California, in the United States, is about to pass a law that would make it a “refuge state”, where “trans children” who are not able to undergo sex reassignment treatments in other countries can be sheltered. parts of the country.
“Gender affirmation” practices through surgery or hormone use are illegal in states such as Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Arizona and Idaho, with criminal consequences for parents who allow their children access to this type of treatment.
Since June, the bill SB-107 has tried to pave the way to exempt parents of any party from legal liability who authorize their children to access these services in California, even if they later return to their home states.
If passed, this law would prohibit any state authority from ordering the separation of children from their parents if they consented to any method of “gender-affirming” their children in California . Likewise, it does not contemplate the arrest or transfer request of an individual for allowing their child to receive this care on Californian soil.
The initiative, promoted by Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco and of the Democratic Party, was approved by the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee and will be put to a full vote in the House of Representatives soon.
NGOs such as Equality California and the abortion organization Planned Parenthood support this state law, which they describe as “hopeful” and believe it will put an end to the “criminalization of people just for who they are”.
The measure also gained opposition from conservative sectors in California and generated great controversy. in recent weeks.
The NGO Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans stated that the project is “a scandal”, as “the majority” of minors who requested treatments of afir The gender issue actually suffers from “typical adolescence” temporary dysphoria.
Dysphoria is a psychological disorder that causes persistent distress and anxiety in those whose self-perception is different from the sex observed at birth. Between 60 and 90% of children who manifest dysphoria have remission of these symptoms when they reach puberty and, therefore, are not trans.
“Support, yes. Love, yes. A therapy that allows them to explore why they feel that way, yes. But this type of operation, no, because it involves a real kidnapping of minors”, said Gigi LaRue, representative of Our Duty USA, association of parents against gender ideology.
LaRue (a pseudonym used by this person to, according to her, avoid “reprisals”) emphasized the consequences of hormone treatments and sex-change operations, as “when testosterone and estrogen are given to the opposite sex, they can cause lifelong health problems.”
Charlie Jacobs (also a pseudonym), of Our Duty USA, emphasized that the entity is “in favor of gay marriage and equal rights” and that his position is not politicized.
“The human brain is not fully developed until the age of 60 to os, so I would recommend taking extreme caution and raising the legal age to make the decision to undergo these treatments for the 25 years,” LaRue said.
