Miranda* wishes she had been born 10 years earlier, perhaps at a time when youths did not have constant access to the internet and all its shiny but dangerous ideas — like the advice that once encouraged her to pretend to be something she was not and never would be — a man.

So called “experts” told Miranda there was only one way out of her depression. And a form of therapy that could have saved Miranda has been banned in several areas around the country. Liberty Counsel is fighting to free the captives of the LGBTQ ideology destroying our children’s bodies by defending the counselors whose work is proven to help save lives. These counselors are helping people navigate the underlying issues that cause them to be confused and stressed.

We need YOUR HELP to overturn the bans on lifesaving counseling. A special Challenge Grant will DOUBLE THE IMPACT of every donation made today. Please give generously, then read on for Miranda’s story. —Mat

Online groups, so called “gender care clinics,” and psychologists alike touted “transition surgery” as the end-all treatment for the body dysphoria Miranda experienced as a young woman. “I was always under the impression that transitioning was healing and that, if I was still dysphoric, it was because I hadn’t transitioned far enough.”

But after having her breasts surgically removed as the “last thing” on her “transition to-do list,” Miranda still suffered in psychological agony. The double mastectomy only made the young woman feel worse. “I realized afterwards that all my transition had done was encourage me to feed into my dysphoria rather than accept my body for what it was.”
 
While our litigation recently struck down 23 counseling bans, about 87 remain spread across half the states and local governments. We have much more work to set the captives free.

“Sometimes I wish I had been born even 10 years earlier,” Miranda says. “I wish I wasn't chronically online when transitioning became such a prominent topic.” The “pro-trans” advice Miranda was given online seemed to perfectly align with her youthful struggles. But by declaring that transitioning is the only answer to body dysphoria, safer and healthier treatment options were hidden from Miranda.

A recent review published in the Australian Journal of Psychology examined the comorbidity rates of psychiatric disorders in “gender dysphoric” children between the ages of 2 and 12 years old. Reviewing 15 studies from around the world, researchers found that “data consistently showed that children with gender dysphoria were burdened by mental health concerns,” including:

• 44% of the children had a “significant psychiatric history.”
• 21% of the children had a pre-existing anxiety disorder.
• 7.8% of the children had autism spectrum disorder.

“I wish I could have understood that gender dysphoria can have root causes that aren't related to being transgender,” says Miranda, wistful for the time before a surgeon’s knife sliced her femininity from her body.

“Sometimes people are dysmorphic and traumatized and want to shed their skin because it is otherwise impossible to cope with,” Miranda says. “I did not understand this. I lost precious aspects of myself because I hated them and wanted them gone — but not because I really wanted them gone — but because I needed to heal the hatred. Not change myself to mold around it.”
 
But in many areas, counselors are BANNED from helping folks like Miranda overcome their gender confusion. Instead, the law in those areas only gives counselors one choice — confirm and foster the patient’s gender dysphoria. It is the equivalent of locking these patients in a cage they so desperately wish to escape, then throwing away the key by moving the patient into permanently destroying their bodies.

It breaks my heart that Miranda did not know about lifesaving counseling before the rabid LGBTQ+ movement conned her into permanently damaging her body. Change counsel uses Christian principles and talk therapy to end body dysphoria and unwanted same-sex attractions, while also addressing and healing the mental health disorders and trauma issues behind, and perhaps causing the dysphoria.  

Perhaps because change counseling is so highly successful at resolving body dysphoria and unwanted same-sex attractions, the rabid LGBTQ lobby is fighting to BAN this type of therapy in cities and states across the country.

But Liberty Counsel is fighting these bans and winning.

Liberty Counsel has already overturned many change counsel bans. As a result, many body dysphoria patients are once again free to seek counsel that can save their lives.

But the LGBTQ crowd isn’t stopping. There are 87 laws still in place, and they are pushing for yet more bans, even going so far as to demand that major newspapers, like the New York Times, stop publishing any news, comments, or scientific articles that expose the dangers of “transitioning.”

Meanwhile, their cohorts at the “Trans Radical Activist Network” and associated Antifa groups are taking their demands for conformity to their agenda to the next level — by recommending LGBTQ activists take their “fight” to the streets in a “Trans Day of Vengeance” and related rhetoric that may have played into Aubrey/Aiden Hale’s murder of three small children and three adults at a private Christian school in Tennessee on Monday.

We need YOUR HELP to counter the lies, escalating violence, and life-destroying bans. Please fund our critical legal work defending our children — and the Word of God — today. When you do, a special Challenge Grant will DOUBLE THE IMPACT of your donation. Please give generously today.

Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

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*Name changed for privacy.

Sources:

Frew, Tabitha, Clare Watsford, and Iain Walker. “Gender Dysphoria and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Childhood: A Systematic Review.” Australian Journal of Psychology, May, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2021.1900747.

Ivy u/mothmourning. “Transitioning Encouraged My Dysphoria.” March 29, 2023. www.reddit.com/r/detrans/comments/125n2wg/transitioning_encouraged_my_dysphoria/

“New York Times Sign On Letter.” GLAAD, March 2, 2023. www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations.