A new study has found that the vast majority of people who come out as trans at a young age continue to identify as trans. (Envato/PinkNews)
A new study has fund that 97.5 per cent of children who come out as trans continue to identify as trans or non-binary after five years.
The research looked at the statistics of 317 early childhood social transitioners – 208 trans girls and 109 trans boys – and examined the rate at which these adolescents would “retransition” either to their gender assigned at birth or to a non-binary identity.
It found that over an average of five years after the beginning of their social transition, around 7.1 per cent had “retransitioned” at least once. Almost half of that figure – 3.5 per cent – began identifying as non-binary, rather than with a binary gender identity.
The percentage included a small group – around 1.3 per cent – of youths who had retransitioned to another identity before returning back to their original binary trans identity. Another 2.5 per cent of those who retransitioned went back to identifying as cisgender.
By the end of that period, around 94 per cent identified with a binary trans identity.
An activist raises a placard saying ‘protect trans kids’ during a protest. (Getty/Anatoliy Cherkasov)
Interestingly, the most common point where a child would choose to retransition occurred before the age of 10, while detransitions – where a person goes back to identifying with their assigned gender – occurred with kids whose social transition started before the age of six.
“The results suggest that retransitions are infrequent,” the article’s conclusion said. “More commonly, transgender youth who socially transitioned at early ages continued to identify that way.
“Nonetheless, understanding retransitions is crucial for clinicians and families to help make retransitions as smooth as possible.”
The sample of low retransition rates is consistent with a similar study that researchers cited, which spanned a seven-year period and found that most who had social transitioned did not retransition.
The introduction of the study includes a section on claims that the rise in trans youth seeking care is a direct result of social pressure caused by what anti-LGBTQ+ pundits typically call the “trans agenda”.
Groups that push this claim include the notorious gender-critical group Transgender Trend, which claims that youth who are “suffering from gender dysphoria” have been pressured by a trend of “the subjective idea of gender identity” to identify as trans.
Other organisations have also claimed that AFAB trans adolescents are disproportionately targeted by these pressures to become other trans men or non-binary in some capacity.
But, as the conclusion of the study conducted by Jack L. Turban, Brett Dolotina, Dana King, and Alex S. Keuroghlian stated, “there appears to be no disparity between trans youth”.
“The sex assigned at birth ratio of TGD (transgender and gender diverse) adolescents in the United States does not appear to favour AFAB adolescents and should not be used to argue against the provision of gender-affirming medical care for TGD adolescents,” it added.
It also found that rates of victimisation and suicidality were clearly higher among trans youth when compared to cis peers despite groups like Transgender Trend questioning the commonly used statistics showing the shockingly high number of suicides among transgender people.
There are a record number of out LGBTQ elected officials this year, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, with 1,043 out LGBTQ people holding an elected office in the country.
It’s a nearly six percent increase since last year, according to the organization.
The Victory Fund released its Out for America 2022 report this week, which showed the increase in LGBTQ elected officials since last year.
But while the number is increasing, it’s still shockingly low. Only 0.2% of elected officials in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ, far below the seven percent of the population that’s estimated to be LGBTQ.
Most of the gains over the last year were from LGBTQ people of color. There was a 12.3% increase in out elected officials of color, but only 1.3% among white LGBTQ elected officials.
Bisexual elected officials increased by twenty-seven percent, from 71 to 90, while lesbian elected officials went down from 269 to 263, a two percent drop.
Seventy-five percent of the out elected officials this year are Democrats, while only three percent are Republicans. The rest were independent, third party, or ran in non-partisan elections.
Only 10 states have fewer LGBTQ elected officials this year than they did a year ago, while 22 states have more.
Worcester, Massachusetts City Councilor Thu Nguyen (D) won their election and assumed office this year, becoming the first nonbinary person to hold office in the state.
“That was one of my pushes, is that people who often feel marginalized or, you know, not having access to the government or imagining themselves at these seats, to actually start doing that,” they told WBUR about how they hope to inspire others from marginalized communities to run for office. “Because that’s how we make shifts. Before you could get to a seat, you have to imagine yourself there.”
