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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

The following have issued statements in support of health care for transgender people and youth:

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Dermatology

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Physician Assistants

American Medical Association

American Nurses Association

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology

American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry

American College Health Association

American College of Nurse-Midwives

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Physicians

American Counseling Association

American Heart Association

American Medical Student Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

American Urological Association

Endocrine Society

Federation of Pediatric Organizations

GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality

The Journal of the American Medical Association

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

National Association of Social Workers

Ohio Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Endocrine Society

Pediatrics (Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics ) and Seattle Children’s Hospital

Texas Medical Association

Texas Pediatric Society

United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH)

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Medical Association

World Professional Association for Transgender Health

sources for each can be found here: https://glaad.org/medical-association-statements-supporting-trans-youth-healthcare-and-against-discriminatory/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't understand this at all. Maybe I'm out of touch but...how wouldn't a parent know their kid is trans?

How would a school ever be in a position to "out" a child in that sense?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You can be trans without transitioning. Got to start somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Some parents are just bigots. Some are brainwashed by religion. Some are just afraid and/or angry about anything they don't understand. If a kid isn't telling their parents, there is probably a VERY good reason. Kids get beaten. Kids get kicked out of their homes. Kids get sent to conversion camps. Parents can be just as terrible as anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I understand that but I guess I don't understand being "trans" then. Is Susan going by "Steve" just at school? Are they changing clothes before first period and before they go home?

Honestly at some point that probably should come up in a parent teacher conference or something, but it's a dumb thing to legislate and require.

This whole thing is performative and any legislature spending time on this vs actual meaningful work should be ashamed of themselves. I'm sure the people of Tennessee have bigger fish to fry than trying to force teachers to narc out kids.

And shame on any parent who has such a toxic relationship with their kid that they want the government to require teachers of all people to tattle on their kids.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It may be that the child is asking their friends to use a different name and pronouns at school

And the reason it’s generally advised not to bring into a parent teacher conference is that some of these children are keeping it from their parents due to reasonable fear of abuse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Some children can't or don't trust their parents to tell them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My armor is contempt.
My shield is disgust.
My sword is hatred.
- Supply Side Litany

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nice way to drive up depression prescriptions n suicides yah jackasses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That's their goal, soft genocide

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damn Tennessee, y’all elected some real dipshits.

Y’know the title of “Florida” was already won earlier this decade, right.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago

Florida has the highest domestic migration in the country. New York, Illinois and California have the worst.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_net_migration

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's called FREEDOM and SMALL GOVERNMENT! I HATE Stupid LIBTARDS who think KIDS should be SAFE from Abusive parents! SOCIALISTS!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I’m confused. What would someone at school be able to verify that a parent couldn’t? Are they checking genitalia or something. The rights obsession with people’s private parts is getting real weird.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The right loves children's genitalia. They think about it all day

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Yeah this is definitely a weird area. I can only assume this is in a situation where the kid has confided in a counselor that they are trans.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Party of hate. Party of bigots. Party of persecution.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Party of Small Government back at it again.