Posted on 06/07/2017 6:31:06 PM PDT by Morgana
TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A 13-year-old suffering from gender dysphoria took her life in late May after her parents, Erin and Matt Georgia, allowed her to identify and present herself as a boy. Jane Marie Georgia was allowed to begin her "transition" in sixth grade, changing her name to "Jay Griffin."
The parents found their daughter dead in her bedroom on Thursday, May 25. In the months leading up to her death, she had been placed on medications for anxiety and depression.
A 2016 study by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center said that the suicide attempt rate among transgender youth is 30 percent.
Jane’s mother Erin said, "Don't get me wrong, I mourned the loss of a daughter," referring to Jane's so-called transition, "but then I realized that I'd been praying for a son my whole life. God answered that prayer, in just a different way."
Georgia also said the family went to church together in search of a "safe space," but that even "welcoming" churches did not meet the unexplained criteria of being safe. "As Jay was going through this journey, he would go to church with us. The church was welcoming, but there was no safe space," she continued.
"Me and Jay would go to different churches to find places that were safe for us," she said. "I say 'us' because I often feel like an outsider because I just love everybody, and that's kind of hard in a Christian Bible Belt state."
Georgia went on to imply that Trump's election may have had something to do with her daughter's difficulties: "It's probably been the roughest since the (presidential) elections." She thinks this is "because hate crimes have increased by 20 percent since the election and people feel more validated to be more discriminatory.''
Last year the American College of Pediatricians put out a statement that said in plain words, "Conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse."
The pediatric organization went on to explain that children's feelings about their identity do not indicate that they are truly whatever sex they claim to belong to. "No one is born with an awareness of themselves as male or female," the group stated. "This awareness develops over time and, like all developmental processes, may be derailed by a child's subjective perceptions, relationships and adverse experiences from infancy forward."
Church Militant recently reported on a soon-to-be released documentary on ex-transgenders who found healing. They reveal to the public the face of transgender regret, especially following surgery. The film, titled TranZformed: Finding Peace With Your God-Given Gender, was produced by David Kyle Foster, who told Church Militant that the film emphasizes the humanity of people trapped in transgenderism.
"The message of the film is that people are very broken; they need lots of help," he said. "And the last kind of help they should be getting is not what they're getting."
Hmm, I wonder how the parents voted? And how they all stood politically?
If you love your child... do not allow them to indulge in behavior with a 40x suicide outcome.
Stupid people. They aren’t fit to raise dogs, much less, children. And there are thousands more of these cretins out there.
BTW, the 30% pretty much aligns with the suicide rate for adult transgenders.
I know you and I agree ... these people have a problem. It’s deep inside, and can’t be helped by so-called “gender change”.
Is she saying that God killed her girl?
How utterly horrendously horribly ridiculous is that! These parents really do bear responsibility for their daughter's despair....
My daughter is going through this right now. Pretty girl, straight A student in all advanced classes, has an online business creating logos and brands, accomplished artist, enjoys karate, archery, and target shooting, and has never given me a moment of worry. Doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs or fool around. Believes in God, regularly attends church, and is a strong political conservative.
Just a few weeks ago she told me that she is more attracted to girls than boys and wants to become a man. She sobbed, anguished, because she is afraid that God will hate her now. My husband and I are trying to approach this all with love and patience, telling her to wait until she is an adult and on her own before attempting any transition. If she was an unloved troublemaker looking for attention or a purpose, maybe I could understand it, but she’s very accomplished and our children have always been the priority of our lives. Pray for parents and kids in this situation, it’s like living in an alternate reality overnight.
I’m getting her into counseling. She asked me yo go with her. Pray that I can help her heal and find peace with how God made her.
Frankly, I didn’t want to overthink that part of what she said.
This woman is a sociopath. Monster.
After the suicide, did she ever say to herself, "Oh my God, I made a horrible mistake. If only I had told her to wait a few years, she might be alive today!"
I doubt that ever happened. Her daughter kills herself, and she thinks that blaming Donald Trump is an appropriate response.
This horrible woman could provide a case study in a new edition of M. Scott Peck's "People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil".
What is with these lunatics? I was an avid reader as a young child. I was Tarzan, I was Annie Oakley, I was Tom Saywer, I was Scout, I was Catherine the Great, Queen Elizabeth, Conan, Pip and Little Lord Fauntleroy. But I was never confused about my sex. It never occurred to me that my sex limited my options.
What was the point when all I had to do to understand someone else, to walk in their shoes, to learn their life lessons was to read a good book? But, more fun than all of that was the ability to walk into a room, as a woman, all gussied up and turn men’s heads. Maybe not as enriching, but definitely more fun and rewarding ;) The world was my oyster and my understanding of men and women from all of my reading had a lot to do with it.
Denying a person their God-given rights, abilities and identity is indeed child abuse.
Putting that "G" word into the quote will give the Left a good reason to push this on the parents and other "Bible carrying Republicans", or whatever epithet O-blamer used back in '08. If they haven't already...
It was a bit unnerving.
Admiration sometimes gets tangled up with and mistaken for sexual attraction in teens, especially now that it’s practically lionized and encouraged. God will never hate her but some behaviors are sinful and will lead to an eternity separated from God. This, I believe, is one of those behaviors. She’s too young to be tormenting herself over this, she wouldn’t really know who she is yet even without beginning to have doubts in a sexual sense. Even if she does turn out to be sexually attracted to other females she can live a Godly life by not acting upon it. Teen years are drama years, everything is new to them and therefore a very big deal, so tread carefully. You have my sympathy and prayers.
This is what the Psychos say..
Gender dysphoria involves a conflict between a person’s physical or assigned gender and the gender with which he/she/they identify. People with gender dysphoria may be very uncomfortable with the gender they were assigned, sometimes described as being uncomfortable with their body (particularly developments during puberty) or being uncomfortable with the expected roles of their assigned gender.
I dislike tats..
Sad. RIP.
Prayers for your family.
Jane’s mother Erin said, “Don’t get me wrong, I mourned the loss of a daughter,” referring to Jane’s so-called transition, “but then I realized that I’d been praying for a son my whole life. God answered that prayer, in just a different way.”
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I don’t think this child came to that “gender dysphoria” bullcrap. Imo, there’s a real good possibility it was forced on the child by the parent.
You’ve probably nailed it.
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