Transgenderism
(excerpts from Ch. 20)
Transgender: Definition and Population Estimates
As with “sexual orientation,” the “transgender” concept itself is problematic, having no basis in scientific fact or even agreement among trans activists. Legal definitions of “gender identity and expression” are nebulous to the point of absurdity. Even the ACLU and GLAAD cannot point to any widely accepted definition. In a typical example, Cornell University follows its local county’s definition which basically says that “gender identity is gender identity” while denying biological reality (in the reference to “sex assigned at birth”) ...
How many Americans self-identify as “transgender”? The Williams Institute estimates about 0.3%. Another source says 0.6%.3 The percentage is clearly increasing, with the big push from our government, education establishment, media, and popular entertainment.
As with “sexual orientation,” the “transgender” concept itself is problematic, having no basis in scientific fact or even agreement among trans activists. Legal definitions of “gender identity and expression” are nebulous to the point of absurdity. Even the ACLU and GLAAD cannot point to any widely accepted definition. In a typical example, Cornell University follows its local county’s definition which basically says that “gender identity is gender identity” while denying biological reality (in the reference to “sex assigned at birth”) ...
How many Americans self-identify as “transgender”? The Williams Institute estimates about 0.3%. Another source says 0.6%.3 The percentage is clearly increasing, with the big push from our government, education establishment, media, and popular entertainment.
Young woman ("transman") proudly shows off her breast removal incisions (posting her photo on the Internet).
At War with Biological Reality
Drs. Lawrence Mayer and Paul McHugh conclude in their review of numerous scientific studies:
The hypothesis that gender identity is an innate, fixed property of human beings that is independent of biological sex – that a person might be “a man trapped in a woman’s body” or “a woman trapped in a man’s body” – is not supported by scientific evidence… Studies comparing the brain structures of transgender and non-transgender individuals have demonstrated weak correlations between brain structure and cross-gender identification. These correlations do not provide any evidence for a neurobiological basis for cross-gender identification....
Richard B. Corradi, Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, calls out the anti-scientific, hysterical basis of the transgender movement:
Transgenderism would refute the natural laws of biology and transmute human nature. The movement’s philosophical foundation qualifies it as a popular delusion similar to the multiple-personality craze, and the widespread “satanic ritual abuse” and “recovered memory” hysterias of the 1980s and ‘90s... Such popular delusions are characterized by a false belief unsupported by any scientific or empirical evidence and have a contagious quality that overrides rational thinking and even common sense. This all-too-human tendency to suspend individual critical judgment and go along with the crowd is greatly facilitated by social media. Most important, however, the cause has received the imprimatur of “experts.” The very people who should know better have bought into the hysteria. Just as “mental health professionals” a generation ago supported the child abuse delusions, and even participated in prosecuting the unjustly accused, so too have they fueled the fire of the transgender delusion. ...
Drs. Lawrence Mayer and Paul McHugh conclude in their review of numerous scientific studies:
The hypothesis that gender identity is an innate, fixed property of human beings that is independent of biological sex – that a person might be “a man trapped in a woman’s body” or “a woman trapped in a man’s body” – is not supported by scientific evidence… Studies comparing the brain structures of transgender and non-transgender individuals have demonstrated weak correlations between brain structure and cross-gender identification. These correlations do not provide any evidence for a neurobiological basis for cross-gender identification....
Richard B. Corradi, Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, calls out the anti-scientific, hysterical basis of the transgender movement:
Transgenderism would refute the natural laws of biology and transmute human nature. The movement’s philosophical foundation qualifies it as a popular delusion similar to the multiple-personality craze, and the widespread “satanic ritual abuse” and “recovered memory” hysterias of the 1980s and ‘90s... Such popular delusions are characterized by a false belief unsupported by any scientific or empirical evidence and have a contagious quality that overrides rational thinking and even common sense. This all-too-human tendency to suspend individual critical judgment and go along with the crowd is greatly facilitated by social media. Most important, however, the cause has received the imprimatur of “experts.” The very people who should know better have bought into the hysteria. Just as “mental health professionals” a generation ago supported the child abuse delusions, and even participated in prosecuting the unjustly accused, so too have they fueled the fire of the transgender delusion. ...
Transgenderism Is a Mental Disorder
A person who wants to deny biological fact, remove or disguise healthy body parts, or attempt to add opposite-sex body parts, is clearly suffering from a mental disorder.
