Horrifying TED talk on trans children by paediatric endocrinologist.

I’m always a bit suspicious in families where the ‘trans’ child is the only child of that sex. For instance, the 3rd or 4th boy who ‘wants to be a girl.’ I always wonder whether the families just wanted a child of that sex. Having spent a lot of time on Pre-Conception Sex Selection forums, I have seen how strong the desire for a child of a particular sex can be.

Why do so many TRAs push for surgery for young people, but want to keep their own penises?

This will be signposted as a case study in years to come (I hope).

How on earth can Avery be “a girl with a penis” if they were never allowed to live as a boy?

This talk highlights to me the role parents have in developing a ‘special’ child..”they were handed a daughter with a penis”...Who talks like that? Did ‘Avery’ ever stand a chance..? So scary..and the precise robot delivery of that talk is frankly Sci-Fi-esque.

She reminds me of the Mrs Coulter character from Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, the posh and cold lady who sets up the obscure hospital that researches how to "sever" children so that they never mature sexually and become capable of "sin" (until she finds her own child next to the guillotine and suddenly severing THAT particular child doesn't seem so morally uplifting).

The worst bit was when she said she wanted the criteria for under-age surgery to be based on how long the child had lived in gender role, thus rewarding the Munhausens by Proxy parents who trans their newborn, and quack doctors such as herself who enable them.

I don't see how any "vagina" created from intestines can have any sensation at all, let alone any sense of pleasure

It won't have. The gut doesn't have the right sort of nerve receptors. Penetration of the 'vagina' will probably stimulate the prostate gland to some extent but I doubt it would be enough to orgasm. If post-surgery TW can orgasm, it's probably through direct prostate massage via the rectum.

In an adult who has experience sexual pleasure, and knowingly chooses to forego it, having been properly counselled about post-op sexual function, that is arguably their choice. To do this to a child or to a young adult who has been on PBs/cross-sex hormones, so has never experienced normal sexual function, is absolutely appalling.

Argh, composite character!

My impression was that Avery is a composite chart, no doubt based in reality. In particular the Avery whose reproductive potential has been eliminated is, I think, a vision of what this awful doctor’s “preferred” treatment of such a young person would be. But I can’t bring myself to watch it again to confirm that impression.

Anyone complicit in this will surely face a tsunami of law suits in the next 10-20 years, and the world will say “how was this allowed to happen?”. I for one am glad I’m on the side trying to stop it.

I don't see how any "vagina" created from intestines can have any sensation at all, let alone any sense of pleasure.
This is barbaric.

She might as well have just got up there and said "Hello, I advocate poisoning and mutilating children! Go me, I'm so PROGRESSIVE."
Sorry if I'm being a bit crude, but I could feel my blood pressure rising more and more as she spoke.
A newborn baby isn't sodding transgender. A preschooler isn't transgender. A twelve year old who has been repeatedly told by their parents that they're the opposite sex isn't transgender, they're brainwashed.

Thanks for the link, TurboTeddy. I feel really bad for Jazz. Who knows what the long term implications are for them not having gone through puberty.
I found the article annoying in mentioning that gender affirmation forgery gives the functionality of the desired genitalia. It clearly doesn't.

Sewing part of your colon, intestine or stomach lining (?) onto the base of your penis and shoving that up inside a surgically made wound, instead of just "inverting" the whole penis with the tip cut off.

Bowel and arm skin are 2 I can think of

Good thing I've not eaten yet....

Given the complete absence of medical ethics in her TED talk I wouldn't be remotely surprised if Avery is a real patient. If you're going to practice medicine like that then what's a bit of confidentiality breaching between friends?

I’ve seen it so many times and experienced it personally. I’ve had parents cancel and the reason given being “we’ve seen Dr [insert name of quack] who finally diagnosed [insert quack condition like pyroluria etc] that Dr NotBad refused to test for [because it’s bullshit]”. Mostly I just roll my eyes, but in Avery’s case I can imagine there are good doctors out there who watch that video and are horrified about it because they probably met the child and parents and tried their best

Agree. I have often seen this with children, and even more often with adults.

I think Avery is likely a composite but, if she is real, her parents have probably given permission to use her case - after all, they've already made her infertile, so what's one more boundary violation?

If the case is real (shudder), then I would not be surprised to discover there was a long line of doctors who were consulted, who were probably initially sensible, kind, advised the parents idea was a bit silly, followed by at least one doctor who raised child protection concerns and was a bit more forthright, before finally the parents found someone who told them what they wanted to hear. I’ve seen it so many times and experienced it personally. I’ve had parents cancel and the reason given being “we’ve seen Dr [insert name of quack] who finally diagnosed [insert quack condition like pyroluria etc] that Dr NotBad refused to test for [because it’s bullshit]”. Mostly I just roll my eyes, but in Avery’s case I can imagine there are good doctors out there who watch that video and are horrified about it because they probably met the child and parents and tried their best.

The case study of Avery she provides is so very explicit, unusual and therefore outing that to my mind it breaches medical confidentiality.

I grew up in a medical household so was very aware of confidentiality from childhood and this really shouts out to me. It might have been ok in a closed meeting but in a TED talk? No. Just no.

This is truly horrifying. I hope that one day this video will be used in evidence in court against this wicked doctor.

This is a medical condition invented by the medics and big pharma.

Iatrogenesis - Medical conditions caused by doctors.

Doctors can say no.
Doctors should say no.

This is eugenics. It is a crime against humanity. Its supporters nothing but modern day Mengeles.

They call m e transphobe? Whatever. That word just means 'not a eugenicist'.

This is just horrifying...

that assumes that the TED organisers have some magical insight into which ideas are good or bad.

They don't need magical insight - they just need global reach and influence.

How on earth does she differentiate between the parent's wants and the child's needs? This makes a mockery of the oath "First do no harm"
How, as a dr , when she has seen and/or heard if children going through all.sorts of horrific things. The.medical.profession must have seen.hundreds of cases of pregnant 12 year olds or rape victims ,.abused children etc and then have the audacity to stand in front of hundreds of people and tall about a kid who cant decide between shorts or dress and what shoes to wear.

2 thirds of girls are far more concerned with whether or not they will get harassed that day than unicorn back packs 🙄