Pride of the Content

With all that is going on in our tumultuous world, the attention drawn to the transgender community seems to be at a high in recent times, beyond the usual Pride Month significance.

As one who suffers from gender dysphoria, I have ample compassion for those who experience incongruence between mind and body. Unfortunately, after years of observing cultural trends shaped by political fanaticism in the West, there isn’t much doubt in my opinion that certain key ideas and solutions advocated in the name of “trans rights” in our society may actually produce more harm than good for the troubled and vulnerable among us.

My hope for myself and others like me is to discover perspectives that recognise facts, while still acknowledge complex feelings; and to envision pathways that are honest about living in reality, while still able to find meaning and healing in the joys of fantasy.

This outpouring of thoughts comes at a point where I have begun presenting myself as increasingly effeminate. Some have treated me like a girl as a result, and others around me may have questions or misgivings regarding the trajectory of where my life is headed. Hence, I also wish to use this piece as opportunity to clarify my beliefs and shed a bit of light on personal experiences.

Speaking as both a Christian and a member of the trans community (as per their definition), I expect to face resistance from both sides. It is a given that I cannot fully fit in with any established groups — such is the story of my life. I understand that if I were to seek true redemption, I must rely on God to provide me with the wisdom and courage to uncover the unique path that I shall tread.

So now, feel free to follow along as I take a step forward in fear and trembling.

It Begins with Pride

We are familiar with singing competitions like American Idol, which have existed for more than two decades now. Such TV shows have attracted multitudes of talent to auditions. Yet once in a while, the judges meet participants who simply cannot carry a tune to save their lives. What surprises people is that some of these amateurs would vehemently argue with the judges, inflating their own skill without even a modicum of self-awareness. They act as the embodiment of unchecked pride.

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

— Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)

Today, we live among a new generation coddled by this motto: You can be anything you want to be! That level of pride we are witnessing in Western society has soared off the charts, with the LGBTQ Pride movement staunchly leading the charge.

The dominance of trans activists have added fuel to fire via their reinvention of gender, so much so that we can see a worsening divide from within, as the battles of “LGB vs. T” resound throughout public spaces and cultural arenas. Gays Against Groomers, for example, calls out one of several apparent contradictions found in this newfangled, yet regressive gender ideology:

Trans activists say that gender is a social construct and gender stereotypes — e.g. girls wearing dresses — are harmful and they must be destroyed.

Trans activists also say that the way we can tell if a boy is actually a girl is if he likes to wear dresses.

— Gays Against Groomers (@againstgrmrs)

Apart from little boys, grown men are also wearing dresses and identifying as women. No spectator would be fooled when a big bearded bloke dons a skirt; yet in our brave (and stunning) new world, we are expected to turn a blind eye and affirm this “womanhood” as though talent judges would be expected to turn a deaf ear and applaud a truly dreadful performance. Where is the pride in that?

So perhaps it isn’t a shock to encounter a growing number of folks in the LGBTQ community who are saddened and angered by the fact that what started out for them as a quest for affirmation, dignity, and equality has now been hijacked and mutated into a mad crusade led by delusional, authoritarian cultists dead set on polluting young minds and bodies.

Prideful brats have taken over the house, while many of the “adults” have scurried back into their closets as they cower away from the mob chanting on the front lawn. The time is ripe for new resistance from within, and I shall do my part as a lowly ragamuffin caught in the midst.

I Reject Irrational Delusion

As a teenager, I played around with makeup and wore flamboyant clothing (including some dresses) due to my love for Visual Kei, which is kind of the Japanese version of glam rock. And now, after two decades of trying and failing to grow up, I have resuscitated my passion with a vengeance.

Quite literally, I am sitting here typing this up with a fresh set of French manicure upon my hands, while gazing at my laptop through pupils accentuated by dollish eyelash extensions. My hair glows with bright colours, my makeup bag remains ready at arm’s reach, and my wardrobe is populated with more and more interesting pieces as months go by.

