It is very frustrating that more conversations are not had about this. Thea people believe the true transsexual is a homosexual. It’s very plain to see.
One time at a conference, LEL was asked if she uses a patient’s preferred name and pronouns during the assessment process, considering that doing so is in and of itself a powerful psychological intervention. Her response was that if she didn’t use the preferred name and pronouns she wouldn’t have any clients. That pretty much tells you all you need to know about any “gender specialist”.
I well remember the Singal article when it came out--I thought at the time (and I suspect he now thinks too) that he was too flattering in his portrayal of Laura Edwards-Leeper and her air of calm & reasonable "expertise." I also remember listening to that two-part interview with Meghan Daum. I'm so glad she had on parents who knew more than she does about where this is all headed! Her aim seems to be sorting out the children into the correct boxes of trans (& which kind) and not-trans, not in protecting the health and future sexual and emotional possibilities for these kids. This seems key to understanding her (UB's words): "a structured 'process' [for sorting out the trans vs. non-trans kids] can create the illusion of that." That's all it is--an illusion, a high-stakes game of sorting and matching. It almost makes me wonder if some of these so-called "gender docs/clinicians" aren't mostly autistic too, in their shallowness of reasoning and theory of mind, and their inability to grasp the real-world consequences for their decisions.
Any adult of any sexual orientation who's ever had a few orgasms with a sex partner knows full well the vital importance of healthy, uncompromised genitals to the formation of loving, intimate relationships, as well as their importance to fertility. This is the weird little secret of "gender medicine"--it's all about the cosmetics and passing, not about the actual function and feeling of genitalia. I only wished they were MORE "obsessed with other people's genitals," as the nasty TRA slogan goes. If they were, they might respect them and encourage people to address their mental health issues with mental health treatments, not hormones and surgeries.
If and when the reckoning comes, I'm going to sort Edwards-Leeper in with all the other freaks and kooks who pushed medical experimentation on children. They can all go straight to hell.
Thank you so much for this excellent piece. I had (clearly, mistakenly) held this woman in high regard until today. I’m now left wondering what she is “up to” these days, since 2021, that is. Anyone who believes there is such a thing as “true trans” is problematic.
The authors impose these therapy requirements and wait until “typically around age 16” for cross-sex hormones “to ensure that an adolescent is not ambivalent, and that these interventions are well thought through and understood without coercion from others, and with full consent.”
"Without coercion from others?" The entire paper is about telling psychologists how to coerce gay and autistic teens into believing they're actually trans even if they've never considered it!
It is very frustrating that more conversations are not had about this. Thea people believe the true transsexual is a homosexual. It’s very plain to see.
And on the rare occasions that they're challenged about this, they point to an AGP as proof it's more complicated!
lol! They do don’t they!
One time at a conference, LEL was asked if she uses a patient’s preferred name and pronouns during the assessment process, considering that doing so is in and of itself a powerful psychological intervention. Her response was that if she didn’t use the preferred name and pronouns she wouldn’t have any clients. That pretty much tells you all you need to know about any “gender specialist”.
I well remember the Singal article when it came out--I thought at the time (and I suspect he now thinks too) that he was too flattering in his portrayal of Laura Edwards-Leeper and her air of calm & reasonable "expertise." I also remember listening to that two-part interview with Meghan Daum. I'm so glad she had on parents who knew more than she does about where this is all headed! Her aim seems to be sorting out the children into the correct boxes of trans (& which kind) and not-trans, not in protecting the health and future sexual and emotional possibilities for these kids. This seems key to understanding her (UB's words): "a structured 'process' [for sorting out the trans vs. non-trans kids] can create the illusion of that." That's all it is--an illusion, a high-stakes game of sorting and matching. It almost makes me wonder if some of these so-called "gender docs/clinicians" aren't mostly autistic too, in their shallowness of reasoning and theory of mind, and their inability to grasp the real-world consequences for their decisions.
Any adult of any sexual orientation who's ever had a few orgasms with a sex partner knows full well the vital importance of healthy, uncompromised genitals to the formation of loving, intimate relationships, as well as their importance to fertility. This is the weird little secret of "gender medicine"--it's all about the cosmetics and passing, not about the actual function and feeling of genitalia. I only wished they were MORE "obsessed with other people's genitals," as the nasty TRA slogan goes. If they were, they might respect them and encourage people to address their mental health issues with mental health treatments, not hormones and surgeries.
If and when the reckoning comes, I'm going to sort Edwards-Leeper in with all the other freaks and kooks who pushed medical experimentation on children. They can all go straight to hell.
Meant to add: does Laura Edwards-Leeper have kids? Would she submit them to this kind of unevidenced voodoo barbarism? I would like to know.
100% agree! It is truly about the perception and not the function.
Thank you so much for this excellent piece. I had (clearly, mistakenly) held this woman in high regard until today. I’m now left wondering what she is “up to” these days, since 2021, that is. Anyone who believes there is such a thing as “true trans” is problematic.
The authors impose these therapy requirements and wait until “typically around age 16” for cross-sex hormones “to ensure that an adolescent is not ambivalent, and that these interventions are well thought through and understood without coercion from others, and with full consent.”
"Without coercion from others?" The entire paper is about telling psychologists how to coerce gay and autistic teens into believing they're actually trans even if they've never considered it!
Fantastic review. Thank you!
Sinister stuff.