'Unacceptable safety risk': Puberty blockers permanently banned in UK



The United Kingdom announced this week that it is pulling the pin on an experiment that may have had adverse effects on children's bone density, cognitive performance, emotional stability, and future fertility.

National Health Service England announced in March that minors would no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at so-called gender-identity clinics, stating, "We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of [puberty-suppressing hormones] to make the treatment routinely available at this time."

Months later, then-British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Victoria Atkin used emergency powers "to ban puberty blockers for new treatments of gender dysphoria from private clinics and for all purposes from overseas prescribers into Great Britain." The ban on private sales goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

On Wednesday, the British Department of Health and Social Care announced that existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty blockers "will be made indefinite, following official advice from medical experts," in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

"The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has provided independent expert advice that there is currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children. It recommends indefinite restrictions while work is done to ensure the safety of children and young people," the department said in a release.

'Puberty blockers are powerful drugs with unproven benefits and significant risks.'

Blaze News previously reported that the drugs in question, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists, also known as GnRHa, have long been used to chemically castrate sex offenders.

According to the medical advocacy group Do No Harm's Stop the Harm database, between 2019 and 2023, at least 13,994 American minors underwent sex-change treatments and over 8,500 received hormones and puberty blockers. The Free Press noted in August that the leading provider of sex-change hormones for young adults in the United States is Planned Parenthood.

Puberty blockers, rebranded for kids with gender confusion, have been characterized as safe and effective by LGBT activists and pharmaceutical reps. This narrative did not, however, survive the release of the Cass Review earlier this year, at least on the other side of the Atlantic.

Dr. Hilary Cass, an acclaimed British medical doctor who previously served as president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, was commissioned by NHS England to investigate the U.K. sex-change regime and its youth-facing services. The penetrating investigation revealed that where so-called gender science is concerned, "there is not a reliable evidence base upon which to make clinical decisions, or for children and their families to make informed choices."

Extra to pointing out that so-called gender-science is largely based on research of "poor quality," demonstrating "poor study design, inadequate follow-up periods and a lack of objectivity in reporting of results," the Cass Review demolished the case for using puberty blockers, stressing the uses "are unproven and benefits/harms are unknown."

The review found not only that puberty blockers compromise bone density but have no apparent impact on so-called gender dysphoria.

Dr. Cass said of the indefinite ban, "I support the government's decision to continue restrictions on the dispensing of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria outside the NHS where these essential safeguards are not being provided."

"Puberty blockers are powerful drugs with unproven benefits and significant risks, and that is why I recommended that they should only be prescribed following a multi-disciplinary assessment and within a research protocol," added Dr. Cass.

'Children's healthcare must always be evidence-led.'

James Palmer, the NHS medical director for specialized services, stated, "Evidence reviews by NICE and NHS England, supported by Dr Cass, clearly showed there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty suppressing hormones for the treatment of gender dysphoria or incongruence, which is why the NHS decided that they would no longer be routinely offered to children and young people."

Rather than loading confused kids up with transmogrifying drugs and removing body parts, the British health system is now focused on offering holistic support and working with patients on mental health.

Wes Streeting, the current health and social care secretary, stated, "Children's healthcare must always be evidence-led. The independent expert Commission on Human Medicines found that the current prescribing and care pathway for gender dysphoria and incongruence presents an unacceptable safety risk for children and young people."

"Dr. Cass' review also raised safety concerns around the lack of evidence for these medical treatments," continued Streeting. "We need to act with caution and care when it comes to this vulnerable group of young people, and follow the expert advice."

While Britain has grown wise to the potential risks of puberty blockers, the money and ideology-driven regime stateside has not similarly been dealt a national blow.

Dr. Cass blasted certain American medical associations in a May New York Times interview, suggesting that the American Academy of Pediatrics, for instance — which has repeatedly lashed out against Republican-led states for protecting children from child sex-change mutilations — has held "on to a position that is now demonstrated to be out of date by multiple systematic reviews."

Cass suggested it "wouldn't be too much of a problem if people were saying, 'This is clinical consensus and we're not sure.' But what some organizations are doing is doubling down on saying the evidence is good. I think that's where you're misleading the public."

Of the 28 states where Republicans control the legislature, 24 red states have successfully passed bans to protect children from puberty blockers, hormone therapies, or sex-change mutilations, reported the New York Times. Robert Hinkle, a Clinton-nominated federal judge, suggested that such Republicans had actually acted on "old-fashioned discriminatory animus."

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week about a puberty blocker ban in Tennessee. Should the high court uphold the ban when issuing its decision in United States v. Skrmetti sometime next year, similar bans will be reinforced across the country.

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Nancy Mace allegedly attacked on Capitol Hill by crazed LGBT activist



Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution last month to make biological reality — not delusion — the determining factor for which single-sex facilities House members or employees can use. That would mean, of course, that Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D) would have to use the men's restroom in the new year. House Speaker Mike Johnson put the ban in place on Nov. 20.

For stating that "biological men do not belong in private women's spaces," Mace, the first woman to graduate from the Citadel's Corps of Cadets and a rape survivor, has faced incredible abuse from her Democratic peers and was even threatened by a cross-dressing activist who stated in a video, "I do hope that one day I do find you in that woman's bathroom, and I grab your ratty-looking f***ing hair and drag your face down to the floor while I repeatedly bash it in until the blood's everywhere and you're dead."

