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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new order for agents to begin complying with radical gender ideology while addressing “members of the public.”

The “woke” new rules were revealed in an internal memo obtained by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.

According to the memo, agents are now prohibited from using “he, him, she, her” pronouns when initially interacting with people in case they “misgender” them.

“DO NOT use ‘he, him, she, her’ pronouns until you have more information about, or provided by, the individual,” reads the memo obtained by Heritage via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Playing a role in the sudden rise of transgender children may be "transhausen by proxy," a term coined for narcissistic parents who push so-called "gender transitioning" on their children, some experts say.

Celebrities are increasingly in the limelight with announcements about their children who come out as transgender or nonbinary. Nonbinary individuals identify as neither male nor female.

"Transhausen by proxy" isn't an officially recognized psychological condition. It's a play on an official condition known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP). MSBP is a mental illness that's also sometimes called medical child abuse or factitious disorder imposed on others. It's exhibited mostly by women seeking attention by exaggerating or making up an illness of children or others in their care.

Transhausen by proxy has very real effects on society, experts told The Epoch Times.

They point to headlines like the one on Pride.com in May, which gushes: "15 Celebs Who Are Out & Proud of Their Trans & Nonbinary Kids." The article praises stars such as Cher, Sade, Jennifer Lopez, and Charlize Theron for supporting their children who reject their biological sex.

Chloe Cole, a vocal de-transitioner who we've covered numerous times on the site, spoke at the University of Utah last night and the lefties and feminists on campus were NOT having it!

In response to a detransitioner telling the truth about transgenderism, the WOMEN'S CENTER at Utah held a "healing circle" complete with all sorts of demonic offerings like tarot card readings. ...

Chloe Cole had her breasts removed, AS A MINOR, and regrets it.

Why is this a scary thing for the left? Is it because it kind of shows their entire worldview to be bull?

Lady Ballers belongs on a different (and much shorter) listicle: "problematic" films that could have been made in the mid-1990s but actually got made in 2023. Not that any Hollywood producers were lining up to make this film. Lady Ballers is the first of its kind. The feature-length comedy was produced by the folks at the Daily Wire and is available now on the DailyWire+ streaming service.

Though its plot is not dissimilar to that of Juwanna Mann—which came out in 2002 and starred Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, and Lil' Kim—Lady Ballers will almost certainly be seen and enjoyed by many more Americans at a time when the brightest minds in Hollywood are either struggling to make money at the box office or rotting in prison on serial rape charges.

Lady Ballers stars Daily Wire cofounder Jeremy Boreing (who also produced and directed the film) as Rob, a boys basketball coach and divorced dad besieged by wokeness. "I stayed the same and the world changed," he says after his eight-year-old daughter scolds him for misgendering the "girl" who showed "her" penis in class.

One thing leads to another—a chance encounter with a former basketball star at drag queen brunch, followed by another chance encounter with a conniving journalist intent on boosting her profile by reporting on the "brave and beautiful woman" who just dominated a local track and field competition—and Coach Rob decides to get the high school state championship team back together for an upcoming women's basketball tournament.

Hilarity ensues, for the most part. Though probably not destined to become a comedy classic, Lady Ballers is a welcome alternative to any of the Hollywood-approved "comedy" offerings of late. Its mere existence is a middle finger to the cultural overlords who deign to decide what topics we're allowed to joke about. Consider as evidence the plethora of reviews trashing the entire film based on the trailer, many of them written by outlets who praised the dreadful "comedy" of Hannah Gadsby. (Don't even bother looking her up.)

Give Lady Ballers a watch. It will probably make you laugh. It will definitely annoy hysterical liberals who want everyone to be miserable all the time. It may even give Hollywood something to think about before writing another billion-dollar check for another CGI abomination about a queer superhero who uses empathy and understanding to persuade the supervillain to shut down his bigotry factory or whatever the hell they're putting out in theaters these days.

A new law due to come into effect in California next month will see stores issued with fines if they fail to comply with radical gender ideology.

The law, which comes into effect on January 1, 2024, mandates stores that sell children’s items to have a gender-neutral section.

Details of the “woke” new law are confirmed on a state government website.

The law applies to any company that sells “childcare items” or toys and employs a minimum of 500 employees across store locations.

It requires that they offer a section where “a reasonable selection of the items and toys for children that it sells shall be displayed, regardless of whether they have been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys,” according to the law’s text.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1084

I bumped into this podcast between Chris Wiliamson and Michael Bailey regarding his maliciously retracted recent study on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (RODG).

It’s a subject that interests me and that I have written about before, but the attempted censorship alone was enough to motivate me to amplify its reach with this stack.

To start with please download the article using this link, as it will impact the paper’s overall value metrics which is the best way to thumb our noses at the censors.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent Reports on 1655 Possible Cases | Archives of Sexual Behavior (springer.com)

Here is the pdf in case the link is removed one day.

Here is a simple explanation of the Abstract.

The study focuses on a specific type of gender dysphoria called Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD). ROGD is a controversial idea suggesting that this sudden feeling of being in the wrong gender can spread socially among groups of young people.

Here are the key points of the abstract in simple terms:

Survey of Parents: The researchers conducted a survey of parents who visited a website called ParentsofROGDKids.com. These parents believed their children had ROGD.

Age and Gender of the Youths: The study looked at 1,655 young people aged 11 to 21 who suddenly started feeling gender dysphoria. Most of these youths (75%) were born female (natal female). Boys (natal males) generally started feeling this way later than girls, and fewer boys took steps to transition to another gender compared to girls.

Mental Health Issues: Many of these young people had mental health problems before they started feeling gender dysphoria. Those with pre-existing mental health issues were more likely to transition socially (like changing their name or the pronouns they use) and medically (like taking hormones or having surgery).

Parents' Experiences with Clinicians: The parents often felt that doctors and therapists pushed them to agree with their child's new gender identity and support their transition.

Deterioration in Mental Health: According to the parents, the mental health of these young people got worse after they started transitioning socially.

Mental Health Issues: Many of these young people had mental health problems before they started feeling gender dysphoria.

According to the parents, the mental health of these young people got worse after they started transitioning socially.

Parents' Experiences with Clinicians: The parents often felt that doctors and therapists pushed them to agree with their child's new gender identity and support their transition.