At last night's LGBTQ Townhall with the Democratic candidates. This child has been socially transitioned since age 4.https://twitter.com/HRC/status/1182465629477097473 …
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Jacob's parents are on the HRC's Parent Council. The child's preschool transition was covered by several major media outlets. https://www.hrc.org/resources/parents-for-transgender-equality-national-council …pic.twitter.com/mEK0rQfnvy
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Magdalen Berns made a video about Jacob in 2016: 60K YouTube views vs. 40 million views on NBC's "Jacob's Journey: Life as a Transgender 5-Year-Old". The normalization of small female-born children being "affirmed" as male was well underway by 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqm36seHkyc&feature=youtu.be …
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Our political process is such that powerful lobbies (HRC 2019 assets: $51 mill) provide invitees to "town halls" to give appearance of folksy inclusivity. Would they include a family who supported but held back on "affirmation" to leave options open? https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/HRC-HRCF-Combined-2019-FS.pdf?_ga=2.32767358.1135633651.1570801852-618870550.1570801852 …pic.twitter.com/ojGLpRetEv
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Eric Vilain said it best a few years ago.https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1028032369654030336 …
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4thWaveNow @4th_WaveNowEric Vilain, Chief of Medical Genetics at UCLA, asks in regards to early social/medical transition: ""I'm actually wondering what are we trying to accomplish here? Are we trying to reduce the number of gay & lesbian adults?" See linked vid. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/templates/nbc_partner_player?cmsID=422810574&videoID=YzCaLmmi88cx&autoplay=false&origin=nbcbayarea.com&sec=news&subsec=local&width=295&height=166&turl=file%3A%2F%2F%2FUsers%2Fnelson206445467%2FDesktop%2FNBCOTS%2F00-projects%2Fbay-transgender-playlist%2Findex.html&ourl=file%3A%2F%2F&lp=1&random=irndta&t=68 …Show this thread3 replies 8 retweets 54 likesShow this thread -
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Dr. Vilain is still very much around. Works at Children's National in Washington DC. https://childrensnational.org/research-and-education/about-cri/faculty-and-leadership-directory/vilian-eric …
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