'All the violence and threats keep proving our point.'

True to form, an LGBT activist reportedly attacked Mace on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Mace stated on X, "I was physically accosted at the Capitol tonight by a pro-tr*ns man. One new brace for my wrist and some ice for my arm and it'll heal just fine."

"Your tr*ns violence and threats on my life will only make me double down," wrote Mace. "FAFO. #HoldTheLine."

The congresswoman noted in another post, "All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe."

'I'm going to double down on this.'

U.S. Capitol Police officers from the House Division and agents with the Threat Assessment Section tracked down and arrested Mace's alleged attacker, 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois, reported WTTG-TV.

The USCP indicated in a statement that McIntyre, now facing a charge for assaulting a government official, passed through a standard security screening before entering the Rayburn House Office Building.

Citing a source with knowledge of the incident, journalist Andy Ngo reported that McIntyre allegedly grabbed Mace's hand "aggressively, tightened his grip and shook her around by the arm."

After introducing her resolution last month, Mace told Fox News, "They're threatening to kill me now because I as a woman am standing up to protect other women from men being in our private spaces."

"I will not be bullied into silence. I will not back down, and in fact, I'm going to double down on this. I'm going to file even more legislation to protect women beyond the Capitol, across every state in the nation," continued Mace. "I have PTSD from the trauma that I have endured at the hands of a man. ... I'm absolutely going to stand in the way solidly of any guy that wants to come into our spaces."

The congresswoman indicated Wednesday morning that President-elect Donald Trump had called to check on her.

"I'm going to be fine just as soon as the pain and soreness subside," Mace noted on X. "January 20th can't come soon enough."

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Bearded lady set to fight child sex-change ban before SCOTUS tells CNN toddlers can be trans



To the chagrin of LGBT extremists, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) ratified Republican legislation in March 2023 protecting children in the state from sex-change mutilations and puberty blockers. Three teen transvestites and their parents, later joined by the Biden Department of Justice, sued the state, seeking to put sterilizing puberty blockers and deformative hormone therapy back on the kids' menu.

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments for and against the Republican mutilation ban Wednesday. The court's decision could ultimately reinforce or spike similar bans in dozens of other states.

Ahead of the hearing before the high court, a bearded woman with the American Civil Liberties Union — the radical outfit representing the plaintiffs — explained to CNN Tuesday why she felt the law should fall, claiming at one point that toddlers can know they are transvestites.

Chase Strangio, the transvestic ACLU attorney formerly known as Kate who is set to argue against the Tennessee law before the Supreme Court, told talking head Jake Tapper that this case "is a critical inflection point for transgender people across the country. We're coming off of an election season where transgender people played an outsized role in people's consciousness in terms of the way in which we were situated as — as a threat to others."

The election helped highlight a trend: Americans are increasingly rejecting gender ideology and radical LGBT policies.

The New York Times noted that an analysis conducted by Future Forward, failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris' top super PAC, found that the campaign ad with the tagline, "Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you," shifted the race nearly three percentage points in President-elect Donald Trump's favor. Ahead of announcing that he was stepping down, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa effectively admitted on the basis of fellow travelers' electoral failures that the "a big bulk of our population does not support" extreme "transgender" policies.

While some Democrats may be shocked, the turning tide is no secret. A Washington Post-KFF poll found last year that 57% of Americans say gender is biologically determined; 68% oppose the use of puberty blockers by children; 58% oppose hormonal treatments for teens; and 62% say male transvestites should not be able to compete in girls' sports.

"When we look at the map of states that ban this type of evidence-based health care, we went from zero states that had these bans in 2020 to now more than half the country," continued Strangio.

The ACLU attorney indicated that she will argue before the high court that the Tennessee law, Senate Bill 1, is a form of sex discrimination.

When Tapper raised the question of whether there is sufficient data to prove that sex-change treatments for kids is beneficial, Strangio replied, "We have decades of both clinical experience and research data showing that this is medical treatment that provides critical benefits to adolescents who need it."

Strangio apparently missed the memo about the Cass Review, which revealed earlier this year that where so-called gender science is concerned, "There is not a reliable evidence base upon which to make clinical decisions, or for children and their families to make informed choices."

The massive multiyear investigation commissioned by NHS England found that most of the "research" underpinning so-called gender science is of "poor quality," demonstrating "poor study design, inadequate follow-up periods, and a lack of objectivity in reporting of results."

In the case of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones foisted on children, the review made clear that the uses "are unproven and benefits/harms are unknown."

"In addition to this making it difficult for clinicians to know whether these are appropriate treatments to offer, it is also challenging to provide children, young people, and families with sufficient information on which to make an informed choice," said the review. "The duty of information disclosure is complicated by many 'unknown unknowns' about the long-term impacts of puberty blocker and/or masculinizing/feminizing hormone during a dynamic developmental period when gender identity may not be settled."

Strangio suggested to Tapper that toddlers' confusion is actionable and that in some cases, the "best" remedy is life-altering drugs.

"These are doctors who are wanting to treat their patients in the best way that they know how, based on the best available evidence to us," said Strangio. "And these are young people who may have known since they were two years old exactly who they are, who suffered for 6 or 7 years before they had any relief. And what's happening here? It's not the kids who are consenting to this treatment; it's the parents who are consenting to the treatment."

