I was raised by a transsexual: Celebrating it is ‘insensitive’ – The Christian Institute
An author and family campaigner whose father lived as a woman when she was growing up has spoken out to say that all children need a mum and dad.
Denise Shick said that while society has acknowledged some of the issues around adult transsexualism, it has “not even begun” to consider the impact on children.
She commented that cultural celebration of transsexualism “is misguided and insensitive”.
Best for children
Shick made the remarks after President Obama expressed his support for transsexual people adopting children, in a presidential proclamation earlier this year.
In the UK there are no legal barriers to transsexual adoption.
Writing for the Daily Signal news website, Shick said: “The proclamation relates Obama’s latest thoughts on what’s best for LBGT adults. But what’s best for children?”
When I was nine years old, my father told me he wanted to become a woman. I know I speak for others who have undergone similarly tragic childhoods when I say that I pray the Supreme Court will seriously consider the six amicus briefs submitted by the children of LGBT parents. Lost in the celebration | WORLD
It was a day Denise Shick had been dreaming about for years. She stood at the church foyer in an ivory hand-stitched gown, her mind racing and her heart thumping. When the wedding march began, her father crooked his left arm toward her, and as they took their first step, he leaned in and whispered, “I wish it were me in that gown.”
Shick almost tripped. While father and daughter walked down the aisle, she was internally screaming with fury and hurt: Why? Why did she have to deal with the pain and confusion of her father’s transgender identity on her special day? Once again she remembered the day her father took the then-9-year-old Shick to a grassy hill outside the house and said, “Denise, I want to be a woman.” She remembered all those times when her father rustled through her underwear drawer and sneaked into motels to cross-dress. Now as her father’s words echoed in her mind throughout the ceremony, Shick wondered if she would ever break free from this broken, twisted relationship with her father.
Follow the Science? Not when it comes to transgenderism
April 27, 2021 | Articles by Denise Shick
(LifeSiteNews) — One mantra that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic is “follow the science,” which suggests that health and social policy should be guided by scientific research. If this principle applies to a virus threat, why doesn’t it guide policy on gender identity disorder (GID)?
On March 24, the Senate confirmed President Biden’s choice for assistant secretary of health — a male pediatrician who claims to be a woman: “Rachel” Levine. Lambda Legal, which promotes LGBTQ civil rights, praised Levine’s confirmation as marking “the return of science, competence, and empathy to one of the most important institutions in our government.”
What’s Inside The Gender-Bending Picture Books In Your Kids’ Library
April 10, 2021 | Articles by Denise Shick
Have you visited the children’s section of a public library or bookstore lately? You may be surprised by some of the books you find there. LGBT activists are aggressively presenting their ideology in books across the children’s genres: picture books, easy readers, and biographies.
For example, in “BunnyBear,” a cub feels like a bunny on the inside, so he is encouraged to embrace his bunny identity. In “Worm Loves Worm,” two worms get married. The dilemma? Guests wonder which will wear the tux and which wear the dress. And in “Jack not Jackie,” the message to readers is choose your gender, do what feels right for you.
It’s time to stop taking ‘the lead’ from LGBT activists
Mar 18, 2021 | Articles by Denise Shick
LifeSiteNews has been permanently banned on YouTube. Click HERE to sign up to receive emails when we add to our video library. March 18, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — When I gave birth to my first child, the doctor immediately declared, “It’s a girl.” Why? My daughter’s genitalia identified her gender. For thousands of years, gender has been determined by one’s genitalia at birth. Not anymore.
Is it OK for Christians to use opposite-sex pronouns for transgender people?
December 18, 2020 | Articles by Denise Shick
(LifeSiteNews) — In a recent YouTube video, Dr. Sean McDowell addressed an increasingly controversial issue among Christians: “Should You Use a Preferred Gender Pronoun?” His goal was to offer “some wisdom for approaching this question with conviction and grace.” Shortly after the video was uploaded, Dr. Robert A.J. Gagnon, professor of New Testament theology at Houston Baptist University, wrote a lengthy rebuttal of McDowell’s position on his Facebook page.
Parents must protect their children from Netflix’s transgender indoctrination
July 31, 2020 | Articles by Denise Shick
(LifeSiteNews) — In a recent episode of The Baby-Sitter’s Club, a children’s TV show aired on Netflix, one of the preteen babysitters, Mary Anne, lectures medical professionals about their insensitivity to a nine-year-old boy, who identifies as a female named Bailey.
Transgenderism destroyed my dad who almost destroyed me. JK Rowling is right to sound alarm
Jun 15, 2020 | Articles by Denise Shick
DROP Disney+: New teen film ‘Out’ features openly homosexual main character! Sign the petition here. June 15, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A defense of biological gender came from an unexpected voice recently. J.K. Rowling, author and activist, spoke out against the transgender movement on behalf of women’s rights. No surprise, then, that the woke generation immediately attacked her on social media.
Over 350K sign petition against mandatory coronavirus vaccination
May 12, 2020 | Articles by Dorothy Cummings McLean, Martin Burger, Calvin Freiburger | Verified, Denise Shick
(LifeSiteNews) — In only the last four days, LifeSite’s petition rejecting mandatory coronavirus vaccination* has exceeded 350,000 signatures. “The enormous response to this petition shows that many people around the world absolutely will not accept a mandatory vaccine for the coronavirus,” said Gualberto Garcia Jones, director of advocacy of LifeSite.
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May 12, 2020 | Articles by Dorothy Cummings McLean, Martin Burger, Calvin Freiburger | Verified, Denise Shick
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If trans healthcare bill passes, California will fund hormone therapy and gender assignment surgery
May 11, 2020 | Articles by Denise Shick
On May 18, the California legislature will vote on AB 2218, a bill that seeks to establish a $15 million government fund for “gender-affirming healthcare services, such as hormone therapy or gender assignment surgery.” The contents of this bill should concern everyone because the medical treatments covered under it are harmful to both minors and adults.
When adults pursue transgender fantasies, children suffer. I would know.
December 4, 2019 | Articles by Denise Shick
Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner recently revealed in an interview that he hasn’t spoken to his stepdaughter, Khloe Kardashian, in the five years since he “transitioned” to his female persona, Caitlyn. Jenner claims that “the majority of [his] famous family were supportive” of his so-called transition, but not Khloe.
TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY VIOLATES THE PRIMARY DUTY OF DOCTORS TO ‘DO NO HARM’
The new ‘Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care’ textbook essentially says, ‘Do whatever is necessary to advance our gender ideology no matter how much damage it does to a patient.’
IS IT OK FOR CHRISTIANS TO USE OPPOSITE-SEX PRONOUNS FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE?
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
The popular TV program “Sesame Street” will soon feature Billy Porter, a cross-dressing homosexual entertainer. According to the Huffington Post. “Billy Porter dusted off his now-iconic velvet tuxedo dress for a forthcoming appearance on ‘Sesame Street.’”
JOHN WANTS TO BE JANE: 3 WAYS TO COUNSEL A GENDER-CONFUSED CHILD
AUGUST 19, 2019
“Mom and Dad, can we talk?”
With this seemingly ordinary request, your 14-year-old son goes on to reveal that he identifies as a girl. He tells you he’s been quietly uncomfortable in his male body for years. Recently, he’s connected with transgender teens at school and online, and the similarity of their feelings and experiences has confirmed to him that he is transgender. He asks you to start referring to him as your daughter.
– Ken Hakuta—a multimillionaire better known as host of the Dr. Fad TV show—famously said, “Contrary to what most people believe, fads are made, not born.” On the more cerebral side, Nobel prize-winning scientist Eric Betzig pronounced, “Science goes through fads, and there are big ups and crashes.”
Add those two statements together and you have the explanation for the recent explosion of people declaring themselves transgender. It’s a fad, made by progressive elites, embraced by progressive commoners, and given unwarranted credence by progressive scientists eager for recognition as cutting-edge progressive visionaries.
WHEN ADULTS LIKE CAITLYN JENNER PURSUE TRANSGENDER PARENTING FANTASIES, CHILDREN SUFFER
AUGUST 19, 2019
Article by Denise Shick
Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner and his 22-year-old transgender “girlfriend,” a male who goes by “Sophia,” claim they want to experience motherhood, according to an article recently posted on activistmommy.com. According to the U.K. Mirror, Jenner, who has already fathered six biological children and four stepkids, says he’s “never had the chance to bring a child up in the role of a mother, which [he’s] always dreamed of doing.”
REESTABLISHING THE LINE BETWEEN COMPASSION AND INDULGENCE
MARCH 29, 2019
Article by Denise Shick
Increasingly, I find myself searching, often fruitlessly, for that once clearly discernible line between compassion and indulgence. The line still exists — it’s a principle etched into the fabric of creation — but bogus benevolence has so obscured the line most now seem to be unaware of it.
ACCEPTING HOMOSEXUALITY LED TO ACCEPTING TRANSGENDERISM AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ACCEPTING PEDOPHILIA
Mar 1, 2019
March 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is commonly credited with defining the philosophical structure called dialectic. While I make no claim to be a serious student of Hegel or of philosophy in general, I think I understand the basics of dialectic reasoning enough to refer to its effect on our culture.
