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% had a “significant psychiatric history.”

• 21% had a pre-existing anxiety disorder.

• 7.8% 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 up her feminine 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.”

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will take up cases from Kentucky and Tennessee. The cases involve state bans on harmful drugs and mutilating surgeries for children. The ruling will determine for the whole nation whether reason and science will win and protect our nation’s children from LGBTQ fads and profit-focused plastic surgeons.

Even as we work on this monumental Supreme Court case, we continue to litigate and overturn the bans on Christian counseling, which have been shown to heal gender confusion. We have overturned 23 of these bans, but continue to fight another 87 bans from coast to coast. We are preparing to file three big cases on behalf of counselors who have clients who want to overcome unwanted attractions, behaviors, and confusion.

We need YOUR HELP to defend innocent children from the “transgender” agenda maiming and mutilating our children. Please fund our critical legal work defending children today.