\\u201cAllowing children to transition into adulthood naturally.\\u201d<\\/h2>\\n At first glance, the term \\u201cgender-affirming healthcare\\u201d sounds quite innocuous. Nevertheless, much of gender-affirming healthcare is anything but gentle.\\u00a0 Gender-affirming healthcare for adolescents includes a range of services like social affirmations, puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery. Not to mention many doctor visits for the rest of one\\u2019s lifetime.<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span>Although human beings, especially adults, have free will to do as they may, changing one\\u2019s sex is contrary to the law of nature. Man and wo-man were made to procreate and populate the earth. Recently scholars, journalists, and the LGBTQ community have expressed their thoughts about gender-affirming healthcare.<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n The mystery of puberty. We have all been there. Every one of us.\\u00a0 It\\u2019s the phase of life that challenges and changes us. It\\u2019s a time of hormonal, physical, and psychological upheaval. It\\u2019s also a time of confusion, depression, anger, and curious sexual feelings. The culprit? The dreaded puberty. Albeit as uncomfortable as it is, puberty is inevitable.\\u00a0 It\\u2019s the time when one is called to mature into early adulthood.<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n \\n Queer activist and disability scholar <\\/span>Eli Clare,<\\/span><\\/a> a supporter of the gender credo, writes on the history of hormone therapy. He tells us that the United States has a history of administering hormones and puberty blockers to our youth. He also states that hormone therapies have been prescribed to what we now call \\u201ccisgender\\u201d children for the last seven decades.\\u00a0 Clare also tells us parents often intentionally stunted the growth of their disabled children who were incapable of being responsible adults.\\u00a0 Hormone therapies were also prescribed to boys for being too short and girls for being too tall. Therefore, Clare proclaims hormone therapy for children is nothing new in the United States. Be that as it may, administering hormones and puberty blockers to children to change their biological sex still has long-term irreversible and consequential effects.\\u00a0<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n \\u00a0<\\/span>That said, ordinary folks typically do not see or hear what happens behind the scenes of those who are financing LGBTQ gender-affirming healthcare, marketing campaigns, laws and movements. For one, it takes an unfathomable amount of money to support and generate such movements. Thus far, more than $420 million has been put forth to fund gender-affirming health care and the new gender ideology. The transgender movement is funded by the US government, philanthropists and large corporations.\\u00a0 <\\/span>Jennifer Prizker\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/a> a billionaire and retired National Guard Lieutenant hails from a very influential Jewish family and is just one who funds the LGBTQ marketplace such as the LGBTQ line in Target. In addition, Prizker provides capital to gender clinics, hospitals and training doctors in surgical procedures.<\\/span><\\/p>\\n \"Peggy Peggy of Troy, New York as Hermaphroditus LGBTQ Themes in Mythology<\\/figcaption><\\/figure>\\n\\n \ Millions of dollars are used to educate and prepare doctors to perform gender-reassignment surgery. Not to mention, doctors are continually being trained on how to perform womb transplants so transgender men can conceive children. And doctors are continuously practicing gender-affirming surgery on animals and attending cadaver symposiums all over the world to perfect their craft.\\u00a0<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n \ Consequently, to divide the LGBTQ schema from transgender matters, more specifically the issue of children and gender-affirming healthcare, is a daunting task as many changes are happening in such a short period of time. Man-made laws regulating the use of new language in addition to new gender and changing one\\u2019s original sex at birth are real, and it\\u2019s only the beginning. We should all know by now we have a box on federal forms to choose \\u201cother genders\\u201d rather than just choosing the traditional male or female check box.<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n Douglas Murray<\\/span><\\/a>, a NY Post journalist feels that those who support and engage in the transgender movement are as \\u201c<\\/span>Mad as a <\\/span><\\/a>Hatter<\\/span>\\u201d. It\\u2019s clear that Mur<\\/span>ray is against gender-affirming healthcare for children and takes the new gender ideology quite seriously. He quotes that gender-affirming healthcare for children is \\u201cchild butchery\\u201d. His explanation of surgical procedures for transitioning is not for the faint of heart.\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n Also, Murray describes gender-affirming procedures in detail for girls and boys. Firstly, gender-affirming healthcare consists of drugs to stop breast development, hair growth and penis development.\\u00a0 Surgery can consist of removing breasts and a double mastectomy. For female to male transitioning surgery involves peeling the skin from the arm to create a penis, and for male to female the penis is split into two to create a faux vagina. For certain, surgeries can cause infertility, infections, urination issues and years if not a lifetime of doctor visits, cancer and early onset osteoporosis in young adults.\\u00a0<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n L<\\/span>ast but certainly not least, the <\\/span>Conference of Catholic Bishops<\\/span><\\/a> released a statement in 2023 requesting that all Catholic hospitals and providers ban transgender medical treatment in their facilities.