Letter: Has childhood lost its innocence?
As Christmas and the New Year approach, let’s let our kids be kids and allow them their innocence. Childhood should be a carefree time.
Just 29% of Americans support allowing biological males on girls’ sports teams. A Democratic bill would require it
A poll shows that less than a third of Americans say biological males who identify as transgender should be allowed to compete on girls’ sports teams, but a Democratic bill would mandate the practice in public schools.
In Blue State Massachusetts, parents beat Planned Parenthood’s sex ed push
Planned Parenthood advocates argued that their curriculum qualified as age-appropriate, medically accurate and evidence-based. But when read aloud, as I did at the meeting, the content of the curriculum is found to be clearly neither age-appropriate nor medically accurate.
Teen regrets his ‘Frankenstein hack job’ 1 year after sex change
Less than a year after having gender surgery, Nathaniel now says, “This whole thing was a bad idea. I am 19 years old, and I feel as though I have ruined my life.”
LGBTQ town hall in Bennington will provide forum for concerns
The LGBTQIA Alliance is pretty much the “direct ear to the legislature,” said Lisa Carton, president of Queer Connect. “Mostly, they’re coming down to hear what our needs are, so they can best represent us to the statehouse, which is spectacular,” she said.
Klar answers critics who blast his opposition to transgender surgeries for young children
Where will the Democratic Party and VTDigger political columnist Jon Margolis be when those children’s lives are irrevocably altered and they suffer a life of remorse and trauma?
Transgender language police say periods not just for women anymore
Every company in America, and in the world, can change their language and symbols to make it appear that periods are gender-neutral. But that won’t erase the reality that they’re not.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigating mom who is ‘transitioning’ 7-year-old son
Jeff Younger said his son is happy being a boy and does not desire to be a girl. James Younger’s pediatrician mother, Anne Georgulas, as well as counselors and therapists who testified on her behalf, told the court that the 7-year-old is transgender.
Biological male wins women’s cycling world championship
Rachel McKinnon, representing Canada, won gold for the sprint event in the women’s 35-39 age category at the 2019 Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England.
CNN’s chaotic LGBTQ town hall implodes into accusations, apologies and interruptions
Protesters interrupted the town hall and a transgender woman hijacked a microphone and began yelling about transgender women deaths. Transgender children played a role, too, and a quip about pronouns prompted an apology from moderator Chris Cuomo.
Statehouse Headliners: Despite opposition, Vermont Medicaid funding for youth transgender surgery poised for approval
A proposed Vermont Medicaid regulation expanding coverage for gender-change surgery to also cover minors will receive final review at a legislative hearing Thursday.
John Klar: Transgender surgery is the lobotomy of the 21st century
History will reflect that this transgender experiment on Vermont’s children is as insane as the eugenics movement, which in Vermont led to the sterilization of people “for the public good.”