New Study - Transgender myth exposed - a mental disorder.

The fiction that a person can chose their gender does not help those who are confused. Now that is a powerful statement. How many times have you read or heard of transgenders who are/were confused?

Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former psychiatrist-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital and its current Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, said that transgenderism is a “mental disorder” that merits treatment, that sex change is “biologically impossible,” and that people who promote sexual reassignment surgery are collaborating with and promoting a mental disorder.

Dr. McHugh, the author of six books and at least 125 peer-reviewed medical articles, made his remarks in a recent commentary in the Wall Street Journal, where he explained that transgender surgery is not the solution for people who suffer a “disorder of ‘assumption’” – the notion that their maleness or femaleness is different than what nature assigned to them biologically.

He also reported on a new study showing that the suicide rate among transgendered people who had reassignment surgery is 20 times higher than the suicide rate among non-transgender people. Dr. McHugh further noted studies from Vanderbilt University and London’s Portman Clinic of children who had expressed transgender feelings but for whom, over time, 70%-80% “spontaneously lost those feelings.”

While the Obama administration, Hollywood, and major media such as Time magazine promote transgenderism as normal, said Dr. McHugh, these “policy makers and the media are doing no favors either to the public or the transgendered by treating their confusions as a right in need of defending rather than as a mental disorder that deserves understanding, treatment and prevention.”

Time magazine, June 9, 2014, cover story, The Transgender Tipping Point: America's Next Civil Rights Frontier. “This intensely felt sense of being transgendered constitutes a mental disorder in two respects. The first is that the idea of sex misalignment is simply mistaken – it does not correspond with physical reality. The second is that it can lead to grim psychological outcomes.” The transgendered person’s disorder, said Dr. McHugh, is in the person’s “assumption” that they are different than the physical reality of their body, their maleness or femaleness, as assigned by nature. It is a disorder similar to a “dangerously thin” person suffering anorexia who looks in the mirror and thinks they are “overweight,” said McHugh.

This assumption, that one’s gender is only in the mind regardless of anatomical reality, has led some transgendered people to push for social acceptance and affirmation of their own subjective “personal truth,” said Dr. McHugh. As a result, some states – California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts – have passed laws barring psychiatrists, “even with parental permission, from striving to restore natural gender feelings to a transgender minor,” he said. The pro-transgender advocates do not want to know, said McHugh, that studies show between 70% and 80% of children who express transgender feelings “spontaneously lose those feelings” over time.

Also, for those who had sexual reassignment surgery, most said they were “satisfied” with the operation “but their subsequent psycho-social adjustments were no better than those who didn’t have the surgery.” Pro-transgender activists. The Obama administration announced in May that Medicare will now cover transgender surgical procedures. “And so at Hopkins we stopped doing sex-reassignment surgery, since producing a ‘satisfied’ but still troubled patient seemed an inadequate reason for surgically amputating normal organs,” said Dr. McHugh.

The former Johns Hopkins chief of psychiatry also warned against enabling or encouraging certain subgroups of the transgendered, such as young people “susceptible to suggestion from ‘everything is normal’ sex education,” and the schools’ “diversity counselors” who, like “cult leaders,” may “encourage these young people to distance themselves from their families and offer advice on rebutting arguments against having transgender surgery.” Dr. McHugh also reported that there are “misguided doctors” who, working with very young children who seem to imitate the opposite sex, will administer “puberty-delaying hormones to render later sex-change surgeries less onerous – even though the drugs stunt the children’s growth and risk causing sterility.” Such action comes “close to child abuse,” said Dr. McHugh, given that close to 80% of those kids will “abandon their confusion and grow naturally into adult life if untreated ….” “’Sex change’ is biologically impossible,” said McHugh. “People who undergo sex-reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa. Rather, they become feminized men or masculinized women. Claiming that this is civil-rights matter and encouraging surgical intervention is in reality to collaborate with and promote a mental disorder.”

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And look how some states not only support these confused people but have passed laws to make them more comfortable and open to their mental disease. This is nothing more than perversion.

Another study:

A recent study released from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science refutes propaganda from LGBT activists who detach gender completely from sex and promote that men can become so-called "women" by merely "identifying" as female, and vice-versa.