I cannot divulge all my personal drama without reservations at this point. However, I am able to say that some have been wondering if I am finally coming out of the closet, and others have been theorising whether I view myself as objectively female. So, what the heck is the deal here?

Applying a twist on the philosophy of René Descartes, the phrase “I identify, therefore I am” would be a fitting first principle for today’s gender ideology. In other words, adherents are so caught up with validating confused feelings that they are unable to deduce gender identity from anything other than one’s personal opinion of oneself.

Take, for example, a scene from the documentary What Is a Woman? — Matt Walsh visits the University of Tennessee and confronts a gender studies professor with the film’s titular question… only to receive a circular definition: a woman is a person who identifies as a woman.

Anyone with common sense would have to decipher such a response with this:

There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.

— George Orwell

While there is value in both reality and fantasy — and certainly a time and place for either of them — I recognise that trouble comes when lines are blurred between the two. Hence, if you happen to pretend that the act of identifying as something is anything other than pretending, then I must say that you have gone too far with your pretence.

I can identify as being a Native American, a black man, an NBA player, a neurosurgeon, a kangaroo, or even just a tree; I can adjust my appearance and behaviour to somewhat reflect the image in my head and run with it, likely offending, endangering, and spooking people in the process… Yet the truth would remain unmoved, for I am precisely none of those things.

As an intrinsic, indispensable trait, gender identity isn’t exempt from similar confines. It would be irrational to ignore biological realities embedded deep within the fibre of our being (chromosomes) simply due to struggles with mismatched emotions, however potent they may be. And by definition, gender dysphoria signifies an intense loathing and discomfort with one’s biological sex. So then we might ask: if our bodies have no bearing on our supposed gender, why would there be cause for dysphoria in the first place? If feelings could dictate identity, why would internal conflict occur at all?

The sad truth is that some may participate in absurdity in order to affirm their stubborn delusions. When fantasy attempts to invade reality, the virtues of both worlds are lost.

For the record, I have no attraction toward men. In actual fact, I am overly comfortable with girls — so much so that I’d like to be one at times. I have identified as female in select settings, though I get that doing so doesn’t change my gender, regardless of how I may alter my characteristics.

I am complex, not confused. And I respect the women in my life too much to hijack their identity. Engaging in a bit of role play has always been therapeutic for me. The power of fantasy speaks for itself; gamers would no doubt agree. But if I were to self-misgender in a serious manner, it would be a form of self-deception that harms both myself and other people, not to mention our Creator.

Call it what you will, but I tend to think that this path exemplifies the very worst of toxic masculinity. Picture men putting on womanface, manspreading in miniskirts, mansplaining what it actually means to be a woman, using terms like “menstruators”, “birthing persons”, and “chestfeeders” to discredit inherent womanhood, all the while appropriating female beauty standards, private spaces, and lived experiences. Is this not what is being done? I cringe at the audacity needed to be involved in such macroaggression, in this hostile takeover of the culture and identity of practically half of humanity.

In our clown world, it is but the newest iteration of feminism. Alas, hypocrisy knows no bounds!

I Resist Authoritarian Conformity

As I begin writing this section, we are one week into Pride Month, and things have turned out rather interesting to say the least. The backlash is surprisingly strong this year, thanks to the momentum established from the ongoing Bud Light beer boycott that erupted several months ago. I guess no amount of liquor could render Dylan Mulvaney sufferable.

People are increasingly fed up with corporations that kowtow to the rainbow brigade just to boost their ESG score. Again, the trans community has added much insanity into the mix. With consumers now taking action en masse, this timeless adage proves true — Get woke, go broke!

Nevertheless, radical leftists have held on to the power of cancel culture quite unchallenged for more than a decade. Egotistical in nature, the woke mob is never afraid to exercise said power, swarming, attacking, and erasing anyone who dares to question the latest mutations of their nebulous ideologies, lest someone manages to hurt their pride.

