{"id":2238065,"date":"2024-05-06T06:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-licensed-therapists-who-greenlight-sex-change-operations-in-the-name-of-allyship\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T06:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:48:02","slug":"meet-the-licensed-therapists-who-greenlight-sex-change-operations-in-the-name-of-allyship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-licensed-therapists-who-greenlight-sex-change-operations-in-the-name-of-allyship\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Licensed Therapists Approving Gender Reassignment for Allyship"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmeet-the-licensed-therapists-who-greenlight-sex-change-operations-in-the-name-of-allyship%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=2238065&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--><p>The text discusses the\u2063 substantial\u2063 impact of surgical referral \u2063letters on individuals with gender dysphoria \u2062seeking\u200c sex reassignment surgeries. \u2062ideologically-driven therapists aim to ease access to these letters, focusing on political activism rather\u2064 than \u200cmedical necessity. \u2063Organizations like GALAP oppose the letter requirement, advocating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">gender-affirming care<\/a> without gatekeeping practices. Financial incentives are also linked to this ideological agenda in some instances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Surgical referral letters are one of the few safeguards that stand between those suffering from gender dysphoria and life-altering operations that seek to change their sex, but ideologically-motivated therapists have set out to make these letters as easily available as possible, viewing their work as a form of political activism rather than a serious medical precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Many surgical clinics require that those who wish to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shrier-why-girls-become-boys\/\" title=\"Shrier: Why Girls Become Boys\">undergo double mastectomies<\/a>, hysterectomies, phalloplasties, or other operations aimed at change one\u2019s sex must first receive a letter documenting their mental health. Ideologically-motivated pro-transgender activists, however, have dropped all pretenses that these letters are genuine attempts to discern the mental state of potential patients.<\/p>\n<p>Licensed therapists identified by The Daily Wire instead openly refer to letter-writing as a form of \u201callyship\u201d that can be performed as an act of resistance against alleged oppression. Moe Brown, who <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.simplepractice.com\/courses\/referral-letters-for-gender-affirming-medical-care\">describes<\/a> herself as \u201ca Transgender Identified therapist, public speaker, and writer,\u201d describes the letter-writing process as a form of political activism to be undertaken by allies.<\/p>\n<p>Brown offers a continuing education course on surgical letter referrals with a <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.simplepractice.com\/courses\/referral-letters-for-gender-affirming-medical-care\">description<\/a> that reads, \u201cFor every clinician that identifies as an ally for the Transgender community, this course is necessary in order to expand your allyship and support as you may be the deciding factor in the medical transition of a transgender person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seattle-based therapist Shaquille Sinclair, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inclusivetherapists.com\/washington\/seattle\/shaquille-sinclair\">self-described<\/a> \u201cqueer Black Jamaican\u201d who offers free transgender surgical referral letters and enjoys \u201cworking with queer\/trans folks,\u201d calls therapy a form of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI frame the therapeutic space as entirely non-neutral. It is a place of resistance, or we get to recreate the ways we relate to systems,\u201d Sinclair writes. He notes that his professional focuses include \u201cabolitionism\u201d and \u201cblack liberation\u201d and also calls himself a \u201csex worker ally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This ideological bent is not limited to individual professionals. Organizations exist with the express intent of making these letters as readily available as possible. The Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP) opposes the requirement that people receive medical letters before undergoing sex change operations altogether, but has resolved to make letters readily accessible \u201cbefore clinical practice shifts toward a more socially just model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GALAP describes itself as \u201ca group of transgender, nonbinary, and allied mental health and medical providers\u201d who advocate against the surgical letter requirement. \u201cPutting mental health providers in a position of gatekeeping negatively impacts the client-provider relationship and leads to abuses of power,\u201d GALAP says on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegalap.org\/about\">its website<\/a>, calling on mental health providers to \u201cpublicly commit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-endorses-sex-change-surgery-hormone-therapy-for-children\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Endorses Sex-Change Surgery, Hormone Therapy for Children\">providing gender-affirming care<\/a> for medical transition without undue gatekeeping practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is from this ideological position that GALAP operates, intending to make letters available free of charge while simultaneously advocating for letter requirements to be ditched altogether.