{"id":1459796,"date":"2022-05-02T07:45:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T11:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459796"},"modified":"2022-05-02T07:45:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T11:45:36","slug":"bidens-highest-ranking-transgender-official-says-medical-professionals-unanimously-agree-about-value-of-gender-affirming-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-highest-ranking-transgender-official-says-medical-professionals-unanimously-agree-about-value-of-gender-affirming-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Highest Ranking Transgender Official Says Medical Professionals Unanimously Agree About Value Of \u2018Gender-Affirming Care\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-highest-ranking-transgender-official-says-medical-professionals-unanimously-agree-about-value-of-gender-affirming-care%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Rachel-Levine-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The highest-ranking transgender person in the Biden administration, who is also a pediatrician, claimed, \u201cThere is no argument among medical professionals \u2026 about the value and the importance of gender-affirming care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2022\/04\/29\/1095227346\/rachel-levine-calls-state-anti-lgbtq-bills-disturbing-and-dangerous-to-trans-you\">Speaking<\/a> to National Public Radio, Admiral Rachel Levine, the U.S. assistant secretary for health, used the opportunity to attack Florida\u2019s surgeon general, Joseph Ladopo, an ally of Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis. Levine accused Ladopo of putting out \u201ca statement based upon political considerations that is not appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ladopo had released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/_documents\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-guidance.pdf?utm_source=floridahealth.gov&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=newsroom&#038;utm_content=article&#038;url_trace_7f2r5y6=https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-press-release.pr.html\">fact sheet<\/a> on April 20 that stated it would \u201cclarify evidence recently cited on a fact sheet released by the US Department of Health and Human Services.\u201d Ladopo wrote, \u201dSystematic reviews on hormonal treatment for young people show a trend of low-quality evidence, small sample sizes, and medium to high risk of bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The HHS <a href=\"https:\/\/opa.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-03\/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a> to which Ladopo referred stated, \u201cFor transgender and nonbinary children and adolescents, early gender- affirming care is crucial to overall health and well-being as it allows the child or adolescent to focus on social transitions and can increase their confidence while navigating the healthcare system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fact sheet offered examples of \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d including, \u201cUsing certain types of hormones to pause pubertal development,\u201d giving \u201cTestosterone hormones for those who were assigned female at birth,\u201d and \u201cestrogen hormones for those who were assigned male at birth,\u201d \u201c\u2019Top\u2019 surgery \u2013 to create male-typical chest shape or enhance breasts,\u201d and \u00a0\u201c\u2019Bottom\u2019 surgery \u2013 surgery on genitals or reproductive organs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Health fact sheet noted evidence claiming that most children , who identified with their non-birth sex eventually reverted to believing their birth sex was correct. That fact sheet reported, \u201cA paper published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.3109\/09540261.2015.1115754?journalCode=iirp20&#038;utm_source=floridahealth.gov&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=newsroom&#038;utm_content=article&#038;url_trace_7f2r5y6=https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-guidance.pr.html\">International Review of Psychiatry<\/a>\u00a0states that 80% of those seeking clinical care will lose their desire to identify with the non-birth sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January 2021, the news website of the Christian organization Focus on the Family was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/christian-organization-suspended-from-twitter-after-calling-dr-rachel-levine-a-man-who-believes-he-is-a-woman\/\">suspended<\/a> from its Twitter account for saying that Levine was a biological male.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Citizen had written, \u201cOn Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he had chosen Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of HHS. Dr. Levine is a transgender woman, that is, a man who believes he is a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-locks-out-babylon-bee-over-rachel-levine-tweet-the-bee-responds-truth-is-not-hate-speech\/\">posted a screenshot<\/a> of a USA Today article naming Levine as one of its \u201cWomen of the Year,\u201d then tweeted, \u201cRachel Levine is a man.\u201d Twitter flagged the tweet as being \u201chateful.\u201d Days later, the satiric website The Babylon Bee was suspended from Twitter after naming Levine its \u201cMan of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Babylon Bee article stated, \u201cLevine is the\u00a0U.S. assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he serves proudly as the first man in that position to dress like a western cultural stereotype of a woman. He is also an admiral in the\u00a0U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. What a boss! \u2026 Rachel\u2019s message is to \u2018be true to yourself,\u2019 and we couldn\u2019t agree more. This man is breaking barriers and showing us all the true meaning of courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, a fan of The Babylon Bee,<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/babylon-bee-a-factor-in-musk-buying-twitter-issues-tweet-satirizing-twitter-employee-undergoing-therapy-twitter-labels-tweet-with-warning\/\"> contacted<\/a> the Bee\u2019s CEP Seth Dillon \u00a0after its suspension, and reportedly told Dillon \u201cthat he might need to buy Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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