As with "sexual orientation," the concept of "transgender" is inherently problematic, lacking scientific foundation or even consensus among LGBT* activists. At the same time, there is no doubt that transgender phenomena, which deny biological reality, have risen sharply in Western societies in recent years. While 97 adolescents sought treatment for gender dysphoria at the Tavistock Clinic in 2009 , last year that number rose to over 2,000.
American scientists from Brown University investigated the causes of the surge in "sudden gender dysphoria" among young people and concluded that a key factor in changing a teenager's gender identity is their immersion in transgender-themed content online.
Before declaring themselves transgender, teenagers watched videos about the so-called "transition", communicated with transgender people on social networks and read transgender resources. Many were also friends with one or more transgender people. A third of the respondents reported that if there was at least one transgender teenager in their circle of communication, then more than half of the teenagers in this group also began to identify themselves as transgender. A group in which 50% of its members become transgender represents a rate 70 times higher than expected prevalence among young people.
At the request of LGBTQ+ activist researchers, Littman's paper was subjected to a rare second round of peer review after publication. The main criticism was that the study relied on parental reports.
A new study examining 1655 parent reports provides further support for the rapid onset of gender dysphoria (ROGD) hypothesis , first proposed by Dr. Lisa Littman in 2018. The ROGD hypothesis suggests that the recent surge in transgender-identifying adolescents is explained by an increase in previously gender-normative adolescents who have developed gender-related distress in response to various psychosocial factors (e.g., mental illness, trauma, etc.).
This study, co-authored by Suzanne Diaz and J. Michael Bailey and published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, continues to rely on parental reports. The authors conclude that "there is currently no reason to believe that reports from parents who support gender transition are more accurate than those from those who oppose gender transition . "
The researchers write: "The results focused on 1655 young adults whose gender dysphoria began between the ages of 11 and 21, inclusive. Disproportionately, 75% of the sample were biologically female. Pre-existing mental health problems were common, and young adults with these problems were more likely than those without them to undergo social and medical transition . Parents reported that they often felt pressure from clinicians to affirm their child's new gender and support their transition. According to parents, the mental health of these children significantly worsened after social transition ."
❗️Springer has announced that the article will be retracted.
The retraction was initiated after a group of LGBT activists and so-called “gender experts” (including current WPATH President Marcy Bowers) wrote a letter demanding the paper be retracted because the authors had not received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for the study. They also called for Archives of Sexual Behavior editor Dr. Ken Zucker to be fired (ironic, considering how many articles he has published in support of LGBT ideology).
The Russian Journal of Psychiatry published a work by Rostov specialists , "Clinical and dynamic characteristics of transsexual-like conditions in schizotypal disorder in adolescents . "
More than 120 adolescents with schizotypal personality disorder who experienced transgender-like states (TSPS) were examined in a controlled experiment. None of them showed a true violation of gender identity, but only its imitation, due to pathological grouping reactions, overvalued hobbies and an overvalued dysmorphomanic idea.
A special role in the multiple increase in the number of teenagers positioning themselves as “transgender” was played by the strengthening of LGBT* propaganda in the media space that has occurred over the past decade, the popularization of gender ideology, the increase in public interest in gender role violations, as well as the unprecedented availability of virtual resources and their active use by teenagers.
The first encounter of adolescents with information about "transgender" in the virtual space happened by accident. In all cases, this information described the phenomenon from the point of view of "gender ideology" - as a normative, but unfairly stigmatized variant of self-perception in society.
The acquisition of knowledge about the possibility of a radical change in appearance and lifestyle through the "transgender transition" was accompanied by the emergence of a vivid and complex emotional reaction, which contributed to the temporary compensation of obsessive experiences of depressive, dysmorphophobic and auto-aggressive content. The improvement in mental state achieved in this way led patients to instantly fix their attention on a given topic.
