{"id":2620089,"date":"2026-06-27T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-essay-mutilates-fathers-day-like-a-gender-transition-procedure-mutilates-bodies\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:27:54","slug":"nyt-essay-mutilates-fathers-day-like-a-gender-transition-procedure-mutilates-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-essay-mutilates-fathers-day-like-a-gender-transition-procedure-mutilates-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT &#8216;Essay&#8217; Mutilates Father&#8217;s Day Like a Gender Transition Procedure Mutilates Bodies"},"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%2Fnyt-essay-mutilates-fathers-day-like-a-gender-transition-procedure-mutilates-bodies%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=2620089&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 frequent portrayal of conservatives as opportunistic in the media, often framing their actions as reactive or predatory-e.g., headlines suggesting Republicans &#8220;pounce&#8221; on mistakes made by Democrats or progressives. It contrasts this with the perception of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-medical-professor-on-desantis-covid-success-because-hes-very-well-informed-better-than-most-epidemiologists\/\" title=\"Stanford Medical Professor On DeSantis: COVID Success Because He\u2019s \u2018Very Well Informed,\u2019 Better Than \u2018Most Epidemiologists\u2019\">left-leaning media<\/a> as the ones frequently enough &#8220;pouncing&#8221; on issues from the other side. The article then focuses on Father&#8217;s Day,explaining its origins rooted in honoring paternal roles in families and society,especially highlighting the importance of fathers modeled after biblical figures like St. Joseph. It criticizes a recent New York Times article that presented a transgender individual&#8217;s account of becoming a &#8220;trans dad,&#8221; viewing it as a distortion of the conventional father\u2019s role. The author emphasizes that fathers provide crucial stability, guidance, and protection for their daughters, shaping their understanding of self-worth and expectations in relationships.The piece laments that efforts to redefine or undermine paternal roles-such as replacing fathers with other figures-deny children the vital love and security only a true father can offer. Ultimately, it asserts that the absence of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >genuine father figure deprives children<\/a> of essential emotional and spiritual foundations, and criticizes the media for promoting narratives that weaken traditional family structures.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cRepublicans pounce\u201d is commonly used to illustrate media bias against conservatives. When Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned in the wake of allegations of plagiarism in 2024, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AP\/status\/1742455903264129474\">described<\/a> plagiarism as a \u201cnew conservative weapon against colleges.\u201d When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her staff accidentally published an unedited version of the progressive congresswoman\u2019s \u201cGreen New Deal,\u201d containing measures that Democrats who had endorsed the plan did not agree to support, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/11\/climate\/green-new-deal-faq.html\">ran the headline<\/a> \u201cOcasio-Cortez Team Flubs a Green New Deal Summary, and Republicans Pounce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The implication, of course, is that Republicans and conservatives are almost always framed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-wildly-distorts-state-bills-banning-critical-race-theory-claims-republicans-want-to-stop-teaching-slavery-and-racism\/\" title=\"New ... Wildly Distorts State Bills Banning Critical Race Theory, Claims ... Want To Stop Teaching Slavery And Racism\">left-leaning media outlets<\/a> as political opportunists, preying upon the honest mistakes of Democrats and progressives. In point of fact, however, it is the leftists in the media who habitually \u201cpounce,\u201d never missing an opportunity to promote their twisted worldview.<\/p>\n<p>Father\u2019s Day netted a prime example. Since the Medieval Ages, Father\u2019s Day has been celebrated in the Western world on the Catholic feast day of St. Joseph, the earthly foster father of Christ, and has been dedicated to honoring fathers, their uniquely masculine role in the life of the family, and their influence in society and culture. In Catholic studies and devotion, Joseph is upheld as the ideal example of manhood, second only to Christ, who is both God and Man. Joseph evinces profound trust in God by taking Mary as his wife; he saves the infant Jesus from mortal danger by guiding his family to Egypt when King Herod I, in his attempt to maintain his throne and slay the newborn King of the Jews, massacres the Holy Innocents; he mentors his foster son Jesus in the trade of carpentry and models earthly manhood through his love for both his Son and his wife, Mary.