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Islam, N., Nash, R., Zhang, Q., Panagiotakopoulos, L., Daley, T., Bhasin, S., Getahun, D., Haw, J. S., McCracken, C., Silverberg, M. J., Tangpricha, V., Vupputuri, S., & Goodman, M. (2021). Is There a Link Between Hormone Use and Diabetes Incidence in Transgender People? Data from the STRONG Cohort. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, dgab832. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab832 Nokoff, N. J., Scarbro, S. L., Moreau, K. L., Zeitler, P., Nadeau, K. J., Reirden, D., Juarez-Colunga, E., & Kelsey, M. M. (2021). Body Composition and Markers of Cardiometabolic Health in Transgender Youth on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists. Transgender Health, 6(2), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2020.0029 Mayhew, A. C., & Gomez-Lobo, V. (2020). Fertility Options for the Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Patient. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105(10). https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa529 Pang, K. C., Peri, A. J. S., Chung, H. E., Telfer, M., Elder, C. V., Grover, S., & Jayasinghe, Y. (2020). Rates of Fertility Preservation Use Among Transgender Adolescents. JAMA Pediatrics, 174(9), 890. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0264 Dulohery, K., Trottmann, M., Bour, S., Liedl, B., Alba‐Alejandre, I., Reese, S., Hughes, B., Stief, C. G., & Kölle, S. (2020). How do elevated levels of testosterone affect the function of the human fallopian tube and fertility?—New insights. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 87(1), 30–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.23291 Baram, S., Myers, S. A., Yee, S., & Librach, C. L. (2019). Fertility preservation for transgender adolescents and young adults: a systematic review. Human Reproduction Update, 25(6), 694–716. https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmz026 Leung, A., Sakkas, D., Pang, S., Thornton, K., & Resetkova, N. (2019). Assisted reproductive technology outcomes in female-to-male transgender patients compared with cisgender patients: a new frontier in reproductive medicine. Fertility and Sterility, 112(5), 858–865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.014 Cheng, P. J., Pastuszak, A. W., Myers, J. B., Goodwin, I. A., & Hotaling, J. M. (2019). Fertility concerns of the transgender patient. Translational Andrology and Urology, 8(3), 209–218. https://doi.org/10.21037/tau.2019.05.09 Bizic, M. R., Jeftovic, M., Pusica, S., Stojanovic, B., Duisin, D., Vujovic, S., Rakic, V., & Djordjevic, M. L. (2018). Gender Dysphoria: Bioethical Aspects of Medical Treatment. BioMed Research International, 2018, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9652305 Mattawanon, N., Spencer, J. B., Schirmer, D. A., & Tangpricha, V. (2018). Fertility preservation options in transgender people: A review. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 19(3), 231–242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11154-018-9462-3 Nahata, L., Tishelman, A. 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Islam, N., Nash, R., Zhang, Q., Panagiotakopoulos, L., Daley, T., Bhasin, S., Getahun, D., Haw, J. S., McCracken, C., Silverberg, M. J., Tangpricha, V., Vupputuri, S., & Goodman, M. (2021). Is There a Link Between Hormone Use and Diabetes Incidence in Transgender People? Data from the STRONG Cohort. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, dgab832. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab832 Nokoff, N. J., Scarbro, S. L., Moreau, K. L., Zeitler, P., Nadeau, K. J., Reirden, D., Juarez-Colunga, E., & Kelsey, M. M. (2021). Body Composition and Markers of Cardiometabolic Health in Transgender Youth on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists. Transgender Health, 6(2), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2020.0029 Nota, N. M., Wiepjes, C. M., de Blok, C. J. M., Gooren, L. J. G., Kreukels, B. P. C., & den Heijer, M. (2019). Occurrence of Acute Cardiovascular Events in Transgender Individuals Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results From a Large Cohort Study. Circulation, 139(11), 1461–1462. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038584 Alzahrani, T., Nguyen, T., Ryan, A., Dwairy, A., McCaffrey, J., Yunus, R., Forgione, J., Krepp, J., Nagy, C., Mazhari, R., & Reiner, J. (2019). Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Myocardial Infarction in the Transgender Population. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005597 Getahun, D., Nash, R., Flanders, W. D., Baird, T. C., Becerra-Culqui, T. A., Cromwell, L., Hunkeler, E., Lash, T. L., Millman, A., Quinn, V. P., Robinson, B., Roblin, D., Silverberg, M. J., Safer, J., Slovis, J., Tangpricha, V., & Goodman, M. (2018). Cross-sex Hormones and Acute Cardiovascular Events in Transgender Persons. Annals of Internal Medicine, 169(4), 205–213. https://doi.org/10.7326/M17-2785 Olson-Kennedy, J., Okonta, V., Clark, L. F., & Belzer, M. (2018). Physiologic Response to Gender-Affirming Hormones Among Transgender Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(4), 397–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.08.005

Biggs, M. (2021). Revisiting the effect of GnRH analogue treatment on bone mineral density in young adolescents with gender dysphoria. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism: JPEM, 34(7), 937–939. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2021-0180 Schagen et al., (2020). Bone Development in Transgender Adolescents Treated With GnRH Analogues and Subsequent Gender-Affirming Hormones. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 105(12), dgaa604. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa604 Lee et al., (2020). Low Bone Mineral Density in Early Pubertal Transgender/Gender Diverse Youth: Findings From the Trans Youth Care Study. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 4(9), bvaa065. https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa065 Joseph, T., Ting, J., & Butler, G. (2019). The effect of GnRH analogue treatment on bone mineral density in young adolescents with gender dysphoria: findings from a large national cohort. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 32(10), 1077–1081. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2019-0046 Stoffers, I. E., de Vries, M. C., & Hannema, S. E. (2019). Physical changes, laboratory parameters, and bone mineral density during testosterone treatment in adolescents with gender dysphoria. