The Trump administration has ordered a full review of sex change procedures for minors. The press calls this a “ban on gender affirming care.” It’s not that. It is a review of the procedures that are currently being done to minors and a removal of federal funding for it.
Oddly, it defines minors as anyone under the age of 19.
The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the current literature “on best practices for promoting the health of children who assert gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or other identity-based confusion.” HHS is then directed to share that data far and wide – something trans advocates do not want because the data on gender transition for minors is damning.
Rapid-onset gender dysphoria is a term trans advocates REALLY object to. It refers to young girls who suddenly say that they are trans in their early teens after copious exposure to social media. Advocates say that is not a thing, these kids have always known since birth. That is nonsense. Rapid-onset gender dysphoria is a well-documented phenomenon.
The order says that the federal government should not “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”
To this end, he has ordered the Attorney General to enforce laws against female mutilation and pursue the legality of certain state’s sanctuary laws.
The order does not say a person cannot have a sex change operation on their own private dime after they turn 19. They could but the doctors who perform these procedures on minors could be under a lot of scrutiny and risk now. Banana Bubblegum
