Biden's trans health secretary Dr Rachel Levine praises Alaska gender-affirming care clinic which wants word 'mother' replaced with phrase EGG PRODUCER
- Levine visited Identity Alaska - a nonprofit community center that provides resources and health care for the 'LGBTQIA2S+ and allied community'
- The company say kids should learn that doctors 'assign' gender to babies by making a 'guess' - while also promoting the use of 'gender-inclusive biology'
Joe Biden's transgender health secretary has praised an Alaska gender-affirming care clinic which wants the word 'mother' replaced with the phrase 'egg producer.'
Dr Rachel Levine, 65, is the highest ranking openly transgender federal official in the country - and has long endorsed providing gender-affirming care to minors, arguing that the treatment is 'lifesaving.'
Levine visited Identity Alaska - a nonprofit community center that provides resources and health care for the 'LGBTQIA2S+' community which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and two spirit.
She showed up on August 6 - and praised the clinic's 'tireless' efforts to provide 'lifesaving medical care.'
Dr Rachel Levine, 65, is the highest ranking openly transgender federal official in the country - and has long endorsed providing gender-affirming care to minors, arguing that the treatment is 'lifesaving'
Levine visited Identity Alaska - a nonprofit community center that provides resources and health care for the 'LGBTQIA2S+ and allied community'
She said, according to Fox News: 'These inspiring people work tirelessly to create a more equitable future, where all those living in the U.S. have equal access to lifesaving medical care.'
The health secretary, who grew up male, underwent puberty as a man, attended medical school, got married and became a father before deciding to transition.
The Alaska-based company she visited promotes ideas that children should learn that doctors 'assign' gender to babies by making a 'guess' - while also promoting the use of 'gender-inclusive biology.'
Teachers and educators need to speak to children 'without assuming that there are only two sexes and that everyone within a particular sex is the same.'
Instead of using the word 'mother' in these conversations, they recommend using terms such as 'egg producer' or 'carrier.'
In a bid to de-gender the language, its style guide also says words like 'gestational parent,' and 'birth parent' should be used.
The clinic also recommends children be taught to use proper biological terms for body parts. For example, instead of 'male reproductive organs,' to use 'penis and testicles.'
Instead of using the word 'men,' their language guide suggests that people using the term 'XY individuals.'
The Alaska-based company promotes ideas that children should learn that doctors 'assign' gender to babies by making a 'guess' - while also promoting the use of 'gender-inclusive biology'
The section of the website, promoted by Identity Alaska, states: 'This website aims to curate resources and connect science educators, students, learners of all types, parents, guardians, and everyone involved in supporting and learning to grow a more inclusive biology curriculum.'
The company also promotes people ditching the term 'gender reveal party' - and urges new families to call them 'embryogenesis parties' or 'chromosome reveal parties.'
Levine was made a four-star admiral of the public health service. She tends to sport her admiral's uniform during public appearances.
Just last month, Levine said that children can go through 'the wrong puberty.'
'The treatment options for gender-affirming care for transgender youth really are evidence-based,' Levine said.
She had been asked about the possibility of keeping transgender youth from seeking body-altering treatment until at least the age of 18.
Levine has previously said so-called gender-affirming care for minors has the 'highest support' from the Biden administration.
Levine's support for gender-affirming care for minors would, in some cases, take away opportunities that Levine had living as a man for decades before transitioning, her critics have pointed out.
The ABC host asked Levine: 'What would you say to people who think they're being reasonable by saying 'why can't children just wait until they're 18?'
Levine has previously said so-called gender-affirming care for minors has the 'highest support' from the Biden administration
'Adolescence is hard and puberty is hard. What if you're going through the wrong puberty? What if you inside feel that you are female, but now you're going through a male puberty?' responded Levine.
The assistant secretary followed up by proclaiming that 'gender-affirming care is medical care.'
'Gender-affirming care is mental health care. Gender-affirming care is literally suicide prevention.
'A supportive adult can make all the difference. Now one might hope that might be a parent or a relative. Sometimes it's a teacher or a coach or a religious adviser or someone else in their life.'
Levine added that for 'pre-pubertal children, there are no medical procedures done. The standard of care allows them to explore that with therapy.'
While there are no surgeries being done on children below the age of 13, there are puberty blockers given to children prior to the time they reach puberty.
She also revealed that she is glad she waited so long to transition because it allowed her to have a family.
'I have no regrets because if I had transitioned when I was younger then I wouldn't have my children. I can't imagine a life without my children,' Levine said during a 2019 speech about gender care.
Despite her own experience, she thinks it should become easier for other kids to start treatment as teenagers, even if it costs them their ability to have their own children later in life.
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