Professor Shmuel Pietrokovski and Dr. Moran Gershoni, both researchers from the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Genetics Department, "looked closely at around 20,000 protein-coding genes, sorting them by sex and searching for differences in expression in each tissue. They eventually identified around 6,500 genes with activity that was biased toward one sex or the other in at least one tissue, adding to the already major biological differences between men and women."

Pietrokovski and Gershoni found genes that were highly expressed in the skin of men relative to that in women's skin, and they realized that these were related to the growth of body hair. Gene expression for muscle building was higher in men; that for fat storage was higher in women. Aside from the sexual organs, the researchers discovered quite a few sex-linked genes in the mammary glands, about half which were expressed in men.

Because men have fully fitted but basically nonfunctional mammary equipment, the scientists believe that some of these genes might suppress lactation. The researchers also found genes "to be expressed only in the left ventricle of the heart in women. One of these genes, which is also related to calcium uptake, showed very high expression levels in younger women that sharply decreased with age; the scientists think that they are active in women up to menopause, protecting their hearts, but leading to heart disease and osteoporosis in later years when the gene expression is shut down."

Additionally, they found another gene that was mainly expressed in women, was active in the brain, and may protect the neurons from Parkinson's, a disease that is more prevalent in men. The researchers also identified gene expression in the liver that provides molecular evidence for the known difference in drug processing between women and men. "This recent study from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science further proves that you cannot fool Mother Nature," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "The saying, 'I think, therefore, I am' is best left to philosophy and not science. Gender confusion is mental, not physical or biological. God made male and female, and no amount of protestation will change the natural created order. The fiction that a person can chose their gender does not help those who are confused. These Israeli scientists identified over 6,500 genes with activity that was biased toward one sex or the other in at least one tissue. That clearly validates the genetic differences between men and women," said Staver.

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Transgender ....... it is all in your head. This mental illness needs to be confronted on a national level.

What's next...? Live sex acts on the school bus or in the school library? Maybe transgender coloring books for children under 8 years old to reinforce that transgender is OK and the norm?

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a reply to: DeathSlayer

Do you understand that a psychologist has absolutely no business making a statement in a professional capacity about biology, don't you?

I mean, psychiatrists and psychologists practice soft science. They are simply not qualified to make such a judgement about biological matters, because most individuals in that field lack knowledge of biology, except as is specifically regards their work. You also understand, I assume, that where matters of identification of sexual or gender issues are concerned, a biologist, a geneticist, would be far better placed than any soft science, roll neck sweater type ever is, to comment from an informed position?

Yeah, I'm not sure I'll take that with much more than a grain of salt.

In the late 70's he took it upon himself to stop the offering of gender reassignment surgery at JH.

Throughout the 90's he worked hard to convince the public that repressed memories were BS and that people could not spontaneously remember sexual abuse from their childhood that they had previously forgotten about or blocked from memory.

Under George W bush he was charged with the task of making one or more recommendations as to what the U.S. federal government's policy regarding embryonic stem cells should be- and he made it very clear how he felt on using stem cells from embryos was equal to killing an unborn child.

He tries to reassure us all that homosexuality is an erroneous desire.

It sems to me all of his science is agenda based on pushing religious morals onto others- and that is why I don't put much care into what he produces. When it comes to this particular field I'd rather take the word and research of other scientists with different degrees and references.

I don't however mind reading about what he thinks and looking into his work.

Thanks for sharing!!!

-Alee

McHugh is discredited as a far right-wing religious nut.

www.huffingtonpost.com...

a reply to: dfnj2015

I bloody love that track.

The brutality is relaxing.

originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: DeathSlayer

Do you understand that a psychologist has absolutely no business making a statement in a professional capacity about biology, don't you?

I mean, psychiatrists and psychologists practice soft science. They are simply not qualified to make such a judgement about biological matters, because most individuals in that field lack knowledge of biology, except as is specifically regards their work. You also understand, I assume, that where matters of identification of sexual or gender issues are concerned, a biologist, a geneticist, would be far better placed than any soft science, roll neck sweater type ever is, to comment from an informed position?

I enclosed two reports yet you talk only about one.....and yet are you a professional psychiatrist and if so can you prove it?

Saying that a psychiatrist or psychologist has nothing to do with biology is so wrong... since when is mental HEALTH no longer a part of healing the body (mind)?