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16(9), 1459–1468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.06.014 Delgado-Ruiz, R., Swanson, P., & Romanos, G. (2019). Systematic Review of the Long-Term Effects of Transgender Hormone Therapy on Bone Markers and Bone Mineral Density and Their Potential Effects in Implant Therapy. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(6), 784. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8060784 Stevenson, M. O., & Tangpricha, V. (2019). Osteoporosis and Bone Health in Transgender Persons. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 48(2), 421–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.006 Dobrolińska, M., van der Tuuk, K., Vink, P., van den Berg, M., Schuringa, A., Monroy-Gonzalez, A. G., García, D. V., Schultz, W. C. M. W., & Slart, R. H. J. A. (2019). Bone Mineral Density in Transgender Individuals After Gonadectomy and Long-Term Gender-Affirming Hormonal Treatment. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16(9), 1469–1477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.06.006 Vlot, M. C., Klink, D. T., den Heijer, M., Blankenstein, M. A., Rotteveel, J., & Heijboer, A. C. (2017). Effect of pubertal suppression and cross-sex hormone therapy on bone turnover markers and bone mineral apparent density (BMAD) in transgender adolescents. Bone, 95, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2016.11.008 Klink, D., Caris, M., Heijboer, A., van Trotsenburg, M., & Rotteveel, J. (2015). Bone Mass in Young Adulthood Following Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analog Treatment and Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment in Adolescents With Gender Dysphoria. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 100(2), E270–E275. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-2439

According to an article written by Elise Takahama for the USC Center for Health and Journalism, Seattle is having a difficult time supplying the growing demand for gender-affirming surgery for teenagers. The article states “In Seattle, just two surgeons perform the full range of gender-affirming surgeries for teenagers and young adults, both at the same hospital. One provider often sees more than 20 patients and performs up to 12 surgeries a week. The pace hasn’t slowed in years.” The article doesn’t mention the hospital, nor does it mention the surgeons. That said, I’m going to assume they are talking about Seattle Children's Hospital since their website claims that “Seattle Children’s is the only pediatric academic medical center with fellowship-trained plastic surgeons who provide gender-affirming surgery in our region.” (Surgical Gender Affirmation Program) Upon looking through these plastic surgeons on the Seattle Children’s website, you will find two surgeons with “surgical gender affirmation” listed as one of their specialties, along with biographies in their profile confirming that they perform surgeries on minors. The names listed are Russell Edward Ettinger, MD and Shane Douglas Morrison, MD, MS. (Physician finder search results) Now, you may be wondering what ages are currently eligible for surgery. I would love to tell you. However, Seattle Children’s does not have a specific age requirement for most of the many surgeries they provide. They claim that genital procedures are only 18 and up at this time, but aside from that, their website states “For other surgeries, timing depends on many factors, like the patient’s stage of puberty and how surgery fits with the rest of their gender-related healthcare. A typical age is mid-teens or older.” (Surgical Gender Affirmation Program) The list of other surgeries includes Facial gender-affirming surgery, Gender-affirming breast augmentation with implants or fat grafting, Gender-affirming mastectomy with or without free nipple grafting, Gender-affirming breast/chest reduction, Gender-affirming body contouring and Revision surgery for gender-affirming surgery. If the extremists continue to get their way, it won’t be too long before genital surgery is available for minors on-demand. If you think refusing to sign off on one of these irreversible and life altering-surgeries will protect your child from permanent damage, you might want to look into it a little more. This year, Governor Inslee passed a bill that will allow your child to simply run away from home if they want gender affirming surgery and you disapprove. This bill also allows minors living in other states to run away from home so they can bypass the rights of their parents in order to obtain these gender affirming medications and surgeries in Washington State. This New York Post article explains the bill in the following quote “An act relating to supporting youth,” or Senate Bill 5599, allows host homes for runaway youth “to house youth without parental permission.” Furthermore, the host homes do not need to notify parents about where their kids are or if they are getting medical interventions “if there is a compelling reason not to, which includes a youth seeking protected health services. “The “protected health care services” included “gender-affirming care,” which for minors arbitrarily included anything prescribed by a doctor to treat dysphoria, the bill said.” (Grossman). After your child is in the protective custody of their host family, they will no longer need your permission to receive these surgeries. Being denied gender-affirming care at home is also a compelling argument in Washington State for youth to seek out emancipation or eligibility for the mature minor rule. NO MINOR CAN CONSENT TO HAVING THEIR BODY PARTS REARRANGED. LET KIDS BE KIDS! More information on the mature minor rule available at the following link: https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/health-safety/health-centers-programs-services/public-health-centers/mature-minor-rule References: Takahama, Elise. “In the Pacific Northwest, Doctors Struggle to Meet Growing Demand for Gender Affirming Care.” Center for Health Journalism, 27 July 2023, centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/insights/pacific-northwest-doctors-struggle-meet-growing-demand-gender-affirming-care. “Surgical Gender Affirmation Program.” Seattle Children’s Hospital, www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/plastic-surgery/surgical-gender-affirmation-program/. Accessed 31 July 2023. “Physician Finder Search Results.” Seattle Children’s Hospital, www.seattlechildrens.org/directory-search/?sp=Plastic%20Surgery&limit=10&page=1. Accessed 31 July 2023. Grossman, Hannah. “Washington Bill to Allow Medical Transgender Interventions on Minors without Parental Consent.” New York Post, 17 Apr. 2023, nypost.com/2023/04/17/washington-bill-to-allow-medical-transgender-interventions-on-minors-without-parental-consent/.

