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Teens are becoming transgender because it’s trendy, expert says
lifesitenews.com ^ | April 12, 2017 | Fr. Mark Hodges

Posted on 04/14/2017 2:37:44 AM PDT by lowbridge

Children think it's cool to be transgender and they're trying the self-identity out in droves, claims an Australian psychiatrist.

Psychiatrist Stephen Stathis, who runs the gender clinic at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital and is responsible for diagnosing gender dysphoria, reports that “many” youth are “trying out being transgender” in order to stand out.

Apparently, declaring oneself “transgender” is trendy. “One said to me, ‘Doctor Steve ... I want to be transgender, it’s the new black,’” Stathis related.

Dr. Stathis also says many girls want to be transgender as a result of sexual abuse. “The girls say, ‘If only I had been a male, I wouldn’t have been abused,’” Stathis explained.

Some are so convinced their life would be better if they were the opposite sex that they do something drastic or permanent. “I’ve seen genital mutilation, some who try to cut off their penis,’’ Stathis said.

Australia began a new, government-funded "gender service" for children at Lady Cilento Hospital, which expects to assess 180 youth this year. The goal of most of the gender-confused children is to get puberty blocking chemicals and/or sex change hormone treatment.

Most patients, however, are simply going through a common phase of adolescent life, Stathis explained.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; thenewblack; transgender; transgenderchic
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To: lowbridge

Let’s all pause for a moment, and reflect on just how fortunate we are that the pseudo-science of psychology, and the people who created it, have contributed this wonder to civilization.


21 posted on 04/14/2017 3:59:31 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: lowbridge
Peer pressure is hard to resist and it's always there.
It's up to us adults channel it into a force for good, something the Leftist have failed to do.

22 posted on 04/14/2017 4:03:39 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Tax-chick

When adults grow weary with nurturing the “transgendered,” the teenagers will try being “transspecies.”
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Too late. Ever hear of “otherkin”? There ya go:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/from-dragons-to-foxes-the-otherkin-community-believes-you-can-be-whatever-you-want-to-be


23 posted on 04/14/2017 4:09:12 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: Trump20162020

The only thing I’m sure of is that no made-up genders were so ridiculous they got rejected, except perhaps “penguin”. Those who identify as penguins will have to wait a couple of years before they are also affirmed.


24 posted on 04/14/2017 4:11:35 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: lowbridge
"Teens are becoming transgender because it’s trendy, expert says"

Hula Hoops
Mood Rings
Silly Putty
Lava Lamps
Pet Rocks

...and now sexual disorientation. Madison Avenue and Hollywood can sell anything.
25 posted on 04/14/2017 4:12:26 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Tax-chick

The cutting fad comes to mind too.


26 posted on 04/14/2017 4:15:43 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Chickensoup
Best thing to do is to remain neutral.

ISWYDT

27 posted on 04/14/2017 4:22:34 AM PDT by canalabamian
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To: PCPOET7

Look at me, I’m special.

No, you’re a freak.


28 posted on 04/14/2017 4:25:54 AM PDT by petercooper (Why don't polls ever add up to 100%?)
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To: Yardstick

It is being deeper into the liberal cult. This makes you a better person.


29 posted on 04/14/2017 4:26:02 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Tax-chick
When adults grow weary with nurturing the “transgendered,” the teenagers will try being “transspecies.”
If I were 40 yrs younger, after seeing Star Wars for the first time I would've been a real smart-ass and outdo these snowflakes by self identifying as a Jedi Knight, that what's on my my BC is BS, Darth Vader is my father. I would call myself a TRANSTERRESTRIAL.
30 posted on 04/14/2017 4:27:03 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: PCPOET7
the problem is the adults not the kids...

Exactly.

31 posted on 04/14/2017 4:27:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Fresh Wind
I remember when “what’s you sign” was an important question to ask.
Oh,yeah, I remember. Remember when "blowing a tranny" meant serious car trouble? 😞
32 posted on 04/14/2017 4:32:05 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yeah, unfortunately, I do remember that one. Close to $3K gone in an instant. LOL!


33 posted on 04/14/2017 4:38:10 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: angryoldfatman

I know they exist, but it’s not yet a “civil right.”


34 posted on 04/14/2017 4:45:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("I prefer to think of myself as ... civilized." ~Jonathan Q. Higgins)
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To: lowbridge
As a society, a line has been crossed. A few decades ago, it was about tolerance. Next it was about acceptance. With things like open celebration of gay rights and culture, media celebration of Bruce Jenner unleashing his inner female (or whatever) and mothers nourishing their 3-year olds desire to be of a different gender, our "civilization" it's about glorification of outlier behaviors.

I can't imagine how it all returns to normal without something cataclysmic happening.

35 posted on 04/14/2017 4:47:17 AM PDT by grania (only a pawn in their game)
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To: Tax-chick

Spot on observation. Whatever the trend is some will follow.


36 posted on 04/14/2017 4:52:45 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: mazda77

when I was in grade school, north entrance was marked “boys” the south entrance was “girls”....boys played with boys and girls played with girls. but alas that was 1949...


37 posted on 04/14/2017 4:52:59 AM PDT by B212
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To: PCPOET7; Yardstick

Eating disorders and cutting are still out there, but they’re not the attention-getters. Teenage life, especially on the Internet, is like a negative feedback loop/echo chamber in which the one with the biggest misery index is overwhelmed with attention, thus driving an arms race in destructive behaviors.


38 posted on 04/14/2017 4:53:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("I prefer to think of myself as ... civilized." ~Jonathan Q. Higgins)
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To: Fresh Wind

The old Powerglide in my 64 is staring to leak around the seals. It’s got over 220k miles on it, not too bad. A good trans shop can rebuild it for $2500. Or for a few hundred more I could put in a newer Hydramatic with overdrive and the improved as mileage mat help pay for itself.


39 posted on 04/14/2017 4:53:41 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: lowbridge

No sheet sherlock

At my daughter’s high school, the school in town for the “elite” (which I mistakenly got her into because I wanted a cocoon) all 6 theater students “came out” as “gay” on the same day. Isn’t that cool? eyeroll


40 posted on 04/14/2017 5:03:20 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboysShun these stupid)
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