Later, they began communicating with individuals identifying themselves as "LGBT*". The features of "transgender" communities that were attractive to teenagers were demonstrative peacefulness and empathy as an integral element of the intra-group communicative culture, the proclaimed orientation toward the ideas of freedom and universal equality, opposition to the "repressive" social order, and the desire for consolidation with the goal of jointly resisting a hostile social environment. Having received positive emotional reinforcement in the process of these conversations in the form of words of support, expressions of solidarity in experiences, and demonstrations of the interlocutors' readiness to actively maintain communication, the patients began to group in this environment.
In the process of grouping, patients adopted cultural preferences, political views, external paraphernalia, specific jargon of community members. Prior to the acquisition of "transgender identity", most adolescents with schizotypal personality disorder began to identify themselves as bi- or homosexuals, and only later - as "transgender". The number of adolescents who declare their homosexuality in one of the groups increased 5 times!
These discoveries once again demonstrate the effectiveness of LGBT* propaganda, one of the areas of which, which has recently gained particular momentum, is so-called "transgenderism"—a fictitious and destructive concept of a non-pathological discrepancy between a person's identity and their biological sex. Clearly, peer contagion , based on peer influence and imitation, plays a significant role in the development of adolescent transgenderism.
Furthermore, it was found that prior to the onset of gender dysphoria, 62% of respondents had one or more diagnoses of mental disorder or neurodevelopmental disorder. In 48% of cases, the child experienced a traumatic or stressful event before the onset of gender dysphoria, including bullying, sexual abuse, or parental divorce. "This suggests that the desire for gender reassignment expressed by these adolescents may be a harmful coping strategy, similar to, for example, drug use, alcohol use, or cutting ," explains study author Lisa Littman.
But, as is often the case with any deviation from the tenets of LGBTQ propaganda, Lisa Littman's study was met with raucous cries of "transphobia" and calls for censorship. The university administration readily caved in and quickly removed the article about the study from its website. According to the dean, it "could discredit efforts to support trans youth and undermine the prospects of members of the transgender community . "
The article that confirmed these facts was “retracted” by LGBT* activists.
Psychiatry professor Richard Corradi compared the irrational and unscientific basis of the "trans movement" to mass psychosis:
“Transgenderism rejects the natural laws of biology and transforms human nature. The philosophical foundation of the trans movement is one of the mass delusions that are characterized by false beliefs, not supported by any scientific or empirical evidence, and have an infectious property that takes over rational thinking and even common sense. This highly human tendency to drop one's own critical judgment and follow the crowd is greatly facilitated by social media and the approval of APA 'experts'. "
Tragically misled by LGBT* propaganda, "transgender" people, having destroyed their bodies with chemicals and expensive surgeries, sooner or later realize that "gender reassignment" hasn't solved their problems and brought them any closer to happiness. Many, of course, initially try to rationalize their actions and convince themselves and others that their lives are now wonderful, but ultimately—after 8, 12, or even 15 years—remorse sets in for their actions, which can no longer be undone.
More than 40% of those who undergo the operation attempt suicide, but there are also those who admit they made a mistake, accept their biological sex, and try to warn others not to repeat their mistake. One such person is Walt Heyer, who lived as Laura Jensen for eight years.
Mental disorders can act as both conditions and consequences of a violation of gender identity. If you first deal with the treatment of these disorders, the desire to change gender usually disappears.
Russian scientists сообщилиthat of the 201 people requesting a gender reassignment, only 21 showed no comorbid mental illness. In all other patients (87%), transsexualism was combined with schizophrenic spectrum disorders, personality disorders, and other mental disorders.
Their American colleagues described a similar picture : the prevalence of mental health diagnoses among transgender people is 77%, including anxiety, depression, and psychosis.
In 2016, two leading researchers from Johns Hopkins University struggled to publish a politically incorrect paper summarizing all available biological, psychological, and sociological research on sexual orientation and gender identity. Among the report's key findings were the following:
“The hypothesis that gender identity is an innate, fixed trait of a person that does not depend on the biological gender (that a person can be“ a man stuck in a woman’s body ”or“ a woman stuck in a man’s body ”) has no scientific evidence.”
One of these scientists, Dr. Paul McHugh, who has studied transsexual patients for 40 years, stated that:
“The idea that a person’s gender is a sensation, not a fact, has penetrated our culture and leaves the victims in their path. Gender dysphoria should be treated with psychotherapy, not surgery. ”
In an interview with CNS News, he said:
“The Obama administration, Hollywood and the mainstream media that promote transgenderism as the norm do not help society or transgender people, seeing their delusions as a right to be protected, not a mental disorder that deserves understanding, treatment and prevention.
First, the idea of gender mismatch is simply flawed - it doesn't fit with physical reality. Secondly, it can lead to serious psychological consequences. A person who imagines that he is different from his male or female, determined by nature, is like an emaciated person with anorexia who looks in the mirror and thinks that he is overweight.
Trans activists don't want to know that research shows that 70% to 80% of children who experience transgender feelings spontaneously lose those feelings over time. And while most of those who underwent gender reassignment surgery said they were “happy” with the surgery, their subsequent psychosocial adaptation was no better than those who did not.
At Hopkins University, we discontinued gender reassignment surgery because creating a “satisfied” but still unhealthy patient was not an adequate reason for surgical amputation of normal organs.
“Sex change” is biologically impossible. People who undergo gender reassignment surgery do not turn into men from women or vice versa. Rather, they become feminized men or masculinized women. Claiming it is a civil rights issue and encouraging surgery is actually condoning and promoting mental disorder. "
No one is born with a gender, but everyone is born with a biological sex. Human sexuality is an objective, biological, binary characteristic, the obvious purpose of which is the reproduction and prosperity of our species. The norm is a male with a 46,XY karyotype and a female with a 46,XX karyotype. Extremely rare disorders of sex development ( DSDs ) are fully identifiable medical deviations from the sex binary norm and are widely recognized as pathologies.
There are approximately 6,500 genetic differences between men and women that cannot be changed by hormones or surgery. These differences affect anatomy, brain structure and function, internal organ function, metabolism, behavior, and susceptibility to various diseases and mortality.
The so-called “psychological sex” or “gender” (the subjective feeling of being a man, a woman, or somewhere in between) is not an objective fact, such as, for example, innate biological sex, but a fictitious sociological and psychological concept. Men and women do not perceive themselves as such from birth – this is achieved in the process of psychosexual development, which, like any other process, can be disrupted by adverse events and interpersonal relationships, on the basis of which the seeds of fatal delusions, planted by massive LGBT* propaganda, can sprout into wild weeds.
"Nothing characterizes the cultural decline of the West more than our tolerance of open homosexuality and this transgender mania ," comments Professor Camille Paglia. "Transgender propaganda makes wildly inflated claims about the plurality of genders. Transgenderism has become a fashionable and convenient label that socially alienated youth rush to attach to themselves. If in the 50s, outcasts became beatniks, and in the 60s, hippies, now the delusion that their problems are related to being born in the wrong body [and that "sex change" can solve them] is encouraged . However, even today, with all the advances in science, it is impossible to actually change someone's gender. You can call yourself whatever you want, but ultimately, every cell in the body and its DNA remain encoded according to their innate biological sex."
Dr. John Mayer, who followed up on patients who had undergone the surgery, found that their psychological well-being had changed little. They continued to experience the same problems with relationships, work, and emotions as before. The hope that they would leave their emotional difficulties behind was dashed. "Surgeons who perform sex reassignment surgery earn $1.2 million a year. It's simply not financially viable for them to come out and admit it's ineffective," explains Walt Heyer.