Now, before you ask why I’m doing activism with Gays Against Groomers, let me explain why I chose to become a member of the Arizona Chapter. I’m a Jewish lesbian living in Tucson, Arizona. However, that’s not what I base my entire identity off of. I’m a retired sheriff’s deputy out of the Seattle area. I’m a baby boomer. I served honorably in the U.S. Army. But most importantly, I’m a human being that is passionate about keeping children safe and protecting their innocence. I grew up in the '70s and '80s – what a great time to be a kid! We played outside until it got dark out or until Mom would scream at the top of her lungs that dinner was ready. I knew at a very young age that something was different about me. I played baseball and street hockey with the boys. I played with my G.I. Joe and my favorite game was "cops and robbers.” I collected G.I. Joe dolls while my sister had her Barbies and her makeup. When my parents took me to the park, I would see the boys take off their shirts and throw the football around. I wanted to do that, too. But when I asked my mom if I could take off my shirt, she would rightfully say, “Absolutely NOT!” Basically, I was a girl who was a “tomboy.” But what did that really mean to me? Did I want to be a boy? At that time in my life, it sure seemed like the boys had better games, cooler toys and had way more fun. I didn’t even have any idea about what "gay" was – I was a kid! Even at a young age, I would sometimes struggle with the feelings I was having towards girls. I didn’t truly understand it. But there were times where I would think, "Wait, this isn’t right…there’s something wrong with me!" My mom would take me to her tennis club and we’d walk into the women’s locker room together. Some of the women would yell out to my mom, “You can’t bring your son in here!” My unflappable mom would simply tell them that I was her daughter and continue on. That’s when those feelings of emptiness and confusion started making me sad. As a kid, I had no idea what to do with my feelings and now people outside my family were calling me “him,” or “he.” At that point, I didn’t want to be a boy. I just wanted to be me. Adolescence came and I had my first real “girlfriend” at age fifteen. We often talked about feeling confused about what we were doing. We wondered, "Do other girls do this?" There was no internet, no social media, and no trusted school counselor to reach out to. During that time, my parents sent me to Florida to visit my grandparents. I forgot that I had left a note from my girlfriend in the back pocket of my baggy jeans. My mom did my laundry and found the note. I had no idea that when I left, this would be the turning point in my life that would forever change me and change the direction of my life. After two weeks in Florida, I returned home, happy to be back and ready to start the school year. My dad picked me up at the airport. I thought it was strange that my mom wasn’t there. My dad was quiet and reserved, which is so unlike him. As we were driving back home, he told me that he and Mom are concerned that I have a “mental problem.” I looked at him, confused, and said “Dad, I’m fine, why are you saying that?” Dad stayed quiet during the rest of the ride. When he didn’t take the exit for our house, I asked him where we were going. Dad told me that he was taking me to see a social worker to deal with my “emotional problems.” What?! Then, like a ton of bricks, I remembered I left that note in my pocket of the jeans that my mom had washed. I was overcome with anxiety, and I started to cry. Dad turned into a parking lot, and I saw the dreadful sign on the door of the building, “Mental Health Services.” We went inside. We met with a female social worker and thank God, the first thing she said to me was “Don’t worry, I’m not going to try and change you like your parents want, I’m just here to help you get through this rough time.” She told me that my parents wanted to send me to live on Kibbutz in Israel for six months, hoping that will change me. This was a time when AIDS was in the news every day, and gay men were dying. There was so much confusion. Needless to say, my homelife was terrible. I ran away from home and lived with a friend and her mom. I still went to school, but at age seventeen I enlisted in the Army and left home for good. It took several years, but my parents finally realized that they loved me no matter what my sexual preference was, and they accepted me for who I was. I am thankful that my parents didn’t try to force me to be a boy or go to a medical doctor to change my gender, like we're seeing today. When I was in the Army [1981-1991], it was a crime to be gay. If you were found out, then you got kicked out of the service with a dishonorable discharge. Times have changed since the '70s and '80s! After the Army, I became a police officer. I did that for twenty-three years, and I saw time and again how children growing up were exposed to new lifestyles and trends. Millennials, Gen X, and Gen Z. What’s with that alphabet stuff? And now the gay community wants to be known as LGBTQAI+? I did not sign up for this. Gays Against Groomers: Facts Now that you’ve read my story, it’s not even close to the pain and misery some kids are experiencing today. Let me make it clear that I do not hate drag queens or transgender people! A misconception that people have thrown at our organization is that we hate anyone that identifies as trans or a drag queen. It couldn’t be any farther from the truth! Gays Against Groomers Mission Statement: A non-profit organization of gays against the sexualization, indoctrination, and medicalization of children under the guise of LGBTQA+ According to the National Institute of Health, adolescence is a crucial time for identity and psychosexual development in young people with gender identity concerns. The outcomes of GDC have been discussed in terms of its persistence and desistance. For most children with GDC, whether GD will persist or desist will probably be determined between the ages of 10 and 13 years, although some may need more time. Evidence from the 10 available prospective follow-up studies from childhood to adolescence (reviewed in the study by Ristori and Steensma28) indicates that for ~80% of children who meet the criteria for GDC, the GD recedes with puberty. Instead, many of these adolescents will identify as non-heterosexual. (Steensma et al), interviewed adolescents with different outcomes of GDC (persistence or desistance). The adolescents mentioned social environment, the anticipated results of bodily changes and first romantic and/or sexual experiences as central factors in the desistance or persistence of GD. Unfortunately, politics has infiltrated the health and well-being of children who are questioning their identity. Some doctors will start hormone therapy and puberty blockers on children as young at eight years old, sometimes without their parent knowing. For instance, in Washington State, current law removes the rights of a parent if they do not want their child to transition. If the child runs away, there are “transitioning homes” for the kids. This is abuse and mutilation, and it’s incredible government overreach. As an example, Dr. Kenneth Zucker, long acknowledged as a foremost authority on gender identity issues in children, (Singal, J. 2016), has also been a lifelong advocate for gay and transgender rights. However, much to the consternation of adult transgender activists, Zucker believes that gender-dysphoric pre-pubertal children are best served by helping them align their gender identity with their anatomic sex. This view ultimately cost him his 30-year directorship of the Child Youth and Family Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. As you can see, our organization is crucial in order to protect the innocence of children. If you are under the age of eighteen, you should not be taking puberty blockers. If you are under eighteen, you should not be going to a drag show or a drag queen story hour! We believe in common sense and reality. Let me ask you this: Would you take your child to a strip club so they can watch scantily clad (or naked) performers twerk and grind on other patrons or each other? Would you take them to a “stripper story hour” so that nearly naked women (or men) can read them books while shaking their breasts or genitals in their faces? I hope the answer is NO! Children need to be left alone from strangers and protected by the good people in their lives who love them. No doctor, health care worker, social worker, teacher or other “trusted adult” should be pushing a child to make a decision about changing their sex. Gender-confused minors should be treated with therapy and compassion, not chemicals and life altering surgeries. During the 2023 Pride Parade in Seattle, there were naked men and women allowed in the procession. We all saw the videos on social media. The most disgusting thing I saw was an elderly male, completely naked with his full penis exposed. As a woman walked by with a ten-year-old girl, the man stared straight at the child, with his full erection on display. This is against the law! It’s called “Indecent Exposure." This is where the politics played a role in allowing this. I have several friends that are Seattle police officers. They were told by their commanders to be “hands off” if there are naked people during “Pride” celebrations. No arrests for indecent exposure. In today’s world, who in their right mind would bring a child to a pride parade? Parents! Enough! We are taking ten steps backwards in our community. For the gay and lesbian activists that worked their asses off to get us marriage equality, protection at work, and more – Thank you. I cannot thank you enough. I’m sorry that some of you are all probably rolling in your graves, knowing that your hard work is being erased and co-opted by an agenda that goes against everything we stood for. The backlash from within the community is in full-swing. This ends now. Sources: 28. Ristori J, Steensma TD. Gender dysphoria in childhood. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2016;28(1):13–20. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Singal J. How the fight over transgender kids got a leading sex researcher fired. New York Magazine, Feb 7, 2016. Available https://acpeds.org/position-statements/gender-dysphoria-in-childrenat: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html.