\\u00a0 Critics of the Bishops doctrine like <\\/span>Craig Ford Jr<\\/span><\\/a> an assistant professor of Theology at St. Norbert College advocates for gender-affirming healthcare and states that the bishops\\u2019 doctrine lacks humility. He also proclaims we should listen more to the transgender community because they are declaring that \\u201cthe natural world that God created is very complex\\u201d.<\\/span><\\/p>\\n Micheal Sennett<\\/span><\\/a>, a transgender man who works for the archdiocese in Boston, M.A. maintains that \\u201cTransgender people have existed since the beginning of time and we won\\u2019t cease to exist,\\u201d. Sennet and others believe that documents like the new statement made by the US Catholic Bishops promotes discrimination and is making life more difficult for the Transgender folks.\\u00a0<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span>Research suggests that LGBTQ people have existed for thousands of years. LGBTQ themes are found in many cultures in folklore and mythology. Gods like Hermaphrodites in Greek mythology and Inari Okami in Japanese folklore are depicted as transgender.\\u00a0<\\/span> R<\\/span>egardless of the historic proof of transgenderism it still does not make gender-affirming healthcare for children or young adults safe or right.<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n I ask parents and young adults to do their own research about the transgender movement, puberty, crisis of identity, dysphoria and gender ideology before you make any significant choices regarding your or your child\\u2019s sex or gender. Gender-affirming healthcare may be necessary in a few select cases but transgender medical treatments, especially surgery can physically and mentally damage an adolescent in later adulthood. We should pray to God about such life altering changes and wait patiently for the answer. That being said we should put God first in everything we do. Especially where our children\\u2019s physical, emotional and spiritual health is concerned.<\\/span>\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/p>\\n <\/pre>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>1 Cor 6:19-20 (NIV) states that, \u201cDo you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; <\/span>20 <\/span><\/b>you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTo read the bishop\u2019s statement regarding gender-affirming healthcare please click on the link. <\/span>Doctrinal Note 2023-03-20.pdf (usccb.org)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAllowing children to transition into adulthood naturally.\u201d At first glance, the term \u201cgender-affirming healthcare\u201d sounds quite innocuous. Nevertheless, much of gender-affirming healthcare is anything but gentle.\u00a0 Gender-affirming healthcare for adolescents includes a range of services like social affirmations, puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery. 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\u201cAllowing children to transition into adulthood naturally.\u201d<\/h2>\n At first glance, the term \u201cgender-affirming healthcare\u201d sounds quite innocuous. Nevertheless, much of gender-affirming healthcare is anything but gentle.\u00a0 Gender-affirming healthcare for adolescents includes a range of services like social affirmations, puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery. Not to mention many doctor visits for the rest of one\u2019s lifetime.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Although human beings, especially adults, have free will to do as they may, changing one\u2019s sex is contrary to the law of nature. Man and wo-man were made to procreate and populate the earth. Recently scholars, journalists, and the LGBTQ community have expressed their thoughts about gender-affirming healthcare.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The mystery of puberty. We have all been there. Every one of us.\u00a0 It\u2019s the phase of life that challenges and changes us. It\u2019s a time of hormonal, physical, and psychological upheaval. It\u2019s also a time of confusion, depression, anger, and curious sexual feelings. The culprit? The dreaded puberty. Albeit as uncomfortable as it is, puberty is inevitable.\u00a0 It\u2019s the time when one is called to mature into early adulthood.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \n Queer activist and disability scholar <\/span>Eli Clare,<\/span><\/a> a supporter of the gender credo, writes on the history of hormone therapy. He tells us that the United States has a history of administering hormones and puberty blockers to our youth. He also states that hormone therapies have been prescribed to what we now call \u201ccisgender\u201d children for the last seven decades.\u00a0 Clare also tells us parents often intentionally stunted the growth of their disabled children who were incapable of being responsible adults.\u00a0 Hormone therapies were also prescribed to boys for being too short and girls for being too tall. Therefore, Clare proclaims hormone therapy for children is nothing new in the United States. Be that as it may, administering hormones and puberty blockers to children to change their biological sex still has long-term irreversible and consequential effects.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>That said, ordinary folks typically do not see or hear what happens behind the scenes of those who are financing LGBTQ gender-affirming healthcare, marketing campaigns, laws and movements. For one, it takes an unfathomable amount of money to support and generate such movements. Thus far, more than $420 million has been put forth to fund gender-affirming health care and the new gender ideology. The transgender movement is funded by the US government, philanthropists and large corporations.