<\/p>\n<p>In 1910, the state of Washington celebrated Father\u2019s Day as a holiday in June, deciding to honor the unique role of fathers shortly after the institution of Mother\u2019s Day, honoring mothers. Much of Europe has adopted the American model and celebrates Father\u2019s Day in June, although some countries and communities still celebrate the holiday in March, around St. Joseph\u2019s feast day, or in November. Universally, however, Father\u2019s Day has long been understood as a special time to honor fathers, their unique role in the family, and their masculine influence on society.<\/p>\n<p>Despite more than a century of history behind Father\u2019s Day in America \u2014 and centuries upon centuries before that of understanding the role of fathers and the unique differences between men and women \u2014 The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/21\/opinion\/trans-dad-parenting-fathers-day.html\">\u201cpounced\u201d<\/a> on the holiday to promote an LGBT agenda. In a \u201cguest essay\u201d published on Father\u2019s Day, the biological female \u201cZach\u201d Ellams wrote about identifying as a man \u2014 more specifically, identifying as a \u201cfather.\u201d Illustrated with sloppy, childish comic-strip-style cartoons, the article was entitled \u201cTo My Daughter, My Gender Was Never Complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been living as a trans man since I was 18 years old. But when my wife and I had Elliot, I had to learn how to be a trans dad,\u201d the comic article\u2019s first few panels read. \u201cI wasn\u2019t out to everyone as trans, but with Elliot I had to learn how to talk about it.\u201d Over the course of the 25-panel comic article, Ellams is repeatedly embarrassed by her \u201cdaughter\u201d bringing up her gender transition, asking questions like, \u201cHow did you grow a mustache if you were a lady?\u201d or \u201cHow long did you have breasts for, dad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more I\u2019ve watched Elliot embrace who she is, moving through the world with her wild and free spirit, and her sense of humor, the more I\u2019ve learned to embrace who I am,\u201d Ellams writes, alongside an illustration of the author staring at her \u201cmale\u201d reflection in a lake. \u201cI thought I was teaching Elliot how to be happy and secure, yet all along she had been doing that for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a father to a little girl myself, The New York Times article \u2014 or series of doodles or whatever this trash is \u2014 both breaks my heart and makes my blood boil. A father plays a critical role in the life of his sons, of course, modeling masculinity for them, giving them an example to follow, and guiding them through the difficulties of manhood, but plays an equally important role in the life of his daughters. It is from her father that a little girl learns how to interact with men, develops an understanding of how she should be treated by men, and even derives some of her earliest and most foundational concepts of self-worth.<\/p>\n<p>Every little girl should be able to rely on her father. She should know that she is loved unconditionally, that she is worth being loved, that she does not need to trade favors or habits in exchange for affection and devotion. Later on in life, such a transactional understanding of love almost always results in promiscuity, with a young woman feeling the need to exchange sexual favors and use of her own body to receive love and affection. A loving, consistent, present father can prevent this dangerous behavior, instilling in his daughter the lifelong belief that she is worthy of love no matter what she \u201cbrings to the table,\u201d that she ought to be treated with respect, dignity, and even reverence.<\/p>\n<p>It is from her mother, of course, that a little girl learns of femininity and womanhood, but it is from her father that she learns that her womanhood does not exist in a vacuum, that God created both male and female (Genesis 1:27) as complementary partners. \u201cThis at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh,\u201d the first man, Adam, exclaims upon beholding the first woman, Eve (Genesis 2:23). Man and woman were created by God as partners, two complementary halves of one whole, the earthly fruition of which is found in the sacrament of marriage, which itself mirrors the eternal fruition, in which man and woman are united with God in Heaven in perfect communion. A mother will teach her daughter how to be a woman and how to live out the earthly purpose for which God created women; her father will teach her how a woman ought to be treated and how a man lives out the earthly purpose for which God created him, namely, to provide and to protect.<\/p>\n<p>It is thanks to the father, providing for his family and keeping them safe, that the mother is at liberty to teach her daughter how to be a woman. It is thanks to the love of her father that a girl understands what it means to be loved. It is thanks to his daily sacrifices \u2014 his time, his toil, the exercise of his masculine virtue \u2014 that she comes to know who and what a man is. The way that a father treats his daughter will shape her expectations of men for the rest of her life: if her father is protective, prudent, resolute, courageous, disciplined, attentive, and loving, she will naturally search for these qualities in her future husband, providing her own children with a stable, healthy home to grow up in.