This past June, our founder and president, Jaimee Michell had the distinct honor of speaking at the Moms For Liberty National Summit in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. It was remarkable and absolutely mind-blowing to have gone from launching our organization to speaking on the same stage as five presidential candidates in the matter of just one year. We are so proud and grateful to be able to spread our message to an audience of fierce mama bears who are we are fighting side by side with to end the war on children. Here is her speech: My name is Jaimee Michell. I am a lesbian woman and the founder and president of Gays Against Groomers. We are a nonprofit organization of gay people who seek to end the sexualization, indoctrination, sterilization and mutilation of children happening under the guise of “LGBTQIA+". Gay people are not a monolith. I am here to tell you that not all of us are on board with this new modern rainbow movement we are seeing now. In fact, it is the majority of us who are not. That is why I started this organization. I could no longer sit by and watch this toxic ideology be foisted upon children in our name — in my name… I knew I wasn’t alone. There was just no united front to voice our public dissent to what is being done. So I decided to create one. And now in just a little over a year, we have 17 chapters across the United States, over 100 members, and more than 700,000 followers on social media. We have also been banned from 11 platforms in that short time, most notably being PayPal and Venmo. They’re clearly terrified of us speaking out from inside the community, and to be completely honest, they should be. They don’t know how to handle us, because they can’t dismiss us as homophobic, transphobic bigots like they do all of you, although they certainly try. Protecting and safeguarding youth should not be controversial. It should be something everyone can agree on, but clearly that isn’t the case anymore. The truth is, we never consented to pornographic filth being given to children in schools. We never consented to woke doctors sterilizing and mutilating children in our name. We never consented to radical trans activists taking over and speaking on our behalf. These people, as well as every major institution in this country are actively manipulating the public and trying to use the rights that we fought for as an excuse for their grotesque behavior and the lies that they tell. Yet these are the same people who preach about how they promote love and acceptance. We beg to differ. So called “gender affirming care” on minors has been banned in countries across western Europe and has been appropriately labeled the biggest medical scandal since the lobotomy craze. Doctors and scientists in these countries have recognized that gender ideology and the medical practices that go with it are catastrophic for developing children. It is also deeply homophobic at its core. Without medical intervention, more than half of the children who express feelings of gender discomfort would otherwise grow up to simply be gay adults, according to many scientific studies. There is no wrong way to be a boy or a girl, and telling them otherwise is evil. It’s abundantly clear and cannot be denied that medically transitioning children is the new conversion therapy, only 1000x worse. These children are being treated like lab rats. And we at Gays Against Groomers have helped pass over a dozen laws and policies across the nation to ban this barbaric practice. We plan on making child sexual mutilation illegal in all 50 states, whether these monsters like it or not. This ideology is toxic, hateful, violates boundaries, and LIES. It lies to parents, to children, to us… to everyone. It takes advantage of the most impressionable and vulnerable. Children cannot consent to these interventions. No child can make permanent decisions about ANYTHING, let alone becoming sterile and chopping off body parts. And NO CHILD is born in the wrong body. Not only is this agenda hurting children, but us as well. The radicals who have hijacked our community are setting us back decades with their assault on children. The acceptance we as gays and lesbians fought to achieve in this country is now being erased seemingly overnight, and it’s devastating for us to watch happen. We are deeply grateful for Moms For Liberty who are willing to listen and work together. We sincerely believe that the most effective way to end the war on children is by uniting together. Despite our differences, we all share the common goal of saving these kids. No matter how many times they try to censor us, the truth WILL prevail. They can try to shut us up, but we will never keep quiet. We will not make peace with an ideology that seeks to sexualize, indoctrinate and amputate the healthy body parts of children. We will not let them continue this abuse in our name. We have a mission and we're not going anywhere. We hit the ground running in our first year. And together, we will restore common sense and reality, and eradicate the social contagion that is poisoning the minds of our youth. If you would like to learn more about our movement or make donation to help us end the war on children, please visit gaysagainstgroomers.com to learn more. Thank you. You can watch the speech below.

By Ethan Harsell and Michael Costa A tragic shooting occurred at the Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville. The shooting resulted in the death of three children, three adult staff members, and the perpetrator. Audrey “Aiden” Hale, a 28-year-old woman who refers to herself as transgender, was armed with two AR-brand weapons and a handgun when she entered the school by shooting through a door before carrying out the killings. Police have revealed that Hale had a manifesto and detailed maps of the school, which they are currently investigating. “The trans shooter left a manifest not a suicide note and it isn’t hard to infer the message intended - ‘You mess with our kids, we kill your kids.' This indicates that the shooting was an act of domestic terrorism, targeting innocent children and staff members.” The police have also released surveillance video footage showing Hale with a rifle, busting open the glass doors of the school and walking through the hallways fully armed. The cold-blooded killer was ultimately killed by police after a confrontation with brave officers following her attack. The video footage shows Hale driving into the school's parking lot in her Honda Fit and firing multiple shots at the front door before entering the building. Hale's LinkedIn profile indicates the use of he/him pronouns, although police initially used she/her pronouns during their first press conference. Hale's LinkedIn includes links to a now-deleted Instagram page under the name “creative.aiden,” and a Facebook page with the name “Aiden Creates,” along with a now-deleted RedBubble site with the same name. At this point, on top of the massive amount of Soviet-style indoctrination & propaganda being pushed on children, TQ+ militants are willing to murder children to further their gun grab agenda. It is still unknown as to why this trans-identified gunperson took the lives of six innocent people. But instead of condemning the attack, trans activists are openly describing this nightmare as an act of revenge. ”Oppressed minorities strike back, and if you don't want it to happen, stop oppressing them. People with nothing left to lose will sometimes not kts [kill themselves], but instead become martyrs…I won't pretend like this wasn't caused by the recent legislation in TN.” Their violent threats have surged in recent weeks, threatening to injure or kill lawmakers in Tennessee as revenge for the state banning the medical transitioning of minors. This is in reference to the state of Tennessee outlawing pediatric sterilization and raunchy cabaret shows for “queer youth.” Gays Against Groomers assisted in passing both of these laws. Alphabet extremists have adopted the paranoid notion that the transgender community is somehow experiencing a “genocide.” Usually, such delusional claims would not be taken seriously. But recent child safeguarding legislation