Lessons in Transgender Ideology from The Cass Review

'The Cass Review' shifts the transgender debate back to medicine and science, in contrast to the ideological conformity found in U.S. medical associations. Images: Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly
(04/12/24)
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[@funkinelle247]

These Drs are nothing more than modern day Dr Frankensteins. It’s really, really disturbing.

[@77dris]

It makes sense. The term "gender" comes from a perv/frankenstein doctor in the 1960s named John Money who did unspeakable things to children. That's why I refuse to use the word "gender" when talking about this stuff. Just use "sex" instead since that is what we are talking about.

[@fromchomleystreet]

When the Pope and Richard Dawkins agree on something, you know there might be a problem. It took a brand new religion to do that.

[@sh8nn0n92]

💪🗣️🥳

[@Nick-bh5bk]

Hopefully the US will follow quickly. This madness must stop.

[@clemdane]

This is a step forward, but there's still a ton of ideology out there and the battle is far from over

[@mikoburns3938]

Ideology backed by a profit driven, consistently deceptive industry called big pharma and private healthcare as well as government funded healthcare.

[@personalcheeses8073]

The house of cards is collapsing and it cannot be rebuilt

[@tracyallshouse2730]

Gender isn't decided or assigned it is developed at conception. Puberty cannot be " paused " without causing issues physically. These are not things children should be worried about.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

If embryos are "people" all men are trans. It's just science. Children should indeed not be worried about how you think they should be gendered, but here we are.... What is wrong with you?

[@AfroGaz71]

Agreed. If gender is just a social construct, then why would puberty blockers or surgery be needed to "correct" the gender.

[@77dris]

Just stop using the word "gender". It was (re)created in the 1960s by a perv/doctor named John Money who performed disgusting "experiments" on children. Use the word "sex" NEVER use the word "gender" and it solves a lot of problems. Most languages don't have a term for "gender" just sex. Gender came from the same latin root as "genre" and it just means "kind"and had nothing to do with "sex".

[@MartyMcK]

The Cass Review IS thee bombshell! Those who pushed this on children doctors, NGO’s, media and celebrities better all start looking up good lawyers.

[@DorianPaige00]

Why should an adult or celebrity transitioning have to get a lawyer? Cass Review said there was no conclusive study. That doesn't mean everyone needs to come off of their medicine and be put in institutions.

[@MartyMcK]

@@DorianPaige00 Not them transitioning ffs. Going against the science and child protection by putting pressure on vulnerable children and their parents along with threatening people who oppose their view on gender theory and their desire to rush children through irreversible medical procedures.

[@AqworldsMew11]

Nah it's trash propaganda :)

[@dph3ams1]

@@DorianPaige00 Explicitly stated, those who pushed this on children.

[@dph3ams1]

@@DorianPaige00 Precisely, no conclusive study. You don't push experimental drugs on minors.

[@Hidinginyourcupboard]

The principal of ‘I am a hammer, you are the nail’. Trans exceptionalism because people were more concerned with virtue signalling the ‘correct’ ideas

[@leevan2332]

You dont have to be an expert to understand that trying to change ones body will never work and will have dire consequences....

[@Deepfake820]

Why did we need a report to tell us men and women are different and one can never become the other? Scientists have been trying to turn cats into dogs....

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

If embryos are people every man is trans.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Well one thing would be because apparently embryos are people, which means all men are trans. But folks like you only want to believe science when it aligns with your own beliefs.

[@michaellovullo7363]

​@@depleteduraniumcowboy3516Scientifically explain how someone with a penis becomes a woman.

[@bikechiatry8367]

now you expressing hate towards Furries -- id be carefull particulary if you are in Scotland --- :)

[@vMaxHeadroom]

My God the harm we are doing to young children is beyond belief and is akin to one of the worst crimes ever perpetrated. How in the world can a 4, 5, 6, 7 year old child really understand what gender actually means let alone be led down the path of forevor altering the body with hormones and worse later on surgery...Sadly some parents, social media and media in general are sexualising children and it is just terrible...

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

The Cass Report is the end of this societal contagion. What will be the next one? We have learned nothing from Salem

[@9395gb]

Agreed. I said this was akin to those girls claiming to be afflicted by witches in the 1600s in Salem. Social contagion.

[@MajesticJoshua]

Hopefully this review makes it more difficult for people to transition. That way, young people who do not need medical intervention, which is most of them according to the report, can be saved from it.

[@stevemarshall4822]

Sunak is lying when he says they've acted with serious intent. The Tavistock has only just closed (ie 2 years later), on the day two replacement clinics opened , employing the SAME ACTIVIST STAFF, who suffer no consequences for their crimes and unprofessionalism.

