Texas Man Charged W/Threatening Boston Doctor Who Provides Trans Care

[Carolyn Marie]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/03/us/texas-man-threats-boston-doctor-transgender-care/index.html

 

Excellent police work!  Kudos to all involved.

 

Carolyn Marie

[VickySGV]

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According to a criminal complaint, false information began spreading on social media in August alleging that health care providers at the Boston Children’s Hospital were performing hysterectomies and gender affirmation surgeries on patients younger than 18. Hospital personnel have said that was not true and that hysterectomies and gender affirming surgeries were not performed on patients under 18, according to the complaint.

 

This is really the greatest issue we are having.  The malicious dissemination of provably false information.  The true meat of witch hunts.  I know some people at the Fenway Health clinic from having met them at conventions over the years, and that makes this close and personal.  Once again we have the Trans Children portrayed as people who are the unwilling victims of "the Trans Movement'.  The people cannot believe a child knows their true self at 3.5 to 4 years old, so it is a conspiracy to harm children that the trolls would never care one tiny bit for if not the Trans Issue.  Childhood cancer or broken bones or other diseases would not phase the haters to even respond to with any recognition.

[awkward-yet-sweet]

I personally don't believe a child knows their "true self" at 3 or 4 years old.  Usually, they can't even decide what they want for breakfast. 

 

That said, most responsible doctors won't consider elective surgical procedures on patients under 18.  IDK why people can't understand that reality.  You can't even get a tattoo or a piercing under 18 without paperwork, parental permission, etc...  Too many lawsuits.  While some sets of guidelines claim that surgical transition is OK under age 18, that is a far cry from it actually happening.  The most medical intervention that 99% of trans teens are going to receive is hormones. 

 

Apparently these folks haven't heard of the wait time involved in getting a non-emergency surgery of any type.  A knee or hip replacement?  You're waiting 3-4 months.  Transition surgeries take a back seat to procedures like that, so scheduling is even farther out.  No knee-jerk, a-la-carte "I think I'll have this one today" kind of stuff. 

[Ivy]

It is good to see the authorities actually pursuing these people.

7 hours ago, awkward-yet-sweet said:

That said, most responsible doctors won't consider elective surgical procedures on patients under 18.  IDK why people can't understand that reality.  You can't even get a tattoo or a piercing under 18 without paperwork, parental permission, etc..

I don't know what they think is actually happening.  "Transitioning" for elementary school age kids pretty much consists of using a preferred name, and appropriate clothing.

Even for adults, there are a lot of steps to go through before any surgeries.  And sometimes there are never surgeries.

[VickySGV]

10 hours ago, awkward-yet-sweet said:

I personally don't believe a child knows their "true self" at 3 or 4 years old. 

 

There was a Medical paper presented at the 2011 WPATH conference where the WPATH Standards Of Care V. 7 was ratified. (I was there) The paper by Walter Bockter MD relied on prior studies and his team's research regarding the age at which children discover their principal and gender identities both Cis and Trans.  A Cis child knows their identity by then as well.  A child will recognize their own face at two years old, and absolutely recognize faces of close  family members just a little after that.  The ages are younger than most people give them credit for.

 

At 74 years old I often have a helluva time making up my mind on what I want for breakfast and family arguments from raising 3 (now almost 50 year old) children puts the breakfast thing into another category.  😁