US PRESS CORPS ONLINE: Billion-Dollar Transgender Industry Leaves Broken Families and Lives

Jeff Younger fears his ex-wife will chemically castrate his 10-year-old son because he refuses to go along with the idea that James is a girl.

California is a welcoming place for young people seeking to medically transition. Gender-altering surgery and drugs, referred to as "gender-affirming care," is legal in California and the new law shields Californians from laws and court actions in other states that could block transition treatments.

Money and a hysteria epidemic are driving the transgenderism phenomenon
Gender dysphoria is a relatively new diagnosis, made up so insurance companies will cover the costs of so-called gender-affirming care
Therapists will write out a prescription with no questions asked
The current market for transgender surgery is expected to increase from $2.1 billion in 2022 to $5 billion in 2030, an 11 percent compound annual growth rate
Top surgeries could bring in $40,000 per patient

People who decide to transition need transgender care for the rest of their lives
Hormones and other needed medications could cost $200,000 or more over the lifetime of a transgender person
But as some transitioners have discovered, the total cost can be much higher
For 49-year-old Scott Newgent, a woman who began transitioning to appear male seven years ago, the journey has been filled with expensive medications, surgeries, and complications

Some say the transgender boom is due to social media hysteria, which some attribute to increased use of social media.
Other mass-hysteria events such as the Salem witch trials and the 1980s’ multiple personality disorder outbreaks are also examples of this phenomenon.

Studies show growth in transgenderism is booming in society's most vulnerable demographic-children.
A recent report based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data showed an estimated 150,000 teens, ages 13-17, identified as transgender in just three years
In 2017, 206,000 young adults reported being transgender
By 2020, that number had swelled to 399,000

The path to becoming transgender often starts with a mental health provider
A range of options is available
For males seeking to become female, procedures to consider include an orchiectomy to remove testicles, and vaginoplasty, which aims to create a vagina and vulva
Breasts can be constructed with implants, which costs about $8,000.
Surgery to feminize facial features and feminize voice pitch can cost between $19,000 and $45,000
Options for females hoping to live as males include a hysterectomy to remove the uterus, and a mastectomy, which removes the breasts and sculpts the chest to appear more masculine
Phalloplasty is a surgeon’s goal of creating a penis, and costs $21,000 or more

When 19-year-old Abel Garcia decided he was transgender in 2016, he was eager to recreate himself as a woman.
He went to see a therapist to sort out his feelings on gender with a therapist, who immediately wrote him a referral letter to start the transition process, which began with hormones, and ended with breast implants
After a year of hormones, the therapist wrote another letter-this time recommending surgery for breast implants, and without asking for a second referral, he received one for "bottom" surgery ****** inversion to transform his male genitals into parts that looked female.

Many news outlets and social media platforms paint transitioning as having a beneficial effect on the mental health of those suffering from gender dysphoria
Some people, indeed, report feeling happier after socially and medically transitioning
A 30-year study conducted by researcher Cecilia Dhejne showed that those who transition through surgery or hormones have a higher mortality rate, particularly from suicide
It also found that transitioners had an increased risk for suicide attempts and psychiatric inpatient care
Advocates of transitioning point out that the study doesn't say the sex reassignment caused the increases in morbidity and mortality
Media outlets ignore the human cost of transitioning, often paid in terms of broken families and lives

Monday, October 10, 2022