Often enough, they end up berating one of their own for stepping out of line. Fans of Harry Potter may be aware that series creator J. K. Rowling has been condemned multiple times for refusing to recognise transwomen as women. Critics have called her transphobic, as well as labelled her with the pejorative “TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist), implying that her brand of feminism is already outdated and no longer acceptable. The Museum of Pop Culture in Washington has indeed erased her name from their Harry Potter exhibition as a bitter response.

The level of mindless conformity promoted in our regressive political climate is disturbingly cultlike. With a zealous authoritarian bent, these fanatics propagate division and contempt, and do very little to integrate vulnerable people into civilised society in a healthy manner. When having a differing opinion constitutes as a hate crime, the voices of minorities from diverse (especially non-Western) backgrounds suffer the most. I can attest to that as one gender dysphoric person of colour.

At the core of this dogmatic mentality lies a battle against reality fuelled by none other than the irrational delusion exposed in the previous section. Identify the cause; witness the effect.

For when one strives to live out a fantasy 24/7, their suspension of disbelief needs to be sustained by a constant effort to control and suppress truth; when self-deception becomes the goal for an entire community, those asking but a fair question or two are treated like egregious offenders.

My champion of libertarianism calls it like it is:

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

— Ron Paul

Leftists harp on and on about diversity. But since they have chosen to embrace a fragile, indefensible worldview (ironically in the name of diversity), they are often the first to shut down honest debate and implement censorship. In a strange turn, true diversity now stands as their worst enemy.

The concerted struggle to create and maintain subjective reality has paved way for a “new normal”. Proponents refuse to acknowledge that if these absurd ideas can actually be considered normal by any stretch of the imagination, then they wouldn’t be so desperate for normalisation.

Besides, genuine norms should not have to be noteworthy, garish, or paraded around for attention. As it stands, the LGBTQ gospel has become both pervasive and intrusive, and one that is publicised by governments, media, and corporations alike. We are bombarded all year long with their message, and with such intensity that even those who used to have ears to hear have now gone deaf!

The appeal of being mainstream eludes me. Growing up, I could never fit in properly either within conservative circles or among liberal communities. However, I have always taken pride in being rather unique, exalting the independent spirit over any appetite for conformity. So given how the LGBTQ movement has fallen into use of authoritarian tactics, I prefer to keep my distance.

I Rebuke Malicious Pollution

The neoliberal order has, for decades, thrown its weight behind policies and trends that impede the nuclear family unit and limit population growth. Whether it is to do with abortion, climate change, gay marriage, euthanasia, or the Health at Every Size body positivity movement, the Malthusian left has repeatedly chosen to steer its followers away from being fruitful and multiplying.

The constant culling of numbers means that sustainability of the wider movement relies heavily on their influence over existing children, since producing offspring tends to conflict or be incompatible with their political causes. Bearing grave implications for our next generation, the trans issue seems to fit the pattern. Attendees of a recent Drag March held in New York City nullified any and all doubts as they chanted: “We’re here! We’re queer! We’re coming for your children!”

Not that having an impact on kids is bad, of course — it depends on one’s content and approach. Sadly, the trans community (along with mainstream Pride) has once again shown themselves to be either severely lacking in wisdom or, dare I say, operating with malicious intent. Evidence keeps on piling up, and so I must call them out on three ways they are polluting innocent minds and bodies:

1. Sexualisation,
2. Indoctrination,
3. Mutilation.

Year after year, Pride parades become progressively raunchy and explicit. These public events are advertised for all ages, and yet contain nudity and sexualised behaviour. Videos and images of the events often require censoring if posted on social media, otherwise they get flagged (age-restricted) or taken down altogether. Meanwhile, children present on-site witness everything in person — activities such as twerking, pole dancing, BDSM foreplay, simulated sex acts, etcetera.

Just this April, the state of Florida passed a bill (SB 1438) banning the underaged from attending adult live performances. As a result, organisers of the Treasure Coast gay pride parade decided to cancel their own event. Responses like this raise the question as to why these folks are unable or unwilling to celebrate their sexuality without without the presence of minors.

