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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Today’s Gay Agenda

posted by on January 30 at 9:13 AM

Did you get the memo? Seducing teenage boys is out. Getting the dicks cut off teenage boys is in.

A 14 year-old German child—born a boy, but identifying as female since age two—is the world’s youngest sex change patient. The shriekers on the right are blaming the gays and our gay agenda. From the Concerned Women for America:

Rather than addressing the emotional or chemical problems responsible for Tim’s gender confusion, his parents and doctors have bought into the homosexual lobby’s PC puffery hook, line and sinker.

Sex changes for tweens? That’s today’s gay agenda. And never you mind that most transgender folks don’t identify as gay or lesbian and, more importantly, never you mind that gay rights and trans rights groups everywhere are opposed to sex-change operations for anyone under 18. And, hey, never you mind that it was this kid’s heterosexual parents—in consultation with medical doctors and shrinks—who decided that this course of treatment would be in this child’s best interests. The big, bad gays are coming for your teenage sons’ cocks—only we don’t want to suck them anymore, we want to cut them off.

It seems pretty clear from the CWfA’s press release that we’ve already succeeded in chopping off one kid’s junk. The Concerned Women for America condemns this “extreme procedure.” While they admit that that the child himself has longed for “gender reassignment surgery” since age 12, the CWfA condemns the child’s parents for “allowing him [sic] to go forward with the surgery,” robbing the child of the ability to “father a child.”

But wait! The kid hasn’t actually undergone gender-reassignment surgery yet—and won’t until he’s an adult.

The procedure can be reversed if Kim changes her mind before the surgery and legally the operation to remove male parts can not take place until Kim turns 18. Health insurance covers the cost as it qualifies as an illness.

For a more reasoned, thoughtful take on transgendered children, read this excellent piece in the New York Times. The gist…

Children as young as 5 who display predispositions to dress like the opposite sex are being supported by a growing number of young parents, educators and mental health professionals.

Doctors, some of them from the top pediatric hospitals, have begun to advise families to let these children be “who they are” to foster a sense of security and self-esteem. They are motivated, in part, by the high incidence of depression, suicidal feelings and self-mutilation that has been common in past generations of transgender children. Legal trends suggest that schools are now required to respect parents’ decisions.

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You gotta give props for the righteous turn of a phrase in "homosexual PC puffery," though. Sounds dirty! (And possibly computer-related. I hear with Homosexual Mac Puffery there's far less chance of contracting a virus.)

Posted by flamingbanjo | January 30, 2007 9:29 AM
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I'm 100% all for it... if the child/doctors/parents are sure that it's not some kind of phase or result of abuse, etc. Getting these kids on the proper hormones early will make sure they live a normal life (the junk chopping can wait).

Has there ever been a boy who identified as a girl through age 18 and then suddenly changed his mind as an adult? Ex-TG's, where are you?

Posted by jamier | January 30, 2007 10:02 AM
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The perfect solution. Have your underage cock AND take it with you while you're on the go.

Posted by Matt | January 30, 2007 10:46 AM
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Yeah, but neither is ok in Canada, where stoning is OUT.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 30, 2007 11:08 AM
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Will this play be showing in Enumclaw?

Posted by Just Wondering | January 30, 2007 11:09 AM
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Dan,

You must be the only person in the world who reads press releases from Concerned Women for America.

I'm giggling picturing them feverishly huddled around their computer monitor waiting for the website counter to turn over to 0000001 when you click on the link.

And I hope they know it's you ; )

Posted by Original Andrew | January 30, 2007 11:24 AM
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Is this kid's name Hedwig?

Posted by JC | January 30, 2007 11:56 AM
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I thought it was feminists who want to chop off cocks.

Posted by keshmeshi | January 30, 2007 12:14 PM
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I actually do think it's best to make people wait until they're 18 to have their sex change operations. The NYTimes article said that 80% grow up to be non-transgendered, so it's better safe than sorry. I certainly believe that a young child can know that he or she was born with the body parts that don't correspond with his or her identity, but a five year old also shouldn't be making a permanent choice, just in case it is a phase.

Posted by Westenera | January 30, 2007 1:34 PM
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A couple of things - trans women don't "chop off" their male genitals - they reuse it to form female genitalia. Talking about chopping off penises is inaccurate and, frankly, the sort of insensitivity that is all too common from gay men. Please stop it.

The other thing is that although trans organizations may, for political reasons, not outwardly support genital surgery for a transperson before he or she reaches 18, many (if not most) of us accept that a transperson can know what he or she needs long before age 18. In time, I believe that society will accept surgeries earlier than 18.

Posted by Sachi | January 30, 2007 5:53 PM
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LMAO @ flamingbanjo

Posted by Mike in MO | January 30, 2007 6:22 PM
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As in their last media campaign that blamed the Barbie website for promoting the "gay agenda" and gender confusion when they offered kids check boxes marked "male", "female", or "I don't know", the Concerned Women for America once again insists on having a man speak for them...

How is this not confusing to the children?

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