LIFE & TRENDS COMMENTARY The Trans Moment
So-called “gender-afirming” surgeries have become a cultural phenomenon, accepted by the media as a new normal. ::
P BY LISA SCHIFFREN
ride month, which is usu- ally a massive marketing campaign in June for gay life in America, became a
propaganda festival for transgender culture, especially as it relates to chil- dren, who are the target of the ongo- ing national campaign. This close attention to a cultural phenomenon — to which many peo- ple are deeply opposed — served as a rallying point for the start of effective opposition, as we saw with the push- back against Bud Light, Target, and others.
Notwithstanding these victories,
the trans cult is still pretty strong. After all, we’ve moved rapidly
from accepting adult men like Bruce/ Caitlyn Jenner who manifest auto- gynephilia to a situation in which schoolteachers and pediatricians tell children that their ambient unhap- piness is the result of being born in a body of the wrong sex. Support for the practice of tran- sitioning young children and teens
has captured American culture in schools, among teenagers, among a class of parents, doctors, psycholo- gists, and, especially, public school teachers across the country. “Gender-affirming care” (GAC),
in which breasts are removed, chil- dren are castrated, and attempts are made to provide opposite sex genita- lia, which don’t work sexually, and which leave the patient infertile for life, is on the rise. A new study by the Journal of
the American Medical Association (JAMA) says that between 2016 and 2020: 48,019 patients underwent gen- der-affirming surgery (GAS). Of them, 25,099 were 19-30 years old. Fifty-six percent had breast or chest surgeries. Thirty-five percent had genital reconstruction. And 13.9% had facial or cosmetic procedures. The number of GAS rose from 4,552 in 2016 to 13,011 in 2019 and declined to 12,818 in 2020.
Why Do So Many Gen Zers Want to Transition?
For the record, it’s mostly girls. T
he question that doesn’t get asked enough is, why are so many Gen Zers, teens, and 20-somethings so unhappy about
their natal sex? Most often it’s girls who want to transition. For a generation with early, ubiquitous exposure to online
pornography, it is not shocking that many young girls find the prospect of womanhood — with equal and tough career responsibilities, late or no marriage and children, and the apparent obligation to be sexually available for some long number of years of dating, off-putting.
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3,678 of these surgeries were per- formed on people ages 12-18. As Wesley Smith of the Discovery
Institute wrote in National Review in August, noting these statistics are several years old: “If anything, the transgender hysteria is far more intense in 2023, meaning that poten- tially more minors are being put under the knife.” Smith notes that many of these sur-
geries render the patient infertile and incapable of ever having an orgasm.
Gender confusion, or the clear desire to be a man and avoid
all this, makes a certain amount of sense. Perhaps we should be rethinking our larger social arrangements. Significant, long-term mental health treatment should be the
standard of care for young people. It’s time to get past the emotional blackmail of LGBTQ+
advocates who use the “transition or suicide” narrative to hasten decisions. There is plenty of time for trans surgery after the age of 18, if needed. And that would have the added benefit of sorting out those
unhappy teenagers who are autistic, as many who transition are; or gay; or depressed and anxious. Being gay is not a sign that you should be the opposite sex. But early on it might make you vulnerable to thinking so. Time and therapy should lead to better outcomes. — L.S.
ALEXANDER SHELEGOV©ISTOCK
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