Meanwhile, the situation isn’t any better off the streets, with young ones led to parties and shows that feature drag, kink, and elements related to sex work. Footages of children handing out dollar bills to gyrating, scantily clad strippers now regularly make the rounds on the internet. Some kids (e.g. Desmond Napoles) have also become cultural influencers through performing drag and suggestive dances, including at gay bars, where men whistle and throw money at them.

This sexualisation of children is a major step in grooming. It is accompanied by indoctrination.

Many have now heard of Drag Queen Story Hour, first started in 2015, aiming to “capture the imagination and play of gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models” (described by Jonathan Hamilt, co-founder of the NYC Chapter).

Regardless of how vivacious it may appear to be, the reality is that ideas of gender identity, sexual preferences, and LGBTQ culture are being instilled into little kids, sometimes to toddlers who can barely walk. The overt displays of drag queens combined with their ideological teaching material make for memorable experiences; young, impressionable minds don’t stand a chance.

And when these children grow up a bit and attend school… they will get to see more drag queens! There’s now a popular saying that highlights the peculiar pervasiveness:

Ask not why children shouldn’t see drag queens; but ask why drag queens insist on seeking an audience of children.

— Anonymous Meme Lord

Pride is celebrated in both private and public schools. Francis W. Parker School (in Chicago) brought in a drag queen last year to teach about queer sex, while handing out dildos, butt plugs, and lube to their students. Forsyth Technical Community College (in North Carolina) appeared on the radar this year for hosting a drag performer, who gave a lap dance to one of their high schoolers.

But it isn’t just the outsiders that parents have to worry about. Often, student material found in schools also serve as causes of pollution. Books such as Gender Queer: A Memoir, This Book Is Gay, and Homegoing depict inappropriate sexual detail — so much so that when a mother in Georgia tried to read aloud a passage extracted from the latter work at a school board meeting, she was promptly cut off by board members who signed off on the book in the first place.

Meanwhile, across the pond, preteens in Britain have been given graphic sex manuals in class, exposing them to things like anal intercourse and female ejaculation (squirting). Additionally, they have been instructed to masturbate for homework. The indoctrination of gender ideology is also prevalent, with a focus on normalising underaged sexual interest, even among babies.

And gone are the days that students may opt out of sex education without fuss. The authoritarian machinery of wokism takes no prisoners. At Londonderry Junior High School (in Edmonton, Canada), a teacher was recorded berating Muslim students for eschewing Pride festivities, tacitly comparing the LGBTQ movement to a major world religion like Islam. In another grim development, California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently issued a $1.5 million fine to the entire Temecula Valley Unified School District for not embracing the state-approved LGBTQ curriculum targeting elementary school students. Newsom, in this case, is attempting to use his gubernatorial power to punish and usurp the decision voted on by school board members elected by the local parents. Quite the dick move!

All of this is but a small sampling, but I hope I have given enough examples to paint a picture of what has been plaguing the West. Not saying every individual in the Pride community is guilty, of course. However, I would like to see the bad apples separated from the movement, as I do not intend to conflate groomers with other decent members of the community.

Nevertheless, efforts of holding questionable individuals accountable are frequently met with tribalistic name-calling — homophobe, transphobe, bigot, and so forth. Instead of exposing and expelling the groomers, leftists tend to defend them like they’re an indispensable part of the family; in this foolishness, they have become the ones conflating the good, the bad, and the ugly.

It is as though in the ever-expanding acronym of LGBT, to LGBTQ, to LGBTQIA, to LGBTQQIP2SAA+, the letter P (for paedophilia) is next in line, destined to join the club. What gives?

The latest coordinated attacks on Sound of Freedom, a film shedding light on the horrific industry of child sex trafficking, are yet another indication that something sinister is afoot. Left-leaning media outlets such as Rolling Stone, Forbes, Vox, and Bloomberg haven’t a nice thing to say about a cause that should be championed by all, regardless of political affiliation.

