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American College of Pediatricians: Transgender Agenda Harms Children

The American College of Pediatricians has publicly denounced the transgender agenda, saying that the condition may potentially harm children. On a statement on their website, ACPED urge teachers and lawmakers to reject the notion that being transgendered is ‘normal’, saying that those who ‘suffer from the condition’ should be considered mentally ill. Acpeds.org reports: 1. Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait: “XY” and “XX” are genetic markers of health – not genetic markers of a disorder. The norm for human design is to be conceived either male or female. Human sexuality is binary by design with the obvious purpose being the reproduction and flourishing of our species. This principle is self-evident. The exceedingly rare disorders of sex development (DSDs), including but not limited to testicular feminization and congenital adrenal hyperplasia, are all medically identifiable deviations from the sexual binary norm, and are rightly recognized as disorders of human design. Individuals with DSDs do not constitute a third sex. 2. No one is born with a gender. Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender (an awareness and sense of oneself as male or female) is a sociological and psychological concept; not an objective biological one. No one is born [...]