Yet the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declassified the “gender identity” issues as a mental disorder and reclassified it as a dysphoria (distress) in its 2013 professional manual (DSM-5).
Richard Corradi, Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve Medical School, remarked,
… rather than providing a scientific validation of the transgender agenda, the APA’s action was a remarkable abrogation of professional responsibility in the interest of political correctness… [When] it dropped “Gender Identity Disorder” from the DSM-5… rather than simply eliminating the concept of gender identity since officially it was no longer a disorder, it created a “new diagnostic class” called “gender dysphoria.” This carried the assault on common sense even further, since now psychiatrists, the purported experts on distinguishing between fantasy and reality, put their stamp of approval on the transgender hysteria.
The organization’s aim was to support transgender persons in whatever identification and treatments they chose to pursue – including opposite-sex hormones, cosmetic procedures, and surgeries that remove healthy body parts or attach artificial ones. Such treatments would supposedly cure the “dysphoria.” ...
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “trans people are prone to depression and anxiety.” Though attempting to blame this disparity in large part on discrimination, a recent study found that transgender participants “expressed signs of clinical depression (44.1 percent), anxiety (33.2 percent), and somatization (27.5 percent), in which their mental state was converted into physical symptoms.”
The U.S. Institute of Medicine states that for transgenders, “available studies generally suggest high rates of negative mental health outcomes” and that “researchers have found consistently high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts.”
Forty-one percent of all transgender respondents to a 2009 survey (conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force) said they had attempted suicide.
[41%] vastly exceeds the 4.6 percent of the overall U.S. population who report a lifetime suicide attempt, and is also higher than the 10-20 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual adults who report ever attempting suicide.
Note that statistics focus on attempted suicides s since U.S. statistics on completed suicides do not record “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” of the deceased.
A person who wants to deny biological fact, remove or disguise healthy body parts, or attempt to add opposite-sex body parts, is clearly suffering from a mental disorder.
Yet the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declassified the “gender identity” issues as a mental disorder and reclassified it as a dysphoria (distress) in its 2013 professional manual (DSM-5).
Richard Corradi, Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve Medical School, remarked,
… rather than providing a scientific validation of the transgender agenda, the APA’s action was a remarkable abrogation of professional responsibility in the interest of political correctness… [When] it dropped “Gender Identity Disorder” from the DSM-5… rather than simply eliminating the concept of gender identity since officially it was no longer a disorder, it created a “new diagnostic class” called “gender dysphoria.” This carried the assault on common sense even further, since now psychiatrists, the purported experts on distinguishing between fantasy and reality, put their stamp of approval on the transgender hysteria.
The organization’s aim was to support transgender persons in whatever identification and treatments they chose to pursue – including opposite-sex hormones, cosmetic procedures, and surgeries that remove healthy body parts or attach artificial ones. Such treatments would supposedly cure the “dysphoria.” ...
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “trans people are prone to depression and anxiety.” Though attempting to blame this disparity in large part on discrimination, a recent study found that transgender participants “expressed signs of clinical depression (44.1 percent), anxiety (33.2 percent), and somatization (27.5 percent), in which their mental state was converted into physical symptoms.”
The U.S. Institute of Medicine states that for transgenders, “available studies generally suggest high rates of negative mental health outcomes” and that “researchers have found consistently high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts.”
Forty-one percent of all transgender respondents to a 2009 survey (conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force) said they had attempted suicide.
[41%] vastly exceeds the 4.6 percent of the overall U.S. population who report a lifetime suicide attempt, and is also higher than the 10-20 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual adults who report ever attempting suicide.
Note that statistics focus on attempted suicides s since U.S. statistics on completed suicides do not record “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” of the deceased.
Physical Health Issues
Little research on the long-term physical health of transgender persons has been possible, given the newness of the phenomenon and radical new treatments. However, the U.S. Institute of Medicine states:
In a national study comparing more than 1,200 LGBT people aged 45-64 with a group of just over 1,200 individuals aged 45-64 from the general population, the MetLife (2010) survey found that the percentage reporting recent receipt of (and need for) care was greatest (19 percent) among the 5 percent of the sample identifying as transgender – comparable to the percentage of lesbians, somewhat greater than the percentage of bisexual women and men (17 percent), and much higher than the percentage of gay men as well as women and men from the general population (9 percent)....
