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Debunking Misinformation: The Truth About Transgender Regret and Identity Awareness
In a recent missive from Liberty Counsel Action, titled “Startling Increase of 582 Percent,” concerns were raised about transgender individuals regretting their gender-affirming care and the suggestion that a dramatic increase in students identifying as gender non-conforming is due to propaganda and indoctrination. It’s essential to address these claims with accurate information to provide a more balanced perspective on these issues.
Transgender Regret: A Rare Phenomenon
The Liberty Counsel’s missive highlights the case of Grace, an individual who experienced regret after undergoing gender-affirming surgery. While Grace’s story is undoubtedly challenging and should be acknowledged, it’s important to emphasize that regret among transgender individuals is relatively rare.
More than 50 studies have examined the satisfaction levels of individuals who have undergone gender-affirming treatments. For example, a study titled “Regret after Gender-affirmation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence“, published March 2021 in the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, reviewed 27 studies and found that the vast majority of transgender individuals reported high satisfaction and improved mental health following gender-affirming care (less than 1% regret). Only 34 out of 7928 transgender patients expressed major regret, which is a lower regret rate than for many other surgeries. This suggests that while regret can occur, it is not representative of the overall transgender experience.
Access to Informed Care Matters
One crucial aspect of ensuring positive outcomes for transgender individuals is access to informed and supportive healthcare providers. It’s essential for individuals seeking gender-affirming care to have access to qualified professionals who can provide comprehensive information and guidance throughout the process. Blanket statements that therapists are unprepared or pushing individuals into these treatments do not accurately represent the broader healthcare landscape.
Understanding Gender Identity
The missive suggests that the significant increase in students identifying as gender non-conforming is rooted in propaganda and indoctrination. However, a more plausible explanation is the growing awareness and understanding of gender identity. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in public discourse and education about gender diversity, which may have led more young people to recognize and understand their own gender identities.
A specific example cited in the missive is the Montgomery County, Maryland school district, which reported a 582% increase in gender non-conforming students since 2019. This phenomenon is not limited to one area; it is a nationwide trend. Rather than attributing it solely to propaganda, it’s more reasonable to consider that young people are now more comfortable and informed about expressing their true gender identities.
Conclusion: Promoting Informed Discussions
It is crucial to promote informed discussions when addressing complex topics like transgender healthcare and gender identity. While cases of regret exist, they are not representative of the broader transgender community’s experiences. Access to qualified healthcare professionals and increased awareness of gender diversity play significant roles in the experiences of transgender individuals.
Legislation such as the Equality Act, H.R. 15, would help to encourage an environment where these informed discussions can take place, since it would provide protections for LGBTQ+ people in employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally funded programs, and jury service.
Instead of framing the increase in gender non-conforming students as a result of propaganda, we should acknowledge that society’s growing understanding of gender identity has allowed more individuals to explore and express their true selves. By focusing on accurate information and empathy, we can create a more inclusive and supportive environment for all individuals, regardless of their gender identity.
Content Summary
Email solicitation from Liberty Counsel Action:
Startling Increase of 582 Percent
Sep 20, 2023
“I was really lost,” Grace said. She felt “out of control” and found it was “easy to fixate,” especially on her own body. She let her fixation spiral out of control into an eating disorder and even considered suicide.
She went to a female therapist but admitted, “I don’t think she had deeply studied trans stuff.” Grace thought she figured out the source of her own problems.
Grace decided she needed to start testosterone. “I felt like I had discovered the thing that would make me feel better. … I had idealized the experience of men in society so much I thought I would be comfortable and feel safe and be myself.”
With a quick call to Planned Parenthood, Grace began taking hormones. But they came with serious consequences. Grace started to lose her beautiful soprano singing voice. She told her mom, “I’m like the little mermaid. I have to give up my voice to become a real person,” but “it is a sacrifice I need to make.”
It didn’t take long “before I started to realize that I had made a mistake,” Grace said. This mistake is shared by a skyrocketing percentage of young people, especially girls, thinking puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries will solve all their problems. Below I will share the rest of this story.
