I have IBS. Last year when confronted with obstructionist behavior by the gas station employee who claimed their restroom was out of order, I did what any self-respecting individual would do. I left the store and let nature take its course in the alley behind it. Then I carefully covered the misdeed with napkins.…

Medicine used to believe in frenology too, but I don’t discount my doctor’s advice because of it.

I’m guessing you’ve never tried to force a child into clothing they are unhappy to wear? My daughter really, really hates wearing trousers. She also really likes rock climbing. You can’t really do that in a dress. At 8, we have negotiated clothing which is task suitable and she is comfortable wearing (leggings, which…

There are careful guidelines around kids who gender transition. They need to be persistent, insistent, and consistent. It’s not a short phase-this kid is 7, now, and hasn’t deviated from this. Psychology has had misses in the past, but this stuff is evidence-led and I’m a lot more likely to trust the current experts…

In another account of this case it was noted that the child (I don’t know why we all know her name, even if her father was an ass and exposed her name, why does the press keep repeating it? She is a minor in a court proceeding) has an attorney ad litem who has taken the position that she has expressed gender fluidity,…

Good thing they waited till Luna was 5 to affirm her gender expresion, after several years’ worth of observation. 

Good thing that didn’t happen, then.

All that happens at that age, if the child is diagnosed (which more than the child liking dresses would be part of the evaluation), is they can possibly dress in whatever they find more gender-affirming and use a preferred name. Luna went to multiple doctors for the evaluation, some chosen by the father. All of them…

I think any kid with Younger as a father might need a child psychologist.

“Taking a three year old to a therapist who then diagnose gender dysphoria because the three year old wanted to dress like his favorite cartoon character is honestly bordering on lunacy.”

Gender dysphoria is not mental illness. Have you ever even read anything in the DSM-5 related to it? I can pretty much guarantee that’s a no. For fucks sake, I even had a therapist that I had to school on holding outdated views/concepts.

Georgulas took Luna to see a therapist, who diagnosed the child with gender dysphoria — a mismatch between the gender assigned at birth and the one they identified with. From there, the therapist laid out steps on how to make the child feel affirmed, like letting Luna paint their nails and putting them in a dress,…

Or he lied to get out of serving.

It’s highly doubtful that the therapist took only that one statement and pronounced a diagnosis. It takes time over multiple interactions to get a diagnosis on an adult, so getting one on a child takes even longer.

You know that he must have back tracked on that, or claims to have converted himself to 100% straight. There's a lot to unpack with that guy and a steamer trunk full of self-loathing is part of it. 

This is gonna totally blow your mind: There is an entire field of psychology called child psychology. Children see psychologists all the time. Because children are people, and thus are susceptible to mental illness.

That’s what I’ll never understand at the most basic level. Who has the time time, energy, and willing to dedicate spreading misery about other people’s choices? Do people like Heyer and Ms Scott (the delightful fundraiser mentioned above) check their calendar, realize they have a free hour or two, and just think oooh…

That kid will need so much therapy, but not because of gender issues.

Ughhhhh. Luna deserves better than this fund-raising circus. I don’t understand how Younger is considered a fit parent after all he’s alleged to have done.

Children in cages? Who cares!