<\/p>\n<p>In other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/los-angeles-public-schools-partner-with-couple-that-pushes-sex-change-surgery-on-children\">instances<\/a> this ideological agenda also appears to be tethered to financial incentives. Aydin and Johnna Olson-Kennedy are a married couple in Los Angeles that have worked on both sides of the pipeline to sex change surgeries \u2014 providing both the surgical referral letters and the surgeries themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Aydin, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-candidate-had-social-worker-license-revoked-for-violating-louisiana-regulations\/\" title=\"Dem Candidate Had Social Worker License Revoked for Violating Louisiana Regulations\">licensed clinical social worker<\/a> who identifies as transgender, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoklcsw.com\/new-page-1\">writes letters<\/a> to allow minors to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-russia-tries-to-conquer-ukraine-deviants-try-to-conquer-everybody\/\" title=\"As Russia Tries To Conquer Ukraine, Deviants Try To Conquer Everybody\">undergo sex change operations<\/a> for free, claiming that requiring letters at all is oppressive. \u201cI believe the mandate for letters to access gender-affirming medical procedures is inherently discriminatory,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoklcsw.com\/new-page-2\">her site reads<\/a>, adding that the requirement threatens to \u201creinforce systemic biases.\u201d Aydin offers these letters free of charge, saying that she intends to \u201cde-pathologize the transgender experience\u201d and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoklcsw.com\/about-5\">committed<\/a> to offering her \u201csupport and advocacy for the transgender community and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Aydin Olson-Kennedy is trusted to assess the mental readiness of those who want to undergo sex change operations, she previously <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170220090227\/https:\/\/gendertrender.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/21\/aydin-olson-kennedy-msw-urges-gender-surgery-for-down-syndrome-child-in-intensive-care-unit\/\">shared a fundraiser<\/a> for a child with down syndrome to receive a double mastectomy.<\/p>\n<p>Aydin\u2019s wife, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, is the medical director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chla.org\/profile\/johanna-olson-kennedy-md\">The Center for Transyouth Health<\/a> at the Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, which sees children as young as three and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/12\/20\/transgender-youth-doctors-clinics\/\">called<\/a> the largest trans youth clinic in the country. It has also partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District to advertise its offerings to the parents of young children.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also Sarah Eley, a mental health clinician who argued at a conference that mental health providers should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/10\/12\/watch-therapist-gets-sex-change-operations-approved-in-as-few-sessions-as-possible-acts-as-ally\/\">act as \u201callies\u201d<\/a> when writing letters for people who want to undergo sex change surgeries. Rather than dispassionately assessing a patient\u2019s mental health, Eley states that \u201cour role is to really help them get to that next step in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eley made it clear that she wants people to be able to access sex change operations as quickly as possible. \u201cThe less sessions the better,\u201d she said, referring to mental health assessments in preparation for writing a medical letter. \u201cIn writing these letters we look at our own internal biases.\u201d A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Gender-Affirming-Surgery-Letters-Presentation2020.pdf\">presentation<\/a> from Eley discusses \u201cpracticing allyship through letter assessments\u201d and claims that sex change operations are often \u201clife savers\u201d before recommending books on \u201ctrans allyship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ease of receiving surgical referral letters may have facilitated the drastic increase in operations that attempt to change people\u2019s sex. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/23\/health\/gender-affirming-surgery-study\/index.html\">2023 study<\/a> found that the number of sex change operations performed in the United States tripled between 2016 and 2019.\u00a0The number of children between the ages of 13 to 17 who\u2019ve undergone double mastectomies has similarly grown, steadily increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-transyouth-data\/\">every year<\/a> from 2019 to 2021. The number of children between the ages of 6 and 17 who\u2019ve undergone hormone therapy has jumped from just over 1,900 in 2017 to over 4,200 in 2021, increasing every year in between.<\/p>\n<p>While the scale of sex change operations has spiked in the United States, more liberal European countries like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20230208-sweden-puts-brakes-on-treatments-for-trans-minors\">Sweden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/13\/uk\/england-nhs-puberty-blockers-trans-children-intl-gbr\/index.html\">England<\/a> have taken steps to limit the availability of medical interventions that seek to change the sex of patients. The Scandinavian country stopped hormone therapy for minors with few exceptions while England\u2019s National Health Service stopped prescribing puberty blockers.<\/p>\n<p>Moe Brown, Shaquille Sinclair, and GALAP did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surgical referral letters act as crucial safeguards for individuals battling gender dysphoria before life-changing sex reassignment surgeries. 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