During the town hall event for Joe Biden last week, he was thrown a lot of softballs, as usual.

One question that a woman asked was regarding her child who she says is transgender.

The woman asked, “I’m the proud mom of two girls, 8 and 10. My youngest daughter is transgender. The Trump administration has attacked the rights of transgender people, banning them from military service, weakening non-discrimination protections, and even removing the word transgender from some government websites. How will you, as president, reverse this dangerous and discriminatory agenda and ensure that the lives and rights of LGBTQ people are protected under U.S. law?”

It's 2020 so we don't even blink at this absolutely insane evil

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— Swan (@AndySwan) October 16, 2020

How can people not realize how absolutely insane this idea of transgenderism truly is? This used to be recognized as a mental illness and was treated as such. Today, liberals look at it like they’re so brave and that it should be celebrated.

To this day, I’ve yet to see any evidence offered that even comes close to suggesting that gender is something that can be changed or decided at the flip of a coin.

Allie Beth Stuckey responded,

“Joe Biden tonight said 7 and 8 year olds should be given the authority to be “transgender,” despite data proving that the vast majority of kids with gender confusion outgrow it by puberty. We’re talking life-altering, body-harming decisions made by 1st graders.”

Joe Biden tonight said 7 and 8 year olds should be given the authority to be “transgender,” despite data proving that the vast majority of kids with gender confusion outgrow it by puberty. We’re talking life-altering, body-harming decisions made by 1st graders.

— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) October 16, 2020

Liz Wheeler replied,

“Here’s the science: 90% of kids who suffer from gender dysphoria outgrow it by the time they’re adults if they do NOT transition.

Puberty blocking drugs are NOT FDA approved for children or for gender dysphoria.

Yet, Joe Biden wants to let 8yos decide if they’re transgender.”

Here’s the science: 90% of kids who suffer from gender dysphoria outgrow it by the time they’re adults if they do NOT transition.

Puberty blocking drugs are NOT FDA approved for children or for gender dysphoria.

Yet, Joe Biden wants to let 8yos decide if they’re transgender.

— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 16, 2020

And if you really want to deal with the science of it all, here’s some science for you. Psychologist Debra Soh wrote,

Research has shown that most gender dysphoric children outgrow their dysphoria, and do so by adolescence: Most will grow up to be happy, gay adults, and some, like myself, to be happy, straight adults. There is a small proportion of trans kids whose dysphoria will persist and who would benefit from medical intervention, but the tricky part remains predicting whom these ideal candidates will be.

For a young child whose gender dysphoria would have desisted without intervention, these procedures amount to a needlessly challenging process to undergo—and that’s without considering the implications of choosing to transition back. Even a social transition back to one’s original gender role can be an emotionally difficult experience for children.

Waiting until a child has reached cognitive maturity before making these sorts of decisions would make the most sense. But this is an unpopular stance, and scientists and clinicians who support it are vilified, not because science—which should be our guiding beacon—disproves it, but because it has been deemed insensitive and at odds with the current ideology.

Sources:
Daily Wire