Welcome to the Dollhouse Episode 16: Lies, Damned Lies & Suicide Statistics with Kit Kowalski and Edie Wyatt. This week we delve into the weaponisation of suicide that is used to strong-arm parents into compliance.
Content Warning: Suicide
Senate Inquiry on Children’s Gender Medicine
Why Can’t Women Talk About Sex?
Binary hosted an event titled “Why Can’t Women Talk About Sex?” in the NSW parliament on Thursday 23rd June 2023. Most of the the speeches are available on ADHTV.
Jillian Spencer calls for an urgent inquiry
On the same day, the Federal Senate debated a proposal for an inquiry on children’s gender medicine
There was no vote as debate carried over.
Castrating Mothers
Jeanette Jennings - The OG of transhausen by proxy
At minute 3:20, Jeanette says that “close to 50%” of transgender youth attempt suicide.
Susie Green - Mermaids UK
Susie Green, ex-CEO of trans child charity Mermaids, describe how her husband’s homophobia drove her to transition her son.
Kimberley Shappley
Kai Shappley is a child actor. His mother Kimberley talks about how her homophobia drove her to transition Kai.
The role of the ABC
2003 - Australian Story - Alan Finch
In 2003, ABC Australian Story described the story of Alan Finch, a detransitioner. This story was removed from the ABC website sometime in 2009.
2014 - 4 Corners - Being Me
ABC takes a sympathetic look at the work of Michelle Telfer and her collegues at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.
2016 - Australian Story - About a Girl
Michelle Telfer returns for an in-depth look at Georgie Stone. The show is introduced by Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews. Stone is an actor, an advocate and one half of the mother-son dynamic duo that runs Transcend. Together, they demolished the legal processes that protected children from medicalisation.
2020 - 4 Corners - Not A Boy Not A Girl
4 Corners promotes non-binary identity and medicine for children.
2020 - First Day
A 2-season drama about a young boy starting a new school with a girl identity.
2021 - Australian Story - A Balancing Act
Michelle Telfer returns to star in her own hagiography.
Camille Paglia on transgender
Camille Paglia calls herself “transgender” but not in the way that you might imagine.
Paglia on Ms Magazine, “a very important contribution to the language”.
Disclaimer: She’s utterly a genius, and like many big thinkers has said some problematic things over the years, including expressions of support for NAMBLA. As always, here at The Dollhouse we take the good ideas and leave the rot.
ACON Pride in Diversity - Pronouns & Suicide Prevention
ACON Pride in Diversity workplace trainer Nicki Elkin teaches that 48% of transgender youth will attempt suicide “using somebody’s name and preferred pronouns” will “fix” the problem of suicide.
Trans Activists Promoting the Suicide Narrative
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/why-have-nearly-half-of-transgender-australians-attempted-suicide by By Dr Ada Cheung and Sav Zwickl, University of Melbourne, Trans Health Research
ACON’s TransHub
Search for “suicide” on TransHub (written by Teddy Cook and Liz Duck Chong) returns a massive NINE hits:
Suicidality and Crisis
Crisis and support services
Training & Education
I'm feeling suicidal now
Trans Vitality Toolkit
Trans Vitality - Resources
Support
Is being trans a mental illness?
Therapeutic tools
The Source of the Scare: Telethon Health Trans Pathways
This study finds that 48% of transgender children have attempted suicide. This key figure is referenced by the Trans20 study, the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents and is cited as a caution whenever childhood transition is questioned.
Looking at the sampling and analysis, there are obvious problems with the study.
The survey used Facebook advertisements to recruit 859 participants between the ages of 12 and 25 and labels this a cohort of ‘children’. They are asked about their experiences - the data is not verified.
The study participants are mostly females
The survey collects data on natal sex. 74.4% of participants are female.
When non-binary isn’t non-binary
While less than half the males identify as non-binary, the majority of female participants do.
The non-binary category is actually a roll-up of all categories that are unaligned to ‘male’ or ‘female’. The word cloud reveals that 'agender’, ‘gender fluid’ and ‘genderqueer’ are also very popular choices.
Participants have serious comorbidity
Eating disorders, sexual abuse, trauma, self-harm and PTSD are all highly represented.
Comparison to ABS figures
Suicide in is more prevalent in male children, but the referrals to gender clinics are overwhelmingly female
There is no reduction in suicide due to greater recognition of children with transgender identities
ABC Radio National “Busts Myths” (2019)
Radio National reports on the Telethon study AND invites Mother Sharnya Thomson-Yates to share “the story of when her 12-year-old child came out as transgender” and spruik her new movie.
Vic Coroner’s report shows no epidemic of transgender children committing suicide
Coroners Court of Victoria - Suicide among LGBTIQ+ people
Bonus Links
Suicide's spectre - by Bernard Lane - Gender Clinic News
What does AusPATH advise about treating children with gender dysphoria?
eSafety threatens Twitter
Our friend Julie Inman-Grant puts the hard word on Twitter.
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Episode 16: Lies, Damned Lies & Suicide Statistics