Journalist Mia Hughes highlighted in her 242-page report, published in March by Michael Shellenberger's think tank, Environmental Progress, that Dianne Berg, a member of World Professional Association for Transgender Health and co-author of the child chapter of the organization's Standards of Care 8, indicated that while adolescents are not mature enough to understand "the extent to which some of these medical interventions are impacting them," some parents also lack the requisite health literacy to understand the treatments.

"What really disturbs me is when the parents can't tell me what they need to know about a medical intervention that apparently they signed off for," said Berg.

"As a parent, I would say we — when our children are suffering, we are suffering," said Strangio. "And these are parents who love their children, who are listening to the advice of their doctors, of the mainstream medical community, and doing what's right for them, for their kids in the state. ... Tennessee has displaced their judgment."

Those keen to prevent or remedy suffering might take into account the Cass Review's indications that:

  • the "systematic review showed no clear evidence that social transition in childhood has any positive or negative mental health outcomes, and relatively weak evidence for any effect in adolescence";
  • puberty blockers compromise bone density and have no apparent impact on "gender dysphoria or body satisfaction";
  • there is "insufficient and/or inconsistent evidence about the effects of puberty suppression on gender dysphoria, mental and psychosocial health, cognitive development, cardio-metabolic risk, and fertility";
  • there is "a lack of high-quality research assessing the outcomes of hormones for masculinisation or feminisation in adolescents with gender dysphoria or incongruence and few studies that undertake long-term follow-up"; and
  • so-called gender-affirming care is "an area of remarkably weak evidence."

Other studies have similarly demonstrated the fallout of the drugs Strangio wants kids to access. For instance, a 2022 study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy confirmed that puberty blockers adversely impact bone density and noted that there "is increasing evidence for negative effects on cognitive and emotional development and on sexual functioning."

Tennessee noted in February that the state "acted rationally, reasonably, and compassionately to protect its children, and the Act survives any level of review. Nothing in the Constitution deputizes Petitioners to override the legislature's judgment and demand a policy they believe to be more favorable. Concluding otherwise would violate 'the most deeply rooted tradition in this country ... that we look to democracy to answer pioneering public-policy questions.'"

The Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Skrmetti is not expected for several months.

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Report claims Trump allegedly planning to boot transvestites out of military on day 1



Citing "defense sources," the Times (U.K.) claimed in a report Monday that President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order booting transvestites out of the military on day one. A spokeswoman for the Trump-Vance transition team told Blaze News that the unnamed sources in the report whose claims have now been repeated by activists and other publications don't know what they're talking about.

The Times' sources alleged that Trump is not only planning to oust those transvestic service members presently enlisted with medical discharges, stating they are unfit to serve, but is planning on altogether banning transvestites from joining the military.

"These people will be forced out at a time when the military can't recruit enough people," said an unnamed source supposedly familiar with Trump's plans. "Only the Marine Corps is hitting its numbers for recruitment, and some people who will be affected are in very senior positions."

'These unnamed sources are speculating.'

According to the Times, several sources said that Trump's order will be "wider-ranging" than actions taken in his first term and that even troops in the military for decades could be removed from their posts.

Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Blaze News, "These unnamed sources are speculating and have no idea what they are actually talking about."

"No decisions on this issue have been made," continued Leavitt. "No policy should ever be deemed official unless it comes directly from President Trump or his authorized spokespeople."

While the unnamed sources in the Times report might be of the unreliable variety cited by the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, Trump has taken similar actions in the past and promised on the campaign trail to do as much upon taking office.

In July 2017, Trump announced that "the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military." Trump added, "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."

Trump's concerns were reinforced in a Feb. 22, 2018, Pentagon memo from then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis, which stated that in "the Department's best military judgment, the Department of Defense concludes that there are substantial risks associated with allowing the accession and retention of individuals with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria and require or have already undertaken a course of treatment to change their gender."

In 2019, the Trump Department of Defense established a policy permitting "transgender" troops to serve so long as they didn't attempt to masquerade as members of the opposite sex or invade their spaces. Accordingly, the could claim to be "transgender" but would have to use the pronouns, uniforms, barracks, and restroom facilities corresponding with their sex.

After taking office, President Joe Biden reversed the Trump policy, stating, "America's strength is found in its diversity."

In the years since, medical transvestites in the military have been provided with sex-change and cosmetic surgeries at taxpayers' expense, the opportunity to sit out deployments, and exemptions from uniform and fitness standards.

Feb. 1, 2023, documents obtained last year by independent journalist Jordan Schachtel of the Dossier, entitled "Care of Service Members Who Identify as Transgender," revealed that the Pentagon funds transvestites' so-called care, including "speech/voice therapy, cross-sex hormone therapy, laser hair removal, voice feminization surgery, facial contouring, body contouring, breast/chest surgery (colloquially referred to as 'upper' surgery), and genital reassignment/confirmation surgery ('lower' surgery)."

'[The DOD] committed a Bud Light.'

