How is this place allowed to exist? Why is it not shut down, and those responsible arrested for child endangerment/abuse/wacko-ness?
This really pisses me off. On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ** > Dr. Eowyn posted: "Think back to when you were 6 years old . . . . At > a 6-year-old, did you -- a male reader of FOTM -- have a clear and definite > self-awareness that you were a boy? Did you -- a female reader of FOTM -- > have a clear and definite self-awareness that you w" Respond to this > post by replying above this line > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> Crossdressing > summer camps for confused > boys<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/crossdressing-summer-camps-for-confused-boys/> > by > Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> > > Think back to when you were 6 years old . . . . > > At a 6-year-old, did you -- a male reader of FOTM -- have a clear and > definite self-awareness that you were a boy? Did you -- a female reader of > FOTM -- have a clear and definite self-awareness that you were a girl? > > I can honestly say I didn't. At six, I had just completed 2 years of > kindergarten and starting first grade. I don't think I even knew what the > differences between boys and girls were. > > But we are to believe that children as young as six today already > *know*they're transgender (aka gender dysphoria)! -- that they really are the > opposite sex trapped in the "wrong" body. > > To top it off, some of those preternaturally precocious 6-year-old > transgenders actually go to a cross-dressing summer camp -- but boys only! > Happily, feminists need not bristle. There's always transgendered Girl > Scouts!<http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/transgendered-girl-scouts-you-better-believe-it> > > [image: crossdressing > camp]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/crossdressing-camp.jpg> > *Transvestite boys frolicking in summer camp. Photo by Lindsay > Morris<http://lindsaymorris.viewbook.com/you-are-you> > .* > > Kirsten Andersen reports for > LifeSiteNews<http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/crossdressing-camp-for-boys-as-young-as-six-draws-criticism-from-christian>, > July 17, 2013: > > Young boys preening in front of mirrors putting on makeup, picking flowers > in skirts, and prancing in heels and dresses at a talent show: all these > are depicted in controversial photoessay, featured on *Slate* this week, > documenting *an annual summer camp for gender confused boys.* The images > are drawing praise from gay activists, and criticisms from pro-family > leaders. > > For the last three years, *photographer Lindsay Morris* has attended the > four-day-long camp for “gender variant” boys from 6 to 16 and their > families *held in an undisclosed location in New England.* Morris refers > to the camp by the pseudonym “Camp ‘You Are You,’” although her description > of the camp closely matches the one given on the > website<http://www.camparanutiq.org/dates-and-rates.html>for Camp > Aranu’tiq <http://www.camparanutiq.org/about-camp-aranutiq.html> for > "transgender" boys, which was featured last year in the *Boston > Globe*<http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/09/01/camp-for-transgender-kids-builds-trust/7ziUvJtS6gAjKnSAiycKYJ/story.html>, > and which makes campers and visitors sign a confidentiality agreement. > According to the *Globe*, it is the only camp of its kind in America. > > Morris, who recently published the > photoessay<http://lindsaymorris.viewbook.com/you-are-you>on her website, told > *Slate*<http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/15/_you_are_you_looks_at_a_gender_nonconforming_camp_for_boys_photos.html>that > the camp is aimed at “parents who don’t have a gender-confirming > 3-year-old who wants to wear high heels and prefers to go down the pink > aisle in K-Mart and not that nasty dark boys’ aisle.” > > She said that the fashion show was one of the highlights of the camp, and > something that many boys and their families worked to prepare for all > year. “Some … create their own gowns with their mothers or friends of the > family,” Morris said. “The focus and enthusiasm is really pretty > incredible.” > > On her own website <http://lindsaymorris.viewbook.com/you-are-you>, > Morris describes the camp as “a temporary safe haven where gender-variant > boys can freely express their interpretations of femininity alongside their > parents and siblings.” Adds Morris, “Here, they can be true to their inner > nature without feeling the need to look over their shoulders.” > > On the website <http://www.camparanutiq.org/dates-and-rates.html> for > Camp Aranu’tiq, a parent testimonial offers similar praise, claiming the > camp gave her son “the BEST experience” of his life. > > “[S]he [sic] grew into a confident and more outgoing girl during her [sic] > time there!!” the anonymous parent raved, adding that her son has “been > empowered through the validation and acceptance she [sic] received at camp.” > > But *senior fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council *in > Washington D.C., told the *Christian > Post*<http://www.christianpost.com/news/transgender-boys-camp-unnatural-restrictive-say-christian-leaders-100236/>that > he fears > *well-meaning parents may be doing more harm than good by bringing their > boys into an environment that reinforces and celebrates their gender > confusion.* > > “There is a risk of locking children into a life course, which, if they > had been left to develop naturally, they would have outgrown,” Sprigg told > the *Christian Post*. “You'll have children who are going through > natural periods of confusion and experimentation with their sexuality and > all of a sudden you have adults telling them, this means you're gay, you > were born gay, you will never change.” > > He told the paper he worries that parents who allow their children to > attend the camp “run the risk of putting them on a path, and locking them > in a transgender identity when that may not have been the natural course of > their life at all.” > > *Dr. Kenneth Zucker, chairman of the American Psychiatric Association > subcommittee on gender identity disorders*, would seem to agree with > Spriggs on that point. Zucker told > *LifeSiteNews*<http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/apa-still-considers-transgenderism-a-mental-disorder-just-changed-the-name/>in > December that he > *believes allowing children to act out their gender confusion can have > lasting harmful effects.* > > “I think that when people…label a child as transgendered, it kind of has > the connotation of immutability,” Zucker told LifeSiteNews. “I take a very > developmental approach to the treatment of gender dysphoria. * I don’t > think that gender dysphoria is something that is only going to respond to > biomedical treatment.* The real question is, when in development does the > desire to be the other gender become locked in or fixed?” > > According to Zucker, *young children experiencing gender confusion may > respond better to therapies that help them embrace their biological sex.* > > *“With young children, I think there’s much more pliability,” he said. > “Often, the gender dysphoria remits, for whatever reason. These kids don’t > grow up wanting to be the other gender.* People need to be cognizant that > there are other developmental trajectories.” > > *** > > See also "Psychiatrist says scientifically, there is no such thing as > transgender<http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/psychiatry-expert-scientifically-there-is-no-such-thing-as-transgender/> > ." > > *~Eowyn* > *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | > July 19, 2013 at 10:30 am | Tags: American Psychiatric > Association<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=american-psychiatric-association>, > Camp Aranu’tiq <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=camp-aranutiq>, > Dr. Kenneth > Zucker<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=dr-kenneth-zucker>, > Family Research > Council<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=family-research-council>, > Lindsay Morris<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=lindsay-morris>, > Peter Sprigg <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=peter-sprigg>, > Transgender <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=transgender> | > Categories: Children<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=34928689>, > Culture War <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=20812>, > Gays<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=35219924>, > United States <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=5850> | URL: > http://wp.me/pKuKY-myK > > > Comment<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/crossdressing-summer-camps-for-confused-boys/#respond> > See all > comments<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/crossdressing-summer-camps-for-confused-boys/#comments> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cf&email=goosepickles%40gmail.com>. > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > > http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/crossdressing-summer-camps-for-confused-boys/ > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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