“As for making history, I think it’s a little bit surreal, because I came in doing this for wanting change, and not just… having identities — which is really important,” they said. “It’s lifesaving to have representation. But I never really anticipated being in history or having a historical moment. And so I’m still breathing that in.”
“With a historic number of anti-LGBTQ legislation introduced this year, unprecedented attacks against trans kids, and ongoing efforts to censor classrooms and libraries across the country, LGBTQ elected officials are on the front lines of defending our rights and freedoms,” said Victory Fund President & CEO Annise Parker.
“They have demonstrated true grit and selflessness in the face of wave after wave of bigotry. Despite the fact the LGBTQ community has never had equitable representation in government – and we still have a long way to go – there are clear signs of progress. They represent the strength and diversity of not only who we are as a society now, but also the America we aspire to build for future generations.”
Another day, another example of the radical Christian take over of every aspect of public life. A Minnesota Pharmacist who was sued because they denied emergency due to religious reasons has won their case. If you don’t believe in your job, you shouldn’t have that job. Pharmacist gets to downplay danger and seriousness on Fox News, the network that pumps out misinformation like they are getting paid billions to do it… oh wait. We need a major reform on whether “my religion” is an excuse to deny people healthcare, service, or any other public good. Or we should have separate religious pharmacies for assholes who don’t want to do their job because of cherry-picked bigotry and misogyny from their favorite fairy-tale fan fiction.
Hundreds of dictionaries earmarked for donation from a Venice Rotary Club sit collecting dust, precluded from being given to Sarasota County students. Even dictionaries aren’t safe from the Sarasota Schools book freeze.
Ahead of the 2022-23 school year, the Sarasota County School District stopped all donations and purchases of books for school libraries while it waits for additional guidance from the Florida Department of Education about how to navigate the effects of new education laws.
The freeze comes as HB 1467 took effect July 1, requiring all reading material in schools to be selected by an employee with a valid education media specialist certificate. The district was still looking to hire three media specialists to vet books as of Friday.
Hundreds of dictionaries that the Venice Rotary Club has donated to the Sarasota school system for years, have been held up so they can be properly screened under Desantis’s new law to ensure they don’t contain any improper material. https://t.co/qasphO2h7Z
And as always, the right wing Cubans who scream about the horrors of Castro say nothing as someone else does all the same vile shit he did in controlling thoughts, media etc.
This is a smart move Florida is creating it’s own servant case of undereducated minorities to staff the hotels, parks and nursing homes. Florida thinking of the bleak future Floridians deserve!
DeSantis would, if he could, make all of his Florida “woke” nightmare national. If he gets into the White House, rest assured his Secretary of Education will institute “Don’t Say Gay” nationwide.
DeSantis is every bit as evil and malevolent as Trump — but with one big difference:
requiring all reading material in schools to be selected by an employee with a valid education media specialist certificate. The district was still looking to hire three media specialists to vet books as of Friday.
“Not our fault that your school has no books, there are no Florida Certified Specialists available to check that they’re okay! Because we haven’t hired them. But surely you can see that really this is all Biden’s fault, because CRT and BLM and wokeness are obviously the real problem here.” Does that about sum it up?
So if he become president, is going to screen the internet for things he does not like? Does anybody read books anymore, since most are on the internet?
While Greene and other like-minded conservatives argue that gender-affirming care is unnecessary and “disgusting,” the mainstream medical establishment largely considers it to be the only effective way of treating transgender people, sometimes including children, and has opposed legislative efforts to block treatment.
“The AMA opposes the dangerous intrusion of government into the practice of medicine and the criminalization of health care decision-making,” Dr. Michael Suk, an AMA board member, said last year in a statement opposing anti-transgender laws. “Gender-affirming care is medically-necessary, evidence-based care that improves the physical and mental health of transgender and gender-diverse people.”
Dr. Moira Szilagyi, the president of the AAP, the country’s largest association of pediatricians, wrote last week in a blog post that there was a “strong consensus among the most prominent medical organizations worldwide that evidence-based, gender-affirming care for transgender children and adolescents is medically necessary and appropriate.”
