{"id":1559741,"date":"2022-07-18T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559741"},"modified":"2022-07-18T16:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T20:19:39","slug":"trans-biden-official-wants-to-empower-kids-to-get-sex-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-biden-official-wants-to-empower-kids-to-get-sex-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Biden Official Wants To \u2018Empower\u2019 Kids To Get Sex Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/x-3-e1658173840852.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine said transgender youths need to be empowered to get \u201cgender affirmation treatment\u201d on MSNBC Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Levine, who is transgender, <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v1cqx7b-rachel-levine-on-gender-affirmation-treatment-for-youth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> transgender youths are threatened by mental health issues, bullying and political attacks, and that treatment of these youths should affirm their perceived gender identity and empower them to get sex change treatments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span id=\"subtitle1332\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1332\" data-start=\"3342199\" data-end=\"3346637\">So we really want to base our<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1333\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1333\" data-start=\"3346637\" data-end=\"3349206\">treatment and to affirm and to<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1334\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1334\" data-start=\"3349205\" data-end=\"3350707\">support and empower these youth<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1335\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1335\" data-start=\"3350708\" data-end=\"3353511\">not to limit their participation<\/span> in <span id=\"subtitle1336\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1336\" data-start=\"3353510\" data-end=\"3355679\">activities in sports and even<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1337\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1337\" data-start=\"3355679\" data-end=\"3357848\">limit their ability to get<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1338\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1338\" data-start=\"3357849\" data-end=\"3358783\">gender affirmation treatment in<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1339\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1339\" data-start=\"3358783\" data-end=\"3359583\">their state,\u201d <\/span>Levine told MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>Levine previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/15\/joe-biden-transgender-children-gender-affirming-care-sex-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> Biden\u2019s June 15 executive order expanding access to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/06\/transgender-activism-pharmaceutical-studies-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sex change<\/a> treatments for children and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/02\/rachel-levine-transgender-kids-florida-science-gender-affirming-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> there is no debate within the medical community about whether children who believe they are transgender should receive sex change treatments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/12\/analysis-euphemisms-the-left-uses-to-gloss-over-the-most-heinous-things-imaginable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex changes<\/a>, which Levine refers to as \u201cgender affirmation treatments,\u201d include socially transitioning to the opposite sex, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"subtitle1311\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1311\" data-start=\"3308930\" data-end=\"3311334\">\u201cTrans youth are vulnerable.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1312\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1312\" data-start=\"3311333\" data-end=\"3313101\">They suffer significant<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1313\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1313\" data-start=\"3313101\" data-end=\"3315370\">harassment and bullying,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1314\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1314\" data-start=\"3315370\" data-end=\"3316838\">sometimes in schools or their<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1315\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1315\" data-start=\"3316838\" data-end=\"3317206\">community,\u201d Levine told Mitchell.<\/span> \u201c<span id=\"subtitle1316\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1316\" data-start=\"3317206\" data-end=\"3321477\">They have more mental health<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1317\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1317\" data-start=\"3321477\" data-end=\"3322144\">issues, but there\u2019s nothing<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1318\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1318\" data-start=\"3322144\" data-end=\"3322912\">inherent with being transgender<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1319\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1319\" data-start=\"3322912\" data-end=\"3325648\">or gender diverse, which would<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1320\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1320\" data-start=\"3325648\" data-end=\"3329018\">predispose youth to depression<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1321\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1321\" data-start=\"3329018\" data-end=\"3330887\">or anxiety.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1322\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1322\" data-start=\"3330887\" data-end=\"3331487\">It\u2019s the harassment and<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1323\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1323\" data-start=\"3331487\" data-end=\"3331854\">bullying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"subtitle1324\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1324\" data-start=\"3331854\" data-end=\"3332455\">\u201cNow they are suffering<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1325\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1325\" data-start=\"3332455\" data-end=\"3333189\">politically motivated attacks<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1326\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1326\" data-start=\"3333189\" data-end=\"3334624\">through state actions against<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1327\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1327\" data-start=\"3334624\" data-end=\"3336826\">these vulnerable transgender<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1328\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1328\" data-start=\"3336826\" data-end=\"3338929\">youth.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1329\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1329\" data-start=\"3338929\" data-end=\"3339930\">This is not based upon data.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1330\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1330\" data-start=\"3339929\" data-end=\"3341431\">These actions are politically<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"subtitle1331\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"1331\" data-start=\"3341431\" data-end=\"3342199\">motivated,\u201d Levine said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Trans youth are vulnerable&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}