Yet members of Congress are pushing these girls and boys into thinking they have no other choice. The “Equality Act” will cause incalculable harm to girls like Grace. Rush your urgent faxes to Congress to block HR 15. — Mat
At first, Grace thought her problems were because she “just didn’t have the right body.” She described that she was “going downhill” and having suicidal thoughts.
When Grace thought about “transitioning,” she shared, “I began to get a lot of hope, I’ll look more male, I’ll start to pass [as a male, and] I’ll feel better. I’ll get surgery; I’ll feel better. When I am in a body that fits me better, then I’ll be able to function better.”
But that never happened.
“Leading up to surgery, I had an enormous amount of anxiety about it,” Grace said, but her therapist told her that was normal. Grace dismissed her misgivings, claiming, “I think this is internalized transphobia.” But it wasn’t.
She pushed ahead and did the “top surgery” anyway. She expected to feel less depressed. She imagined that she was becoming her true self, but this feeling lasted a very short time.
“Right after the surgery, I had been hit with these awful feelings of having made a huge mistake. Undeniably, just like ‘Oh no, what I have I done?’ I was looking down at my body and seeing these weeping gashes on my chest.”
Grace was not prepared for the reality of what she had done to her own body. And LGBTQ radicals are making sure that none of these young women know the truth. Now, 212 members of the U.S. House are pushing HR 15 to silence counselors who could help these girls find the truth. God didn’t make a mistake when He created them. Mutilating the body to match the mind is never the answer.
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After surgery, Grace started researching and came across someone else who said she just wanted to masculinize her face; and once that happened, she wanted to flatten her chest; and once that was done, she needed phalloplasty …
Grace quickly recognized the more changes made, the more she would want to change. “Oh no, this is never over. This will never be over for me,” she finally realized.
It was then that Grace finally came to a stark realization about herself. “I never felt like a man. I just felt like a woman who had her breasts cut off.”
Peace will not come from encouraging young women to mutilate their bodies. Nor will it come from hyping up our children on hormones. Yet HR 15 is a multipronged attack against these vulnerable people.
In addition to gender confusion, HR 15 also pushes abortion, targets churches and ministries that oppose this destructive agenda, upsets women’s sports, invades women’s privacy and places them at risk, and harms people of all ages. Rush your urgent faxes to Congress to block HR 15.
Many children are making the same mistake Grace made.
The rapid rise in “gender nonconforming” youth is not based on genetics. Rather, the increase is rooted in propaganda and indoctrination. Montgomery County, Maryland’s largest public school district is a hotbed of LGBTQ indoctrination. Since 2019, there has been a 582% increase in “gender nonconforming” students.
Author Bethany Mandel explained to reporters that these mushrooming numbers are “not limited to schools in Maryland or Montgomery County, but that this phenomenon is nationwide.”
A medical study labeled Gender Conforming Surgeries as a “rapidly-expanding field.” Doctors, psychologists, pharma companies, and alcohol distributors are all getting wealthy on the back of harming these young men and women. It’s time to fight back.
When you give today, you help expose what is happening and provide the opportunity to have laws that will reflect the truth that these young people so desperately need to hear. Our team in Washington needs you to add your voice to oppose HR 15. You can sign up to give a recurring monthly gift. And remember, you can DOUBLE your impact through our Challenge Grant today.
Mat Staver, Chairman
Liberty Counsel Action
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Sources:
Nolan, Ian T. et al. “Demographic and temporal trends in transgender identities and gender confirming surgery.” Translational andrology and urology vol. 8,3 (2019): 184-190. doi:10.21037/tau.2019.04.09.
“The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters Online.” CBC Network, September 13, 2022. Vimeo.com/ondemand/detransitiondiaries.
Zwicker, Mary. “Maryland’s Largest School District Reports 582% Increase in Gender Nonconforming Students.” LifeSite News, October 12, 2022. Lifesitenews.com/news/marylands-largest-school-district-reports-582-increase-in-gender-nonconforming-students/.
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