speaker on the programme of the upcoming Shine Festival, an event billed as “an empowering event for the young women and girls of Ireland,” to be broadcast in classrooms around the country on 11-12 October.
De Vere’s talk is entitled “How to be 100% yourself.” … read full article
US - Seattle Children’s Hospital Performs Some ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgeries on Children under 18
From National Review (USA)
By Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2022
The AMA and other medical groups have written the Biden Department of Justice to decry threats of violence against providers of gender-affirming care after the publication of what they claim is false information about which hospitals provide surgeries and puberty blocking.
Threats and violence are unequivocally wrong and properly illegal. They should be punished to the full extent of the law.
But facts matter too. Accurate reports about this issue need to be published because debates about the proper care of children are too important to suppress.
Here are some facts. Serious, body-altering surgeries are being performed on children under 18. Rather than characterize the medical interventions in my own words, I will simply quote from the website of Seattle Children’s Hospital that describes the “gender-affirming” surgical care offered. … read full article
UK - Lottery pauses cash for trans charity Mermaids during investigation
From The Times (UK)
By Lucy Bannerman
October 6, 2022
The National Lottery has paused a £500,000 grant to Mermaids, a charity that helps young people who identify as transgender.
Mermaids is being investigated by the Charity Commission for handing out potentially harmful breast binders to girls as young as 13 behind their parents’ backs.
It has also been revealed that Jacob Breslow, one of its trustees, was linked to an organisation that aims to help paedophiles “live in truth and dignity”. Breslow quit his role this week after it emerged that he had given a presentation at an event for B4U-ACT, an American group that promotes services “for self-identified individuals . . . who are sexually attracted to children”. … read full article
UK - It is not reactionary to protect children
Progressives must police themselves
From The Critic (UK)
By Josephine Bartosch
October 6, 2022
As a general rule, any adult who tells a child it’s okay to keep secrets from their parents ought not to be trusted with the care of young people. Yet child transition charity Mermaids has been accused of doing just this.
From the Guardian to the Daily Telegraph, column inches have been filled with allegations and testimonies from angry parents, which have now led to an investigation by the Charity Commission. Reported safeguarding failures include that the group gave reckless advice to children about puberty blockers, and that a help centre moderator arranged to secretly post a breast-binder to a thirteen-year-old girl, in the full knowledge this was against her parents’ wishes. In response, Mermaids accused the media of making “false claims” as part of “a targeted, cynical attack”.
… read full article
UK - JK Rowling challenges trans charity Mermaids to SUE her in Twitter spat after blasting celebrities for backing the organisation - even after trustee quit amid paedophile row
JK Rowling said Mermaids had achieved 'unprecedented influence in the UK'
She said the transgender children's charity had been boosted by celebrities
The Harry Potter author said 'the red flags have been there for years'
But India Willoughy said 'someone really needs to take legal action' against her
Ms Rowling then responded that 'the first signature will be mine in any petition'
From Daily Mail (UK)
By DANYA BAZARAA and JACOB THORBURN and KATIE FEEHAN
October 5, 2022
JK Rowling has challenged transgender television presenter India Willoughby to sue her in a Twitter spat after she blasted celebrities for backing the trans children's charity Mermaids.
The Harry Potter author yesterday took a thinly veiled swipe at Emma Watson and other celebrities who backed the charity after a trustee quit over revelations he spoke at an 'academic' conference hosted by an organisation that promotes services to paedophiles. … read full article
UK - Mermaids is endangering children
The charity employed an abuse apologist
From UnHerd (UK)
By JULIE BINDEL
October 5, 2022
Mermaids, the troublesome charity that advocates for the transing of children, is in the news again. Currently under investigation by the Charities Commission regarding concerns that it fails to safeguard young people, Mermaids’s reign as the charity that can do no wrong appears to be coming to an end. A report in The Times yesterday revealed that a trustee has resigned after it was revealed that he is a child abuse apologist.
Dr Jacob Breslow was a graduate student at the London School of Economics when he gave a presentation at an event for the US-based non-profit B4U-ACT in 2011. According to its website, B4U-ACT promotes services and resources for people “who are sexually attracted to children and desire assistance”. In his 2011 paper, Breslow compares a child to a shoe — which, in case you weren’t sure, is an inanimate object.
… read full article
UK - Gender sirens
Beware Mermaids singing a sad song
From The Critic (UK)
By Victoria Smith
October 5, 2022
It was entirely predictable that the adults would hide behind the children. As soon as it became clear that Mermaids — the charity that claims to support “gender-diverse youth” — would at last be subject to some degree of formal scrutiny, out came the familiar hashtag: #ProtectTransKids.