Blaze News previously reported that whereas mentally ill recruits, individuals found to be on medications, women with abnormal uterine bleeding, men with deformed genitals, those with chronic anxiety, those who have committed self-harm, and those who have met in the past with psychiatrists are routinely barred from joining the armed forces, similar prohibitions appear to have been relaxed under the current administration for those claiming to be "transgender."

Trump pledged to a crowd in New Hampshire in August 2023 that he would "restore the Trump ban on transgenders in the military" and promised to "ban the Department of Veteran Affairs from wasting a single cent to fund transgender surgeries or sex-change procedures."

Rachel Branaman, an LGBT activist who heads the Modern Military Association of America, told the Times, "Should a trans ban be implemented from day one of the Trump administration, it would undermine the readiness of the military and create an even greater recruitment and retention crisis, not to mention signaling vulnerability to America's adversaries."

"Abruptly discharging 15,000-plus service members, especially given that the military's recruiting targets fell short by 41,000 recruits last year, adds administrative burdens to war fighting units, harms unit cohesion, and aggravates critical skill gaps," continued Branaman. "There would be a significant financial cost, as well as a loss of experience and leadership that will take possibly 20 years and billions of dollars to replace."

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the DOD, appears open to making quality, not diversity, the top priority at the Pentagon.

"I think we're at a 's*** or get off the pot' moment. We are at a tipping point for total institutional corruption, and Trump has a chance to reverse that," Hegseth recently told the "Shawn Ryan Show." "[The DOD] committed a Bud Light. In search of a non-traditional constituency, they offended their core constituency."

Hegseth added, "The Army that I enlisted in, that I swore an oath in 2001 and was commissioned in 2003, looks a lot different than the Army of today because we're focused on a lot of the wrong things."

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AOC and other Dems enraged that female lawmakers don't want man in their Capitol bathrooms



With the recent election of Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D) to Congress, female lawmakers now face the prospect of sharing women-specific facilities at the Capitol with a man.

Keen to avoid the fate of school girls and women in blue states around the country, Rep. Nancy Mace (R) introduced a resolution this week to make biological reality — not wishful thinking — the determining factor for which single-sex facilities House members or employees can use.

While there already appears to be some support for the resolution, McBride, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other leftists are crying foul.

Mace, the first woman to graduate from the Citadel's Corps of Cadets, shared her resolution on X Monday evening, noting, "Biological men do not belong in private women's spaces. Period. Full stop. End of story."

The resolution states that "allowing biological males into single-sex facilities, such as restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms designed for women, jeopardizes the safety and dignity of Members, officers, and employees of the House who are female."

To ensure women's safety and protect their dignity in the Capitol, the resolution would prohibit House members, delegates, resident commissioners, officers, and employees from using single-sex facilities that do not correspond to their sex. The House sergeant-at-arms would enforce the ban.

'Women should never be forced to share his delusion.'

Mace told reporters outside the Capitol that McBride "doesn't get a say. This is about real women and women's rights. The far-left, radical left — they want to erase women and women's rights, and I'm not going to let them."

The Republican leadership did not reject the resolution outright.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Axios, "We're going to talk about that. We're working on the issue."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) signaled support for the resolution, indicating that the same prohibition should apply to all taxpayer-funded federal facilities.

When asked which facilities McBride — a transvestite formerly known as Tim — should use, Greene said, "He is a biological male. He has plenty of places he can go. ... He can go in the men's room, and he has a bathroom in his office just like all of us do."

"I'm sick of this s***," added the Georgia congresswoman. "Mentally ill men pretending to be women need to stay out of our bathrooms and our sports. They don't have rights to our spaces or identity!"

Other feminists and conservatives insisted the rule was a no-brainer.

Filmmaker Robby Starbuck, for instance, noted that "Mr. McBride is a biological male and he's free to live in his fantasy world that he's a woman but women should never be forced to share his delusion. Men don't belong in Women's bathrooms, sports or locker rooms."

Leftists alternatively suggested that female lawmakers should accept men in their private spaces.

New York Rep. Joe Morelle (D) supported his fellow congressman using the women's bathroom, telling Axios, "I think we have a lot of problems in America, I don't think spending time worrying about the restrooms is an order of priority here. I think Nancy Mace should focus on other things."

"She's a woman," continued Morelle. "She should use the ladies room."

Democratic Rep. Sean Casten (D) suggested that if Mace is uncomfortable with men in the bathroom, she should just hide in a stall.

"If Ms Mace finds it difficult to use the toilet without thinking sexual thoughts or inspecting the genitals of the others in the bathroom she would be well advised to shut the stall door and keep her hatred and darkness to herself," tweeted Casten.

Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.), co-chair of the so-called Equality Caucus, said, "The cruelty is the point."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Axios, "This is not just bigotry, this is just plain bullying."

McBride was similarly upset by female lawmakers' desire to keep him out of their private spaces, stating, "This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing."

Despite McBride's characterization of the opposition as extreme, most Americans agree that men should not invade women's spaces.

Both a January YouGov survey and 2023 Public Religion Research Institute survey found that the majority of Americans oppose policies permitting transvestites to use bathrooms designated for the opposite sex.

There is similar opposition to other gender ideology-driven policies.

According to a 2023 Gallup poll, the super-majority of Americans support sex-segregated competitive sports. A 2023 Washington Post-KFF poll revealed that the majority of Americans don't accept LGBT activists' premise that gender and sex can be separated and think it is inappropriate for teachers to teach K-8 students about so-called "trans identity."

