{"id":32786,"date":"2021-03-01T10:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=32786"},"modified":"2021-03-01T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:15:08","slug":"sex-reassignment-doesnt-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/sex-reassignment-doesnt-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source: <\/strong>Ryan T. Anderson, “Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work. Here Is the Evidence.<\/a>”\u00a0The Heritage Foundation<\/em>, 9 March 2018.<\/p>\n

“… the medical evidence suggests that sex reassignment does not adequately address the psychosocial difficulties faced by people who identify as transgender. Even when the procedures are successful technically and cosmetically, and even in cultures that are relatively “trans-friendly,” transitioners still face poor outcomes.”<\/p>\n

“Transgendered men do not become women, nor do transgendered women become men. All (including Bruce Jenner) become feminized men or masculinized women, counterfeits or impersonators of the sex with which they ‘identify.’ In that lies their problematic future.” [Dr. Paul McHugh, distinguished service professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A 30-year Swedish study<\/a>, following people, who had surgical reassignment, for 10 to 15 years found that suicide rates\u00a0rose<\/strong> 20 times. The problem is that gender change is physically impossible (it doesn’t change a person’s DNA). Therefore, “it frequently does not provide the long-term wholeness and happiness that people seek.”<\/p>\n

“The study identified increased mortality and psychiatric hospitalization compared to the matched controls. The mortality was primarily due to completed suicides (19.1-fold greater than in control Swedes), but death due to neoplasm and cardiovascular disease was increased 2 to 2.5 times as well. We note, mortality from this patient population did not become apparent until after 10 years<\/strong>. The risk for psychiatric hospitalization was 2.8 times greater than in controls even after adjustment for prior psychiatric disease (18 percent). The risk for attempted suicide was greater in male-to-female patients regardless of the gender of the control. Further, we cannot exclude therapeutic interventions as a cause of the observed excess morbidity and mortality.” [Cecilia Dhejne. <\/a>Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden<\/a>, Plose One<\/em>, 22 February 2011].<\/p>\n

“[The Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility], which conducts reviews of health care treatments for the [National Health Service], concludes that none of the studies provides conclusive evidence that gender reassignment is beneficial for patients. It found that most research was poorly designed, which skewed the results in favor of physically changing sex. There was no evaluation of whether other treatments, such as long-term counseling, might help transsexuals, or whether their gender confusion might lessen over time.” [The Guardian<\/a>].<\/p>\n

“… the four best designed and conducted studies that assessed quality of life before and after surgery using validated (albeit non-specific) psychometric studies did not demonstrate clinically significant changes or differences in psychometric test results after [gender reassignment surgery].”<\/p>\n

“Modern science shows that our sexual organization begins with our DNA and development in the womb, and that sex differences manifest themselves in many bodily systems and organs, all the way down to the molecular level<\/strong>. In other words, our physical organization for one of two functions in reproduction shapes us organically, from the beginning of life, at every level of our being.”<\/p>\n

“Cosmetic surgery and cross-sex hormones can’t change us into the opposite sex. They can affect appearances. They can stunt or damage some outward expressions of our reproductive organization. But they can’t transform it. They can’t turn us from one sex into the other.”<\/p>\n

“Scientifically speaking, transgender men are not biological men and transgender women are not biological women. The claims to the contrary are not supported by a scintilla of scientific evidence” [Dr. Lawrence Mayer, scholar in residence in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a professor of statistics and biostatistics at Arizona State University].<\/p>\n

“Changing sexes is a metaphysical impossibility because it is a biological impossibility.” [Robert P. George, Princeton philosopher].<\/p>\n

“Our minds and senses function properly when they reveal reality to us and lead us to knowledge of truth. And we flourish as human beings when we embrace the truth and live in accordance with it. A person might find some emotional relief in embracing a falsehood, but doing so would not make him or her objectively better off. Living by a falsehood keeps us from flourishing fully, whether or not it also causes distress.”<\/p>\n

“For human beings to flourish, they need to feel comfortable in their own bodies, readily identify with their sex, and believe that they are who they actually are. For children especially, normal development and functioning require accepting their physical being and understanding their embodied selves as male or female.”<\/p>\n

“One of the chief functions of the brain is to perceive physical reality. Thoughts that are in accordance with physical reality are normal. Thoughts that deviate from physical reality are abnormal – as well as potentially harmful to the individual or to others. This is true whether or not the individual who possesses the abnormal thoughts feels distress.” [Dr. Michelle Cretella, the president of the American College of Pediatricians].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them<\/em>” (Genesis 1:27).<\/p>\n

“If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free<\/em>” (John 8:31-32).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Ryan T. Anderson, “Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work. Here Is the Evidence.”\u00a0The Heritage Foundation, 9 March 2018. “… the medical evidence suggests that sex reassignment does not adequately address the psychosocial difficulties faced by people who identify as transgender. Even when the procedures are successful technically and cosmetically, and even in cultures that are relatively…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[305],"class_list":["post-32786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-transgenderism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4974,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/no-evidence-people-are-born-gay-or-transgender\/","url_meta":{"origin":32786,"position":0},"title":"No Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Tyler O'Neil, \"Johns Hopkins Research: No Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender\", PJ Media, 23 Aug 2016. 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