Also please note that the anti-trans bigots trying to legislate fringe medical treatment against the best practice treatments are the same people who pushed a parasite paste Ivermectin to treat Covid which is a virus. These same people also rejected the best practices for Covid like taking the vaccine which they have lied about constantly, were against mask wearing, and keeping your distance during a pandemic. They were loud and proud and pushed their myths and lies about that on everyone also. They are turning people against vaccines like the money pox and polio vaccines. These maga right wing thugs do not believe in letting others have freedom and doing what is best for them, they want complete control over your body, your sex life, your personal expressions, how you dress, and what medicine you take. Small government party? If these people are making sense to you, you may want to check your sources and rethink your ideas. Hugs
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia plans to introduce legislation to federally ban gender-affirming care for transgender children.
Greene announced the bill during a Thursday appearance on Fox News‘ Tucker Carlson Tonight. The Georgia Republican argued that gender-affirming care—which is backed by most in the medical establishment, including by major mainstream organizations like theAmerican Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—is “disgusting and appalling” and “child abuse” when minors are involved.
“I find this absolutely appalling, Tucker,” Greene said. “When it comes to gender-affirming care, which is really child abuse, this is actually an assault and it’s child abuse. And this practice should never happen, it’s so disgusting and appalling… gender-affirming care is… genital mutilation.”
“This needs to be illegal and I’m introducing a bill called Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” she added. “It would create a law that would cause it to be a class C felony for any person involved in so-called gender-affirming care… anything involving any youth under the age of 18.”
Representative Marjorie Taylor Grene, a Georgia Republican, is pictured during an event in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2021. Greene proposed a federal ban on gender-affirming medical care for those under 18 on Thursday.WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY
Carlson enthusiastically agreed with Greene’s proposal, arguing that doctors who provide the care should “go to prison” and that he expects every Republican to vote for the bill.
“I should have every single Republican co-sponsor [the bill],” said Greene. “But unfortunately I don’t yet, I only have five co-sponsors. I’m talking to all of my colleagues and urging them, because Tucker let me tell you something, this is a referendum on the Republican Party.”
“Because this practice has to end,” she continued. “It’s the kind of thing nightmares are made of. And these are monsters under kids that that are doing these horrific things to them.”
Carlson thanked Greene, while agreeing that gender-affirming care for children was “mutilation.” He urged the congresswoman to send his show “a list of every Republican [that] is too cowardly” to support the bill.
Greene’s bill would also block federal funding for any gender-affirming care, ban colleges from teaching gender-affirming treatments and prevent any foreign nationals who provide the care from entering the country.
Reaction to the proposal was mixed online, with some accusing Greene of promoting child abuse by attempting to make gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors illegal.
“Your legislation will abuse transgender children,” writer David Weissman tweeted. “Again the Republican Party of today is not about limited government.”
“And who will protect children from your virulent ignorance and hate?” tweeted actor and director Charlie Adler.
“This is terrifying,” transgender activist Erin Reed tweeted. “Not only does Marjorie Taylor Green’s bill medically detransition all trans teens and ban providers from the US… It prevents schools from ‘teaching gender affirming care.’ Presumably she’s referring to therapists and medical schools. This is genocide.”
Others praised Greene for her making the proposal and appearing with Carlson on Thursday.
“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) nailed it tonight on Tucker,” tweeted Ryan Fourier, the founder of the group Students for Trump. “The sexual mutilation of children in this country is a rising problem and should concern every parent. God Bless you, Congresswoman for being a leader in this fight!”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) nailed it tonight on Tucker.
The sexual mutilation of children in this country is a rising problem and should concern every parent.
God Bless you, Congresswoman for being a leader in this fight! 🇺🇸
“Just saw it~Great appearance, Congressman!” tweeted conservative talk show host Dave Weinbaum, praising Greene’s Fox News appearance while misgendering her.