Bloomberg, in particular, gave their platform to one Noah Berlatsky to deliver his critique. The writer tweeted in 2017: “Paedophiles are essentially a stigmatised group. Certain people get designated as deviants, people hate them.” In 2021, this upstanding citizen authored an article illuminating how child sex workers have bodily autonomy (as a basis for giving consent), and so they aren’t necessarily under abuse. The piece was published by the Prostasia Foundation, of which senior board member Dr. James Cantor also tweeted out this gem in 2018: “Speaking as a gay man, I believe we should include the P — to do otherwise is to betray the principles that give us our rights.”

Talking about rights, lawmakers have been doing their part to push the agenda. Democrat politician Leigh Finke, for instance, introduced a bill (HF 1655) in Minnesota that plans to amend the state’s Human Rights Act in a way that would protect paedophilia as just another sexual orientation that, from their perspective, a person is born into and cannot ever change from, no different to being straight or gay. And by the way, Representative Finke is a trans woman… to the surprise of nobody!

We live in a critical time when Western civilisation really must decide on where it wants to go with regard to our future generations. Whatever we choose to support, it would be wise to heed these words from Jesus, words that reveal the Father’s zealous heart for his precious children:

“But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.”

— Matthew 18:6-7 (NLT)

Reality is harsh; evil roams this earth. So it has been said, they are coming for your children…

And now, let us see what happens when they succeed in capturing your kids; what happens to the little ones who have lamentably fallen prey to the medical cult of mutilation.

I Reprimand Radical Alteration

With the insidious spread of gender ideology, we have seen a sharp rise in dysphoria cases among today’s youth. A study commissioned by NHS England (led by Dr. Hilary Cass) tallied up more than 5000 referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service sought out by minors during the 2021/22 period — a staggering 2000%+ increase from the 2011/12 figure, which was under 250. In a shorter span of years, diagnoses of kids (ages 6-17) in the United States with gender dysphoria also tripled from 15172 in 2017 to a sizable 42167 in 2021 (data from Komodo Health). These surging numbers are unnatural and projected to worsen, confirming a shift in cultural trends and behaviours.

The medical establishment enters this picture to capitalise on the confusion. They come as saviours, offering children hope in the form of puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapies, and even sex reassignment surgeries. Big Pharma is the gender genie that makes dreams come true!

But consider this: unwashing a brain of indoctrination is already a veritable challenge. Undoing the bodily changes inflicted via treatments and operations, on the other hand, veers close to impossible. The solutions endorsed by ideologically-driven doctors are drastic and often irreversible, and should only be used as a last resort, arguably even for adults. Yet now, a growing number of kids are lured toward medicalised gender transitions with lifelong consequences, at a time when they are still figuring out who they are through the uncertainties and awkwardness of puberty.

It used to be that professionals approached gender dysphoria as a mental illness, and psychological therapy given to a patient to help their mind accept biological reality. At least that would have been the first step. Under the delusions of gender ideology, however, feelings reign supreme, and so the body is forced to align with presumed identity.

This reversal has turned the whole industry upside down. The “old way” is shunned, not dissimilar to the outdated feminism of J. K. Rowling. No longer is it politically correct to attribute the struggles of trans-identifying persons to an afflicted mind. But if little Johnny wants to be Jenny instead, no one should dare to stand in the way of the boy receiving “gender-affirming care” — a term that has been elevated by suspect paediatricians to mitigate the shocking truth that they mean to pump a child full of body-altering chemicals and carve up their private parts.

In essence, it is like implementing hardware fixes for software problems. The results may very well exacerbate existing mental health issues and lead to long-term regret. A quick look at the case of Californian teenager Chloe Cole should help us understand key aspects of such a journey.