You are out of your area of expertise unless you can enclose your white paper or book on subject matter.

You have only given an opinion not fact.

originally posted by: kaylaluv
McHugh is discredited as a far right-wing religious nut.

www.huffingtonpost.com...

.....says the Huffington Post.

originally posted by: kaylaluv
McHugh is discredited as a far right-wing religious nut.

www.huffingtonpost.com...

It took awhile to answer your post due to my laughter.

Look who you quote:

THE NUMBER ONE FAKE NEWS AGENCY!

C'mon you can do better than that.

originally posted by: AgarthaSeed

originally posted by: kaylaluv
McHugh is discredited as a far right-wing religious nut.

www.huffingtonpost.com...

.....says the Huffington Post.

And everyone else who isn't a far right-wing religious nut.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

Then look at the American Academy of Pediatrics, or the American Psychology Association, or the American Medical Association or the World Association for Transgender Health, or any mainstream medical or psychological associations.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

Transgender is a physical/chemical issue. Psychiatry should only come into play as a method for a transgender person to cope with issues that come up as a result.

Doesn't this guy also claim that gay conversion therapy works?

Sounds like a loon.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

Paralysis by over-analysis has become commonplace and plays well in the PC culture. This issue, to me, is a mental disorder. One which is supported by the acceptance brigade. No one should be chastised for this confusion, rather be given support and help. Instead they are encouraged to make life altering decisions that will lead to irreversible emotional trauma down the line. It's like telling someone to embrace their anxiety disorder, and telling them they are special and be proud. I don't think they are freaks, rather they have psychological issues and telling them to embrace it makes them feel good and gives them an 'identity'.

I wonder, years down the road, what statistics will be available that correlate sexual reassignment surgery and suicide and/or substance abuse.

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Breaking Christian news? That's a site that is so open to anything other than a very rigid fundamentalist belief isn't it? I can only imagine the type of people who visit it to validate their own confirmation bias.................. oh, wait, what else is to be expected.

originally posted by: DeathSlayer
Transgender ....... it is all in your head. This mental illness needs to be confronted on a national level.

In your head...yes, but its not soo much a mental thinking thing as it is a sort of biochemical thing

Here are 15 studies showing a biological origin of gender dysphoria.

1. “There is also evidence, albeit clinical, for a role of testosterone in the sexual differentiation of the human brain, in particular in inducing male gender role behavior and heterosexual orientation.” - Julie Baker, Focus on Sexuality Research, 2014

2. “...We conclude that there is sufficient evidence that EDCs modify behavioral sexual dimorphism in children, presumably by interacting with the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis.” Winneke et al, Environmental health perspectives, 2013

3. “Gender-dependent differentiation of the brain has been detected at every level of organization—morphological, neurochemical, and functional—and has been shown to be primarily controlled by sex differences in gonadal steroid hormone levels during perinatal development.” Chung and Wilson, European Journal of Physiology, 2013

4. “Gender identity (the conviction of belonging to the male or female gender), sexual orientation (hetero-, homo-, or bisexuality), pedophilia, and the risks for neuropsychiatric disorders are programmed into our brain during early development. There is no proof that postnatal social environment has any crucial effect on gender identity or sexual orientation.” Swaab and Bao, Neuroscience in the 21st century, 2013

5. “Testosterone, estrogen and dihydrotestosterone are the main steroid hormones responsible for the organization and sexual differentiation of brain structures during early development.” Serkan Karaismailoğlu; Ayşen Erdem, Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association, 2013

6. “In human males, we show that variation in fetal testosterone (FT) predicts later local gray matter volume of specific brain regions in a direction that is congruent with sexual dimorphism observed in a large independent sample of age-matched males and females from the NIH Pediatric MRI Data Repository.” Lombardo, et al., The Journal of Neuroscience, 2012

7. “Testosterone measured in infancy predicts subsequent sex-typed behavior in boys and in girls.” Lamminmäki, et al., Hormones and Behavior, 2012

8. “The finger length ratio between the second and fourth digits in transgender men was significantly lower than in female controls in the right hand in this study. 2D : 4D showed a positive correlation with GIS score. Because 2D : 4D influences are assumed to be established in early life and to reflect testosterone exposure, our results suggest a relationship between GID-FtM and perinatal testosterone.” Sasaki, Tsukamotoa, and Horie, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2012

