Children who do not conform to sex role stereotypes are seen as actually belonging to the opposite sex.
Diagnosing Gender Dysphoria in Children
This is the criteria for diagnosing children from the DSM 5.
The DSM-5-TR defines gender dysphoria in children as a marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender, lasting at least 6 months, as manifested by at least six of the following (one of which must be the first criterion):
The DSM-5-TR defines gender dysphoria in children as a marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender, lasting at least 6 months, as manifested by at least six of the following (one of which must be the first criterion):
- A strong desire to be of the other gender or an insistence that one is the other gender (or some alternative gender different from one’s assigned gender)
- In boys (assigned gender), a strong preference for cross-dressing or simulating female attire; or in girls (assigned gender), a strong preference for wearing only typical masculine clothing and a strong resistance to the wearing of typical feminine clothing
- A strong preference for cross-gender roles in make-believe play or fantasy play
- A strong preference for the toys, games or activities stereotypically used or engaged in by the other gender
- A strong preference for playmates of the other gender
- In boys (assigned gender), a strong rejection of typically masculine toys, games, and activities and a strong avoidance of rough-and-tumble play; or in girls (assigned gender), a strong rejection of typically feminine toys, games, and activities
- A strong dislike of one’s sexual anatomy
- A strong desire for the physical sex characteristics that match one’s experienced gender
The diagnostic criteria relies on stereotypes and deviation from what is ‘typical’ for young boys and girls. If we lived in a world where children simply wore practical clothes, and play games according to their interest, the diagnosis would fall away.
Note how it says “typically masculine” and “typically feminine” – what does that mean?
Children do not have an innate sense that “blue equals boy”. Did you know that 100 years ago pink was a boy’s colour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_sources_for_pink_and_blue_as_gender_signifiers
What do the expert advocates say?
Mermaids UK is a charity that “has been supporting transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children, young people, and their families since 1995“.
In training sessions they explain, to police and toddlers alike, that gender is a spectrum from Barbie to GI Joe.
Mermaids deal in stereotypes.
Sterilised and surgically mutilated
When Australian campaigner Katherine Deves tweeted about “vulnerable children surgically mutilated and sterilised” she was lambasted in the press.
Children diagnosed with gender dysphoria are put on a treatment pathway: social transition, puberty blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, followed by a selection of surgeries.
Puberty blockers cause sterility.
Dr Dylan Wilson is a Queensland paediatrician. He describes puberty blockade as freezing the child’s body in time, preventing formation of sperm or eggs, and preventing the maturation of sexual function.
Puberty blockers prevent development of adult sexual function
“An observation that I had,” said Bowers, “every single child who was, or adolescent, who was truly blocked at Tanner stage 2,” which is the beginning of physical development, when hormones begin their work of advancing a child to adulthood, “has never experienced orgasm. I mean, it’s really about zero.” [my emphasis]
Marci Bowers, a trans-identified male, and top “gender reassignment” surgeon
But that’s not happening in Australia
There are gender clinics all around Australia. Many are located in large hospitals. The most prominent clinic is at the Royal Children’s Hospital (VIC), headed by Michelle Telfer. They are closely allied with activist groups including Transcend, Parents of Gender Diverse Children and ACON.
This slide, from Maple Leaf House in Newcastle, demonstrates the clinic’s strong link with activist organisations. While AUSPATH (Australian Professional Association for Transgender Health) and international equivalent WPATH seem like medical bodies, they are membership-based lobby groups whose mission is to promote ‘gender affirming’ care.
Yes, sterilising children here in Australia
The Royal Children’s Hospital treatment pathway shows 8 year olds being referred for “fertility counselling” and possible procedures to “preserve” fertility. This means extracting sperm or ova to preserve outside the body.
Remember, this is because they had “a strong preference for wearing only typical masculine (or feminine) clothing“.
There’s no evidence sterilisation helps children
There is a constant claim that children will suicide if they are not given puberty suppression or cross-sex hormones. This claim is used to justify the practice of experimental medicine.
For a child <16 years clinicians must also consider if the intervention is a ‘special medical treatment’: a intended or reasonably likely to render the child permanently infertile, unless the treatment is administered to treat a life threatening condition’.
Source: Maple Leaf House Gender Clinic, Newcastle (archive link: https://archive.ph/2LsHc)
Australian gender clinics – still not convinced?
Why Don’t We Know What’s Happening in Australia?
Dr Dianna Kenny talks to Stassja and Ange about the data on children’s clinics.
Why does everyone ask what sex the baby is? Are you all obsessed with genitals?
No. We’re being polite. The baby’s sex is one of the few personal attributes that we know about the baby. It’s a way of inviting you to tell us about your new child.
Trans-hausens By Proxy, Homophobic Parents and Famous Trans Kids
There are repeated examples of effeminate boys with controlling parents who become famous by way of their transgender identity.
Georgie Stone (Australia, child actor)
- Star of ABC documentary ‘About A Girl’.
- Georgie and his mother founded a charity Transcend to fight their legal battle to remove court protections for children seeking pubertal suppression and cross-sex hormones.
- Georgie Stone was an actor on long-running TV show Neighbours until the show wound up in August 2022.
Evie MacDonald
Evie and Meagan MacDonald get involved in politics by challenging Scott Morrison on Twitter.
Kai Shappley (US, child actor)
- mother Kimberley Shappley)
- https://www.vogue.com/video/watch/kai-shappley-trans-youth-activist-texas
Jazz Jennings (US, reality TV star)
Jazz’s parents released a book in his name when he was aged 6. He went on to become a full time “transgender activist” and star of the reality TV show “I am Jazz”, focusing on the challenges of living with a transgender identity.
Mother: Susie Green, head of Transgender Youth Charity Mermaids
Susie speaking about the homophobia of her husband toward their son Jackie.
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