Chloe was a tomboy in primary school, which meant that she was a little different, nothing inherently negative. Young girls don’t all have to wear pink and play with Barbies. But after joining Instagram, she was exposed to LGBTQ content that introduced her to the notion that she may be a boy trapped in the wrong body. So at 12 years old, she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Pressure to transition began to mount. The adults in her life affirmed Chloe’s belief that she’s meant to be male. How could they not? For doctors would go as far as to say to her parents: “Would you rather have a dead daughter, or a living transgender son?” The mention of teenage suicide would seem like an unstoppable argument for these zealots.

In 2018, Chloe was put on puberty blockers at 13 years old. Under the care of Kaiser Permanente clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area, she was prescribed Lupron, a drug that is used in the chemical castration of sex offenders. This caused menopausal-like hot flashes and joint pains in her system. Before long, she also started injections of testosterone, which masculinised her body permanently, while making her susceptible to sexual dysfunction, including vaginal atrophy and infertility.

During this progress, users on social media love bombed Chloe with attention and affection, and egged her on to go further with the transition, to become her “true self”, so to speak.

At the age of 15, Chloe underwent a double mastectomy. Her healthy, still-developing breasts were removed and incinerated. Less than a year later, she learned of the loss of her ability to breastfeed, should she have a baby one day. Confusion and unease with herself also escalated. Some describe the experience as a form of imposter syndrome. Despite the alterations made by treatment and surgery, she didn’t feel more like a boy; and tragically, she didn’t even feel like a girl anymore.

Chloe was gripped with remorse as she realised that a big part of herself had been taken away, and everything that she allowed to be done to her until this point did nothing to address the underlying mental health issues from which she suffered. After turning 16, the poor girl became suicidal for the first time in her life; the “dead daughter” nightmare scenario gender specialists used as the critical reason to vouch for medicalised transition became an actual possibility.

People on social media weren’t of much help either. In fact, when Chloe began expressing concerns and regret, she was met with hatred by the same people who cheered and showed support at every milestone in her transition. The woke mob would prove bankrupt of true compassion.

Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

— Proverbs 27:6 (NIV)

Surviving past her 17th birthday, Chloe officially started detransitioning and re-embracing what was left of her young womanhood. Today, she speaks out against the dangers of letting children make adult decisions, and the medical establishment that seems more interested in rushing patients through radical procedures than providing them with thoughtful care.

Remember the paedophile sympathisers who argue that kids can give informed consent due their bodily autonomy? Well, proponents of offering minors “gender-affirming care” use a similar tactic. Laws are being created to this effect, circumventing parental authority and guardianship when they aren’t 100% on board with gender transitioning. For example, Washington State passed legislation (SB 5599, HB 1469) permitting the government to place children in shelters and give them medical treatments and surgeries without notifying their family, while using taxpayer dollars.

Other great places like Canada (with their Bill C-4) or Dan Andrew’s Victoria (with the Change or Suppression [Conversion] Practices Prohibition Act 2021) go after the adults instead. If anyone dares to influence the gender identity or orientation of another individual — whether a child or otherwise — in the “wrong” direction, they are to face imprisonment under such laws in question. Culpability can even be tied to conversations between consenting adults. Some of the discussions I have had with people about my own issues would have been enough for arrests. Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has introduced a similar bill for NSW as of late August this year, so keep an eye out!

Circling back to the underaged: common sense indicates that if children aren’t allowed to smoke, drink, drive, vote, or get a tattoo, then they also shouldn’t be able to give consent to make serious and irreversible changes to their bodies. Yet we hear again from leftists claiming that there is hardly any regret from kids who have gotten treatment or surgery, and since they are prone to self-harm, we better agree to all that they ask for, as quickly as possible.

Against these points, I pray that parents know better. May they educate themselves, listen to the numerous detrans testimonies, understand the heartbreak, witness the scars, and empathise with the prolonged suffering. This young generation is starting to grow up and gain the courage to speak out as they reap the consequences of their ill-advised choices. Chloe Cole’s story is not uncommon; she alone has networked with thousands of detransitioners. Many more roam the forums on Reddit (r/detrans), where now 50000+ members have gathered to share their harrowing experiences.

