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“I join thousands of parents globally in advocating for our daughters to accept their natural bodies and for the cessation of the harmful notion that only a “new one” will bring happiness.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“I am against the rush to medicalize our children and young people to present as the opposite sex when they are confused or when other conditions such as autism are misattributed as trans.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“I hope to see those who participate in the gender affirming care model switch to engaging in the examination of deeper issues and the exploration of other treatment options beyond immediate transition when gender confusion presents itself. Young people may need support with counseling to understand and heal from the root cause of their feelings and experiences of dysphoria.”

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Author:Lisa Shultz

“When I look at the US now, I am devastated and angry that we live in a country that supports the narrative that it is okay to medicalize young girls and women by prescribing testosterone and performing mastectomies as a first response to the girls’ gender confusion, stress, or mental health concerns.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“Something is terribly wrong when natural and holistic measures to relieve emotional struggles are left untouched in favor of lifelong, irreversible medical interventions that are experimental, expensive, and come with a host of additional adverse effects.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“Only allowing affirmation indicates that a child’s feelings are facts, and we believe that feelings, which are often transient, are not facts. One may hold respect and empathy for those suffering from gender confusion and still say no to a destructive ideology that advocates the medicalization of kids.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“This mastectomy craze of removing healthy breasts that is happening to our young girls and women today will probably be the era that we look back on in the future and ask ourselves how and why we ever allowed and glorified self-harm.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“On an individual basis, unless one has worked to address their feelings and issues through years of therapy and other gentle, natural options, and unless one has examined the personality, past, and underlying issues, as well as the relationship with social media, then healthy body parts should not be cut off. We are harming our children and pretending we are helping them when we do not allow them time to mature.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

“We need to engage with the family for deeper insight into the dysfunctions and dynamics that led to a decision to make permanent body changes with surgery. Taking the easy route of writing a prescription for testosterone after one or two short visits, instead of careful evaluation and exploration, is woefully inadequate.”

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Book:The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology

Source: The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology