Manufacturing Consent To Gender Ideology (mother plans to castrate 6 yo son)

The American Conservative ^ | 11-28-2018 | Rod Dreher

[NRx]

Six-year-old James is caught in a gender identity nightmare. Under his mom’s care in Dallas, Texas, James obediently lives as a trans girl named “Luna.” But given the choice when he’s with dad, he’s all boy — his sex at birth.

In their divorce proceedings, the mother has charged the father with child abuse for not affirming James as transgender, has sought restraining orders against him, and is seeking to terminate his parental rights. She is also seeking to require him to pay for the child’s visits to a transgender-affirming therapist and transgender medical alterations, which may include hormonal sterilization starting at age eight.

I learned of James’ plight on a recent visit to Plano, Texas, where I spoke to teenagers about my own transgender story. I lived through a similar scenario when I was his age. I was cross-dressed for two-and-a-half years by my grandmother, who made a purple chiffon dress for me. Somewhat like James, my cross-dressing occurred under one adult’s care, but away from grandma’s I was all boy with my mom and dad. Also, just like James, I found my way into the office of a gender therapist, who quickly started me toward transition.

When his mother, a pediatrician, took James for counseling, she chose a gender transition therapist who diagnosed him with gender dysphoria, a mental conflict between physical sex and perceived gender. James’ precious young life hinges purely on the diagnosis of gender dysphoria by a therapist who wraps herself in rainbow colors, affirms the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and dismisses evidence to the contrary. Remove the “rainbow” from James’ diagnosis, and it crumbles under the weight of the criteria for the diagnosis of gender dysphoria...

[rlmorel]

I am disgusted and appalled that there are people in the medical community who not only go along with this, they ENCOURAGE it.

Astonishing. Simply astonishing.

I thought I had read somewhere that Johns Hopkins Hospital, the pioneer in this, had stopped some years back, but when I looked, they opened a new transgender “clinic”.

Astonishing.

[oldvirginian]

“Some Muslims castrate their little girls.”

Females have no testicles therefore cannot be castrated.
I think you meant female circumcision or FGM, female genital mutilation.
That involves the removal of the clitoris and often the outer labia. Painful to think about much less endure.

[editor-surveyor]

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Time to demand prosecution. This is absolutely mayhem.

[DiogenesLamp]

In their divorce proceedings, the mother has charged the father with child abuse for not affirming James as transgender...

Mom needs to be punched the F*** out.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Defending this boy is a cause that men could rally around and would be a major step in fighting back against the anti-male bias they keep complaining about, but I’m not betting on that happening.

[Intolerant in NJ]

When his mother, a pediatrician, took James for counseling, she chose a gender transition therapist...so states are now outlawing counseling to assist those who feel unhappy as homosexuals and want therapy to guide them to a more concordant sexual orientation, but it's quite all right and legitimate to seek "gender transition" therapy - what a country.....

[Chode]

the feckless frunt should have it's license yanked