Regarding the issue of self-harm, it remains true that the trans community is at significantly higher risk than the rest of the population; having said that, people shouldn’t just assume transitioning is the path to life. A long-term, peer-reviewed Swedish cohort study published on PLOS ONE in 2011 reveals that after 10-15 years, the suicide rate of post-surgery individuals is still 20 times greater than the non-trans control group. This paper (done by C. Dhejne, P. Lichtenstein, M. Boman, et al.) ultimately followed up on the subjects over a period 30 years, which is much more reliable than other studies that boast of short-term satisfaction with sex reassignment. As the average age of transition becomes younger in today’s world, we must brace for a darker future.

The sad reality is that the doctors who led kids into life-altering decisions are unlikely to be as helpful when their patients have a change of mind. Medical centres that facilitate these risky practices fear legal retribution. The Tavistock gender clinic in the UK, which had been treating children with gender dysphoria since 1989, is being shut down by NHS England after a class action lawsuit joined by over 1000 families seeks to hold them responsible for rushing their young victims through transition.

As time passes, those who insist that the affirmation-only model of treating gender dysphoria offers nothing but rainbows and sunshine are exposed as liars, or plain uninformed. But since the medical establishment has created an industry out of it all, the profit incentive cannot be ignored.

In the United States alone, the sex reassignment surgery market raked in US$2.1 billion in 2022. Considering the compound annual growth rate of 11.2%, the figure is expected to double by 2030 (data from Grand View Research). For an individual, the initial cost of transitioning sits at around $100K, with persistent upkeep costing additional wealth and energy. Complications are also common, as are side effects that call for more doctor visits and treatment.

And in truth, these procedures cannot actually change a person’s sex, so the ongoing fight against nature never ends. The only guarantee is that these patients would become lifelong customers for Big Pharma. Prolonged use of synthetic hormones comes with its own set of risks, taking a notable toll on the body over time, while unresolved psychological issues continue to wear down the mind.

Lastly, do not underestimate the difficulties of bottom surgery. Phalloplasty attempts to surgically create a “penis” for a biological girl by harvesting flaps of skin from her forearm, then using that material to construct a shaft. The girl’s arm is left with missing flesh (to the extent of exposed bone), and she is awarded with a neo-penis with limited sensation and sexual function. In the olden days, women were happy to just wear a strap-on, but what do I know?

Penile inversion vaginoplasty, on the other hand, seeks to carve out a “vagina” for a biological boy. The surgeon would slice into the area between the rectum and the urethra, and near the prostate to create a tunnel. Skin taken from the scrotum and penis would then be used to line the internal walls of the new opening to construct the neo-vagina.

However, young boys put on puberty blockers tend to lack penile tissue, and so material must be gathered elsewhere. A landmark Dutch study in 2016 published a case where doctors removed a section of the colon of an 18-year-old boy undergoing vaginoplasty. Most tragically, the high-risk procedure caused necrotising cellulitis, leading to septic shock and multiple organ failure before proving fatal. What a sad waste of life!

Even if an operation is successful, challenges persist for these trans girls and women. The neo-vagina is an unnatural opening, and as such, the body treats it like a wound. In other words, routine dilation becomes a necessity, whereby a plastic dildo-looking tube is inserted into the tunnel for hours on end to keep it from closing up; it sounds like ear piercings, except we are talking about a huge hole within the depth of one’s crotch! And the patient is stuck doing this for the rest of their life, just so that the wound is readily available for penetrative sex, as it literally serves no other function.

No one in their right mind should approach bottom surgery — or any part of transitioning, for that matter — without some deep rumination. But of course, the medical cult of mutilation views themselves as hope for the afflicted… and it all began with the spread of gender ideology.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

— Voltaire

Jamie Reed agrees. She is a queer woman married to a trans man and, more importantly, was a case manager at the Washington University Transgender Center of St. Louis Children’s Hospital. During the four years of employment, she came across more than 1000 kids, most of whom were placed on hormone therapy with little consultation. Despite being a hardcore progressive, her experience and conscience have compelled her to speak out against the American medical system. She has a great many stories to tell, and concludes that the Hippocratic Oath of “do no harm” had been repeatedly violated in the way the clinic treated their young patients; she even describes it as being worse than experimentation, since proper experiments would at least be carefully designed and ethically tested.