has emboldened them to schedule a “TRANS DAY OF VENGEANCE” this week in order to combat the so-called “genocide.” There is no such thing as trans genocide. The transgender ideologues are using this rhetoric to further radicalize their community to commit violent crimes as a solution to policy debate. And they slander anybody who questions their motives, referring to them as oppressors in order to justify their pathological thinking. They accuse concerned parents of being domestic terrorists for having the audacity to oppose pornography in public schools. When the gay community creates an organization to prevent amputating the healthy body parts of minors, they are seen as hateful extremists and genocidal maniacs. They manipulate the public into complying with child abuse. And they use the progress that gay people fought decades to achieve as an excuse for their demented behavior. Society is in an abusive relationship with transgender terrorists. There is a reason why any legislative pushback or dissent against their demands are described as “Anti-Trans Laws.” Unlike the gay community, which has always consisted of gay and lesbian adults, the majority of people identifying as TQ+ are children. The transgender community has become a bloodthirsty death cult that targets the youth. It is a child sexual autonomy movement dressed up as “civil rights” for a self-proclaimed “oppressed minority” that have more rights than any other demographic of people in The United States. When they are questioned, they claim that they want to “Protect Trans Kids.” That is a lie. Protecting kids does not entail actively destroying the lives of minors who do not abide by sexist stereotypes of how boys and girls ought to act. Every single one of these children are victims of medical abuse by doctors who hate them. No demographic has the civil right to castrate other people’s children. Standing against these lunatics is not a political issue – it’s a moral issue. It is time for gay adults, most of whom want nothing to do with this groomer circus, to overthrow the parasitic cult that is committing human atrocities in our name. It is not hateful to say NO to your abusers. And it is not discriminatory to condemn the sadistic behavior of brainwashed psychopaths who murder and disfigure children in the name of “civil rights.” If you haven’t taken your children out of school yet, it’s seriously time to reconsider homeschooling. It’s just not worth it. Gays Against Groomers completely rejects this monstrosity of a movement and the bloodshed that its savage footsoldiers openly encourage. We will never forgive the transgender taliban and their predatory ideology for what they have done to our community. And we refuse to be used as a scapegoat for their corruption any longer.

Written by our organization member, Eva Kurilova On September 16, feminist website Reduxx broke the story of a male Ontario high school shop teacher wearing massive prosthetic breasts at school. What should have been a clear-cut case of predatory behavior has instead revealed that human rights laws are being used to protect groomers. And yes, what is happening here is grooming, make no mistake. Minors are being exposed to an extremely sexualized and pornified caricature of a woman and having their sexual boundaries not only flagrantly disregarded but actively pushed. They have been trapped as participants in an adult’s sexual foreplay. Photos and videos of the offending teacher, whose prosthetic bust is complete with protruding and highly visible nipples, were leaked online by students at Oakville Trafalgar High School. After the story went viral, outrage followed. People all over social media were shocked that the man was involving minors in his sexual fetish and getting away with it. Some commentators tried to focus on the issues of professionalism and the fact that this was a violation of the Halton District School Board dress code. But it is important not to get mired down in the minutiae of school district policy: the problem is much larger and more far-reaching, stemming from human rights protections for “gender identity” and “gender expression.” In an e-mail to parents, Oakville Trafalgar High School appealed to exactly these protections while defending the teacher: As a school within the Halton District School Board, Oakville Trafalgar High School recognizes the rights of students, staff, parents/guardians and community members to equitable treatment based upon gender identity and gender expression. Gender identity and gender expression are protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code. Curtis Ennis, the Director of Education for the Halton District School Board, expressed these same sentiments when speaking to Rebel News, telling the reporter that: As a board, we are committed to human rights, and we are committed to supporting all our teachers and staff and students in an environment that upholds their dignity, their gender identity, and their gender expression. Rumors have since started circulating that the teacher is an elaborate troll trying to game the system, get fired, and sue for discrimination. Whatever the case may turn out to be, the main story is that the school and the school board actively defended a teacher wearing fetish gear to class on the basis of human rights protections for gender identity and expression. And, though this story occurred in Canada, jurisdictions in America and around the world with similar protections could easily see the same type of situation play out. Gender non-conforming people, whether they identify as transgender or not, should be protected and can be protected on the basis of sex. For example, men and women, no matter how they identify, should not be denied housing, education, or employment for wearing clothes more typical of the opposite sex. There isn’t a need to bring “gender identity” and “gender expression”—both nebulous terms that are never solidly defined in this type of legislation—into the conversation at all. As we have seen in practice, it seems that all these protections are good for is protecting predators. If, as a society, we decide that we want to keep these protections on the books, then we need to stop pretending they apply to teachers wearing fetish gear to school and involving all of the staff and students in their sexual kink. The behavior of this teacher and the reaction of the school and school board have been so outrageous that it is tempting to see this as a rare outlying case that can’t possibly happen again—but that would be a mistake. Groomers will take advantage of these laws and attitudes and, whether he is a troll or not, the Ontario teacher has shown that our public institutions are unwilling to push back against this type of predatory behavior, even for the sake of children. Support our work at gaysagainstgroomers.com/donate

Gays Against Groomers was founded in June of 2022. Our mission: to end the medicalization, sexualization and indoctrination of children being done under the LGBTQ umbrella. Since its founding, Gays Against Groomers has experienced explosive success. It is clear that the gay community has been hijacked by radical extremists who are waging a war on innocence under the guise of “affirmative care and acceptance,” a truly sinister tactic that emotionally blackmails vulnerable minds. We are undoubtedly not the only ones aware of this sinister trend. The current narrative among radical LGBTQ+ extremists includes the idea that a young child knows who they are and what they want to be before their brain and body have fully developed, a dangerous notion that can lead to permanently damaging decisions. Biology is being challenged, lines are being blurred, and our society steps closer and closer to normalizing pedophilia through various mass grooming tactics using gender ideology. Those who question these ideas are attacked, a cultish and unacceptable reaction that leaves no room for discussion. The LGBTQ+ movement has become an unhinged and twisted version of itself. The community that stood for love, acceptance and equality has been turned into an oversexualized push to indoctrinate children with information that is not only excessive, but not