[From a publicly released letter to a Father James Martin]

When I read Building a Bridge in 2017, I had only a vague understanding of trans ideology, much less for “queer”. Since then, I have learned more than I ever wanted to know about this topic because my young adult son with mental health issues now identifies as trans.

I belong to a support group for parents of trans-identified young adult males. All the parents love their children, some use their son’s new name, a few even use preferred pronouns, others provide financial support. No one has disowned their child, although their children may have gone no contact. Our sons are almost universally brilliant, many are on the autism spectrum, and some suffer from ADHD, social anxiety, body dysmorphia, and/or depression; all of which have gone untreated as doctors push “gender affirming care”.

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The parents know that our sons are victims of the biggest medical scandal of our lifetime.

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For queer theory, what is considered “normal” in society is actually oppressive, and true freedom requires breaking out of these oppressive norms”. Q is thus anti-family because we live in a society where families are normative.

[…] Psychologists who work in this space explain that when they treat homosexuals, they often focus on self-acceptance. However, patients who identify as transgender are encouraged to change everything about themselves, but they will fail because no one can truly change their sex. Worse, this medicalization does not even provide relief from gender dysphoria and diagnostic overshadowing means the underlying mental health conditions go untreated.

I do believe that we should respect the civil rights of transgender people without encouraging them down this pathway. [...] They should be welcomed in the Catholic Church, which teaches that the soul and body are inseparable.

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