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According to a new report from The Dallas Express, the Dallas Independent School District has published a resource guide that advises children on how to change genders. Named the “LGBTQ+ Resources for Dallas ISD & Surrounding Communities,” the document recommends various “transgender” clinics, gives resources on how to socially, legally, and medically transition, and lists books for elementary students about gender-confused children. Robyn Harris, the executive director of Dallas ISD’s communications team, told The Dallas Express that the document is only available to adults who request it. She specified that the adults are to be parents or other school employees....

Search... Consequences: Detransition Lawsuits Threaten 'Booming' Gender-Transition Business Amy Cur Twitchy has covered the Left's ongoing battle to 'transition' children who, according to Rachel Levine might be 'going through the wrong puberty' or otherwise 'identify' as a different gender. Many, many voices have warned that transition is not as reversible (link) or inconsequential as the Left claims (link), and not something we should be doing to minors (places like the UK's NHS have also made some changes to transitioning of kids). And now, the lawsuits begin. People who are detransitioning are suing the providers who transitioned them in the first...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) must provide the state of Florida with documentation on why it supports gender transitions for minors and any communication with its members about that decision-making process, a District Court ruled. The AAP is involved in a lawsuit against Florida over a new rule established last year that prohibits the use of Medicaid funds on sex changes and other transgender-related care. The AAP signed on in support of the plaintiffs, leading Florida to subpoena it and numerous other organizations for information on their policies toward individuals with gender dysphoria and how those policies were developed,...

The protestors brought signs reading "Cis people are creepy," "Teens [love] drag shows," and "Trans girls need guns." ... On Saturday, teen detransitioner and anti-grooming activist Chloe Cole was met with left-wing LGBTQ protestors while giving a speech in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, against the trans-medicalization of children. Cole, 18, is a female who underwent a double mastectomy and other transgender medical treatments as a minor before realizing that she wasn't actually a boy, and had been groomed into "gender affirming" procedures. While she spoke at a TPUSA Faith "Teens Against Gender Mutilation" event, protestors attempted to drown her out. ... Murfreesboro...

More than half of trans women who have 'bottom' surgery are in so much pain years later they need medical attention, a study suggests. Up to a third of patients also struggled to use the toilet or suffered sexual issues 12 months after the operation, which sees patients transitioning from male to female given a surgically constructed vagina.

The American division of Graduate Women International (GWI) may find itself in the odd position of channeling Donald Trump. “On this International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women (VAW), Graduate Women International (GWI) voices concern and raises awareness about the ongoing battle women internationally face against physical, sexual, and psychological violence every day,” reads an advance press release from GWI for November 25, 2016. “GWI calls for implementation of stronger legislation that will protect women from all forms of violence. Women across the globe are subjected to violence in many different forms including forced marriage, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation...