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Is it possible that 10 years of complete madness about so-called “transgender” children may be coming to an end? If the following court case in Australia is anything to go on, we may have some hope. 

X/Twitter user Stephanie Bastiaan brings us the news, based on reporting from The Australian. 

An Australian court has, finally, recognized that telling a child that he or she is “born in the wrong body,” and setting the child on a path to a “sex-change” is just plain old child abuse. The court ruled against the child’s mother, and for the father. As it is in almost every case, “transitioning” a child is the act of the mother, and appears to be part of a maternal psychological imbalance rather than anything allegedly wrong with the child. 

The family members are not named, but Australian judge Andrew Strum stripped custody from the boy’s mother. He gave custody to the father, who had tried to stop his wife’s project of “transitioning” their son. The mother claimed her son had been “gender dysphoric” since the age of six, and began taking him to a so-called “gender clinic.” She also started sewing him custom underwear to “flatten” the crotch and hide the appearance of male anatomy. 

The court found that no doctor or clinician had actually diagnosed “gender dysphoria” in the child, and that this appeared to be entirely the mother’s project. Of course, there is no such thing as a “transgender” child (or a “transgender” person) at all, regardless of whatever absurd diagnoses medical professionals may claim. 

According to the case, the mother was trying to start injections of  so-called “puberty blockers,” powerful chemicals that stop normal puberty and set children up for permanent sterilization and other problems. This is the usual course for what are called “trans kids,” with many left permanently unable to have children, along with a host of other potentially life-shortening medical ailments. 

Medical associations and famous clinics are completely captured by the lunatic idea that some children need sex changes. The renowned Mayo Clinic writes approvingly, and falsely, about how “safe” puberty blockers are. 

Not only that, but the court found that the expert witness testifying for the mother was in truth a radical political activist who worked to have children removed from families that would not consent to the barbaric procedure. The entire ruling can be read here.

Here’s a sampling of public opinion on Bastiaan’s X thread. It looks like people are waking up to what “transing” your child actually is–Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy, the psychiatric derangement that animates mothers to sicken their child when he is actually healthy in order to gain public adulation and sympathy. 

CNN got trapped in its own machinations when host Anderson Cooper misgendered a nonbinary Civil Rights attorney, leaving Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders’ jaws wide ajar. Cooper was hosting the network’s town hall event featuring the United States Senator for Vermont when he introduced a they/them pronoun-using liberal activist as a woman.

I want to introduce Grace Thomas. She is a local civil rights attorney. She is a Democrat, right?” Cooper said.

“They/them pronouns, actually. Thank you,” Thomas said.

The pronoun slip hit Sanders’ 107-year-old brain like a brick from the blues, leaving him stunned and scowling so hard that he must have popped a vein.

Undoubtedly, Cooper made an honest mistake since they/them pronoun-using individuals do not wear pronoun labels to help the rest of humanity know how to address them in advance. The least they could do is tattoo their pronouns on their forehead to make life easier for everybody. 

For the curious folks out there, it remains unclear if Thomas was born a woman or had transitioned. Those with that information will also tell you that disclosing someone’s gender except their preferred one is a violation of privacy.

Interesting to see if they will cancel Cooper for making the same mistake every commonsense-using person does regularly and pays dearly for it. Recently, a Christian nurse was suspended for addressing a transgender convicted pedophile as “Mister.”

Nonetheless, conservative netizens had a field day with the CNN host for misgendering a non-binary host, which, by now, should be against the network’s policies.

“CNN’s Anderson Cooper gets corrected after misgendering a civil rights attorney at a town hall event with Bernie Sanders. Wow, what a bigot. Lmao,” posted Trending Politics co-founder Collin Rugg.

Riley Gaines, an outspoken former collegiate female athlete who competed against transgender athlete Lia Thomas in 2022, called for Cooper’s immediate resignation. West Virginia recently passed the Riley Gaines Act, which was inspired by a 14-year-old who refused to compete against a transgender opponent.

“Calling for Anderson Cooper’s immediate resignation for believing what his eyes were telling him he saw Bigot,” she X’ed.

Similarly, conservative political commentator Gunther Eagleman encouraged Democrats to continue fighting over pronouns to make GOP the party of choice for logical Americans. 

“Anderson Cooper just misgendered a Civil Rights attorney. They are not serious. Keep on putting the pronoun police on camera, we will win every election.”