The CDC fully accepts transgender “identities” (and medical interventions used to affirm the “identities”) as legitimate. The CDC falls into line behind the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) – the self-proclaimed “experts” who have set (non-binding, suggested) standards of care for transgender identifying people, without any scientific grounding. WPATH guidelines have been enthusiastically adopted by physicians, mental health providers, and governmental and social agencies. To use Dr. Paul McHugh’s words, they are all “fundamentally cooperating with a mental illness.” ...
Following WPATH’s standards, the CDC’s page on transgender health recommends the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (University of California, San Francisco), experts in “gender-affirming” treatments and procedures:
… hormone therapy, surgery, facial hair removal, interventions for the modification of speech and communication, and behavioral adaptations such as genital tucking [male] or packing [female wearing artificial penis], or chest binding. All of these procedures have been defined as medically necessary by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
So-called “medically necessary” treatments with opposite-sex hormones will likely have long-term negative effects on physical health (cancers, cardiovascular, bone health, weight) which are only beginning to come to light. “Gender-reassignment” surgeries, also now considered standard procedures, carry many serious risks and come with no guarantee of functionality or satisfaction. Even seemingly benign interventions such as breast binding and penis/scrotum tucking can have serious negative health impacts.
STD risk is high among biological male transgenders, most of whom who engage in “gay” sexual practices, putting them at high risk for STDs (including HIV), anal cancer, and other illness. These “transwomen” have the highest HIV incidence of any subgroup studied. ...
Little research on the long-term physical health of transgender persons has been possible, given the newness of the phenomenon and radical new treatments. However, the U.S. Institute of Medicine states:
In a national study comparing more than 1,200 LGBT people aged 45-64 with a group of just over 1,200 individuals aged 45-64 from the general population, the MetLife (2010) survey found that the percentage reporting recent receipt of (and need for) care was greatest (19 percent) among the 5 percent of the sample identifying as transgender – comparable to the percentage of lesbians, somewhat greater than the percentage of bisexual women and men (17 percent), and much higher than the percentage of gay men as well as women and men from the general population (9 percent)....
The CDC fully accepts transgender “identities” (and medical interventions used to affirm the “identities”) as legitimate. The CDC falls into line behind the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) – the self-proclaimed “experts” who have set (non-binding, suggested) standards of care for transgender identifying people, without any scientific grounding. WPATH guidelines have been enthusiastically adopted by physicians, mental health providers, and governmental and social agencies. To use Dr. Paul McHugh’s words, they are all “fundamentally cooperating with a mental illness.” ...
Following WPATH’s standards, the CDC’s page on transgender health recommends the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (University of California, San Francisco), experts in “gender-affirming” treatments and procedures:
… hormone therapy, surgery, facial hair removal, interventions for the modification of speech and communication, and behavioral adaptations such as genital tucking [male] or packing [female wearing artificial penis], or chest binding. All of these procedures have been defined as medically necessary by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
So-called “medically necessary” treatments with opposite-sex hormones will likely have long-term negative effects on physical health (cancers, cardiovascular, bone health, weight) which are only beginning to come to light. “Gender-reassignment” surgeries, also now considered standard procedures, carry many serious risks and come with no guarantee of functionality or satisfaction. Even seemingly benign interventions such as breast binding and penis/scrotum tucking can have serious negative health impacts.
STD risk is high among biological male transgenders, most of whom who engage in “gay” sexual practices, putting them at high risk for STDs (including HIV), anal cancer, and other illness. These “transwomen” have the highest HIV incidence of any subgroup studied. ...
Above: "Safe sex" info for "transwomen": Pamphlet handed out to adults and teens at GLSEN-Boston "TeachOUT" conference (aka "Fistgate") in 2000.
(See MassResistance report here.)
(See MassResistance report here.)
Surgeries and Procedures
“Gender reassignment” surgeries are horrific to contemplate. Various websites include diagrams and photos of the procedures.
Johns Hopkins University was the first American medical center to offer “sex-reassignment surgery” in the 1960s, which it later discontinued due to persisting psychological dysfunction among the patients after treatment. ...
Some biological females identifying as men (“transgender men” in CDC parlance) may forgo surgeries, and limit their practices to cross-dressing, injecting male hormones, strapping on artificial penises, and wearing devices in order to urinate standing up.