a key to their development. This push is leading to mass confusion, misinformation, and even medical malpractice among physicians who are eager to create permanent medical patients to bolster their paycheck. The extremists within the gay community are convinced that their feelings are facts that should not be debated, setting a dangerous precedent for what is regarded as the truth. No child should grow up thinking they have to change their body in order to love themselves. It is no wonder we have received such passionate support, a clear indication that our organization is both wanted and necessary. Those of us in Gays Against Groomers are here to hold the line and fight for the reputation of the gay community, and we need all the help we can get. Already we have accomplished so much and gained incredible traction via social media and various news outlets, although we have yet to receive an invitation from certain platforms that claim to value all LGBTQ+ people. If you’re feeling fired up and inspired by our cause, here are 7 reasons to join our rapidly expanding movement: 1. You are gay and find yourself uncomfortable with the over saturation of gay culture, gender ideology, and sexual content being pushed on children. Gay people have always been a minority who rejected the idea of a “gay agenda.” In spite of this, it now seems the agenda to expose younger and younger children to sexual material, particularly under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, is very real. We are seeing explicit “queer” material popping up in schools, teachers giving hormones to students without their parents consent, half naked drag queens performing sexually for children, and predators disguising themselves within the community to prey on children. This is happening in our name, and it’s leading us to normalized pedophilia. We are on the slippery slope the gay community was warned about when we first fought for our rights. 2. You don’t believe the gay community is a monolith. Woke progressives in the LGBTQ+ community think they have the final say in what children should be exposed to, but not all gay people agree. Gays Against Groomers respects the fact that not all parents want their young children introduced to advanced concepts related to identity, sexuality and attraction while they’re in development. The gay community is neither a monolith nor a cult, but the forced acceptance currently being carried out by so-called progressives is very cult-like. Those of us who disagree are insulted, disavowed and shunned. They say the difference between a community and a cult is what happens when you try to leave it. 3. You’re feeling isolated from the community because of your beliefs. Not all gay people have to stand behind LGBTQ+ indoctrination, sexualization, and medicalization of children. The term ‘groomer’ is not a gay slur, since not all groomers are gay. If you’re feeling alone because you don’t agree with the gay people around you, we’ve got your back. Some of the progressives within the community can be very hateful, despite claiming to support all gay and trans people. Since our beliefs deviate from the trending agenda and we aim to call out internal toxic behaviors, many of us are treated as less than and lumped together by those who are threatened by our very existence. We’re even told we’re homophobic and transphobic, which simply isn’t true, no matter how many slanderous articles are written about us. 4. You or someone you love have been negatively affected by the pressures of gender ideology and LGBTQ+ related “woke” culture. We believe every perspective in the gay community matters, not just those that agree with the narrative. Detransitioners deserve to be heard and respected, as do those who have felt participating in the “pronoun party” damaged their sense of self. We do not believe these stories deserve to be dismissed. There are risks and dangers that come with the current upward LGBTQ+ trend many wish to ignore in favor of looking “accepting” or “politically correct.” Help us protect children from potential damage through your first hand experience. The more of us that speak up about the negative aspects of the radical narrative the better. 5. You feel like gay people are being erased through over-saturated trans ideology. While adults are free to make their own choices, not all children with gender dysphoria are transgender. In fact, according to the National Health Service in the UK, most children with gender dysphoria are experiencing a transient phase. [source] Puberty is difficult, and some children who may simply be gay are being told to question their identities and even swap genders to validate their confusing feelings/attractions. This has the potential to result in even poorer mental health than before, something that must be taken into consideration before permanent decisions are made. Children deserve time to grow into themselves and discover who they really are. 6. You’re secure in your identity and willing to be a pillar of strength. Not all gay people need constant validation from the media, movies and companies who ritualistically virtue signal support for the community. We are who we are not because of what we saw on social media, but because we know ourselves better than any outside influence possibly can. Those of us who are secure in ourselves don’t want the unnecessary surge of LGBTQ+ content exposure and gender ideologies, especially when it comes to the environment young children are raised in. We don’t need a rainbow logo to put us at ease or convince us to support a company. Who we love is only a fraction of our identity, not an entire personality. We’re used to being criticized, and we don’t let it get us down or distract us from our mission. 7. You’re ready to speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves. Children cannot properly consent to life changing decisions like hormone blockers or transitional surgeries because they are not fully developed physically or mentally. In July 2022, the FDA issued a warning on puberty blockers, quietly listing serious side effects that are not being discussed by greedy doctors looking for permanent medical patients. The parents, doctors and teachers allowing children to change their gender before they can drive, vote and pay bills are actively participating in child abuse and the destruction of future generations by inhibiting growth and effectively sterilizing youth. In addition, children are being encouraged to talk to strangers in detail about sex under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, rendering them defenseless against potential predators. There are numerous ways things can go wrong, and we have to speak up. We are running out of time. The extremists in our community refuse to listen to any outsiders, which is why our perspective is key to protecting children from this poison. We must move swiftly to hold the line and prevent the gay community from being used as a conduit for child grooming and pedophilia, and save children from unnecessary medicalization. If you’re outraged about the infiltration of predators and concerned about where the gay community is headed, you can apply to join Gays Against Groomers by going to gaysagainstgroomers.com/join. Join the fight against the indoctrination, sexualization and medicalization of children from inside the gay community. Together we will put a stop to this insanity!

Last night we received emails from both PayPal and Venmo (within minutes of each other) stating that we had been permanently banned from their platforms for “violating” their user agreements. We are an organization that consists entirely of gay people whose only mission is to safeguard children from abuse. These companies have made it abundantly clear that they support the sexualization and mutilation of children. This would never happen to an organization of gay people that fell in line with this evil agenda that has hijacked our community. We are not deterred. This has only motivated us to fight harder! We have set up an account on Donor Box and will be using that to receive donations for now. The Post Millennial has already picked up the story, which you can read here.