Greene’s announcement came amid a national push from conservatives targeting transgender children and health care providers who treat them, with Republican-backed bills to block treatment for minors having already been introduced in multiple states.
Some Republican efforts have also included moves to limit or delay gender-affirming treatment for all adults, or to ban any care for young adults by changing the definition of “adult” to not include transgender people until they are over 25 years old.
Conservative anger over gender-affirming medical care—which has existed in some form for at least 100 years—may also be tied to recent harassment and death threats sent to health care providers.
Staff at Boston Children’s Hospital received harassment and threats this week after the right-wing social media account Libs of TikTok and others spread misinformation about its gender health program online.
While Greene and other like-minded conservatives argue that gender-affirming care is unnecessary and “disgusting,” the mainstream medical establishment largely considers it to be the only effective way of treating transgender people, sometimes including children, and has opposed legislative efforts to block treatment.
“The AMA opposes the dangerous intrusion of government into the practice of medicine and the criminalization of health care decision-making,” Dr. Michael Suk, an AMA board member, said last year in a statement opposing anti-transgender laws. “Gender-affirming care is medically-necessary, evidence-based care that improves the physical and mental health of transgender and gender-diverse people.”
Dr. Moira Szilagyi, the president of the AAP, the country’s largest association of pediatricians, wrote last week in a blog post that there was a “strong consensus among the most prominent medical organizations worldwide that evidence-based, gender-affirming care for transgender children and adolescents is medically necessary and appropriate.”
“There is a dangerous movement taking place, led by extremists, targeting youth who are receiving gender-affirming care, and vilifying the pediatricians providing their care,” Szilagyi wrote. “The result has been rampant disinformation about what this care is and real threats of violence against some of our members.”
“The people who suffer the most from this discrimination are of course the children and teens just trying to live their lives as their true selves,” she added. “Pediatricians will not stay silent as these lies are waged against our patients and our peers.”
The LGBT advocacy organization GLAAD also weighed in on Greene’s proposal in a statement obtained by Newsweek.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene has zero interest in facts, she is only interested in harming transgender youth and spreading misinformation about the care that they receive, including lying about surgeries that are not performed on minors.,” said GLAAD. “Every medical association supports gender-affirming care as safe and necessary, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, which reaffirmed their commitment to this life-saving healthcare just last week.
“Her latest vile attack should be met with loud condemnation from members of Congress, who should be protecting transgender people from baseless fearmongering and rapidly increasing anti-trans rhetoric, along with the discrimination and violence they face every day,” the group added.
Newsweek reached out to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health for comment.
As if we needed more proof that MTG is a gibbering, moronic idiot. Gender affirming care for minors doesn’t involve surgery until the person in question is of legal age to undergo such surgery in they country they reside in. Mostly it involves using a chosen name and pronouns, allowing the minor to decide what clothes to wear, and their hairstyle. In order etc allow the minor more time to decide on their path, they may be put on puberty blockers, which are fully reversible. All of this information is easily accessible online, but MTG is too stupid and arrogant to look up the facts.
Circumcising baby males is genital mutilation. They scream bloody murder when they do it to muslim women but not a peep when christians do it to their newborns. Fuck this hag. May she and tucker experience the rest of their lives in nothing but pain and agony of the worst sort ever imagined and then die and burn in their creators hell
Ref- chabad.org – When Abraham was 99 years old, G‑d appeared to him and instructed him to circumcise himself and all the male members of his household,
*God* being an invisible being …………………
Circumcision – removing the penis hood, exposing the nerve endings, making love making least effective .
This bill she is pushing would make it a FELONY to offer, conduct or facilitate any medical care for gender affirming treatments period. She wants to make doctors and parents criminals for having compassion and trying to help young people who are struggling with gender identity issues.
The show is more important than whether or not the bill passes. The hypocritical whore will then send out fundraiser messages “Give me money. Behold, I fight for Christian family values.”
They thought a man, who broke every one of the 10 commandments fought for Christian values, so why not?