Meanwhile, transgender rights remain a divisive issue among Democrats, with some feeling that the party has strayed too far from reality and alienated many American voters. 

During the 2024 election campaigns, Trump saw an opportunity and capitalized on it to paint Kamala as a far-left liberal whose values clashed with most Americans’.

“Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you,” Trump’s ad claimed.

However, those in the far-left want to double down on trans rights, risking splitting the party.  They even tried to cancel California governor and potential 2028 Democratic presidential frontrunner Gavin Newsom when he said allowing trans athletes in women’s sports was “deeply unfair.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating USA Fencing after it disqualified a female athlete who refused to compete against a biological male who identifies as a female.

Fencing Academy of Philadelphia’s Stephanie Turner was disqualified after refusing to challenge transgender-identifying Redmond Sullivan at a USA Fencing-sanctioned event at the University of Maryland on March 30. Wagner College’s Sullivan used to compete against men until October 2023, when he started identifying as a woman.

Turner was issued a black card, which represents total disqualification, as “the direct result of her decision to decline to fence an eligible opponent.”

Subsequently, AG Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to uncover documents that would prove USA Fencing potentially engaged in “false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices” in violation of Texas consumer laws.

“USA Fencing is on the wrong side of history and potentially the wrong side of the law due to violations of Texas consumer protection laws,” Paxton stated. 

Paxton added that the practice was not only illegal and insulting but also disenfranchised women who dedicated countless hours to succeed in women’s sports.

“USA Fencing’s policies are not only potentially illegal, but also deeply insulting to the young women like Stephanie Turner who have sacrificed so much and dedicated countless hours to compete and succeed in competitions. I will fight to stop these unfair policies, and I will never back down from defending the integrity of women’s sports.”

Turner’s previous statement corroborated Paxton’s assessment, having described the disqualification as heart-wrenching as she had spent several months preparing for the event.

“I cried so much because I had spent quite a few months training specifically with this in mind,” she told NewsNation.

However, she disclosed that she had vowed to forfeit the tournament if she was pitted against a transgender-identifying individual as she was not willing to keep pretending that all was well.

“I was always nervous about it, because it creates a scene, and it will obviously result in the black card,” she added.

“I don’t want to let people know that I’m OK with this and pretend like nothing’s happening,” Turner continued. “So, that’s when I took the knee.”

Meanwhile, Wagner College says the transgender-identifying athlete is no longer part of its women’s fencing team, and was conspicuously missing from female events.

“We are in full compliance with NCAA and NEC rules and regulations. The fencer is not a member of our fencing team,” Wagner College Spokesperson Jim Chiavelli said.

When Trump signed the executive order banning men in women’s sports, the NCAA swiftly updated its competition guidelines, banning “student-athletes assigned male at birth” from participating on “women’s teams.”

However, USA Fencing is doubling down on allowing biological male athletes to compete against women, saying it was always prepared to “err on the side of inclusion.” Ironically, it was willing to turn a blind eye to women being excluded from their sports by biological men.

By Oct 2024, transgender-identifying athletes had won over 900 medals in various women’s sports.  Two transgender pool players faced off in the UK’s Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series Event 2, having displaced all biological female players.

“While we understand there are a range of perspectives, USA Fencing will continue to engage in respectful, research-based dialogue and review as policy evolves in the Olympic and Paralympic movement as well as domestic law,” the fencing body stated. “Hate speech or targeted hate of any kind is not acceptable — online or in person.”

While the event was not held in the Lone Star State, USA Fencing’s failure to comply with Trump’s executive order banning men from women’s sports could hinder its ability to organize tournaments across various institutions and states, including Texas.

In another case of woke gone amok, a Christian female nurse was suspended for refusing to refer to a convicted biological male pedophile as a woman. The man was convicted of sexually abusing multiple boys whom he catfished online while posing as a girl. He currently serves a prison sentence in a maximum security prison.

Yet, liberals continually refuse to acknowledge that individuals who assume a different gender from that assigned at birth pose a significant danger to society. 

In this case, Jennifer Melle, 40, said she was suspended by St Helier Hospital in Carshalton, London, after disclosing that the NHS Trust had taken a disciplinary action against her for refusing to use preferred pronouns when caring for a convicted male pedophile who identifies as a woman. Jennifer apparently referred to the 6-foot biological male pedophile as “Mister.” 