The modern day LGBTQ+ movement is rife with questionable figures who start questionable organizations. Many of these progressive organizations claim they exist simply to give trans and “gender nonconforming” youth a place to hang out with like minded individuals and “educate others'' about their identities and sexual preferences to gain acceptance. They often include web pages littered with vague statements designed to create the illusion of inclusion, acceptance and safety, all while they use their movement to weaponize and exploit underage youth in order to push far left propaganda. And while there is certainly a difference between freedom of speech, misinformation and disinformation, what if said organization exploiting youth is also co-founded by an admitted drug trafficker who is accused of sexual assault by multiple people? How long can they claim to have integrity with this kind of founder at the wheel? When does “equality” become exploitation of youth of color. Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER) is an organization founded in 2011 by “two 16 year old transgender women,” one of whom is Eli Erlick, a radical transgender (MTF) activist who has made waves on the internet by openly bragging about distributing hormone drugs for free with “no questions asked.” Despite Erlick (born male) being exposed for this by Libs of Tiktok, as of March 7, 2023, Erlick proudly admitted to the continuation of the crime, even encouraging those who order the drugs to order in bulk. Matt Walsh took action in response to Eli, contacting the governor of Mississippi where Erlick resided in March and inspired the state to ban transing minors. [source] As if this fervent advocacy for the medicalization and potential sterilization of minors wasn’t disturbing enough, there are many concerning accusations against Erlick from multiple victims, nearly all of whom describe themselves as POC, describing sexual abuse and predatory behavior. There are so many accusations in fact, that occasionally Erlick’s work is removed from websites, as LGBT website INTO chose to do in 2018. But that hasn’t stopped Eli from activism. When called out, Erlick enjoys gaslighting the victims and accusing them of a number of buzzwords (e.g. transmisogynist, TERF, troll) designed to shame and villainize them while taking away their voice. One of the victims, known as Danie, is said to have committed suicide after being silenced by Erlick. Exposed messages show Erlick’s acknowledgment of toxic behaviors, abuse and an expressed desire to change, contradicting this sentiment by blocking Danie from sharing the experience of abuse by Erlick on the TSER group page. In spite of all of this predatory behavior towards brown and black youth that would get anyone else sharply branded a racist, Eli continues to be hailed as a heroic trans activist and legend amongst the LGBTQ+ youth community. He is still credited as the co-founder of Trans Student Educational Resources (at Transstudent.org) here and is a Ph.D candidate in Feminist Studies, a cruel joke considering many of Erlick’s victims were born female. It’s as if Erlick is immune to cancel culture. So what does TSER provide? What are they known for? What do they claim their mission is? According to the statement on their About page word for word: ”Trans Student Educational Resources is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender non-conforming students through advocacy and empowerment. In addition to our focus on creating a more trans-friendly education system, our mission is to educate the public and teach trans activists how to be effective organizers.” One could easily translate this as a mission to indoctrinate misguided gender-confused youth using propaganda in the education system, workshops and media to further influence and add to the LGBTQ+ ranks of today. Notice the phrase “transforming the educational environment.” One of the ways TSER has injected propaganda into the education system is with a graphic design known as the “Gender Unicorn.” Now adopted in the progressive community, this graphic has made its way into classrooms (particularly in The Franklin Public School System) in sex-ed programs for sixth graders and several parenting websites including YummyMummyClub.ca. The Gender Unicorn also appears in Oregon classrooms for children as young as five, which parents rightfully argue is causing confusion during a critical time when kids are still learning to tie their shoes and memorize the alphabet. This excess of nonsensical and overwhelming information influences the youth of all ages, bringing many inappropriate questions into a child's mind that is resulting in a rise of “trans identifying and gender nonconforming” children who cannot choose their bedtime but are suddenly interested in identity politics. The graphic falsely states that sex is assigned as opposed to observed at birth, and many children are being encouraged to change their identity for reasons as simple as the colors and toys they prefer. One of the latest and possibly most outrageous claims a grown adult has ever made according to a woman testifying to the Louisiana House of Reps against HB 463, is that a child must undergo a sex change because of their inclination towards vegetables. [source] Children listen to the adults around them, but as they reach teenage years they are more likely to listen to their peers and feel a sense of desperation to fit in and be accepted by those around them. That’s where TSER steps in. If you’d like to join the Trans Student organization, you can hop over to their volunteer page to see the many ways you can contribute to educating (indoctrinating), influencing (converting) and raking in funding to keep the cult alive. Unlike most organizations, TSER has an age cap rather than an age limit, so if you’re a student that meets their qualifications, it’s unclear whether or not TSER has an age minimum to join their movement. But volunteers get bonus points for being black or brown. TSER partners with a plethora of leftist organizations to spread their ideology, including but not limited to: Ben&Jerry’s Ice Cream Co. Peace First (which does have an age minimum of 13 mentioned) The Trans Justice Funding Project PrintRunner The Greater Sum Foundation Arcus The Laughing Gull Foundation The Fund For Trans Generations (funded in part by Arcus and The Laughing Gull Foundation) And other woke organizations that often fund each other in a professional circle jerk of enabling through finances. Since this isn’t an official job, TSER can get away with exploiting young impressionable people, including minors, from what they consider disadvantaged backgrounds in order to create trans activists who are “effective organizers” to influence and recruit youth. Once upon a time groups like these were interested in bringing on people of color in the name of equality, but according to the Trans Student’s History section, that’s not good enough anymore. It reads: “In 2014 we changed “equality” in our name to educational, recognizing that equality will not be enough to liberate our community. Often, equality reinforces systems of white supremacy, transphobia, and injustice. Instead, we support a transformative practice of building broad structural change.” In other words, Trans Student Educational Resources isn’t interested in equality. What they want is to mobilize young, vulnerable youth from POC backgrounds who may or may not have reached full brain development and send them out into the world to help impose an entirely new set of rules on society so that they, representing less than 2% of the population, can feel validated, successful and safe. And with the “Gender Unicorn” graphic influencing children of all ages to participate in a movement they can barely understand instead of focusing on key developmental skills, it’s no wonder there has been an unnatural explosion of so-called trans youth in recent years. They are eager to mimic and conform to those around them by choosing a new identity that makes them feel “special,” since being a POC alone is no longer good enough for the woke cult. This is, by definition, a social contagion. Afterall, if the argument that society is simply “more accepting” of trans or gender non-conforming people, why is it only the youth that are experiencing such a high increase of LGBTQ+ identities in the last decade? Why are the majority of them Caucasian, and why is TSER so eager to find young POC to use for free labor? It seems their mission is not complete until as many youth under 28 are properly converted and the rest of the world agrees to throw biology out the window to satiate the demands of a minority by implementing an ideology based on a mental illness. It should be noted that several of Eli Erlick’s accusers specifically state that Erlick targets “trans men of color,” (aka biological women) which happens to be the exact demographic TSER is most interested in recruiting to use for free labor. Erlick’s own community has tried to cancel him, but to no avail. Is Erlick choosing victims from TSER to abuse? Why is he not in prison? We have many questions that will likely never get answers, especially because Eli Erlick has blocked our entire organization on social media.