[@halkon4412]

“2 years later” The Cass review was just published a month ago, what are you on about “two replacement clinics opened” Yes, one of the recommendations made was for a greater number of clinics treating kids with gender dysphoria, just not in the same way. There will be national scrutiny on the new clinics now that the review is out, so it’s unlikely the staff will continue the same tactics as before.

[@stevemarshall4822]

@@halkon4412 Interim review was available 2 years ago for those paying attention. New clinics, same activist staff.

[@laikanbarth]

I hope people can come back to their senses. Once again the medical community has let us down. People need to sue!! Gender ideology was just that an IDEOLOGY

[@bradleystokes-bennett2688]

Meanwhile in Canada…..

[@user-si7fj5rh5u]

Child abuse - who has been sacked or imprisoned??

[@antifacog8552]

They can't imprison anyone because the evidence it's "dangerous" required Cass to dismiss the bulk of the evidence on VERY spurious grounds. As it turns out, Cass was also in contact with Ron De Santis' anti-Trans lobbyists, who came out with much the same nonsense in Florida.

[@duncanhewitt6557]

Have you read the report?

[@MajesticJoshua]

@@antifacog8552Anything to try and discredit the report, eh? I welcomed the report. Hopefully it will make transitioning much, much harder.

[@user-wm9bz5vp4c]

antifacog8552 OK Groomer

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Certainly not Matt Gaetz. You cool with that?

[@kenscrackofdoom599]

Its time to put those clinicians who have enabled this in prison for child abuse.

[@AndrewNuttallWearsPants]

Notice how the role teachers played in causing this was not covered by the report. The battle is far from over.

[@peterd788]

This is such a comprehensive review and its findings will be difficult to ignore across the world. The entire transgender cult has been punched in the face by carefully considered and real evidence.

[@philipharris-smith5889]

The Doctors should be ashamed and some disbarred.

[@VegetaNeville]

I agree, except you disbar lawyers, not doctors.

[@philipharris-smith5889]

@@VegetaNeville both are culpable.

[@VegetaNeville]

I was referring to the use of the word 'disbar'. Lawyers take the Bar Exam to practice law and revoking their ability to do so is called 'disbarring'. Doctors don't take Bar Exams. I am uncertain exactly what term is used when you legally stop a doctor from practicing, but it isn't 'disbar'.

[@ericbaillie1098]

I have heard the phrase "Gender is a construct" many times but I still have no idea what it means.

[@halkon4412]

It means something different to everyone who says it. Gender ideology is basically just new astrology, except it’s taken seriously by academia for some reason.

[@Muskeljudentum]

@Muskeljudentum 0 seconds ago There’s something far more sinister about the ideology than just “wanting the best for the kids”. There’s something revolutionary about trans identity, and as all competent authoritarians and revolutionaries know, children must be controlled in order for the agenda to succeed

[@colonel_klunk4080]

Well duh, of course you CANNOT change gender end of!

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Tell us all about what you think decides gender, while you support pedophiles....

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Well duh, don't looking into what Patriot fish do as it will destroy your sad, pathetic world view.

[@louiseparker1915]

The correct term is SEX!

[@DukeSlystalker]

At first glance, without knowing much about the report, it appears that trangenderism was being looked at as a relatively common thing... Not that it is common for kids to report dysphoria, but if a given kid had one or three meetings with a teacher or professional about it, and then they quickly wound up on puberty blockers, it is implicit that these care-givers were treating trans as a relatively common cause of distress. This is as opposed to the presumption that it is a very rare occurrence (which is concensus!) which would match up with an in-depth investigation for a given kid before radical measures were undertaken. This incongruity is caused by the whole idea of self-ID being an axiomatic determining factor. In the political environment, the notion that nobody is incorrect when they say they are trans casts a shadow over the whole process. Why would you need more than a couple of meetings? An in-depth investigation implies that the care-giver is reluctant to affirm someone's axiomatic self-ID. This part is outside of the realm of empirical science, and it has helped lead to this scandal.

[@halkon4412]

It’s pretty wild stuff. This is what happens when what is effectively a religious belief is given scientific, academic, and institutional legitimacy for years on end.

[@kaligath6616]

We have been saying this for years but we was called phobic for pointing it out... Its disgusting to even think people went along with this idea and thought the same thing they use on convicted sex offenders would be okay on children is so messed up. What these "teachers" did was the equivalent of grooming.

[@johnreid9959]

It’s grooming they should be ashamed

[@hospitalsgivingpatientsdan8894]

We have a sex not identity

[@ptatpc7925]

Imagine that. ‘Medicine and science’ instead of ‘feelings’. Dr Mengele didn’t do this much medical damage to children.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Lets be real for a minute. The part of "OMG don't damage the children" is forever trying to lower the age of child marriage.

[@laurafenton6776]

Don’t be stupid, he was insane and a monster

[@rongold7719]

How are you going even compare Mengle to these drs

[@Gingerblaze]

@@depleteduraniumcowboy3516 nah that is coming from both sides.

