‘Gender Affirming’ What Does That Mean for A Child?

It’s not altogether clear what this will mean. There is no evidence that Transgender or Gender-Nonconforming Persons are failing to get Prenatal Care or delivery of babies, treatment for Heart Attacks, Gall Bladder Surgery, Trauma Care, or other types of care that all types of patients might need — though it is possible that some Caregivers might use the “wrong” pronouns. The issue seems to be “Gender-Affirming” Care.

Physicians might be pressured to provide care they think is morally objectionable or harmful to a patient. This was the reason why the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) objected to the rule in the first place.

But exactly what kind of care? Language is the tool we use for thinking and the meaning of words is critically important. “Affirming” sounds like a good thing, a positive thing. It’s replacing the term “sex change.”

Unarguably, it is impossible to change the Biological Sex, to switch out the Y or the Second X Chromosome present in every cell of a person’s body. Also, advocates claim that people “know” themselves “really” to be of a Gender different from the one “assigned at birth,” so the Gender is essentially not being changed.

Puberty confirms and exhibits Biologic Sex, but in Newspeak this is not called “affirming.” After going through natural Puberty, the vast majority of Gender-Confused Children accept the Biological Reality that their bodies constantly manifest. So, many Transgender Activists insist that “affirming” therapy must be started before Puberty, using a Puberty Blocker such as Lupron™ (Leuprolide). It works by stopping production of the Pituitary Hormones that tell the Testicles to make Testosterone or the Ovaries to make Estrogen. Its main approved use is in Cancer Chemotherapy. It is also used in Infertility treatments and to delay precocious Puberty. Using it to suppress normal Puberty is an unapproved, “off-label” use.

Lupron has numerous severe adverse effects. It stops the maturation of Sex Cells and may result in Sterility. It stunts growth and reduces Bone Density, among other consequences. It is not a harmless on-off switch that can delay a child’s development to give the child time to “explore” Gender Identity. While it may prevent or diminish irreversible changes such as a deepening voice, it causes its own, probably irreversible changes in many bodily systems.

The next step is Cross-Sex Hormones to “affirm” (cause), the development of some secondary Sex Characteristics of the Nonbiologic Gender, such as Facial Hair, Voice Changes and Breast Development. But Sex Hormones are not magic potions; many characteristics of the Biological Sex will persist despite years of therapy.

The next and clearly irreversible step is Surgery.

Surgery does not affirm body parts. Surgery merely removes functional organs and replaces them with non-functional imperfect replicas. For example, a skin-covered wound that requires constant dilatation to remain open will never have the functionality of Female Genitalia.

Transgender Extremists may try to steer a child into this course, even without the knowledge or consent of a Parent.

Female-to-Male Transgender people might enjoy showing off their “top surgery”—if they had extremely expensive Cosmetic Surgery. If they haven’t, they will not look like the models shown on the internet, but will simply have a flat, deeply scarred, female-sized chest.

How many surgeons explain the possible Urinary problems? Some patients will have to spend 10 minutes emptying their Bladder and will constantly drip Urine. “Bottom Surgery” is complex, painful and fraught with complications, while its results are typically far from the wishful expectations.

Are these interventions “affirming” – or denying?

Biological Women are denied their prospects for Femininity. They can lose their smooth skin, their Breasts, their beautiful Soprano singing Voice and their ability to bear children. They are likely to permanently lose their attractiveness to men who desire a lifelong Female partner, wife and mother.

Biological Men are denied their full height and strength, their Potency, Fertility and attractiveness to Women who desire a lifelong Male partner, protector and father to their children. Post “Transition” they will probably still have a distinctly Male Bone Structure and other typically coarser Male features.

“Affirmative Treatment” negates the ability to experience intimacy in relationships in the way that normal Women or normal Men do. All patients will need lifelong Medical Care—continuous Hormones and management of adverse effects.

But will the “Affirmed” people be happy with their identity and less likely to commit Suicide? We have very little long-term follow-up and for now well-funded Woke Activists are in control of Research, Treatment and are in a position to punish or cancel all Non-Affirming opinions.

“Affirming” a delusion and denying reality can only lead to harm.

This article has been published Online by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons at: https://aapsonline.org/what-does-gender-affirming-mean-for-your-child/

Gender-Affirming Care, Defined

According To The Department of Health & Human Services Office of Population Affairs Gender-Affirming Care is a supportive form of Healthcare. It consists of an array of services that may include: Medical, Surgical, Mental Health and Non-Medical Services for Transgender and Non-Binary people. For Transgender and Non-Binary Children and Adolescents, Early Gender-Affirming Care is crucial to overall health and well-being as it allows the child or adolescent to focus on social transitions and can increase their confidence while navigating the Healthcare System.

About
Jane M. Orient, M.D. obtained her Undergraduate Degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Arizona in Tucson, her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, in 1974. She completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals, then became an Instructor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and a Staff Physician at the Tucson Veteran's Administration Hospital. She has been in solo private practice since 1981 and has served as Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, (AAPS) since 1989. She is currently President of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. She is the author of YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy Skepticism about National Healthcare and the second through fifth editions of Sapira's Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis Published by Wolters Kluwer. She is the editor of AAPS News, The Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter, Civil Defense Perspectives and is the Managing Editor of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.