Posted on 02/15/2018 5:02:39 AM PST by Petrosius
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 14, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Ohio government authorities forced parents to give up legal custody of their daughter after the mother and father said they opposed the girl’s decision to identify as a ‘boy’ and transition to being 'male.'
The Hamilton County Job and Family Services took legal custody of the teenage girl, 17, who, according to court records, suffers from gender dysphoria. The teen is currently living with her maternal grandparents. The girl’s name and the names of her parents are under court seal.
The minor was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and gender dysphoria after being hospitalized in 2016. Doctors decided that because she wants to identify as a male, she should be given testosterone and sex “change” drugs.
But the girl’s parents objected, arguing that they did not think that such "treatment" was in their daughter’s best interest.
A juvenile court judge will determine if parental rights for the minor should be entirely stripped.
At stake are parental rights and who will make medical decisions as the legal guardian for the youngster. A decision is expected by Friday.
Pro-transgender doctors pressured the court in closing arguments, saying a ruling must come quickly, claiming that the girl needed opposite-sex hormones or else she may kill herself. Medical witnesses said that the parents’ rejection of their daughter’s decision to identify as a male has made her suicidal. They termed the girl’s circumstances a life-or-death situation.
The court heard arguments that the girl’s pro-transgender grandparents should take over custody. “We think the grandparents are the ones who have an open mind” regarding sex change hormones, while “the parents have clearly indicated that they’re not open to it,” the court-appointed guardian for the girl argued.
The parents testified that they only desire what is best for their daughter. Their attorney Karen Brinkman summarized their view of the case: “If the maternal grandparents were to be given custody, it would simply be a way for the child to circumvent the necessity of parents’ consent,” Brinkman told the court.
Brinkman reasoned that the girl’s medically-affirmed depression, anxiety, and dysphoria indicate that she is in no position to make decisions which would result in permanent physiological changes. “It does not appear that this child is even close to being able to make such a life-altering decision at this time,” Brinkman observed.
The girl’s and the grandparents’ lawyers both listed additional complaints about alleged parental mistreatment. The former claimed the parents’ sending their daughter to Catholic school where the dress code requires female clothing “caused additional trauma and anxiety” increasing her “suicidal ideation.” The later said answering to her real (female) name or even hearing it, or just seeing it on documents “has become a very big trigger” which “caused trauma.”
Like the pro-transgender doctors, the grandparents urged immediate action to avoid the girl committing suicide. “What we want to do ... is plan for a high school graduation,” their lawyer told the court. “We don’t want to be planning for a funeral.”
Pro-transgender Hamilton County Prosecutor Donald Clancy argued that the parents are religiously motivated. He said the father commented that “any kind of transition at all would go against his core beliefs.”
The complaint alleges that the father told his daughter to kill herself because she was “going to hell anyway” for rejecting her female biology. It also accuses the parents of removing their daughter from transgender therapy and seeking “Christian” counseling for her. The complaint claims the counseling simply consisted of the girl sitting for six hours listening to the Bible.
The parents' attorney denied the prosecution’s allegations. Brinkman affirmed that the parents “have done their due diligence contacting medical professionals, collecting thousands of hours of research and relying on … their observation of their own child … that led them to the conclusion that (a sex change hormone injection) is not in their child’s best interest.”
The parents believe opposite-sex hormones “would do more harm than good,” Brinkman said.
Parents: We don’t want you forcing cancer-causing hormones.
State: We’re taking xir away and giving xir cancer.
When those who tear down such leaders start suffering for it.
The counter revolution cannot happen soon enough.
I still strongly recommend that we resurrect the guillotine for liberals.
With very dull blades.
This will be an interesting situation to watch play out.
They go through with it. She/changes mind. Wants to be female again...
Or is so mentally ill, does an ultimate action when the sex change doesn’t fix what is really wrong.
The kid is 17 and gets to be a legal adult in less than a year. Clearly a power grab by a leftist judge who wants to set a precident for this outrageous abuse of state power.
It’ll stop when your average American is against it. From what I see, they’re all for it or don’t care.
This is a big problem in all this stupid transgender stuff - doctors with God complexes.
Any doctor with morals would say to a patient, You want me to do what? - and refer that patient to psychiatric help.
You can't deal with being male or female? Get over it! You are what you are, not what you want to be.
Paging Clyde Shelton...
After she kills herself, the problem is resolved
Have to wonder about the queer-advocating grandparents’ effects on the girl over her formative years. What are those two - educators, Dem operatives, psychologists...?
The GRANDPARENTS want to take custody of the granddaughter so that she can be mutilated? A large fraction of Americans seem to have gone insane.
Transgender people have a VERY HIGH suicide rate - PERIOD! That HIGH RATE is NOT diminished post-surgery - PERIOD!
So, allowing this 17 year old to complete this surgery NOW is no guarantee that she won’t still commit suicide; therefore, that argument is MOOT at BEST and SPECIOUS at WORST! Therefore the “possibility of suicide” should NOT be an acceptable reason for termination of parental rights.
UNLESS, this 17 year old girl is seeking complete emancipation from ALL adult control and costs, this should still be the parents decision And the grand-parents should butt-out!
I dont see this nation surviving anothe 3 years. Its dying fast
The parents have a mentally ill child. However, some in society worship the mentally ill. Likely, she will suicide soon.
“Or is so mentally ill, does an ultimate action when the sex change doesn’t fix what is really wrong.”
Sadly, that is what may happen. The “sexual dysphoria” is a result of her depression and anxiety - not the cause of it. When she figures that out that those feelings remain, even after treatment and operations, those suicidal thoughts will come back (if they ever left). 40% of transexuals attempt suicide.
Praying for this little girl. And yes, at 17, when a fully formed brain doesn’t happen until about 24 years - she is still a “little” girl. God damn this culture, the authorities and her psychologists that say this abomination is the way to make things right for her.
John’s Hopkins refuses to do transgender procedures.
BTW - I read about some gal that “identifies” as a crippled person. Wears huge leg braces, gets around in a wheel chair. Would these doctors also recommend removing her knee joints, maybe sever some major tendons so that she can be who she wants to be?
It been going on for years. Around 12 years ago I had to help a single mom and her three kids escape Mass. because she was targeted as an anti-gay bigot for not celebrating her daughter’s “coming out’ as gay. Turns out some Lesbian teachers got hold of the shy girl and talked her into her new identity. The school was working with the State to take the girl to foster care.
It was a one day turn around once we realized what they were doing. She and her children were packed and in the car to a different State before any court or official actions could happen. I knew someone there who could help them get established. What a mess.
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I still strongly recommend that we resurrect the guillotine for liberals.
With very dull blades.
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Strongly disagree. The sharper, the better.
I want the line to go QUICKLY
why can’t parents accept children for who they think they are instead of who they actually are...
oh the humanity...
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