All things considered, the medical butchery that we are allowing unto this generation is shocking and unprecedented. And yet, the establishment has but one resounding chorus: Safe and Effective!

What a familiar phrase in the post-COVID era. I cannot help but detect glaring parallels between medicalised gender transitions and the COVID vaccine. Both are promoted as “safe and effective” years too early, when they are experimental at best; both are offered as the one solution to avoid death, while alternatives are suppressed; both are hastily pushed upon people without sufficient explanation of risks, side effects, and upkeep; no doubt, both make big bucks for Big Pharma too.

Stay vigilant, friends. May we acquire God-given wisdom and courage for the battles ahead.

I Applaud Godly Contentment

In light of the disturbing, insane shit that I have unpacked in this long piece of writing, I still hope to leave you with a universal antidote to break through the darkness.

Godliness with contentment is great gain.

— 1 Timothy 6:6 (NIV)

Looking at the context for the verse above, the Apostle Paul warned against false teaching, quarrels that lead to envy, strife, and friction, as well as trying to use godliness as a means to financial gain. We could match these up to key points of the gender crisis that we face, and consider wisely how contentment sets us free from every challenge.

Firstly, be content with truth, and with reality. Do not itch after the fancy, false teaching of gender ideology, which is irrational, confusing, and designed to corrupt minds and deceive the gullible down a path of destruction. Instead, embrace the wholesome simplicity of the two created genders since the dawn of humanity; it is easy to understand even for kids, much like the gospel of Jesus.

Secondly, be content with minding your own business. Do not try to dictate others into conformity, and do not be an entitled prick. Efforts to assert control over others will backfire; your mental health will most certainly suffer. Feel free to share thoughts and feelings, while knowing that opinions are like arseholes, because everyone has one. But if you must argue something important, come well prepared to destroy your opponents with facts and logic. Otherwise, be happy to just chill.

And finally, be content with letting kids be kids. Do not virtue signal your care for these little ones (giving an appearance of godliness), while urging them to commit to adult decisions that benefit only the pockets of Big Pharma. Teach and guide them to accept and love themselves, to help them grow comfortably into their natural, healthy bodies. This is the best and most effective way to save lives.

For without contentment, any manipulation of the flesh (either with chemicals or under the knife) produces only a short-lived euphoria. Akin to addiction to plastic surgery, the desire to modify and reconstruct one’s body would prove endless.

Ultimately, those who have lost themselves down this forlorn path become frustrated or depressed, which explains much of the grievous behaviour that we see in this generation. In contrast, those who have found their true selves are able to do so precisely because they have learned to be content.

Grasping contentment isn’t just about one individual’s inner peace or identity. An observation from Camille Paglia, a renowned lesbian feminist academic, reveals transgender mania as a clear sign of civilisational collapse. She cites the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire, and Weimar Germany as examples where a sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and sexually liberated population started to marginalise traditional masculinity in favour of androgyny and, in their abject discontentment, concede to the unravelling of their society.

And since politics is downstream from culture, the governing bodies of such societies inevitably contributed to the madness. Of the late Roman Empire, one prominent critic of Caesar noted:

The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

These patterns also play out in the West today. Therefore, to be content in this context means to not jump on to the Titanic. Dry ground may sound a bit dull, but the wise delight in standing firm, rather than boarding a sinking ship just to take part in a wild party that won’t last until the morning.

Everything has changed, and it will soon change once again. We could even say that our world is transitioning into a new era. So pursue godliness and find contentment; these actions will not only help in overcoming struggles of personal identity or sexuality, but also equip us to be able to rebuild healthy communities and culture when the time arrives.

Now that, boys and girls, is something worthy of Pride!