{"id":190664,"date":"2021-03-04T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190664"},"modified":"2021-03-04T22:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T03:00:49","slug":"liberals-please-grow-a-spine-and-say-no-to-child-gender-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-please-grow-a-spine-and-say-no-to-child-gender-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals, Please Grow A Spine And Say No To Child Gender Transition"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fliberals-please-grow-a-spine-and-say-no-to-child-gender-transition%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=190664&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gettyimages-925579172.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Yesterday, senators in Alabama voted 23-4 in favor of a bill that would outlaw gender transition surgery for persons under 18. The bill also includes a provision requiring school staff to notify parents if<\/span> <span>\u201ca minor\u2019s perception\u201d of \u201chis or her gender is inconsistent with his or her sex.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill has been heavily criticized by progressive groups as \u201canti-science\u201d and contrary to \u201cprevailing standards of treatment\u201d (more on that later), according to a<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclualabama.org\/en\/legislation\/hb1-sb10-2021-anti-trans-youth\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a> <span>from the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill, HB1\/SB10, is the first of its kind, but it won\u2019t be the last. On the issue of trans kids, the battle lines have been drawn: it\u2019s medical transition or bust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the issue of gender transition for children gains prominence, many reticent liberals will find themselves between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they can side with the sensibilities of a super majority of Alabaman senators and voters, and support legislation that could result in them being lambasted as \u201canti-gay\u201d or \u201canti-choice\u201d (this may feel, to some, like the \u201cpigs-flying\u201d option). Or, alternatively, they can swallow whatever concerns they have about child medical transition and oppose the measure, ensuring their status as \u201cally\u201d to the \u201cwoke\u201d pro-LGBTQ community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given the two choices, most liberals will choose the latter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Caught in the riptide of perceived in-group consensus, many on the Left will simply quash their concerns in a harried effort to keep up with the morality Joneses. It\u2019s hard to blame them. They\u2019re disoriented by the breakneck speed of the progressive herd which leaves stragglers immortalized forever as \u201cbigots,\u201d caught flat-footed \u201con the wrong side of history.\u201d The pressure to be an early adopter of progressive moral norms is immense. Luckily, a pressure valve exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The easy escape for many liberals hesitant to fall in line with the modern day embrace of the Left\u2019s ideas on transgenderism is to\u00a0<\/span><span>recline into the virtuous posture of criticizing their own conscience as wrong. According to critical theory ideology, our moral compasses are informed by the oppressive dominant culture so, we are told, they should be treated as suspicious and tainted if they conflict with the higher wisdom handed down from approved elite. Lean on the approved experts, we\u2019re told. As they put it, questioning yourself is \u201cpart of the work\u201d and the resistance you\u2019re feeling is \u201cpart of the oppressive structure that must be dismantled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>The self doubt cuts deep, and those who buy into critical theory most heavily feel it the most deeply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy doubts are shameful and wrong because they are programmed by the heteronormative culture I live in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEveryone I respect seems to support it, and the people we don\u2019t respect are the ones who don\u2019t support it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf it makes me uncomfortable that just means I don\u2019t understand it. I should seek to \u2018educate\u2019 myself until it makes sense.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some liberals may experience these thoughts and embrace them. After all, it\u2019s the easy route.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Others, however, aren\u2019t able to recline into woke absolution so easily. They can\u2019t quite kick the feeling that something really<\/span> <em><span>is<\/span><\/em> <span>wrong. The brainwashing isn\u2019t strong enough for these hardy folks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To those liberals, I say this: stay strong. You are not crazy. And no, your reservations do not automatically make you a conservative. They make you prudent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As if this even needs be stated, it is completely reasonable to have reservations about pediatric medical transition. Children under 18 are not capable of comprehending major medical decisions, period. Despite the assurances from trans lobby groups that medical transition is safe and reversible, the medical literature includes growing evidence that this is patently<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/world.wng.org\/content\/study_effects_of_puberty_blockers_can_last_a_lifetime\"><span>untrue<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It feels like just yesterday that liberals were fretting about hormones in non-organic milk causing precocious puberty in girls. They weren\u2019t crazy. Hormones are powerful even in small doses, and kids\u2019 bodies <em>are<\/em> fragile. The fact we are even considering the use of hormones in high enough doses to alter the normal healthy growth of children is stunning. It is not \u201cright-wing\u201d to feel stunned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I know this for a fact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As an openly conservative woman in a largely left-wing social sphere, I am the recipient of many secret confessions. People admit opinions to me that they don\u2019t have the nerve to share publicly, or in some cases even with their spouse. With the possible exception of critical race theory, there is no progressive issue that alarms the liberals I\u2019ve spoken to more than the encroachment of transgender ideology into K-12 schools. So rest assured, if you are a liberal who has concerns, you are far from alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So speak up. Easier said than done, I know, but if there ever was a time to pump the brakes and demand a thorough discussion, this is it. And if there was ever a time when the crowd was<\/span> <em><span>really<\/span><\/em> <span>with you, this is it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Oh, and in ten or twenty years, after the class action lawsuits have rolled in, you<\/span> <em><span>will<\/span><\/em> <span>find yourself on the right side of history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, senators in Alabama voted 23-4 in favor of a bill that would outlaw gender transition surgery for persons under 18. 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