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Harris booster Charlamagne suggests it's okay to use transvestites' real pronouns if they voted for Trump



Harris booster Lenard McKelvey — the radio personality who calls himself "Charlamagne tha God" — revealed on the Monday episode of "The Breakfast Club" radio show that the left need indulge transvestites' delusions only if they are political allies.

In the show's "Donkey of the Day" segment, McKelvey focused his ire on male former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner over his decision to vote for President-elect Donald Trump.

"Now, if there's one thing this election taught me, is people really do vote their interest, and their interest is not attached to their identity," said McKelvey.

The woke co-host alluded to Trump's popularity among a voter bloc Democrats have long taken for granted: Hispanics. According to CNN exit polls, 46% of all Hispanics and 55% of Hispanic men voted for Trump.

Conflating Hispanic-Americans with illegal aliens, McKelvey insinuated that Latino voters who voted for Trump did so at the risk of deportation.

"Okay, most Latino men say they chose Trump because of economy and jobs. Never mind the fact, okay, that Grandma may get sent back to her place of origin," said McKelvey.

After lumping law-abiding Hispanic-Americans in with foreign nationals who have flouted U.S. immigration laws, McKelvey suggested that Jenner similarly voted against his supposed identity.

'I can't stop seeing Caitlyn as a rich, white male.'

"That is also how I feel about Caitlyn, because Caitlyn is trans, but she is a huge Donald Trump supporter," said the co-host.

"She said not only does she support Trump, she wants to work in his administration. Okay?" continued McKelvey. "Caitlyn posted a picture of herself, Trump, his granddaughter Kai, and Elon Musk with the caption, 'Hope is back in America. These two men will single-handedly save western civilization and that starts with a strong United States of America. I am here and at your service and forever indebted to your sacrifice for this country. Let's Make America Great Again!'"

McKelvey joked that Jenner "wants his next gender reassignment surgery sponsored by SpaceX" and "wants his testicles replaced for Teslas."

After transitioning from using female pronouns to male pronouns in reference to Jenner, McKelvey insinuated that the incoming Trump administration will be hostile to transvestites like the former athlete.

Trump vowed in February 2023 to "stop the chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation of our youth because no serious country should be telling its children that they were born with the wrong gender."

To this end, Trump indicated that he will:

  • undo the Biden-Harris administration's "cruel policies on so-called 'gender-affirming care'";
  • bar federal agencies from promoting the concept of gender transition;
  • impress upon Congress the need to defund efforts to promote or subsidize sex changes;
  • ask lawmakers to pass legislation establishing that the only genders recognized by the U.S. government are male and female;
  • help pass a law saving children from sex-change mutilation in all 50 states; and
  • have his Department of Justice investigate the pharmaceutical industry and various hospitals to determine whether they "deliberately covered up horrific long-term side effects of sex transitions in order to get rich."

The Republican president's agenda does not appear to contain anything that might interfere with Jenner's lifestyle or rights as an American. Nevertheless, McKelvey suggested, "Caitlyn Jenner, as a transgender you just look like a devil-damned fool glazing Trump and Elon the way you are after hearing stuff like that."

The woke co-host suggested his was not wholly an identitarian mindset, but suggested it still did not make sense to him for a transvestite to "support someone that is absolutely trying to erase your existence."

McKelvey, his rant far from finished, revealed that by failing to vote for Kamala Harris, Jenner magically became a white man again.

"At the end of the day, Caitlyn, you can change the top layer, but you was who you was before you got here, and what you are is a rich, white male," said the woke co-host. "And that's why I keep saying 'him' when I shouldn't be, but I can't stop seeing Caitlyn as a rich, white male, and that identity, pun intended, trumps all."

'Democrats and so-called "allies" are just hypocritical scum.'

After McKelvey committed the supposed cardinal offense of what leftists call "misgendering," "The Breakfast Club" played an advertisement for QuickBooks, accounting software owned by the DEI-captive company Intuit, which is apparently big on LGBT activism.

Other leftists such as Kyle Kulinski havesignaled agreement with McKelvey's suggestion that leftist speech codes apply only when discussing cross-dressers who vote Democrat.

Meanwhile, Jenner shared a message from YouTuber David Freiheit, known under his online pseudonym "Viva Frei, who wrote, "You know what's funny: @Caitlyn_Jenner wouldn't mind being 'misgendered' because Caitlyn is not a virtue-signalling snowflake. And even Caitlyn doesn't believe that boys should be allowed to compete in girls sports because Caitlyn is not a delusional idiot.

"But thank you for confirming that Democrats and so-called 'allies' are just hypocritical scum who only defend minorities when they can exploit them for political profit @KyleKulinski," added Freiheit.

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Texas Democratic Party chairman steps down after admitting voters aren't on board with trans extremism



President-elect Donald Trump achieved a massive victory in Texas, beating Kamala Harris by over 1.56 million votes for a decisive 56.3% to 42.4% finish. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (R) handily beat Colin Allred 50.4% to 42.2% while other Republicans secured 25 U.S. House seats and flipped two seats in the state House.

