Former transgender people, parents and activists braved frigid temperatures to rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning to demand an end to the “genocide” and “trauma” of child sex reassignment surgeries and treatments. .
The rally took place during oral arguments in court. USA vs. Scumettia high-stakes case challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and transgender surgery for minors.
One of the speakers at the rally, Matt Walsh, Daily Wire podcast host and creator of the documentary “What Is a Woman,” told Fox News Digital that the case was about “fundamental truths.” That's what he said.
“The transgender agenda represents a unique and distinct threat to our children. We must stand up and protect our children. That's what this issue is all about,” he said. “If the Supreme Court gets this case right, it could ultimately mean the end of the gender ideology industry. That’s what we want, and if it’s at stake. That's what I'm doing.”
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Matt Walsh, podcaster and creator of the documentary “What Is a Woman,” speaks to Fox News Digital outside the U.S. Supreme Court during oral argument in a transgender treatment case. USA vs. Scumetti Heared on December 4, 2024. (Fox News Digital)
The rally was sponsored by a variety of groups, including medical watchdog group Do No Harm, the Heritage Foundation, Catholic Vote, and the LGB Alliance.
Brooklyn resident Glenna Goldis, a member of the LGB Alliance, told Fox News Digital that many lesbian, gay and bisexual people consider gender reassignment therapy to be a form of conversion therapy.
“Many gay people feel strongly about this issue,” she says. “But we can't make our voices heard, because even though the LGBTQ lobby has a lot of money, they drown us out, and are they the voice of gay people? It pretends to be, but it's actually not.”
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Activists held a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., during oral arguments in a transgender treatment case. USA vs. Scumetti December 4, 2024. (Fox News Digital)
There is also a significant presence of former transgender people, or “transsexuals,” many of whom do not want their children to experience the negative health effects they have endured through gender reassignment treatment. said.
One of the detransitioners, a woman named Laura Becker, told Fox News Digital that she stopped treatment after realizing that it was causing her incredible harm and trauma.
“My advocacy is to heal trauma rather than permanently medically mutilate the bodies of children and vulnerable young people like myself,” she said. “When I was 19, I took testosterone, and when I was 20, I had my breasts cut off, even though I was suicidal. I ended up being diagnosed with PTSD two years later from that transition.”
“I was already traumatized and it sent me into an identity crisis. [and] “Then I had the added trauma of medicalization, which is a lasting effect that I will carry with me for the rest of my life,” Becker added.
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Claire A., a transsexual from Maryland, told Fox News Digital that the vast majority of people who undergo sex reassignment surgery or treatment have suffered severe traumatic experiences, which are only made worse by the transition. he said. (Fox News Digital)
Another detransitioner, Claire A. from Maryland, told Fox News Digital that the vast majority of people who undergo gender reassignment surgery or treatment have suffered from severe traumatic experiences, which are only made worse by gender reassignment. That's what he said.
“I began going to therapy for the trauma I experienced in my childhood that contributed to my transgender identity, and through healing from that trauma, I was able to free myself from the pain that made me feel like I needed to change my body. ” she said.
Despite completing treatment, Claire said she continues to suffer from pain every day.
“I've been off testosterone for three years and still experience pelvic floor dysfunction,” she said. “My voice hurts, I can't speak loudly, it hurts to speak, it hurts, my joints hurt, it's not a fun life to live.I don't want other children to be forced to live a life like this.''
California father Adam Vena said he lost custody of his son “because I wasn't a gender-affirming parent.” (Fox News Digital)
Several parents of transgender children were also denied custody or access to their children because they refused to acknowledge their transgender status.
“I haven't held my son in four years. He's 6 years old now,” Adam Vena, a father from California, told FOX News Digital.
Vena said her son Aidan started turning into a girl at the age of two, at the urging of his mother. Two years later, Vena said she lost custody of her son “because I wasn't a gender-affirming parent.”
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“When I requested to attend a gender evaluation, a California court ordered my son to attend a gender clinic at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, but as a father I was denied the ability to ask questions myself,” he said. explained. “Call calls were also denied. So, as a father, I was completely cut out of my son's life.”
Another California father, Harrison Tinsley, who recently regained custody of his son, told Fox News Digital: “This is as bad as lobotomies, slavery, transgender child mutilations, the greatest evils of our time. I think it's one,” he said.
“It's time to stop this,” Tinsley said. “I'm hopeful that the Supreme Court will make the right decision, and that Trump and Congress can federally ban this, stop child mutilation, and stop this irreparable harm.”
