This guest post by “fightingunreality,” a regular commenter on this blog, is the second in an ongoing series of accounts by women who at one time experienced gender dysphoria or the desire to become the opposite sex—but who turned away … Continue reading
A few months ago, my teenage daughter stopped trying to “pass” as male. She dropped the self-defined-as-male uniform (emphasis on SELF), the stereotyped swagger and the fake-deepened voice and —moved on. Her fervent desire to be seen and treated as … Continue reading
In yesterday’s post, I focused on the situation in the United Kingdom, where the school system is deeply enmeshed with a trans activist organization which peddles its message to kids as young as 4 years old. And the majority of … Continue reading
From time to time, I like to highlight comments I receive from parents who visit this blog. Today, we’ll hear from two of them, both mothers who question the pediatric transgender trend. At the end, I’ll contrast these two with … Continue reading
Peak trans (n.): The epiphany experienced by many formerly supportive “allies” upon realizing that the transgender phenomenon is not what we once thought it was. I have reached this peak so many times I now wear a mental oxygen mask … Continue reading
This is a guest post submitted by Lane Anderson (a pseudonym), a practicing psychotherapist who has worked extensively with “trans teens” and their families. She shares with us her clinical insights into her clients, adolescent psychology, and the impact of the transgender phenomenon on our … Continue reading
On my Tumblr blog recently, I put out a call for stories from women who had lived for a time in the Abode of Childhood and Adolescent Gender Dysphoria–and who have returned to us, body and mind intact, to tell the tale. … Continue reading
As anyone who has spent time reading this blog well knows, I am highly skeptical of the existing research which purports to show a static male or female “gender identity” in the brain. Even if there are fundamental differences between … Continue reading
For decades, more young men than young women presented to doctors and psychiatrists with gender dysphoria. But that has all changed in recent years. As reported in a 2015 article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, researchers in Canada and the Netherlands examined data from 748 total … Continue reading
In response to the guest piece I posted earlier today, another mother of a teen writes in. My teenaged daughter has some great qualities. If she sees someone being bullied, she will go and defend them (even if she doesn’t particularly … Continue reading