Bizarre choice of words, but not at all surprising. 

Let's be very clear about something. There are no such things as transgender children. The nuances of gender don't really sink into a child's mind until the age of 11-13 years of age. Before that age, children are far more egocentric, focusing on basic "here and now" concepts. They do understand they are a boy or a girl, but the thought of gender vs sex isn't a thought in their mind until much later. 

Meaning, that in order for a child to focus on these concepts, they have to be taught... taught by people who want very badly to be "so much more interesting." 

These adults, whether they be teachers, counselors, or the most egregious of these violations, parents, are leading these innocent, naive, and trusting children by the hand into these dark places and forcing them to change their lives irreparably for their own benefit or ability to be seen as "progressive" or "caring" for what will amount to be a social trend that lived well passed its expiration date. 

In short, this is child abuse. Full stop. Period. 

On Wednesday, my friend and colleague Jeff Charles wrote on the insane arguments being made in the Supreme Court for what these abusers are calling "gender-affirming care" for children. Upon asking how many children have been harmed by this "care," Justice Sonia Sotomayor had an insane retort: 

“I’m sorry, counselor. Every medical treatment has a risk, even taking aspirin. There is always going to be a percentage of the population under any medical treatment that’s going to suffer a harm. The question in my mind is not, do policymakers decide whether one person’s life is more valuable than the millions of others who get relief from this treatment? The question is, can you stop one sex from the other?”

This is a 1984 response meant to promote a kind of cognitive dissonance, or at least give an excuse for it. As Charles noted in his article, comparing an entire hormonal or surgical treatment on a child to do irreparable damage to their body and mind is not comparable to taking a very basic pain medication. The fallout from the latter is incredibly low, but fallout from the former can, and has been, catastrophic. 

The evidence is becoming overwhelming as the transgender activist community slowly loses its hold on our society, and it's discovered that many of the "studies" done to enforce the idea of gender-affirming care are proven to be biased and unreliable. 

However, this is not going to convice these parents that they've done one of the ultimate wrongs to their child, because their child was a means to a social end. The only way they will understand they've done wrong is if society as a whole turns against the idea of transgender children, because it will spell the end of the social benefits of being called "brave" and "progressive" among their peers. 

This isn't about care, it's about popularity. It's about being a "much more interesting person." It's about standing around at parties and discussing, with pride and smugness, about raising and caring for a "trans child." Their child who, according to the data, will likely grow out of this stage and desire to be a normal boy or girl based on their sex. 

As I've made very clear in previous articles, I'm not okay with the state injecting itself into the homes of families in order to come between parents and their children... but this is a very clear case of child abuse. These kids don't know any better, and these parents are urging them to adopt lifestyles, and possibly go through procedures, to do damage to their bodies that they will likely live to regret. 

Laws absolutely need to be passed that stop any medical facility, and any adult of any relation, from introducing chemicals into a child for the purpose of "gender-affirming care." This is a nightmare that has to end, and these nightmarish people need to be checked so their own children can be protected from them, at least in some degree.