The Manifold Dangers of Pretending to Be the Opposite Sex

October 1, 2021 By Janet Levy

................The dogmatism and irrational haste surrounding so-called "anti-discriminatory" gender policies and the notion of "gender fluidity" have made it nearly impossible to voice alternative views.  This not only is unhealthy for society, but deprives the gender dysphoric — that is, people who are uncomfortable with their sex — of balanced counseling and a reasonable amount of time to arrive at how they want to be identified and whether they want so-called "sex change" surgery.  As a matter of course, counselors driven by the false narrative of "trapped in the wrong body" impose gender reassignment on confused youths, often causing untold trauma.

In his book When Harry Became Sally, Ryan T. Anderson, an American political philosopher and currently the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, exposes the shocking contrast between the glowing, politically charged media accounts of "transitioning" and the horror stories of regret — of children and adolescents badgered and hastened into making irreversible physical changes when what they really needed was psychotherapy to help them accept themselves and live in harmony with their bodies.  Sharing his insights into the harsh reality of being transgender in America today, Anderson presents a side of the story that is not generally available for parents and troubled youths.

The book has borne the brunt of the dogmatism surrounding the topic.  It has been canceled on Amazon, the first book to be banned under a policy "not to sell certain content determined to be hate speech."  But the world's top bookseller has no qualms about selling Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.   (And strangely, the Fireside Reads edition, Summary of When Harry Became Sally, is available on the website.)............the rate of suicide among transgenders is over 40%, and 80–95% of such children don't persist in a transgender identity.  Their dogma disrespects parental authority and the discomfort of non-transgenders............When Harry Became Sally includes stories of traumatized people who have "de-transitioned," or tried to undo the modifications to their bodies.  Their common experience is that their psychological problems were ignored and they were hastily given hormones and plastic surgery to change their physical appearance when what they really needed was in-depth counseling to deal with their doubts about their sex and the trauma they had suffered.  Anderson's research has found that the gender-dysphoric run an elevated risk for depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.  The risk does not appear to be alleviated by any cross-sex hormones or mutilating surgeries...............To Read More...