"Transgender" Toddlers Receiving Treatment By Duke, UNC, And ECU To Transition Alleges Journalist
Toddlers can now identify as trans, apparently. According to investigative journalist Sloan Rachmuth, toddlers as young as 2 years old are allowed to transition now, thanks to some of North Carolina's top hospitals.
Shocking findings by one journalist, Sloan Rachmuth, show just how much we've fallen as a society. Several hospitals in North Carolina are now allegedly transitioning toddlers and are training future primary care doctors on how to proceed with these treatments.
In 2015, Duke Medicine created a brand new Gender Clinic offering a variety of services to kids and teens with gender dysphoria. In 2017, Dr. Deanna Adkins, director of the Duke Center for Child and Adolescent Gender Care, revealed that she had transgender patients as young as 2 years old. "They are not old enough to consciously just choose to do that [to be trans]," Dr. Adkins said about her patients. "It is not a choice in any of my patients. It's really an unpleasant thing to have going on in your body to feel that distress about yourself. I can't imagine anyone who would choose to do that."
UNC Health is reportedly evaluating children as young as 3 years old for gender dysphoria. On their official website, they say they accept self-referrals from individuals as young as 4 who are interested in transitioning. "We accept referrals from other mental health providers and medical providers seeking consultation on their transgender or gender non-binary patients (ages 4-30 years) undergoing or exploring all forms of gender-affirming care," the description under the "Referrals" section reads.
Source: UNC School of Medicine
It continues, "We also accept self-referrals from individuals or family members of individuals (ages 4-30 years) who are interested in exploring a gender-affirming evaluation, and also those in need of support or consultation during any phase of transition."
The madness doesn't stop there. Every third Wednesday of every month, the Gender Affirming Care Clinic offers free gender-affirming care to those looking to transition. Their services include "prescriptions for hormone therapy, general primary care, letters of support for surgery, and referrals to other resources and providers." Luckily, this only applies to those who are adults, but who knows what will happen in the future.
ECU Health also opened its LGBTQ+ Clinic one year ago. Dr. Colby Dendy, East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine clinical assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics, said she believes gender-affirmation care should be for "people of all ages," as reported by The East Carolinian. “The literature tells us that kids can start around age four having their gender identity, so we do not want to exclude anybody within the pediatrics realm,” Dr. Dendy claimed. “A big part of our goal is to provide affirming primary care to everybody in LGBTQ+ spectrum.”
In recent years, there has been a growing concern over the rise in transition regret among individuals who underwent hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery. This regret has been linked to various factors, including the impact of media on children and teenagers. Platforms like TikTok and Twitter have played a significant role in shaping the perception of gender among young people. In this case, though, it's worse – the parents, who are tasked with protecting their kids, are making the decision to "affirm" their children, a process that is irreversible and harmful in the long run.
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