Tag: transgender

Police Investigate LGBT Chatrooms Open to Minors After Receiving Complaints

After California parents and teachers requested police investigate a controversial LGBT advocacy group and its affiliated online chatrooms that they claim put at-risk youth in even greater peril and make them easy prey for potential sexual predators, at least one law enforcement agency looked into the allegations. Celeste Fiehler, a parent in Coachella Valley, Calif.,…


Police Investigated LGBT Chatrooms Open to Minors After Receiving Complaints

After California parents and teachers requested police investigate a controversial LGBT advocacy group and its affiliated online chatrooms that they claim put at-risk youth in even greater peril and make them easy prey for potential sexual predators, at least one law enforcement agency looked into the allegations. Celeste Fiehler, a parent in Coachella Valley, Calif.,…


Father Testifies in Defense of Transgender Child’s Need for Hormone Therapy

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Unlike most dads, Aaron Jennen is accustomed to being in court. But Jennen, an assistant U.S. attorney in federal court, Fayetteville, found himself in an unusual role in another federal court here, about 200 miles away from where he works. He became a witness, offering emotional testimony on behalf of his child in…


Makeup Giants Getting Under Skin of Women For Trans-Beauty Promotions

Two giants in the makeup industry are under fire by women for using transgender men to promote their beauty products. For its “The Beauty Of” campaign, Ulta Beauty produced a podcast featuring transgender host David Lopez and guest Dylan Mulvaney, a 25-year-old TikTok influencer who talks about his experiences of buying tampons as a woman…


Doctors Try to Shoot Down Arkansas Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Two doctors testified on Oct. 17 in support of child transgender procedures as part of the opening day of the nation’s first federal court challenge of a statewide ban on the controversial treatments. Transgender-identifying teens who were born female often seem “’over-the-moon’ happy” after mastectomies, as they see their bodies better “aligned” with…


Michigan Bill Would Make Gender Reassignment Procedures for Minors First-Degree Child Abuse

Republicans in Michigan recently introduced a bill that would outlaw medical procedures for gender reassignment of transgender minors, and consider it first-degree child abuse. The proposal comes just days before the nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on such care begins this week. A person, including parents, guardians, and licensed medical professionals, would be guilty…


Michigan Bill Would Make Gender Reassignment Procedures for Minors 1st-Degree Child Abuse

Republican lawmakers in Michigan recently introduced legislation that would outlaw medical procedures for gender reassignment of transgender minors and consider it first-degree child abuse. The proposal comes just days before the nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on such care begins this week. A person, including parents, guardians, and licensed medical professionals, would be guilty…


Meet the Gender Clinic Founder Who Supports Banning Puberty Blocking Drugs

In 1973, the same year that the American Psychiatric Association stopped calling homosexuality a mental disorder, Dr. Stephen Levine finished his residency in psychiatry. Within a month, an unforgettable patient crossed his path. The man was sitting in his backyard, under an oak tree. He had shoved a gun in his mouth and was threatening…


Courts Could Allow Chemical Castration of 10-Year-Old Son But Not Haircut: Texas Father

Texas father Jeff Younger is prepared to file a federal lawsuit if his ex-wife moves to California in an attempt to chemically castrate their 10-year-old son under the state’s new transgender sanctuary law. Younger made the announcement concerning his high-profile custody battle on Saturday at the Patriarch Convention, a conference on fatherhood and family issues…


Ontario Regulator Agrees to Review Standards Amid Protests Over Teacher Wearing Prosthetic Breasts in Class

An Ontario regulator for schoolteachers has agreed to review its professional standards over protests by parents and students in regard to a high school teacher who wore large prosthetic breasts with protruding nipples in class. The teacher at Oakville Trafalgar High School (OTHS), located west of Toronto, came to public attention after students shared videos and photos…