Texas Democratic Party chairman Gilberto Hinojosa faced enormous backlash this week for suggesting that a contributing factor to his party's humiliating defeat was its obsession with gender ideology. Evidently unable to weather the storm, Hinojosa announced his resignation Friday.

Hinojosa, who has led the Texas Democratic Party for 12 years, told the Texas Newsroom Wednesday that Trump's promise to institute mass deportations and limit legal immigration resonated with voters across the beleaguered state, highlighting Trump's successes in every single county in the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere across South Texas.

"Why do you think that Trump did so well with Hispanics? Because Hispanics live on the border," said Hinojosa. "We're talking about thousands of people crossing into the United States, and the government [under Joe Biden] is perceived not to be able to do anything to solve it."

'You have a choice as a party.'

The network exit poll conducted by Edison Research found that 14% of respondents said immigration was the most important issue motivating their vote. 90% of those who signaled as much voted for Trump. Of the 26% of respondents who identified as Hispanic, 55% said they voted for Trump.

While concerns over the border crisis certainly helped turn former blue areas on the map red, Hinojosa recognized that Democrats' desperation to pander to transvestites and gender ideologues likely alienated some voters.

"You have a choice as a party," said the former chairman. "You could, for example, you can support transgender rights up and down all the categories where the issue comes up, or you can understand that there's certain things that we just go too far on, that a big bulk of our population does not support."

The Texas Democratic Party's losing 2024 platform calls for:

  • "LGBTQIA+ inclusive" sex education programs;
  • sex-change "medical care" and other accommodations for transvestites in prison;
  • the immediate passage and enactment of the Equality Act by Congress, which would add "gender identity" to federal nondiscrimination law and enable men to compete in women's sports;
  • the affirmation that male transvestites are women, that female transvestites are men, and "that there are more than two genders";
  • protections for drag shows;
  • keeping parents in the dark about signs of kids' gender dysphoria at school; and
  • keeping sex-change drugs and mutilations available for confused Texans.

It was no secret ahead of the election that Democrats' LGBT activism and views on transvestism were outside the mainstream of public opinion.

According to a Manhattan Institute poll conducted in late June, 74% of all likely voters, 76% of independents, 95% of Republicans, and 37% of Democrats indicated that transvestic athletes should play on sports teams with other members of their sex.

'It is time to do the right thing.'

When asked whether schools should be required to inform parents if their children use incorrect pronouns at school, 67% of likely voters said, "Yes."

An overwhelming 69% of likely voters said that children who claim to be "transgender" should not be allowed to receive sex-change treatments before the age of 18. When asked about sterilizing puberty blockers, 76% of respondents said that minors under the age of 18 "are not old enough to consent to puberty blocking treatments." 82% of respondents said minors are not old enough to consent to sex-change mutilations.

Hinojosa appears to have been right, which made him wrong for the Texas Democratic Party.

The Texas-based political action committee Mothers Against Greg Abbott was among the radical groups that demanded his immediate resignation.

Just prior to attacking white women, claiming they "always disappoint," the PAC tweeted, "Today we call on every single Texas County Democratic Chair, union and Grassroots organization to ask for the resignation of our Party Leadership. It is time to do the right thing."

The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas said in a statement obtained by WFAA-TV, "Blaming members of the LGBTQ+ community — particularly trans Texans who already face disproportionate discrimination and hostility — is deeply irresponsible and counterproductive."

"The Texas Democratic Party should be a safe haven for all marginalized groups and should champion inclusion," added the LGBT activist group.

The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus noted Thursday, "Hey @HinojosaTX, hate is not a Texas value, and it shouldn't be a value of @texasdemocrats. Throwing blame on Trans people is disgustingly demonstrative at worst, and a disingenuous excuse at best."

Hinojosa soon found himself in a struggle session on social media, backpedaling in vain.

"I extend my sincerest apologies to those I hurt with my comments today. I recognize the pain and frustration my words have caused," said Hinojosa. "In frustration over the GOP's lies to incite hate for trans communities, I failed to communicate my thoughts with care and clarity."

On Friday, Hinojosa announced he was stepping down.

"In the days and weeks to come, it is imperative that our Democratic leaders across the country reevaluate what is best for our party and embrace the next generation of leaders to take us through the next four years of Trump and win back seats up and down the ballot," wrote Hinojosa. "That is why today I'm announcing that I'll be stepping aside in the new year at the Spring SDEC meeting in March 2025, and passing the torch to the next generation. While this was a hard decision, it is the best decision for our party."

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Parents have constitutional right to opt kids out of non-curricular trans propaganda, court rules



A federal trial court recently delivered a victory for parental rights, recognizing their continued existence in the face of radical LGBT activists' efforts to usurp parental authority and indoctrinate other people's children.

First-grade Pennsylvania teacher Megan Williams compelled her young students to "observe" so-called Transgender Awareness Day — subjecting 6- and 7-year-old kids to non-curricular propaganda about "gender identity" and sex changes.

Williams, a Black Lives Matter activist who transitioned her own son who had been in first grade at the time, went so far as to tell the impressionable children in her care that their "parents ma[d]e a guess whether they're a boy or a girl" and may have been wrong.

Upon learning of this clandestine effort to confuse and indoctrinate their children, parents — who were provided with neither notice nor opt-outs — complained. However, the principal of Jefferson Elementary as well as the superintendent and now-retired assistant superintendent of Mt. Lebanon School District backed Williams.