A person’s belief that he is not who he really is is, at best, a sign of confused, disoriented thinking. When a physically healthy, biologically born boy believes that he is a girl, or a physically healthy, biologically born girl considers himself a boy, this indicates an objective psychological problem that should be treated appropriately. These children suffer from gender dysphoria, which is a recognized mental disorder, as recorded in the latest edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) and the WHO International Tenth Revision Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
According to the DSM-5, up to 98% of gender-dysphoric boys and 88% of girls will eventually accept their biological sex after the natural completion of puberty. However, this can only happen if their confusion and misconceptions are not encouraged. Meanwhile, a Canadian court ruled that the father of a 14-year-old girl suffering from depression cannot interfere with her decision to "change her gender." If the father continues to call his daughter by her female name or tries to dissuade her from changing her gender, it will be considered domestic violence.
One of the first transsexuals, Richard Raskind, better known as "tennis player" Renee Richards, recalls the unhealthy psychological climate in the home: "The relationship between my parents was characterized by daily arguments, none of which my father ever emerged victorious from." His older sister acted like a boy, while he was relegated to the role of a little girl in their games. She would press her penis into his crotch and say, "Well, now you're a girl." His mother periodically dressed him in women's underwear, believing it suited a boy. Richard later called his family "a misunderstanding in which no normal person could survive."
It was recently revealed that the Tavistock Clinic, which specializes in transgender individuals, conducted dangerous experiments with hormones to influence puberty in children, resulting in a sharp increase in the already high number of children attempting suicide or harming themselves. The clinic concealed these findings. The director of the clinic, who resigned in protest over the management's inappropriate stance, revealed them. According to him, parents reported a sharp increase in their children's behavioral and emotional problems, as well as a significant decline in their physical well-being. Moreover, no positive effect on the experience of gender dysphoria was observed as a result of the "treatment." The researchers themselves expressed concerns about irreversible consequences for the children's skeletal development, their growth, the development of their genitals, and their figure.
Among adults who take cross-sex hormones and have undergone gender reassignment surgery, the suicide rate is nearly 20 times higher than the general population. What compassionate person in their right mind would condemn children to such a fate, knowing that gender aversion is a temporary defense mechanism, and that after puberty, up to 88% of girls and 98% of boys will eventually accept reality and achieve a state of mental and physical balance?
The only group where observed similar percentage suicide attempts are schizophrenics.
Encouraging mental illness in children, pushing them on the path of lifelong intake of toxic cross-sex hormones and committing unnecessary surgical injuries only so that they can pretend to be a person of the opposite sex is at least an abuse of children. Cross-sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) are associated with severe health risks, including heart disease, high blood pressure, blood clots, stroke, diabetes, cancer, etc. Those who start hormone “therapy” in their teens will never be able to conceive their children even using artificial reproductive technology. That is, in addition to other misfortunes, it is also genetic suicide, a break in the genealogical line, a delicious spit in the face of a long string of ancestors who have stored and passed on from generation to generation a priceless burden of DNA.
"Three years after the surgery, I stopped taking hormones, " says the woman, who changed her gender to male in her documents. "Being dependent on chemotherapy and being a remade person is abnormal and unnatural. With each passing month, your consciousness changes; you even start thinking like a man. Moreover, I started having problems with my kidneys and liver, my arms started swelling, my body started gaining weight, and my blood started thickening. One day, my face turned yellow for three weeks; it was a terrible sight. And I decided—enough! It was no longer about self-expression, but about basic health and even life itself."
Neurobiology has unequivocally established that the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for prudence and risk assessment, does not complete its development until the mid-twenties. It has never been more scientifically substantiated than now that children and adolescents cannot make informed decisions regarding permanent, irreversible and life-changing medical interventions. For this reason, the abuse of “gender ideology” is destructive in the first place for the gender-dysphoric children themselves, as well as for all their peers, many of whom will subsequently begin to question their own gender identity and even take the irreversible path of hormonal manipulation and self-harm.
"For the greater good, I insist that irreversible surgery should be a last resort," says psychotherapist Bob Withers, who has worked with children . "We should always begin by working with the patient to change perception to suit the body, not to change the body to suit perception. Meanwhile, within the current healthcare system, professionals are pushing hundreds, if not thousands, of teenagers to undergo major 'gender reassignment' surgery. In 20 years, we'll look back and realize that this foolishness has become one of the most terrifying chapters in the history of modern medicine."
