Elena Rybakina is a breath of fresh air in womenโs tennis. No costumes, no flash, no on court antics, no off court yammering, no politics, no self gratifying side projects. She just focuses on her game and systematically destroys her opponents with a sheepish smile on her face. Well deserved US Open title and world number one @lenarybakina
Iโm a gay man and a psychiatrist.
Iโve watched the explosion of rapid-onset gender dysphoria cases, especially in teenage girls.
Iโve seen the desistance data, the comorbidities, the regret, and the sterilizing effects of blockers + cross-sex hormones.
And I have never supported medicalizing children. Not once. Never.
Kids cannot consent to infertility, loss of sexual function, or permanent alteration of healthy bodies.
โAffirmationโ is not neutral care โ it is an ideological intervention that locks many of them onto a medical pathway most would have grown out of.
Being gay does not require me to pretend that sex is a spectrum or that a distressed 13-year-old girl is actually a boy. It requires the opposite: protecting same-sex attracted and gender-nonconforming kids from a medical fad that pathologizes them.
I will not shut up.
Black woman brutally assaults white woman on the basketball court.
Black woman is ejected.
Black woman then cries that she's the real victim.
This is society we created. ๐
"We were told that Lia being in our locker room was a non-negotiable and we were offered psychological services... to become comfortable with the idea of undressing in front of a male" ๐คฏ
As the man in women's sports thing is blowing up again, I'm reminded of this painful testimony by @PaulaYScanlan from July 2023
We've asked so much of women and girls, and these men and boys have taken way too much away from them
This the reality of 'trans'
Shame on everyone who keeps this going
#SaveWomensSports