'Parents have a Constitutionally protected liberty interest in the care, custody, and control of their children, including their education.'

Ostensibly left with no other option, three mothers — a Catholic, a Mormon, and a nonreligious woman, all three of whom believe in the inseparability of biological sex and gender — filed a lawsuit against Williams, the school, the district, and district officials in June 2022 with the help of the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom.

The parents sought a moratorium on the instruction in the district "on gender dysphoria and transgender transitioning"; parental notice and opt-out rights on the topic absent such a prohibition; compensatory damages; and punitive damages.

The parents' complaint noted at the outset that "parents have a Constitutionally protected liberty interest in the care, custody, and control of their children, including their education," highlighting the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition both that the "liberty" protected by the Due Process Clause includes the right of parents to "control the education of their [children] and that parents have the right "to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control."

'I'm in the right here.'

Last week, Judge Joy Conti of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania largely agreed and ruled in their favor, underscoring that:

parents have a constitutional right to reasonable and realistic advance notice and the ability to opt their elementary-age children of noncurricular instruction on transgender topics and to not have requirements for notice and opting out of those topics that are more stringent than those for other sensitive topics.

The parents, whose complaint accused Williams of "grooming" at least one vulnerable child in her classroom, were confounded by how the school and the Mt. Lebanon School District, which had previously provided parental notice and opt-out rights when it came to classroom engagements with sensitive topics — such as the Holocaust, slavery, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, sex education, Black Lives Matter, and Planned Parenthood — effectively made Williams' LGBT propaganda session mandatory.

Williams, who subsequently stressed, "I'm in the right here," took full advantage of the leeway afforded her by principal Brett Bielewicz and the district, reading two works of LGBT propaganda to her students: "Why Aidan Became a Brother" by female transvestite Kyle Lukoff and "Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship" by radical LGBT activist Jessica Walton.

'Williams' conduct struck at the heart of Plaintiffs' own families and their relationship with their own young children.'

The first book is about a girl whose parents let her masquerade as a boy, going so far as to let her change her name. The parents in the book tell their cross-dressing child: "When you were born, we didn't know you were going to be our son. We made some mistakes, but you helped us fix them."

The second book is about a male teddy bear that tries to become a female teddy bear.

Judge Conti noted in her ruling, "A teacher instructing first-graders and reading books to show that their parents' beliefs about their children's gender identity may be wrong directly repudiates parental authority. Williams' conduct struck at the heart of Plaintiffs' own families and their relationship with their own young children."

The judge noted that Williams usurped parental duties in an effort to inculcate her beliefs about gender ideology in the plaintiffs' children, causing confusion.

"The students' confusion in this case illustrates how difficult it is for a first-grader when a teacher's instruction conflicts with their Parents' religious and moral beliefs," wrote Conti. "The heart of parental authority on matters of the greatest importance within their own family is undermined when a teacher tells first-graders their parents may be wrong about whether the student is a boy or a girl."

Judge Conti went further, suggesting Williams' conduct "showed intolerance and disrespect for the religious or moral beliefs and authority of the Parents."

Vincent Wagner, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, said in a statement, "Parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children. School districts violate that right by leaving parents out of key decisions about their own children."

"Parents' fundamental, constitutional right to make decisions about how to raise their children includes the right to the information they need to make those decisions," added Wagner. "Without notice and a real chance to opt their children out of instruction like this, parents can't exercise their constitutional rights."

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Transvestite Lutheran pastor declares the Bible 'wasn't written for 2024'



Drew Stever, a female minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who identifies as a man, recently generated controversy by suggesting that gender ideology's incompatibility with biblical teaching, particularly about sex, demonstrates a deficit in the Bible.

Lisa Ling of "CBS Mornings" told Stever in a recent interview that "there is a lot of people who say that according to the Bible, God made man and woman, and that couldn't be any more clearly defined."

The program cited the finding from a 2017 Pew Research poll that 63% of American Christians say that gender is determined by sex at birth; 35% of Christian respondents alternatively said that gender can be different from sex at birth.

More recent Pew data that CBS News apparently chose to ignore indicates that the percentage of American Christians who affirm the unity of gender and biological sex has significantly increased in the years since.

'It's hard to relate it to modern-day times.'

Whereas 68% of Protestants and 51% of Catholics polled in 2017 said that an individual's gender is the same as birth sex, those numbers jumped in 2022 to 75% and 62%, respectively.

"How do you respond to them?" Ling asked Stever.

"It's hard to relate it to modern-day times," said Stever, who serves as lead pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Hollywood. "Because it wasn't written for 2024; it was written for then."

Stever did not indicate why specifically moderns should have a different relationship with scripture than Christ, whotreated as authoritative sacred writ that was already in his time roughly 1,400 years old.

"When we read in the scripture that God created man and woman — yes, and God created everyone else as well," continued Stever.

Stever is not the first LGBT activist to insinuate that the Bible's teaching on sex and gender is antiquated and malleable.

'Undermine the moral authority of homo-hating churches ... by portraying such institutions as antiquated backwaters.'

The gargantuan LGBT lobby group Human Rights Campaign, for instance, claims on its website that "scripture doesn't suggest that respecting biblical authority means Christians should reject experience as a teacher."