🚨🚨🚨 MORE state constitutional law. A Utah state court blocks the state's ban on transgender girls from participating in school athletics, finding it likely violates the equal protection guarantees under the Utah Constitution. pic.twitter.com/q36GZ1rhCR
I think it’s mostly because she’s a longtime Crossfit practitioner. The women in Crossfit have a certain look that isn’t to everyone’s taste. But in MTG’s case, it’s compounded by her somewhat neanderthal-looking facial features and all the batshit that comes out of her mouth.
But it *is* ironic that she would be attacking transgender people when she herself looks so much like a man in women’s clothing.
This is the republicans telling you who they are. He doesn’t want democracy but minority rule with him part of the rulers. He doesn’t see everyone as equal, he doesn’t want the land of the free. Republican candidates are showing us that they are the crack pot Qanon conspiracy believing haters and bigots. Also he wants to enforce his religion on everyone to force them to live by his church’s doctrines. We all should be worried because the maga base loves these crazy nuts. What about all that support the troops and back the blue slogans? Hugs
A Republican candidate for the House from St. Augustine is banned from Twitter after advocating violence against the federal government. Republican Luis Miguel, running against incumbent Rep. Bobby Payne of Palatka in the redrawn House District 20, was suspended from Twitter after a tweet advocating that Floridians should be able to shoot federal agents on sight.
“Under my plan, all Floridians will be able to shoot FBI, IRS, ATF, and all other federal troops on sight,” Miguel tweeted. “Let freedom ring.” Miguel told Florida Politics Friday the suspension, which is “permanent” per a message he got on his Twitter app, “doesn’t affect (him) at all.” He stands by the proposal, which he says is justified because the IRS has been “weaponized by dissident forces.”
His posts are still live on Instagram, where he also defends the Confederacy and calls himself a “proud Christian Nationalist.”
Miguel first appeared on JMG last summer when he held a rally calling for the release of “political prisoner” Capitol rioters.
In the final clip below, Miguel declares that the next presidential election “will not be decided at the ballot box, but on the battlefield.”
I'm sorry to have to post this, but this man is running for office in my area. It's real. And it's dangerous. I believe we must turn the mirror in on the lies being used to stir up people for heinous purposes. Someone is going to get killed. My heart is broken. @matthewjdowd pic.twitter.com/Qxn17gAviz
Miguel is a graduate of…(wait for it!)…Brigham Young University, did two years preaching Mormonism in Tijuana (as if Tijuana hasn’t suffered enough), advocates secession from the US, etc, etc, etc.
Teachers were using the rainbow flag stickers to signal to kids a safe space / classroom they could go to for protection from bullies or if they had a question about being LGBTQ+ they did not feel they could ask their parents or adults. The right must make sure these safe space signals are gone and the kids who need that space are denied them. Right now the right are coming for the LGBTQ+ and the black minority communities. Then they will come for others they don’t like, the Jewish people will be targeted, the Muslims will be targeted, as will even other sects of Christianity the fundies don’t think are the right way to worship. Notice that most of the people wanted to get rid of the policy. They wanted the rainbow flags to stay. But the board has an agenda to push. Hugs
A Wisconsin school board has voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature
WALES, Wis. —A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature.
The Kettle Moraine School Board voted Tuesday to keep a code of conduct in place that the superintendent recently interpreted as forbidding district employees from displaying political or religious messages, including pride flags, and Black Lives Matter and We Back the Badge signs. Staff also may not say in emails what their preferred pronouns are.
Superintendent Stephen Plum recently told the board that the district’s interpretation of a policy that prohibits staffers from using their positions to promote partisan politics, religious views and propaganda for personal, monetary or nonmonetary gain changed following a legal analysis.
Jim Romanowski was the only board member to vote against the ban, saying he changed his mind about the policy after hearing from students and staff.
Most of those who spoke at Tuesday’s packed board meeting opposed the policy. The public comment period was capped at an hour, despite a call from the crowd to extend it.
“If you have a policy that says ‘nothing political,’ does that mean you can’t have a sign up that says, ‘Support our Troops,’ or ‘Believe Women’ or ‘Save the Planet?’ By some people’s definitions, all of those things are political,” said Christine Donahoe, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin.