Following reports that Mermaids has been sending breast binders to children, helping 16-year-olds to change their names without their parents’ knowledge, and directing chatroom users to unregulated spaces, the Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case into the organisation.
You will note that the people being investigated here are not children themselves. Being desperately unhappy with your body and confused about your identity are not crimes, whereas exploiting vulnerable young people who feel this way really ought to be. … read full article
US - Indoctrinating the Military’s Kids
Even schools on U.S. bases are not immune from gender ideology
From City Journal (USA)
By Ryan P. Williams, Scott Yenor
October 5, 2022
Gender studies aims to upset a stable sexual identity—either by sowing confusion about whether a student is a boy, a girl, or something else, or by actively encouraging kids to reconsider their sexual orientation. No longer limited to alternative-learning schools in major cities or wealthy suburbs, gender studies, an offshoot of the broader ideology of “queer theory,” is making its way into K-12 schools on American military bases.
The U.S. military runs 160 such schools worldwide, serving more than 69,000 children of military personnel. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) employs thousands of teachers, and its budget exceeds $3.2 billion. Reflecting department-wide priorities, the 2022 DoDEA “Blueprint for Continuous Improvement” strategic plan emphasizes “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as “Core Values.” … read full article
US - Federal judge tosses lawsuit against Florida's Parental Rights in Education law
Judge Allen Winsor said the lawsuit lacked legal ground
From Fox News (USA)
By Taylor Penley
October 5, 2022
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and other state officials in response to the controversial Parental Rights in Education law on Tuesday.
Judge Allen Winsor struck down the suit originally filed in March but later revised by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups Equality Florida and Family Equality along with students and educators, issuing a 25-page order that claimed the plaintiffs lacked legal standing to proceed but neglected to assess the constitutionality of the case.
"The principal problem is that most of plaintiffs' alleged harm is not plausibly tied to the law's enforcement so much as the law's very existence," Winsor's dismissal read, according to the Tampa Bay Times. … read full article
Scotland - Half of Scottish trans prisoners changed gender after convictions
From The Times (UK)
By Mary Wright
October 5, 2022
Half of the transgender inmates in Scottish prisons began transitioning after they were convicted, it can be revealed.
The Scottish Prison Service said there were 16 trans inmates, of whom eight began their transition while “being cared for in custody following their remand or conviction for their current offence”.
The prison service said the other eight trans prisoners began transitioning or were living in their acquired gender when they were convicted or placed on remand. In response to a freedom of information request, the prison service disclosed that six trans prisoners have “current or previous” convictions for sex offences. … read full article
UK - British Rowing chief urges World Rowing to change its transgender policy
‘There is a threat to hard-fought-for progress in women’s sport’
Davies wants rowing to adopt swimming’s ‘open category’
From The Guardian (UK)
By Sean Ingle
October 5, 2022
The chair of British Rowing has urged World Rowing to change its transgender policy “out of concern that there is a threat to hard-fought-for progress in women’s sport”.
Mark Davies urged the sport to follow the lead of swimming’s governing body, Fina, which has voted to bar from the female category anyone older than 12 who has undergone male puberty because of the advantage it confers in strength, size, lung capacity and endurance. … read full article
US - Former Seattle tech engineer convicted of stealing data from more than 100M people sentenced
From KIRO 7 (USA)
By KIRO 7 News Staff
October 4, 2022
KING COUNTY, Wash. — Former Amazon Web Services engineer Paige Thompson, who was convicted of stealing data from more than 100 million people, was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Thompson, 37, was sentenced to time served and five years of probation, including location and computer monitoring for seven federal crimes connected to her scheme to hack into cloud computer data storage accounts and steal data and computer power for her own benefit, Nick Brown, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, said.
During Thompson’s sentencing, the U.S. district judge said her time in prison would be “particularly difficult” due to her “mental health and transgender status.” … read full article
UK - UK mom arrested, searched in front of children over 'offensive' online comments
On Monday, Catholic feminist and mother of five Caroline Farrow was arrested while cooking dinner for her husband and children at their home in Guildford, England.
From The Post Millennial (Canada)
By Jarryd Jaeger
October 5, 2022
On Monday, Catholic feminist and mother of five Caroline Farrow was arrested while cooking dinner for her husband and children at their home in Guildford, England.
Police, who claimed she was suspected of sharing “grossly offensive” posts on social media, seized all her devices and took her to jail, however she was later released under investigation.