Given the above, it is no exaggeration to say that the “gender” and other “queer” theories promoted to the population by LGBT* propaganda are nothing more than deadly information viruses that spread through social infection. It is LGBT* propaganda that is the root of this problem, since it itself creates it, turning initially healthy children with fleeting problems into “transgenders,” “homosexuals,” and a whole legion of other fictitious identities that cripple their psyche and body.
How all this works is clearly illustrated, including by example Articles BBC publications that are difficult to suspect of “homophobia” or “transphobia”. Against a general tolerant and justifying background, very interesting and very revealing facts slip in it:
• that the Internet is to blame for the growing number of “transgender” children;
• that the majority of “transgender” children who, for whatever reason, were not fed by the so-called “Inhibitors of puberty”, by adulthood they thought over and refused to “change” gender;
• that clinics in the US are suffocating from the growing influx of “patients”;
• that a Hollywood propaganda machine is participating in the promotion of transgenderism as something mundane and even comical, creating propaganda films that encourage life-threatening psychiatric disorder under the guise of funny comedies about transgender grandfathers.
It is necessary to pay attention to the glaring contradictions and inconsistencies in the LGBT* ideology. Despite the fact that the sex of an individual determined by chromosomes is an innate fact, LGBT* agitators claim that a woman can be born in a man's body or vice versa, and that the decisive factor here is not the objective biological sex, but the subjective psychological one - "gender", which, on the one hand, has "fluidity", but on the other hand, cannot be changed. That is, innateness is not destiny. At the same time, when it comes to homosexuality, the same people, splashing poisonous saliva, will prove that innateness is destiny, and it is what determines the homosexual orientation of sexual desire and the "impossibility" of changing it. Thus, LGBT* propagandists see innateness and immutability where they do not exist, while ignoring the real – truly immutable – innateness of biological sex.
Another contradiction is that LGBT* activists claim that men's masculinity and women's femininity are "socially constructed stereotypes imposed by the patriarchal system that need to be eliminated ," while transgender people reinforce these "stereotypes" by invariably resorting to exaggerated and caricatured images of the opposite sex: men to feathers, glitter, vulgar dresses, and clown makeup; women to abundant facial and body hair, Latino gang-style tattoos, steroid-enhanced muscles, cigars, and so on. Furthermore, activists claim that there is nothing medically wrong with transgenderism, but at the same time demand access to medical care, medications, and surgeries at taxpayer expense, thus turning transgenderism into the first non-medical condition requiring medical intervention.
The desire to amputate healthy limbs that feel foreign to oneself is known as xenomelia and is part of "body integrity disorder" ( BIID ), a recognized mental disorder. But when someone wants to cut off not their arm but their penis, we are told that this is no longer a disorder, but a form of "self-expression" that must be supported and protected.
LGBT* activists readily cite Ray Blanchard's hypothesis about the intrauterine feminization of a boy's brain to support the innate nature of homosexuality and transsexualism, but they completely ignore the fact that he considers both phenomena to be pathological deviations. According to Blanchard, "Normal sexuality is anything related to reproduction" and " The true nature of transsexualism is a mental disorder ."
In light of the above, we can make an unambiguous conclusion about the real danger emanating from the ideology of this well-organized and Western-financed antisocial group known as LGBT*, whose propagandists easily circumvent the existing Russian law on the protection of children from information, propaganda and agitation that is harmful to their health, moral and spiritual development. In reality, minors are not protected in any way from the aggressive attacks of LGBT* propagandists who impose destructive attitudes on them that do not correspond to reality and actual psychiatric disorder, which entails irreparable consequences.
Based on materials from dailywire , cnsnews , acpeds , and plos.
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More: Transgender epidemic in the UK: "17 children in our school are undergoing gender reassignment"
Watch recommendation: Canadian-banned BBC documentary on transgender children.)
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