“Science must be redefined to include the supernatural if religion were to challenge evolution.” - Philip E Johnson (professor and co-founder of the Intelligent Design (ID) movement) “It is ID’s ‘project’ to change the ground rules of science to include the supernatural.” - Steven Fuller (sociologist and ID proponent) Let’s take a quick trip down history with the precedence of the quotes from above. On December 20, 2005, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III ruled that Intelligent Design (ID) is ‘not science’, and that requiring teachers to teach both intelligent design and scientific evolution in the classroom violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. At that time, the Dover Area School District required its science teachers to read students a statement in ninth-grade biology telling them that scientific evolution is a “theory” with “gaps … for which there is no evidence.” Students were encouraged to explore intelligent design as an alternative to scientific evolution and were required to read through the ID book called Of Pandas and People. [i] The entire ID movement failed (and continues to) to provide peer-reviewed studies and clinical findings of its purported ‘intelligent agent’, a self-aware entity responsible for the biological complexities that we find in nature. Lack of scientific method and rigor attributed to the failure of ID to be recognized as natural science. So, why are we trying to draw parallels between the current gender identity education crisis in schools to the Kitzmiller vs Dover case? This is because of the prescriptive nature of LGBTQ sex education and indoctrination that is occurring at schools as we speak. We have already touched on how certain educational materials constantly reinforce stereotypes based on the sexes instead of actual empirical observations. While these attempts to create a more inclusive environment for gender-diverse children might be perceived as a ‘noble’ thing by contemporary social-justice activists, what is being ignored is the decades of clinical studies on childhood cognitive development and the intricacies and nuances associated with these findings. Classic cognitive development theories including Piaget’s model and Erikson’s stages of development indicate children start developing materialistic reasoning of their identity and societal roles only after age 12. Developmental psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg first proposed the concept of ‘Gender Constancy’ in the 1960s, referring to the cognitive stages of gender development and constancy in children. The stages that he proposed were threefold, namely Stage 1: Gender labeling (by age 3) Stage 2: Gender stability (by age 5) Stage 3: Gender constancy (by age 7) By about age 6 or 7, Kohlberg asserted that children often come to terms with their biological sex and understand that their sex is permanent and that it cannot be changed. [v] While decades of such scientific literature and clinical findings reflect the nuances of developmental growth as children grow through their puberty, we have organizations like The Trevor Project and Mermaids promoting their ‘Protect Trans Kids’ campaign, and the ‘Kids as young as 3 have a stable sense of gender’ narrative, on the contrary. Gender theory, unlike biological sex and genetics, is not backed up by scientific-method and rigor. There is no solid evidence of a biological basis for the spectrum of gender identities. Looping back to Kitzmiller, we could see recurring patterns of similar pseudoscientific lobbying preceding the court ruling. Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) is a clear example of such repetitive patterns. This court case was regarding the legitimacy of creationism (a religious theory that life originated from supernatural acts of divine creation) taught in schools. This ruling preceded Kitzmiller in attempts to disparage scientific evolution learning in schools. In Kitzmiller, the Dover Area School District of York County, Pennsylvania was sued by eleven parents for mandating the biology curriculum to ‘include’ intelligent design as an alternative theory to scientific evolution. Children were required to read Of Pandas and People, a school-level supplementary textbook that covered the ‘concepts’ of intelligent design. While the published versions of Pandas speak only abstractly of 'intelligent design,' the book's authors did not even adopt the label 'intelligent design' until after the Supreme Court issued its 1987 decision in Edwards barring the teaching of creation science in public schools. [ii] The book was written in a way that any average reader would inevitably agree that any intelligent design they might perceive must be attributable to a so-called ‘Intelligent Designer’, thereby succumbing to the entire ID movement as a whole. If ID proponents were to admit in front of a judge that intelligent design is faith masquerading as science, they would run headlong into the constitutional prohibition against governmental advocacy for sectarian religious views. In doing so, they would consign intelligent design to the same fate that befell creation science after Edwards v. Aguillard. [ii] Why does this sound utterly familiar with the current scenario? In 2013, the UK-based trans charity organization Mermaids published a blog on their website promoting the ‘born in the wrong body’ agenda and subsequently releasing how-to manuals on ‘signs your child is trans’. Here are the receipts of those now-deleted posts from their website. Very recently, Mermaids posted an uncanny introspective article on what the members of their group think about the whole ‘born in the wrong body’ narrative (cringeworthy, to say the least). The repeatedly used keywords on their blogsite in 2023 (as we speak) include ‘gender-affirming care’, ‘protect trans youth’, and ‘gender euphoria’. [vi] Such manipulative strategies targeted toward children imply an invitation to meditate on a fallacious view not grounded in natural science. Children who might have experienced autism, anxiety, trauma-related issues, or even previously identified as homosexual, are easily misled to latch on to the gender spectrum. Like how ID proponents would "sanitize terminology, using euphemisms and code words" to camouflage their unscientific underpinnings, the current gender movement tried to establish a religion in disguise. This ideology is cleverly marketed in a way just enough to manipulate parents, children, and teachers alike. [ii] All pseudoscientific movements have historically manipulated language and implemented devious strategies to establish control. We have witnessed these examples for centuries, from flat-earth believers to homeopathy fanatics to eugenicists and young-earth creationists. Similarly, the current pro-trans movement furthers its sophistry by trying to blatantly market the lie that kids as young as three years old know and recognize their gender. Summarizing these analogies and patterns of historical recurrence, here’s a list of easily comparable catchlines from both of these pseudoscientific movements: Natural science never purports a know-it-all attitude like how the pseudoscientific lobby purposefully does on a consistent basis. Acknowledging the unknowns, and working towards finding evidence, is all that science should be about. While we are okay with the purported inclusive intentions of trans activism, we severely condemn any contempt towards natural science. Children do not deserve to be medical pawns in the prisons of radical ideology. Instead, years of clinical literature on child growth and development must be respected and acknowledged, leaving the responsibility to licensed healthcare practitioners and concerned parents. Not to radical ideologues and activists. References: i) https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/design-for-controversy-how-a-pa-mom-ended-intelligent-design-in-her-daughters-school/# ii) https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=falr iii) https://peacefulscience.org/articles/paumore-musings-on-killmitzer/ iv) https://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com/post/lgbtq-sex-education-indoctrinating-children-with-pseudoscience v) https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-gender-constancy-4688620 vi) https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/do-you-still-use-the-phrase-born-in-the-wrong-body/ vii) https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-trans-rights-radical-activism-1.6220106 viii) https://thecritic.co.uk/the-sexist-pseudoscience-of-gender-identity/