Donahoe said she’s looking closely at the policy and a similar one approved last fall by the school district in nearby Waukesha.
“It really looks like targeted attacks at specific viewpoints, like LGBT communities, or welcome and safe spaces to students of color,” said Donahoe.
More than 13,000 people have signed an online petition opposing the Kettle Moraine policy that was launched by two local high school students, Bethany Provan and Brit Farrar.
“Having a rainbow flag in your room isn’t pushing your beliefs on someone,” Provan told WITI-TV. “It’s just saying, ‘Hey, you’re welcome here, and we support you.’”
I am braced. I have opened up my job search to include jobs outside academia and outside music because I fear it’s not going to be safe to live or work where I currently live for much longer. We’ll see how the November election goes but I don’t have much hope that a Democrat can win in this state.
Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 aren’t political, they’re pieces of cloth that save lives. The message that LGBTQ kids and teachers hear from this decision is: You don’t matter.
“Heather has two mommies” isn’t sexually explicit material either, but they still get books banned in libraries / school districts by pretending it is and riling up busybodies.
I could post 3 to5 of these stories a day. Most of them I must avoid reading as most of you can understand. But this one caught my eye because of the number of charges and the method. This is the real meaning of grooming; Grooming is a method used by offenders that involves building trust with a child to allow the perp more access and opportunity to abuse them. The republicans and right wing media are hammering that teachers are grooming the children by allowing them to come out in schools, using the correct pronouns / names of trans gender kids, and allowing age appropriate information / discussion of gender and LGBTQ+ content. The real intent of the right is an attempt to destroy both public education along with any tolerance / acceptance of the LGBTQ+ while creating a hostile environment for gay, lesbian, and trans kids. What this guy does works on kids that have been denied sex education and the ability to talk openly with adults about sexual issues. This guy would have failed with this if these kids were not made to feel so ashamed of their bodies that they would do anything to avoid a picture of their junk to be seen by friends or parents. This is what happens when kids are taught to just say no or are not taught how to address when they have desires / needs that have to be addressed. If you read the article the guy would claim to be a girl, boys desperate to see a nude girl would send him pictures of their dicks and balls. Girls do it also. Gay and lesbian kids fall pray to this also. So the perp then tells the kids they will send the nude pictures of their privates to their friends and parents unless the kid shows more and does sexual acts like masturbating or inserting something in themselves. Remember I posted about another youth pastor that would do this and then would arrange to be with the boy and mother when he sent the most explicit videos to the boy’s mother. He loved the mother’s reactions and took great enjoyment in the boy’s embarrassment and future punishments. Hugs
A Burlington County man who served as a youth pastor has been indicted on charges that he sexually exploited underage boys, deceiving them into sending him explicit images, then blackmailing them into performing lewd acts so he could watch and record them remotely, authorities said Friday.
Sean Higgins, 31, of Palmyra, has been in custody since he was arrested in October 2020. He is accused of victimizing 13 boys ages 12 to 17 who were living in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Alabama, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
A grand jury this week indicted Higgins on 75 total counts that included charges of endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, cyber harassment, and obscenity to a minor.
Higgins adopted the persona of a teenage girl he named Julie Miller and then used Snapchat and Instagram to start talking with underage boys, the prosecutor said.
After a bond was forged between ‘Julie Miller’ and each of the underage boys, Higgins “would suggest that they trade photos. Higgins would then send pictures” of an unidentified teenage girl, the prosecutor’s office stated.
Higgins would take a screenshot of the teenage boys’ friends who were listed on their phones, “send that screenshot back to the victim and threaten to send the nude photos he had just received to the list of the victim’s friends unless the victim did exactly what Higgins demanded,” the prosecutor’s office stated.
Daily News | Burlington County youth pastor charged with sexual exploitation of juveniles https://t.co/vQWX8UnkIi
I can imagine the terror those poor boys felt when they realized they were deceived and family and friends might find out. That sick pedo needs to do years of prison time.
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