\u00a0 <\/span>Jennifer Prizker\u00a0<\/span><\/a> a billionaire and retired National Guard Lieutenant hails from a very influential Jewish family and is just one who funds the LGBTQ marketplace such as the LGBTQ line in Target. In addition, Prizker provides capital to gender clinics, hospitals and training doctors in surgical procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n Peggy of Troy, New York as Hermaphroditus LGBTQ Themes in Mythology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n \ Millions of dollars are used to educate and prepare doctors to perform gender-reassignment surgery. Not to mention, doctors are continually being trained on how to perform womb transplants so transgender men can conceive children. And doctors are continuously practicing gender-affirming surgery on animals and attending cadaver symposiums all over the world to perfect their craft.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \ Consequently, to divide the LGBTQ schema from transgender matters, more specifically the issue of children and gender-affirming healthcare, is a daunting task as many changes are happening in such a short period of time. Man-made laws regulating the use of new language in addition to new gender and changing one\u2019s original sex at birth are real, and it\u2019s only the beginning. We should all know by now we have a box on federal forms to choose \u201cother genders\u201d rather than just choosing the traditional male or female check box.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Douglas Murray<\/span><\/a>, a NY Post journalist feels that those who support and engage in the transgender movement are as \u201c<\/span>Mad as a <\/span><\/a>Hatter<\/span>\u201d. It\u2019s clear that Mur<\/span>ray is against gender-affirming healthcare for children and takes the new gender ideology quite seriously. He quotes that gender-affirming healthcare for children is \u201cchild butchery\u201d. His explanation of surgical procedures for transitioning is not for the faint of heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also, Murray describes gender-affirming procedures in detail for girls and boys. Firstly, gender-affirming healthcare consists of drugs to stop breast development, hair growth and penis development.\u00a0 Surgery can consist of removing breasts and a double mastectomy. For female to male transitioning surgery involves peeling the skin from the arm to create a penis, and for male to female the penis is split into two to create a faux vagina. For certain, surgeries can cause infertility, infections, urination issues and years if not a lifetime of doctor visits, cancer and early onset osteoporosis in young adults.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n L<\/span>ast but certainly not least, the <\/span>Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/span><\/a> released a statement in 2023 requesting that all Catholic hospitals and providers ban transgender medical treatment in their facilities.\u00a0 Critics of the Bishops doctrine like <\/span>Craig Ford Jr<\/span><\/a> an assistant professor of Theology at St. Norbert College advocates for gender-affirming healthcare and states that the bishops\u2019 doctrine lacks humility. He also proclaims we should listen more to the transgender community because they are declaring that \u201cthe natural world that God created is very complex\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Micheal Sennett<\/span><\/a>, a transgender man who works for the archdiocese in Boston, M.A. maintains that \u201cTransgender people have existed since the beginning of time and we won\u2019t cease to exist,\u201d. Sennet and others believe that documents like the new statement made by the US Catholic Bishops promotes discrimination and is making life more difficult for the Transgender folks.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Research suggests that LGBTQ people have existed for thousands of years. LGBTQ themes are found in many cultures in folklore and mythology. Gods like Hermaphrodites in Greek mythology and Inari Okami in Japanese folklore are depicted as transgender.\u00a0<\/span> R<\/span>egardless of the historic proof of transgenderism it still does not make gender-affirming healthcare for children or young adults safe or right.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I ask parents and young adults to do their own research about the transgender movement, puberty, crisis of identity, dysphoria and gender ideology before you make any significant choices regarding your or your child\u2019s sex or gender. Gender-affirming healthcare may be necessary in a few select cases but transgender medical treatments, especially surgery can physically and mentally damage an adolescent in later adulthood. We should pray to God about such life altering changes and wait patiently for the answer. That being said we should put God first in everything we do. Especially where our children\u2019s physical, emotional and spiritual health is concerned.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/pre>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span>1 Cor 6:19-20 (NIV) states that, \u201cDo you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; <\/span>20 <\/span><\/b>you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTo read the bishop\u2019s statement regarding gender-affirming healthcare please click on the link. <\/span>Doctrinal Note 2023-03-20.pdf (usccb.org)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAllowing children to transition into adulthood naturally.\u201d At first glance, the term \u201cgender-affirming healthcare\u201d sounds quite innocuous. 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