Elliot Page — formerly known as Ellen Page, the actress who came out as a man as an adult — rallied Outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, justices listened to oral arguments in a case involving Tennessee. law Ban sex change drugs and surgery for minors who believe they are transgender.
of X-Men and Juno The star, who publicly announced her “transgender” identity the previous year and had her healthy breasts removed in 2021, wants minors to have access to the same sex-cutting drugs and surgeries she obtained. He called for such methods to be “safe.” And it's effective. ”
“No matter how much I publicly say that gender-affirming medicine has changed my life for the better, too many people ignore my words and instead attach their self-love to my self-love.” What is it about our joy that makes people so uncomfortable? I mean, they're arguing about the legitimacy of the medical care that allows us to grow.” She made the claim in front of a large crowd of supporters.“But is this really about medicine? No. I mean, the evidence shows that this medicine is safe and effective.”
She went on to say that “the joy of being transgender… needs to be more widely known,” but that she also “wants it to be recognized.” [her] Trance sadness. ”
“Griefing for the years of loss. Thinking about how hard I had to negotiate my way out of being transgender,” she said. “I was a transgender child, and now that I'm an adult, my heart hurts for that little boy and all the transgender youth who are suffering.”
She concluded her short speech with: “I love being transgender, I love being alive, I want everyone to have access to the care that changed my life. So let's fight for it. ”
The page was widely recalled time In a 2021 interview, he said that by the age of nine, he knew he “wanted to be a boy.” She also revealed this in an interview published last year. Los Angeles Times She said she scheduled a double mastectomy “within a few weeks” of hearing voices in her head and engaging in brutal self-harm, including punching herself in the face.
Mr. Page has long advocated gender reassignment for deranged minors and has opposed various state laws enacted to protect minors from the irreversible consequences of these drugs and surgeries. Ta. She went so far as to advocate for such a law Ultimately, they will be held responsible for the child's death.
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In the United States, top-down pressure to have minors undergo sex-cutting drugs and surgeries under the misleading moniker of “gender reassignment care” promulgated by President Joe Biden is evident. white house, academic worldbig hospital,major medical institution.
Fundamentally, with these actors, diffusion The influence of gender ideology on social media ultimately promotes the false idea that people can be a different gender than they were born with. Furthermore, the gender ideology complex claims that these people need to take sex-change drugs and undergo sex-reassignment surgery to match their outward appearance with their inner feelings.
Sex reassignment drugs and surgery can have the following side effects: strictincluding irreversible amputations and infertility. These so-called treatments include double mastectomy (removal of a healthy breast), removal and removal of female and male genitalia, feminization and masculinization of the face, hormonal treatments, and chemical treatments that can cause infertility. These include puberty blockers. Puberty blockers can have long-term effects on bone growth, bone density, and growth spurts. According to Go to Mayo Clinic.
Transgender activists frequently claim that these sex-cutting drugs and treatments for deranged minors reduce suicide and improve mental health. dubious claims which one looks less and less true As more research and data become available Come to light.
In other studies, shown The vast majority of children who are confused about their gender outgrow that feeling by the time they reach adulthood. European countries, which promoted sex-change drugs and surgeries for minors before the U.S., have drawn particular attention. Reversal course citing concerns about long-term effects.
While the push towards transgenderism is highly ideological, a report released in December 2020 found that the U.S. gender reassignment surgery market size was valued at $267 million in 2019 and will grow in 2020. It is expected to expand at an average annual growth rate of 14.4% from 2020 to 2027.
The Biden administration ultimately asked the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling by the Ohio-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld a Tennessee law protecting minors from sexually mutilating drugs and surgeries.
“This is a relatively new diagnosis and approaches to care have been constantly changing over the last 10 to 20 years. “It is difficult for anyone to predict with certainty the impact of a lawsuit,'' Chief Justice Jeffrey Sutton, joining Justice Amr Thapar, wrote for the Sixth Circuit.
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Since nearly half of the United States has passed laws prohibiting minors from obtaining transgender drugs or undergoing surgery, the resulting Supreme Court ruling will not only affect parental rights. It is likely to have far-reaching implications for the future of so-called 'gender-affirming care'. .
