gender dysphoria is a diagnosis in the dsm-v. number three. gender dysphoria is a serious condition that if left untreated can result in other psychological conditions, including depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidality and impairment in functioning. my take away, doing nothing is not an option. you would say what? yeah, that s my experience as well. you know, i have been working with trans youth for decades now, and i have seen the tremendous benefit that youth get from gender-affirming care for those who need it, and those who are who need it but can t access it could have great distress as a result. the fourth finding of fact that i pulled out of the opinion. based on your testimony, it is widely recognized in the medical and mental health fields for many people with gender dysphoria, the clinically
including depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidality and impairment in functioning. my takeaway, doing nothing is not an option. you would say what? yeah, that s my experience as well. you know, i have been working with trans youth for decades now, and i have seen the tremendous benefit that youth get from gender-affirming care for those who need it, and those who are who need it but can t access it could have great distress as a result. the fourth finding of fact that i pulled out of the opinion. based on your testimony, it is widely recognized in the medical and mental health fields for many people with gender dysphoria, the clinically significant stress caused by the condition can be relieved by living in gender transition, meaning relief comes when you live your identity. is that fair? yeah, i think that s fair as
disinformation. yeah, thank you. that s absolutely true. the fact is, that there is evidence, and there is good experience. decades of experience. we do know that transgender treatment improves peoples lives. they feel better about themselves, we know that this population is vulnerable to suicidality. and that that number goes down when treatment is accessible. so if you are really talking about protecting children, the one thing you would not want to do is remove their access to medical care, that s what a lot of these bills, they specifically do that. they do so with fear, and with falsehoods. and the fact is the field is new. it is emerging. 80% of the world s recharge it for transgender people has been done in the last ten years. so questions are being answered,
organization in 1979 and it has been a primarily scientific and evidence based organization. that helps to establish safety and treatment guidelines for the treatment of transgender youth and adults. you said that you believe lgbtq plus people and their allies should discuss some of the thorny or to meet people where they are. expand on that. i know a lot of people have a lot of questions out there, and right now it seems only one side is filling the void, if you will, of information. and they are doing so with disinformation. yeah, thank you. that s absolutely true. the fact is, that there is evidence, and there is good experience. decades of experience. we do know that transgender treatment improves peoples lives. they feel better about themselves, we know that this population is vulnerable to suicidality. and that that number goes down
won t subject their children to gender interventions, which increase suicidality, sterilize these kids and permanently maim their body. ashley: when you say the judges in the state, parents can t get ahold of these kids? do they not know where they are? well, an example, mom and dad have a gender-questioning child and they come to california and that child runs away while on vacation. the california courts will then be in charge of what happens to that child. as opposed to what normally would happen, the child would be returned to the state where the child lives with the parents and that state would decide. instead, once that child is in california, california judges will take jurisdiction and decide what happens with that kid. of course here in california, we