There is an article on 1819 News website about threatening trans children at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it appears to be a conservative website.
UAB, Children's of Alabama pediatrician details youth transgender treatment offerings; Says kids can ‘try on’ different identities
By Erica Thomas
September 29, 2022
It is no secret UAB caters to patients in the LGBT community. In fact, the hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign. UAB has a special website dedicated to those in the LGBT community and even has a LGBTQ+ Mental Health & Wellness Clinic.1819 News decided to take a look at the practices of UAB and Children's of Alabama following a recent report by The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh regarding Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s youth transgender treatments in Tennessee.
The stated purpose of the LGBT clinic at UAB is to provide safe, supportive and affirming care while raising awareness of the needs of those in that community, according to its website. One of the specialists recommended by the clinic is Children’s of Alabama Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Morissa Jean Ladinsky, MD.
“Our gender health team at UAB is the only one that provides the subspecialty level of care for youth throughout all of the southeast,” said Ladinsky.
The article then dissects the video.
However, 11 minutes into the video, Ladinsky discussed issues she had with Alabama law, including abstinence being taught in schools as the only method for preventing teen pregnancy. She then went on to describe a bill introduced in the Legislature to change language in a law that states, “Homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public.” She encouraged the crowd to "rally behind" the bill.
A major focus of her presentation was mental health. At one point, Ladinsky advised medical providers not to tell the parents of patients if they "come out" to them since the parents may not react well to the news. She said one in four children in the "deep south" are kicked out of their homes as a result of telling their parents they are gay.
“Let’s keep our youth safe,” Ladinsky said in the video. “Our job isn’t to rush and tell their parents unless they want us to.”
The article questions the “...unless they want us to.”
When asked about this by 1819 News, Ladinsky stood behind her comment. She said she makes it a point when teaching pediatricians to tell them young people "own" their coming out journey. She said her duty is to her patient, to protect them from possible abuse or shame. In pediatrics, she said, keeping information between the child and the physician is standard in all situations.
Later in the article they ask about well known trans people being an influencing force behind trans children decision?
During the presentation, Ladinsky pointed to celebrities such as Miley Cyrus, Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox to explain various categories of LGBT community members and the correct terminology used to describe their particular situations.
When asked by 1819 News, Ladinsky avoided directly answering whether this celebrity factor could influence children to want to identify as transgender. However, she did say there was no way a child could be affirmed as transgender in her clinic if it was only a fad due to the intense long-term care they would receive.
Then they concentrate on one of the usages of the puberty delaying drugs, in precocious puberty they delay the early onset of puberty.
These drugs are classified as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. According to the Cleveland Clinic, GnRH agonists are also used for chemical castration.
Yes but… They are used for a very different purpose in children, it has a vastly different purpose in children, they are used with children who are going into a very early puberty, the Mayo Clinic defines precocious puberty as,
Precocious puberty is when a child's body begins changing into that of an adult (puberty) too soon. When puberty begins before age 8 in girls and before age 9 in boys, it is considered precocious puberty.
Puberty includes rapid growth of bones and muscles, changes in body shape and size, and development of the body's ability to reproduce.
But the article makes no mention of that usage!
Then the news article tries a zinger on the doctor with the typical conservative question.
Finally, 1819 News asked Ladinsky another Matt Walsh-related question: “What is a woman?”
Her answer?
“I would turn it right back to you because I think the answer, what is a woman or what is a man, is different for every single person,” she replied. “I bet you the answer I would come up with is going to be different than you.”
The conservatives think the answer is simply chromosomes, but it is exceedingly more complicated than that.
I was away to a weekend party up in Vermont and I didn't have the password for the B&B wifi, so I missed posting yesterday. A number of my blog fans were there! A big shoutout to them 😀
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