9. “...growing evidence shows that testosterone exposure contributes similarly to the development of other human behaviors that show sex differences, including sexual orientation, core gender identity, and some, though not all, sex-related cognitive and personality characteristics.” Hines, Annual review of neuroscience, 2011

10. “There is strong evidence that high concentrations of androgens lead to more male-typical behavior and that this also influences gender identity. “Jürgensen, et al., Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2010

11. “However, when the process of genital development and of brain sexual development does not match the same sex, females with a male brain and vice versa can arise. These transsexual people have problems with their gender identity and have the conviction of being born in the wrong body.” Worrell, Master Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Utrecht, 2010

12. “In this study, more than 150 individuals with confirmed or suspected prenatal diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure reported moderate to severe feelings of gender dysphoria across the lifespan.” Kerlin, Paper prepared for the International Behavioral Development Symposium, 2005

13. “Secondly, as predicted twin girls where one displayed gender dysphoria had a more masculine pattern of cerebral lateralization, than non-transgender girls. These findings support the notion of an influence of prenatal T on early brain organization in girls.” Cohen-Bendahan; Buitelaar; van Goozen; and Cohen-Kettenis, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2004

14. “It thus appears conceivable that due to local hormone dependent changes during development at least some areas of the brain may follow a different course than the genitals during the process of sexual differentiation. A partial or even complete brain-body sex reversal may eventually be the result.” Kruijver, Dissertation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, 2004

15. “Results support the notion that the gender identity is related to the sex steroid-driven sexual differentiation of the brain, and that certain genetic variants of three of the genes critically involved in this process, may enhance the susceptibility for transsexualism.” Landén, Doctoral Thesis, University of Gothenburg, 1999

Your hack doc you give citations on is the fringe right idiot that is focusing mostly on decrying anything not puritanical from his mental health views.
Psychologists are not real scientists..and he has to avoid all the physical evidence (posted above and much more) in order to push his hogwash.

He is...really really fixated on gay and trans peoples behavior in their bedroom.
I wonder when he will be caught in some airport bathroom

What's next...? Live sex acts on the school bus or in the school library?

Well obviously, yeah. that is clearly the next step.

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Transgenders, well, the real ones, with genitalia blown all over place, ugh, well that is something which ever way one looks at it - its a tragedy.
These are very traumatised people, with issues haunting through-out their lives. They are not comfortable with the body they were born in - feeling boy in a girl's shape and vice versa. It is a sheer tragedy from that point onwards.
The physical fix still cannot cut the mental part. The mental part can never really be fixed, fully. So, they are in this limbo - some folks more, some folks less - that one could see them "wannabe ladies" or "wannabe males".
Its a mess. How big of a mess, depends on how well the outcome of that change into their libido fits the internal image they have. Result can be a catastrophy too - without any chance of a return ticket.

So, this is my picture of "transgenders" - haunted folks.

originally posted by: lambs to lions
a reply to: DeathSlayer

Paralysis by over-analysis has become commonplace and plays well in the PC culture. This issue, to me, is a mental disorder. One which is supported by the acceptance brigade. No one should be chastised for this confusion, rather be given support and help. Instead they are encouraged to make life altering decisions that will lead to irreversible emotional trauma down the line. It's like telling someone to embrace their anxiety disorder, and telling them they are special and be proud. I don't think they are freaks, rather they have psychological issues and telling them to embrace it makes them feel good and gives them an 'identity'.

I wonder, years down the road, what statistics will be available that correlate sexual reassignment surgery and suicide and/or substance abuse.

Exactly!

And how many young people will later realize they let "others" make these decisions for them by supporting their decisions even if being a minor.

There is a reason why we call kids minors..... they still have to learn what life is all about before cutting off a body part or adding fake parts is not only unnatural but perverted yet there are many who support their children's decision with little to NO mental health evaluations.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

That is rather the issue.

So did the doctors you are talking about. They are stating opinions, not facts. Were these things facts, they would have far greater support amongst persons of the related professions than they do. However, most doctors involved with any related field, accept that there are legitimate medical and biological issues which give rise to Transgenderism.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

Sigh. No one cuts off or adds body parts to transgender children. You don't take hormones without LOTS and LOTS of mental health evaluations.