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I now share with you a few links on a topic of current heated controversy:

“No, Republicans Did Not Start the Culture War over Transgenderism: The movement to preserve sex-based rights is defensive in nature.”

“The New York Times fabricates a history of the transgenderist culture war”

“Damning Leak Reveals Matt Walsh Knew What A Woman Was This Whole Time”

“Male Athlete Barred from Competing in Australian Women’s Basketball League”

“Hasbro Introduces New ‘Transition Me Elmo’ Doll”

“‘Mature Enough’: Undercover Video Reveals Docs Routinely Approve Puberty Blockers for Kids as Young as Eight”

“Girl Too Young For Tattoo Offered Irreversible Gender Surgery”

“Transgenderism Is the New Blackface: If blackface is racist, then ‘womanface’ is sexist.”

“Scientists At Budweiser Attempt To Discover How Many Beers It Would Take For Dylan Mulvaney To Pass As A

And, well, what the heck: “Mormon Wishes He Drank Beer So He Could Boycott Bud Light”

You will notice, perhaps, that I’ve interspersed satirical articles here with serious articles. There was no deliberate design in this. I simply couldn’t reliably tell them apart.

As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit. - Russell M. Nelson

drumdude wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:41 pm

DCP is currently sick as a dog. He should take it as a sign of God’s displeasure with him.

malkie wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:51 pm

drumdude wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:41 pm

DCP is currently sick as a dog. He should take it as a sign of God’s displeasure with him.

Nonsense!

When nasty apostates get sick it's a sign of God’s displeasure.

When righteous apologists get sick a sign that God is testing their faithfulness.

Over the past year — and the distribution of the dates below will demonstrate that beyond any reasonable question — I’ve been sporadically and unsystematically bookmarking articles related to the subject of transgenderism. I’m cleaning out my files, and I thought that at least a few of you might be interested in one or more of these links. Some, of course, will come at me like torrents of molten lava. This is not a topic that brings out the best of sunny reason and kindness in everybody:

This is not a topic that brings out the best of sunny reason and kindness in everybody:

10 March 2022: “The Trans Movement Is Failing Where the Gay-Rights Movement Succeeded: By abandoning the libertarian ‘live and let live’ approach, transgender activists are alienating Americans.”

18 March 2022: “Lia Thomas Shows Us It’s Time to End the Charade”

19 March 2022: “The uniters of Loudoun County: Loudoun County resident Melaney Tagg brought together a team of diverse people with diverse opinions to tackle some of the area’s biggest problems”

Multiple Dates: “What Is A Woman? The answer to such a simple question used to be self-evident for all, but that is no longer so in the gender-obsessed times we are living in. This collection of articles will arm you with a compelling rebuttal to the radical gender ideology sweeping the nation.

15 August 2022: “The Transgender Movement Rediscovers Gender Roles: One doctor argues that children engaging in ‘opposite gender’ activities is proof of their identity. This flies in the face of what feminists have told us for decades.”

15 August 2022: “The U.K. Turns Its Back on Transgender Ideology”

16 August 2022: “‘Advocate Rather Than a Scientist’: The Compromised Research of Child Gender-Transition Doctor Jack Turban”

Undated: “Trans Study Claiming To Debunk ‘Social-Contagion’ Theory – Proves The Opposite”

14 October 2022: “Parents May Face Felony ‘Child Abuse’ Charges for Disagreeing With Kids’ Gender Identity; AG Vows to Fight Back”

12 December 2022: “Navy SEAL Chris Beck became famous for transitioning. He now says it “destroyed my life” and that Americans need to “wake up” and protect kids.”

27 December 2022: “Males Quietly Encroach on Niche Women’s Sports, Far from the NCAA, High-School Spotlight”

8 January 2023: “How Transgenderism Stretched the Rights Movement to Its Breaking Point: Its lack of intellectual or moral credibility makes the ideology a much tougher sell than the rights-based activism of the past.”

11 January 2023: “Celebrating Self-Destruction: A swimmer’s essay inadvertently helps exemplify how trans ideology thwarts women’s potential.”

11 January 2023: “Social Media Gave Me the Idea ‘I Could Be a Boy.’ Chloe Cole’s Journey Into and Out of Transgenderism.”

17 January 2023: “Teen Girl Blasts YMCA Trans Policy after Encountering Naked Man in Women’s Locker Room”

17 January 2023: “It’s a Social Contagion”

24 January 2023: “Video-Game Company Caves to Trans Activist’s Online Pressure Campaign, Fires Targeted Employee”

26 January 2023: “Masterpiece Cakeshop Baker Loses Appeal over Gender-Transition Cake”

27 January 2023: “Here Comes ‘Transableism’”

2 February 2023: “Trans and Teens: The Social-Contagion Factor Is Real: America must catch up to Europe in accepting the role of peer influence in adolescent gender dysphoria.”

14 February 2023: “Horrific Accounts from a Youth Transgender Clinic in Missouri”

15 February 2023: “Perspective: How societies can step back from the precipice: It takes brave people on both sides of the political aisle, but pushback in Missouri and Scotland over transgender care show it can be done”

“Church leaders counsel against elective medical or surgical intervention for the purpose of attempting to transition to the opposite gender of a person’s birth sex (“sex reassignment”). Leaders advise that taking these actions will be cause for Church membership restrictions.


Leaders also counsel against social transitioning. A social transition includes changing dress or grooming, or changing a name or pronouns, to present oneself as other than his or her birth sex. Leaders advise that those who socially transition will experience some Church membership restrictions for the duration of this transition.


Restrictions include receiving or exercising the priesthood, receiving or using a temple recommend, and receiving some Church callings. Although some privileges of Church membership are restricted, other Church participation is welcomed.


Transgender individuals who do not pursue medical, surgical, or social transition to the opposite gender and are worthy may receive Church callings, temple recommends, and temple ordinances.


Some children, youth, and adults are prescribed hormone therapy by a licensed medical professional to ease gender dysphoria or reduce suicidal thoughts. Before a person begins such therapy, it is important that he or she (and the parents of a minor) understands the potential risks and benefits. If these members are not attempting to transition to the opposite gender and are worthy, they may receive Church callings, temple recommends, and temple ordinances.


If a member decides to change his or her preferred name or pronouns of address, the name preference may be noted in the preferred name field on the membership record. The person may be addressed by the preferred name in the ward.


The Church does not take a position on the causes of people identifying themselves as transgender.” (General Handbook, 38.6.21).

19 March 2022: “The uniters of Loudoun County: Loudoun County resident Melaney Tagg brought together a team of diverse people with diverse opinions to tackle some of the area’s biggest problems.