<\/p>\n<p>A father\u2019s love not only influences his daughter\u2019s decisions later in life but crucially provides her with what women so crave and need in their hearts: safety and security. Just as a father\u2019s protecting and providing allows a mother freedom to nurture her daughter in her femininity, so also his love serves as a foundation for his daughter\u2019s identity. Secure in her father\u2019s unconditional love (of course, \u201cunconditional love\u201d here means not simply affirmation of whatever stupid or fanciful whim comes along, as progressives erroneously proclaim, but the active discerning, willing, and pursuing of the ultimate good of the beloved), a daughter is free to immerse herself in her identity as a daughter of Christ and come to recognize her own dignity and worth, which is so carefully protected, preserved, and cherished by her father.<\/p>\n<p>The role of a father cannot be replaced. It cannot be \u201cswapped out.\u201d The little girls \u2014 and little boys \u2014 who grow up with \u201ctwo mommies\u201d are deprived of a father\u2019s love. The children who are raised without a father are denied the emotional and spiritual foundation that he and he alone can afford them. Little Elliot is not being raised by a dad, but by a woman who is so broken, likely herself deprived of a father\u2019s love, that she play-acts as a man and demands that everyone else go along with it. So fragile is this warped fantasy, as the comic article makes clear, that she carefully keeps her charade a secret (or thinks she does; those identifying as transgender are not terribly difficult to spot) from those who might give her a reality check.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was teaching Elliot how to be happy and secure, yet all along she had been doing that for me.\u201d This is not some cute little empathetic epiphany; it is an indictment. A father\u2019s role in the life of his daughter is to give her safety and security, to provide her with a firm foundation upon which to build her identity and sense of self-worth, and to love her enough to set her straight when she questions, doubts, or lashes out at that identity and self-worth.<\/p>\n<p>What The New York Times no doubt intended as a deceptively playful affirmation of the LGBT worldview is, in fact, a horror story. Poor little Elliot has been denied the blessing of a father. Her childhood is being sucked dry by a confused individual masquerading as a \u201cdad\u201d and thirsting for the love and stability that she likely never received from her own father. A father should not be learning \u201chow to be happy and secure\u201d from his daughter but expending and exhausting himself to ensure that she is reasonably (in accord with the ultimate good of her soul) happy and secure.<\/p>\n<p>Giving a little girl a \u201ctrans dad\u201d does not achieve this, but instead inverts the father-daughter relationship, thrusting a father\u2019s responsibilities and duties upon the shoulders of a child, leaving the delusional adult unburdened and free to pretend to possess a masculinity that she never understood in the first place. In the end, The New York Times \u201cguest essay\u201d is not a touching story of a father and his daughter, but a sad and anguishing tragedy of two females in need of a father\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<div><em>S.A. 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For example, in 2024, when Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned amid plagiarism allegations, the Associated Press called plagiarism a \u201cnew conservative weapon against colleges.\u201d Similarly, after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team mistakenly posted an unedited version of her \u201cGreen New Deal,\u201d The New York Times headlined it \u201cOcasio-Cortez Team Flubs a Green New Deal Summary, and Republicans Pounce,\u201d implying that left-leaning media tend to frame mistakes by Democrats as opportunities for conservatives to attack. In reality, it is often the leftist media that habitually \u201cpounces,\u201d using errors to promote their worldview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2620090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9676.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20056,81832,39543,23275,63223],"class_list":["post-2620089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-body-image","tag-essay-critique","tag-fathers-day","tag-gender-transition","tag-nyt-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9676.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620089","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620093,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620089\/revisions\/2620093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}