In simple terms, the system suggests that cultures evolve through a pattern like this: Thesis (a new idea) –> antithesis (opposition to new idea) –> synthesis (compromise). (No doubt some will call this an oversimplification of the process. But I believe it accurately depicts cultural evolution.)
IT’S ‘VERBAL ABUSE’ FOR MOM TO INSIST HER 6-YEAR-OLD SON IS REALLY A ‘GIRL’
Nov 30, 2018
Whoever coined the phrase about sticks and stones breaking bones but words being harmless must have lived an isolated life. I’ve endured some painful physical events, not the least of which was giving birth. But some of the verbal attacks leveled against me have left emotional scars that still sting more than any physical scab.
Words matter; words are powerful. Words can harm or heal. Who hasn’t been the victim of verbal assaults such as gossip or of outright invective? But one can also fall prey to a subtler form of verbal abuse: inappropriate suggestion.
RAPID-ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS: A STUDY OF PARENTAL REPORTS
August 16, 2018
In on-line forums, parents have been reporting that their children are experiencing what is described here as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria,” appearing for the first time during puberty or even after its completion. The onset of gender dysphoria seemed to occur in the context of belonging to a peer group where one, multiple, or even all of the friends have become gender dysphoric and transgender-identified during the same timeframe. Parents also report that their children exhibited an increase in social media/internet use prior to disclosure of a transgender identity. The purpose of this study was to document and explore these observations and describe the resulting presentation of gender dysphoria, which is inconsistent with existing research literature.
CALIFORNIA PASSES LAW ALLOWING 12-YEAR-OLDS TO GET TAX-PAID TRANSGENDER TREATMENTS
September 24, 2018
You have to be 16 obtain a driver’s license in California, 18 to buy a rifle, engage in consensual sex, or get married without parental consent, and 21 to buy a handgun, alcohol, or marijuana. But in the nation’s most progressive state, you only need to be 12 years old to privately seek and consent to treatment for gender transitioning.
The recently enacted California law was written to “provide that the rights of minors and non-minors in foster care, as described above, include the right to be involved in the development of case plan elements related to placement and gender affirming health care, with consideration of their gender identity.”
“GOD AND PRONOUNS, HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING” BARBWIRE.COM
February 12, 2018
“It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man’s principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man’s other tools would be worthless.” – Lewis Mumford, Words Matter
Pronouns make pertinent points. The recent decision by the Episcopal Diocese of Washington D.C. to ban the use of masculine pronouns when referring to God is no mere matter of semantics. The effects on those who subscribe to the ban will be significant.
“THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PROFOUND QUESTION: WHO AM I?” BARBWIRE.COM
June 6, 2017
“Know thyself.” It was an adage among the ancient Greeks. After all, the reasoning went, what good is knowing things if one does not know one’s self? Millennia later, as I grew up in 20th-century America, it wasn’t uncommon to hear people speak of finding themselves or of taking journeys of self-discovery.
JUST BECAUSE YOUR TRANSGENDER PARENT ISN’T MESSING WITH YOU, DOESN’T MEAN IT DOESN’T HAPPEN.” THEFEDERALIST.COM
December 16, 2016
Prompted by a dinner-table discussion with her parents, Elle Tannehill, a 13-year-old girl, gave an eloquent response to my Federalist article “Having Transgender Parents Will Hurt Kids Like It Hurt Me.” I learned of this family discussion because Elle’s second mother (who until fairly recently was her father) wrote it up and sent it to The Huffington Post, where it was published.
“HAVING TRANSGENDER PARENTS WILL HURT KIDS, LIKE IT HURT ME” THEFEDERALIST.COM
October 11, 2016
In 1960, when Random House Books first published P.D. Eastman’s classic children’s book Are You My Mother?, no one would have guessed that a generation later children might be asking that very question of their fathers.
“DEAR BRUCE JENNER: PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.” BARBWIRE.COM
April 75, 2015
“Dear Mr. Jenner,
America is watching intently as you seek to transition from man to woman. So are your daughters. As a daughter who watched her own father make the same choice, I plead with you to reconsider. My father’s revelation to me that he wanted to become a woman sent my life into a tailspin.”
“THE EMBRACING OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, WHILE IGNORING ROMANS 2:4” CHARISMANEWS.COM
October 03, 2016
Anthony Bradley’s article, “Helping Transgendered Christians,” in World Magazine breaks no new ground. Drawing primarily from a friend’s experiences and from Mark Yarhouse’s book Understanding Gender Dysphoria, Bradley’s message can be summarized as follows: “Christians need to show compassion to those who suffer with the difficult symptoms of gender dysphoria.” Bradley will get no argument from me or from most Christians I know.