Additionally, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) declared her a “potential risk” for refusing to acknowledge the convicted felon’s gender identity. She also disclosed that the pedophile racially abused her for misgendering him.

“How about I call you n*****?… Yes, black n*****!” He blurted.

According to the Christian nurse, the NHS institution suspended her for breaching the convicted pedophile’s patient confidentiality by disclosing his gender. In a world that operates on common sense, a person’s gender should not be a secret and can be determined with the naked eye. 

Similarly, no one should lose a career they have spent decades building for using the wrong pronouns. Surprisingly, a pronoun slip also takes priority over racial abuse, which is clearly prohibited by the UK’s Public Order Act 1986 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Nonetheless, Jennifer said she has been repeatedly targeted after she expressed her Christian beliefs, suggesting that the case was a pretext to finally get rid of her. Surprisingly, the woke NHS is willing to get rid of a self-sacrificing nurse to protect the feelings of a trans pedophile who loves hurting children for self-gratification.

“Ever since I expressed my Christian beliefs under extreme pressure, I have been a marked woman,” Jennifer told the Christian Concern. “Despite being the one placed at risk, I am the one being punished. I have been made to feel like a criminal.”

Consequently, the nurse is seeking legal redress with the help of the Christian Legal Centre, which seeks to safeguard the freedom of Christians in a continent that is rapidly descending into tyranny. The advocacy group demands an apology and immediate reinstatement of Jennifer without endless investigations, whose outcome is usually hard to guess in cases like these.

“The NHS has become so entrenched in transgender ideology that it is willing to side with a man brought in from prison in chains —who was openly shouting racist abuse—over a Christian nurse,” noted Christian Legal Centre chief executive Andrea Williams.

Meanwhile, the Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has thrown his weight behind her and decried her treatment for stating obvious biological facts. UK voters should restore common sense to the political class by voting out woke parliamentarians who pass these abhorrent laws.

“She has my full support. It’s time the Government pulls its finger out and intervenes to make it clear no one should be punished at work for stating biological reality to paedophiles,” Badenoch said.

Here in the United States, several teachers have also lost their jobs after refusing to use students’ pronouns. Early this year, Jackson Local School District paid a Christian teacher $450,000 to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit stemming from her refusal to use the preferred pronouns of two self-declared transgender students. Similarly, West Point School Board settled a similar lawsuit for $575,000.

Talk show host Dr. Phil found himself in an awkward position after hosting a transgender activist who lashed out after he demonstrated that female transgender athletes, biological males who identify as women, have physical advantages over biological females.

The veteran talk show titan hosted a trans activist named Blossom, who was born a man but currently identifies as a woman. The woke activist had previously recommended having gender neutral Olympics and merging paralympics with regular Olympics.

This time, he managed to make an intellectual argument, claiming that even people of the same biological sex have various physical advantages over each other, including bone density, adding that the “perceived” advantage is based on a statistically small transgender population.

He also opposed subjecting women to gender confirmation tests to prove that they were biologically female. So far, no biological female athlete has opposed gender tests. Yet, Democrats continue to claim that they are degrading to women. 

“I think it’s very dangerous when we put all women in a position to be tested to prove that they’re not trans, and that executive order that Donald Trump signed is nothing more than waste and fraud, in my opinion,” the trans activist stated.

“You’re only signing for 0.002% of the population. You are subjecting all women, whether they’re cis or trans, to rigorous tests to prove that they are not trans in order for them to play,” Blossom added.

However, Dr. Phil would have none of that by pointing out that the percentages do not matter when individual trans athletes are erasing years of hard work within minutes. By October 2024, trans athletes had won over 900 medals in women’s sports and displaced over 600 biological female athletes. In contrast, almost no woman who identifies as a man has won any medal in male sports.

Trans athlete Lia Thomas was ranked over 400 in men’s 500-yard freestyle and over 500 in other events. Yet, he managed to smash the women’s record in the same race when he transitioned and competed as a woman. Similarly, transgender cyclist Austin Killips beat the biological female runners-up in the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico cycling race by a whopping 50 minutes and 25 seconds. These extraordinary victories by trans athletes who performed poorly in men’s sports are hardly coincidental.