According to Farrow, 48, police entered her home after telling her they didn’t need a warrant, and promptly took her devices, including an iPad that her autistic daughter used for homeschooling. … read full article
US - Answers To Frequently Asked Questions About Sex Ed In Idaho
From Idaho Freedom Foundation (USA)
By Anna Miller and Dr. Scott Yenor
October 5, 2022
Idaho’s government promotes radical gender theories in schools and builds partnerships with interest groups pushing the sexualization of children, like Planned Parenthood.
How is this happening? Follow the money and the curriculum from the federal government through Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) to Idaho’s health districts.
Federal grants adopted by IDHW are being used to purchase curriculum and training from an offshoot of Planned Parenthood known as Education, Training, and Research (ETR). …
What standards guide Idaho schools in the adoption of sex education curriculum? As the IDHW has said in its statement, Idaho’s program adheres to the National Health Education Standards. IDHW left out a key word. These standards are actually called the National Sexuality Education Standards. The first edition of the standards is listed on the IDHW’s program website. None of the standards limit themselves to traditional abstinence-only education or exclusively point students to marriage and monogamy.
The second edition of the standards requires teaching kindergarteners about gender identity and third graders about hormone blockers. The old standards require teaching gender identity to students beginning in sixth grade, among other things. The IDHW does not mention which set of standards it adheres to, but neither the first nor the second edition of the National Sexuality Education Standards are consistent with Idaho Code, which requires sexuality instruction to be scientific and promote family life.
Both the first and the second edition of the standards are written and endorsed by radical interest groups including Planned Parenthood, the Transgender Training Institute, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), GLSEN, and Advocates for Youth. … read full article
US - Women Lose When We Submit to Multicultural or Gender Intersectionality
Educators are as terrified of the wrath of the gender censors as of the Islamophobia activists.
From Reality’s Last Stand (USA)
By Barbara Kay
October 5, 2022
Nobody ever heard of Trafalgar High School in the Toronto-adjacent town of Oakville, Ontario, until a video featuring one of its staff, Kayla Lemieux, an allegedly trans-identifying male industrial arts instructor, achieved international attention. In the video, Lemieux, is seen outfitted in gigantic prosthetic breasts, complete with proportionately huge protruding nipples, positioned alarmingly close to a chop saw.
The Halton District School Board (HDSB) chose to respond to viral media ridicule and robust local protest by “standing behind” Lemieux. Their goal, according to a HDSB spokesperson, was to “make sure she is protected,” and “ensure that everybody remains safe.” … read full article
US - Now Oklahoma 'bans' puberty blockers for trans children: Republican Governor Kevin Stitt will withhold hospital funds until doctors stop prescribing drugs to under-18s
Stitt took aim at a pediatric trans healthcare clinic where minors are treated
Hospital can have funds if it stops performing transgender services on minors
It is the latest in a spate of state- and nationwide attempts to target trans youth
From Daily Mail (UK)
By CASSIDY MORRISON
October 5, 2022
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill that effectively bans gender- reassignment drugs from being prescribed to minors at the state's main children's hospital.
The Republican is withholding Covid relief funds from Oklahoma Children's Hospital at OU Health until it stops providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to under-18s.
The state allocated $108 million to the University of Oklahoma-linked health system as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act passed in 2021 to help struggling businesses and hospitals. … read full article
US - ‘Pronouns to surgery pipeline’ in Wisconsin
From Empower Wisconsin (USA)
By Paul Rossi
October 5, 2022
Following a recent report from Philadelphia showing how a gender clinic is influencing teachers in nearby school districts, some Wisconsin parents are speaking out against an even more egregious case of “gender affirming” doctors funneling future patients their way. These doctors directly assisted the district to push controversial sex education curriculum onto divided communities.
This August, medical professionals providing “gender-affirming care” at Milwaukee Children’s hospital were instrumental in the development and approval of major revisions to the sex ed curriculum at nearby Wauwatosa, WI school district. Several different individuals associated with the clinic influenced the board either directly as a member or on an external committee that worked on the revisions since October of 2021. … read full article
US - Transgender surgery industry projected to grow to $5 billion
A report from Grand View Research found that the nascent industry surrounding trans surgeries saw a $1.9 billion valuation in 2021, and is forecasted to expand at an annual growth rate of more than 11% through 2030.
From Rebel News (Canada)
By Ian Miles Cheong
October 5, 2022
As transgender surgery on minors becomes more normalized across children’s hospitals in the United States, the industry is projected to reach as much as $5 billion by the end of the decade.
A report from Grand View Research found that the nascent industry surrounding trans surgeries saw a $1.9 billion valuation in 2021, and is forecasted to expand at an annual growth rate of more than 11% through 2030.
“The rising incidences of gender dysphoria and the increasing number of people opting for gender confirmation surgeries are expected to boost the growth during the forecast period,” the researchers stated. … read full article