Some wear a “binder” to minimize or flatten their breasts, a very dangerous practice which can lead to loss of breath, rib inflammation, fractured ribs, collapsed lungs, back pain (due to spinal compression), blood vessel damage and blood clots, decreased blood flow to the heart (increasing the risk of a heart attack), breast tissue decay, nerve damage, and loss of feeling in the chest area.
Others will have their healthy breasts surgically removed. Some undergo unnecessary hysterectomies and ovary removal. A few will even have an imitation penis constructed and surgically attached. (These do not function well and can atrophy. Any major surgery carries serious risks, but here that is compounded by the experimental aspect.)...
“Gender reassignment” surgeries are horrific to contemplate. Various websites include diagrams and photos of the procedures.
Johns Hopkins University was the first American medical center to offer “sex-reassignment surgery” in the 1960s, which it later discontinued due to persisting psychological dysfunction among the patients after treatment. ...
Some biological females identifying as men (“transgender men” in CDC parlance) may forgo surgeries, and limit their practices to cross-dressing, injecting male hormones, strapping on artificial penises, and wearing devices in order to urinate standing up.
Some wear a “binder” to minimize or flatten their breasts, a very dangerous practice which can lead to loss of breath, rib inflammation, fractured ribs, collapsed lungs, back pain (due to spinal compression), blood vessel damage and blood clots, decreased blood flow to the heart (increasing the risk of a heart attack), breast tissue decay, nerve damage, and loss of feeling in the chest area.
Others will have their healthy breasts surgically removed. Some undergo unnecessary hysterectomies and ovary removal. A few will even have an imitation penis constructed and surgically attached. (These do not function well and can atrophy. Any major surgery carries serious risks, but here that is compounded by the experimental aspect.)...
Targeting Children - Abuse at Major Hospitals
Apparently, transgender activists are not satisfied with waiting until adulthood to start others in the “transition” process. Puberty blocking drugs are now given to confused children. More and more children are being taken down this path. Leading the charge are physicians at major U.S. hospitals in Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Seattle (and likely others). WebMD uncritically treats this as legitimate m medical practice. The American College of Pediatricians calls such medical interventions “child
abuse.”...
Endocrinologist Norman Spack runs the “Gender Clinic” at Children’s Hospital Boston and pioneered this approach in the U.S. He explained that “gender reassignment” surgeries would be more successful for males if a patient were given hormone blockers prior to puberty (to stunt physical growth and prevent voice change), halting a boy’s normal transformation into a man. He might then “pass” more easily as a female in adulthood.
Dr. Spack said the determination on whether to prepare for “sex reassignment” prior to puberty is whether or not the child is apprehensive about entering puberty. (But what child is not anxious before and during puberty?) ...
Boston Children’s Hospital dedicates a web page to its “LGBTQ & Friends” group and sends a contingent to march in the Boston Pride Parade. The hospital supports the “It Gets Better” project founded by homosexual pornographic columnist, Dan Savage, which supports youth in their LGBTQ identities. ...
Apparently, transgender activists are not satisfied with waiting until adulthood to start others in the “transition” process. Puberty blocking drugs are now given to confused children. More and more children are being taken down this path. Leading the charge are physicians at major U.S. hospitals in Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Seattle (and likely others). WebMD uncritically treats this as legitimate m medical practice. The American College of Pediatricians calls such medical interventions “child
abuse.”...
Endocrinologist Norman Spack runs the “Gender Clinic” at Children’s Hospital Boston and pioneered this approach in the U.S. He explained that “gender reassignment” surgeries would be more successful for males if a patient were given hormone blockers prior to puberty (to stunt physical growth and prevent voice change), halting a boy’s normal transformation into a man. He might then “pass” more easily as a female in adulthood.
Dr. Spack said the determination on whether to prepare for “sex reassignment” prior to puberty is whether or not the child is apprehensive about entering puberty. (But what child is not anxious before and during puberty?) ...
Boston Children’s Hospital dedicates a web page to its “LGBTQ & Friends” group and sends a contingent to march in the Boston Pride Parade. The hospital supports the “It Gets Better” project founded by homosexual pornographic columnist, Dan Savage, which supports youth in their LGBTQ identities. ...
The Massachusetts state government has long been encouraging transgender self-identification in youth.
Huge male transgender joined young teens at the state-sponsored Massachusetts LGBT Youth Pride event in 2007. (MassResistance photo)
Huge male transgender joined young teens at the state-sponsored Massachusetts LGBT Youth Pride event in 2007. (MassResistance photo)