“I don’t think it’s so much the number of trans athletes, because there can be one athlete that can come into a conference like the Big Sky Conference, for example, and when they come into the Big Sky Conference, that one athlete can really erase a lot of really hard work and devotion and sacrifice that dozens, hundreds of women have spent years working on to achieve athletic heights,” Dr. Phil said.

He proceeded to point out that biological men’s advantage over biological women was “not a matter of opinion” by demonstrating that, on average, biological men have superior grip strength, superior total upper body strength, and higher vertical jumps. However, his statements seemed to trigger the transgender athlete, prompting them to lash out.

“Respectfully Dr. Phil, I’m gonna need you to have several seats. Let’s be clear, trans women, again, are women,” Blossom fumed. 

“What you’re showing me are male statistics and trans women are not males. Everything that I say can actually be proven, it’s scientifically proven, and I would inquire you to do research on what you’re saying, because again it’s almost like you’re trying to call trans-women men and that is not what trans-women are.”

Daring Dr. Phil to provide statistics on transgender vs biological female athletes, the trans activist accused the talk show host of spreading “conservative propaganda” and drinking “the Kool-Aid.” 

“Trans-women work just as hard as women to compete,” Blossom added.

Evidently, the record speaks for itself when almost all transgender female athletes dominate women’s sports, while transgender male athletes have so far failed to win any medals or set records in men’s sports.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has backpedaled and defended his state’s radical left transgender policy. The Golden State has numerous appalling transgender laws, including one that prohibits school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents when their children choose a different gender than the one assigned at birth based on biological sex.

Previously, Gov. Newsom had stated that allowing transgender athletes in women’s sports was “deeply unfair” and that Democrats should own and acknowledge it, adding that the “issue of fairness [in sports] is completely legit.”

Appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Gov. Newsom started on the right foot by describing his party as “judgemental” and “toxic” and urging it to mature on trans issues.

However, Maher called him out for the role he has played in entrenching the radical-left transgender ideology in California and nationwide. On July 15, 2024, Newsom signed the Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act or AB1955, which is one of a kind nationally. 

It prohibits teachers from notifying parents without the child’s consent or requirement by law when the student changes their gender, uses facilities designated for the opposite gender, or participates in activities traditionally associated with the opposite biological sex.

“What do you say to people who say, ‘Well, this all sounds very good. But governor, you were the poster boy for a lot of this [woke] stuff’?” Maher asked.

Referring to Trump’s criticism of California’s law that prohibits teachers from reporting students’ gender identity changes, Maher said the Republican Party had managed to convince many Americans that it was the most reasonable option.

“That’s the kind of thing — even though it doesn’t affect a lot of people — that makes a lot of people go, ‘Well, you know what? That’s the party without common sense.’”

Like a true Democrat, Newsom misrepresented the facts by claiming that teachers were fired for failing to report students’ gender identity issues. However, it introduces additional legal requirements for teachers to inform parents of any gender identity changes, thus making it riskier for them to report. Teachers are now more likely to lose their jobs or face additional legal consequences for reporting gender changes, essentially silencing them.

“I just disagree with that. I mean, the law was you would be fired, a teacher would be fired if a teacher did not report or snitch on a kid talking about their gender identity,” he claimed. “I just think that was wrong. I think teachers should teach. I don’t think they should be required to turn in kids.”

Despite Maher’s attempt to set the record straight, Newsom rumbled on relentlessly to reinforce the false narrative and drown out the facts. 

“What is the job of a teacher? It’s to teach. If Johnny’s talking about some identity issue or some issue about liking someone of the same sex, is it the teacher’s job to then report that?” Newsom asked. “In this law, the teacher can still do that. But they can’t be fired if that’s not what they do. I just think that was fair. I don’t think that’s inappropriate.”

Meanwhile, Newsom faces a political dilemma where adopting a commonsense approach to trans rights could cost him the primaries, while doubling down could cost him the election, like Kamala. The California governor had already acknowledged that trans rights was a losing issue, and Kamala’s reluctance to address them infuriated him more.

“It was devastating,” Newsom lamented. “And she didn’t even react to it, which was even more devastating.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Education is investigating California for violating parental rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which guarantees parents access to their children’s records.

“It is not only immoral but also potentially in contradiction with federal law for California schools to hide crucial information about a student’s wellbeing from parents and guardians,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said.