HRC notes further that "while gender complimentarity is indeed rooted in passages from Genesis 1 and 2, it is worth noting that these stories say God began by creating human beings of male and female sex (defined as the complex result of combinations between chromosomes, gonads, genes, and genitals) but there is nothing that indicates in Scripture that God only created this binary."

Activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen noted in their 1990 strategy for the advancement of the LGBT agenda that it was necessary to "muddy the moral waters, that is, to undercut the rationalizations that 'justify' religious bigotry"; to "rais[e] serious theological objections to conservative biblical teachings"; and to "undermine the moral authority of homo-hating churches ... by portraying such institutions as antiquated backwaters, badly out of step with the times."

The late "New Theist" Rev. Michael Dowd argued, "Those of us who wish to continue calling ourselves Christian must no longer enslave mind and heart to inert fossils of ancient texts and creeds."

Dowd, regarded by some critics as a neo-pagan, also implored Christians to "unshackle our religious stories and texts, and welcome evolutionary growth within our religious traditions."

CBS News situated Stever's response and ministry within the broader context of the push by some Christian denominations to embrace the LGBT activist agenda and transvestite clergy, noting further that the ELCA ordained its first cross-dressing priest in 2015.

The Church of England, the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the United Methodist Church are among the denominations that have ostensibly embraced gender ideology and transvestite clergy.

Transgenderism doesn't similarly fly in the Catholic Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Southern Baptist Convention, and in other relatively more conservative Christian denominations.

When asked about her message to people who feel "burned" by religion, Stever said, "I'm so sorry that the church missed you. I would say specifically to folks of color, to people living with disabilities, people who are LGBTQ: You are good. Nothing is wrong with you. You are so good. And you don't need the church to tell you that."

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Mormon church updates guidance on medical transvestites, barring them from baptism and working with kids



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has firmed up its policies regarding the participation of social and medical transvestites. While the church has stressed the need for compassion for the reality-averse and gender-dysphoric, LGBT activists have nevertheless expressed outrage over the church's apparent unwillingness to subordinate its beliefs to their current set.

Last week, the Mormon church made multiple updates to its digital General Handbook, providing instructions for leaders and members alike on the issue of social and medical transvestism.

The handbook, prepared under the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, maintains that gender is reducible to biological sex at birth and that "worthy individuals who do not pursue surgical, medical, or social transition away from their biological sex at birth may enjoy all the privileges of Church membership."

The handbook also counsels against Mormons "pursuing surgical, medical, or social transition away from one's biological sex at birth," indicating that those who do so will be met with certain membership restrictions.

Those who undergo sex changes or "social transitions" will, for instance, be barred from "receiving or exercising the priesthood, receiving or using a temple recommend, and serving in some Church callings."

Per the updates, transvestites are also now barred from receiving baptism and confirmation in the church. The guidance does leave room for potential exceptions but notes that the baptized transitioner will still be precluded from pursuing the priesthood, a temple recommend, and other callings.

The church noted in its guidance for local leaders that under the new changes, transvestites are not allowed to attend overnight co-ed activities such as youth camps. Additionally, they are "not called or assigned to (1) fulfill gender-specific roles, (2) serve as teachers, or (3) work with children or youth."

De-transitioners who embrace their biological sex and demonstrate they are "worthy and committed to keeping God's commandments" may once again enjoy all the privileges of membership.

As for restroom use, the guidance indicates that transvestites should use the facility corresponding with their biological sex, a single-occupancy restroom, or their preferred bathroom under the condition that a "trusted person" makes sure nobody else is inside.

While barring medical transvestites from various ministries and denying them a handful of privileges, the church has emphasized that the gender-dysphoric and their family members should be treated with kindness, compassion, and Christlike love.

Doug Anderson, a spokesman for the church, told the New York Times that the guidance updates "seek to help Latter-day Saints follow Jesus Christ's example of minister with love, patience and respect."

'All are affected by the messages conveyed in these policies.'

LGBT activists are up in arms over the updates, with some expressing surprise that the church — which opposes homosexual "marriage" and homosexual sexual activity — would continue to stand against gender ideology.

The advocacy group LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends, for instance, said in an Aug. 20 statement, "We mourn with our transgender siblings as we wrestle with the painful impact of recent policy changes and guidelines released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

"Rather than seek to better understand, include, and affirm transgender individuals who are also Latter-day Saints, leaders of the Church have opted to further restrict these members' ability to participate," said the advocacy group. "While these changes specifically impact individuals who have socially or medically transitioned, all are affected by the messages conveyed in these policies, which reject authentic experience and identity."

Laurie Lee Hall, a transvestite who left the church in 2017 after his sex change, told the Associated Press that the guidance, particularly the prohibition on transvestites working with kids, "implies that a trans member is somehow a danger to others."

"It's dehumanizing and far too toxic to handle for members who are still in the process of reconciling their gender identity with their faith," said the father of four. "It's going to be a while before a legitimate social policy change occurs in the church."

The Utah Pride Center, which has received donations from the church in the past, stated, "This policy forms unnecessary barriers for trans youth and adults who just want to stand in what they believe are holy places," reported Axios.

"The new rules produce a tremendous amount of shame for individuals who chose to live authentic, vulnerable, and honest lives," added the activist group.

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