[@ptatpc7925]

@@rongold7719 You mean the sort of comparison where you conduct medical experiments on children with life changing effects and consequences. That sort of comparison?

[@Thewhippedhippie]

Character change comes with privilege. This change comes with an Anxiety. The change is fed by negative views. Once this Anxiety starts it’s not easy to stop. Negatives keep challenges going. Mankind loves all kinds of challenges.

[@UteHeggenTranswidowHeals]

Diagnosis of adults with cross-sex ideation is similarly corrupted by politics. Trans widows, the ex-wives of demanding, suddenly crossdressing husbands have seen it in person. Data on 57 trans widows' experiences at channel in the handle name here.

[@bradleyriles3889]

The whole thing was pure evil

[@hospitalsgivingpatientsdan8894]

Secondary sex characteristics not more important than primary

[@manofthepeople2165]

Teachers are allowed to give kids hormone blockers without the knowledge or consent of parents?!?!?

[@raykarena4595]

Well at least the Catholic church is doing something right....

[@AfroGaz71]

Saw which way the wind was blowing. The Cass report became available to the public just a couple of days after the pope's a announcement. No doubt they got news that the report was going to be damning. They shifted their rhetoric accordingly.

[@wolfsettgast4945]

Well, smartphones/social media teach us from the very beginning, that reality isn't valid, isn't legit, but virtual reality (including pornography) IS. - Simple solution to the problem: Switch off the internet😉

[@user-sx3pc4dj3r]

But then you're stuck with only government approved propaganda from the telly. Not a lot on this particular topic can be found there. Complete suppression almost. Don't most ISP block pornsites by default these days?

[@offwiththefairies77]

Ban children from the internet/mobile phones.

[@mht5875]

Make these ideologies illegal

[@DorianPaige00]

Cass said the kids are "on a list, waiting to get services." Hmm...they must not be "medicalized" now are they. Tell the truth Mama Cass.

[@eviliislag]

qweens 4 454

[@Pinhoser]

This is beginning to restore my respect and faith in humanity, and belief that a REAL, HONEST caring approach is winning.

[@tompommerel2136]

The tipping of the scales??????????????????????????????????????????????

[@oliverseiler2871]

Pe....do right are human rights also then.

[@PrettyWeirdDuck]

Here's a thought. It takes a lot of work to be a man of the Catholic church; reading the bible, learning different languages, etc. Meanwhile in Trans Ideology you don't have to do any work at all, just use self-ID. The Catholic Church has a longer history of predatory priests than the Trans Community BUT I would not be surprised that the Catholic Church doesn't like the trans because trans women - who are men - have shown how easy it is to target children, without having to go through all the work of being a priest. Another thought. Making children infertile means they won't be making babies when they're adults. That means fewer kids will be made for the predatory priests to use and abuse.

[@Beserious795]

I guess this would assume there haven’t been problematic men committing these atrocities in all areas of life since the beginning of time. Just in the last several decades we hear of Epstein, Weinstein, Boy Scouts of America, Hollywood, Nickelodeon, etc. The trans community wasn’t even but a handful of folks per city prior to the last two decades and they certainly were nowhere need the character of people who it’s consists of today. Many of the transsexuals of old completely disagree with the community as it exists today. But do go off. 😅

[@ytube777]

"true medical studies". lol.

[@upnorth2421]

Could you explain a bit more?

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

Oh, so I'm always happy one someone else decides what my gender is.

[@amaryllisequistra]

Medicine is based on science, not feelings. You are genuinely welcome to adopt whatever gender identity you would like. But please leave children alone. Foreclosing on an identity before maturity is foreclosing on options, and who would want that for a child?

[@lauterunvollkommenheit4344]

The gametes you produce decide what your sex is.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

@@amaryllisequistra Speaking science. Only those ignorant of it believe there is only XY and XX. Additionally if embryos are people then every "man" is trans.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

@@amaryllisequistra and it is people like you who "while wanting the children to be left alone" want to lower the age of what consists of statutory rape and the age at which children can marry. WTF is wrong with you?

[@VegetaNeville]

No one, including you, decides your gender. Gender IS.

[@DorianPaige00]

David Bell saw adults and not children with gender dysphoria. Tell the truth.

[@Beserious795]

You don’t have to be treating the specific population to have a problem with what was going on in your facility. Him not being the one prescribing the medications has nothing to do with his points. All providers should’ve had similar moral questions at a minimum.

[@DorianPaige00]

@@Beserious795 Bell doesn't know the patients or the specifics of each case. Maybe the janitor could testify next.

[@dph3ams1]

He worked at GIDS, a department set up for minors.

[@DorianPaige00]

@@dph3ams1 No, David Bell was a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Adult Department.

[@canadachandler7521]

This evil ideology needs to be wiped out.