Child Abuse

"In a letter published Wednesday, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Jaime Masters asserted that 'genital mutilation of a child through reassignment surgery is child abuse, subject to all rules and procedures pertaining to child abuse.'" - C.Post

Related: Texas’ Sex Change Surgery Decision Is a Small Win for Nine-Year-Old James Younger

"A Texas judge has granted full custody of eight-year-old James Younger to his mother, who has fought publicly to transition her son into a girl against the father’s wishes." - N.Review

"It’s hard to speak into a friend’s life when you’re uncertain about a situation. To complicate matters, domestic abuse often means there’s danger. The situations are challenging. Walking with these tender souls takes patience and gentle persistence." - TGC

"There is little evidence to show that prescribing puberty-suppressing drugs to children and adolescents suffering from gender dysphoria is beneficial in any way, according to a review by the NHS' National Institute for Health and Care Excellence." - C.Post

"Why did he do it? He said he would have signed the bill if it prohibited only transgender surgery on minors, but it went too far to interfere with the relationship between physicians and parents. He also did not like that it would not have made exceptions for children already receiving hormone treatments." - WORLD

"Proponents of putting gender-confused children on puberty-blocking drugs have long said there’s no harm in pressing pause on their physical development while they take time to consider their identity. ...But a long-term study by the United Kingdom’s leading facility for treating gender-dysphoric children found otherwise." - WORLD

"A U.K. high court on Tuesday ruled against the Tavistock clinic, the NHS' sole gender clinic, in favor of a detransitioner who said she was harmed by puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones prescribed to her when she was a teenager." - CPost

"A billboard at a prominent Los Angeles intersection states, 'Your child is learning about gender identity in school. Puberty is not a medical condition.' It encourages parents to read Abigail Shrier’s recent book, Irreversible Damage: How the Transgender Craze is Seducing Our Daughters." - WORLD