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Vulnerable Oregon children are advised on how to pass as the opposite sex

26 April 2022

• Transgender Ideology
• World

Reprinted from The Christian Institute [in the U.K.]

Young patients at a children’s hospital in Oregon are being advised on ways to help them present as if the opposite sex.

The Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland advises children and teens confused about their gender to hide their genitals or bind their chests, and promotes the use of puberty blockers.

The hospital, part of the Oregon Health and Science University, is considered one of the top hospitals in the state.

Affirming health care

Boys receive guidance on ‘tucking’ to make “the genital area look smoother and flatter”. The guidance further explains how to achieve this by using tight-fitting underwear or adhesive tape.

Step-by-step instructions, including diagrams, explain how to hide their testicles inside their bodies.

Gender-confused girls are advised on methods of chest binding to “feel more comfortable”.

People with ovaries

In another handout, boys, “people with testicles”, and girls, “people with ovaries”, are advised about puberty blockers.

Children and teens are told that puberty blockers can prevent the stress caused by “going through puberty that does not match your gender identity”.

It initially claims: “Puberty blockers do not cause permanent changes to the body”, but later admits, “Researchers have not finished studying how safe puberty blockers are in the long-term”.

NHS

During a High Court case in the U.K. in 2020 experts warned of the long-term risks of the drugs, including infertility, reduced bone density, and potentially harming brain development. They explained that medics are failing to warn children and their parents about these risks.

Current NHS guidance on puberty blockers states that “little is known about the long term side effects”. Until 2020, it asserted that the drugs’ effects are “fully reversible”.

Parents “appalled” at New Jersey gender identity lessons

23 April 2022

• Relationships and Sex Education
• World

Reprinted from The Christian Institute [in the U.K.]

Parents in the U.S. state of New Jersey have expressed outrage at controversial sex education lesson plans promoting radical gender ideology.

In ‘Pink, Blue and Purple’, a proposed lesson for six-year-olds, teachers are instructed to tell students that ‘gender identity’ is based on how they feel.

Maria DeMaio-Esposito, a mother of two, said she is “appalled” at the curriculum.

Parental concern

According to the lesson plan, gender identity means you can “feel like you’re a girl” despite being male, and vice versa. It also suggests a child might feel they are “a little bit of both”.

Ten-year-olds will be taught that “they can basically stop their body from going through puberty” by taking highly controversial puberty-blocking drugs.

Paula McCarthy-Mammana expressed her fear that her granddaughter will be “bullied and harassed” if her family decide to opt her out of the lessons, while another mum added: “No kid should have to talk about sex with their elementary school teacher”.

Puberty blocker risks

A recommended video encourages children to take puberty blockers, to allow “more time to explore how you feel about your gender before your body starts to change”, and claims the “effects of the medication are only temporary”.

However, during a High Court case in the U.K. in 2020 experts warned of the long-term risks of the drugs, including infertility, reduced bone density, and potentially harming brain development. They explained that medics are failing to warn children and their parents about these risks.

Current NHS guidance on puberty blockers states that “little is known about the long term side effects”. Until 2020, it asserted that the drugs’ effects are “fully reversible”.