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Children on Puberty Blockers Could Be at Risk of Poor Mental Health: Study – Epoch Times

In a study (pdf) reexamining data on 44 children ages 12 to 15, researchers found that up to 34 percent of trans teens with gender dysphoria taking the puberty blocker triptorelin self-reported declined mental health. At the same time, up to 29 percent reported improvement, while 37 percent reported no change in mental health status. This contrasts previous findings from the original 2021 study that indicated this same age group reported neither harm nor benefit after taking triptorelin for at least one year. …Triptorelin falls under a class of medications known as gonadotropin-releasing hormones (GnRH), designed to cause the synthesis and release of two sex hormones: luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone. In men, these two hormones prompt the testes to stimulate testosterone production, and in women, induce the ovaries to synthesize estrogen chemically.

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Politicians, Activists Eye Parents as Massive Interest Group as Parents Start to Organize – Epoch Times

Parents are a sizable group, steadily accounting for more than 60 million of the population in recent decades. But the numerous demographic subsets make parents an unlikely interest group when race, socioeconomic status, geography, and other factors are better hot-button issues. Until, that is, about two weeks ago, when nearly every notable Republican 2024 presidential candidate attended a Philadelphia Moms for Liberty summit to campaign, and people took notice. “What we’ve seen across this country,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30, “in recent years is awakening the most powerful political force in this country, Mama Bears, and they’re ready to roll.”

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Here’s Why the Younger Generation Is ABANDONING God – Ken Ham

In the following 4-minute excerpt, Ken Ham explains why it is that the younger generation is leaving the church. His explanation is the best I’ve ever heard and you won’t hear it from any of the contemporary church leaders, they do not understand the problem. His illustration shows that the social problems we experience are the symptoms of the attacks Humanism has launched against God’s word…. That is, moral relativism, abortion, gay marriage… are symptoms of the real problem. Church leaders and politicians focus on the symptoms and believe they can change society by doing so, Ken Ham’s illustration demonstrates that our leaders are focused on changing the fruit; this problem will not change unless the root is dealt with.

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AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of June 17-23 of 2023 – By Curtis Bowers

This issue of Curtis Bowers’ Agenda Weekly briefly covers the following topics: HUNTER BIDEN GETS SLAP ON THE WRIST; IRS WHISTLEBLOWERS REVEAL MORE BIDEN CORRUPTION; BILL GATES MEETS XI JINPING; HALDERMAN REPORT CONFIRMS VOTER FRAUD IN GEORGIA IN 2020; JOHN DURHAM’S COVERUP; COVID VACCINE PROMOTER DUCKS DEBATE WITH RFK JR.; NEWLY RELEASED PFIZER DOCUMENTS SHOW 1.6 MILLION ADVERSE EVENTS! IS THE FED DELIBERATELY CRASHING BANKS AND THE STOCK MARKET? NEW FILM EXPOSES CHILD TRAFFICKING; SCHOOL KIDS IDENTIFY AS DINOSAURS, CATS, AND NONBINARY; PRIDE MONTH NEWS; DODGERS PROTEST SUCCESSFUL; SCHOOL STUDENTS PROTEST GENDER IDEOLOGY; DETRANSITIONER SUES KAISER FOUNDATION and more.

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Alvin Lui: How Schools Are Weaponizing ‘Inclusion,’ Empathy, and ’Social Emotional Learning’ to Indoctrinate Children- Epoch Times

“My great grandfather ran from communism. The people that dragged him out of his little bakery shop and beat him weren’t soldiers. They were college kids—the Red Guard. And I see that that’s what they’re creating now with a lot of these kids.” After watching the destructive impact that progressive policies were having in California, Alvin Lui packed up and relocated to the Midwest. But in Indiana, he saw the same ideology taking hold. “So I realized that if I didn’t try to at least do something … that I can’t complain. And I have nothing to complain about because I grew up in the time where I might be able to do something about it, even if it’s just a couple of parents at a time,” says Lui. [This post contains the transcript to a 43-minute interview; and the link to that interview at Epoch Times TV]

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California Mom Reclaims Young Daughter From Clutches of Trans Agenda in Middle School—Here’s How – Epoch Times

California mom Erin Friday, 56, …her then 11-year-old daughter. It started innocently enough: just a few boyish-sounding nicknames …But innocent it was not. A few girls, including Friday’s young one, were heard chattering in the front yard about some new things they learned at school…. “Five girls, each one of them picked a label that was on the alphabet, and they actually kind of giggled at me and said, ‘You’re cis, and you don’t understand,’” Friday told The Epoch Times. “I had never heard the term ‘cis’ before, and then they said, ‘Okay boomer.’” …Friday’s once-girly daughter—a huge “My Little Pony” fan—started draping herself in baggy sweatshirts…. But as the “My Little Pony” fan crossed into “soldier girl” territory, lacing up combat boots; as long-haired female friends started assuming guys’ names; as the purple and green hair dye broke out, mom’s worry worsened. So, this curious culture began bearing its strange and noxious fruit. It became cool to have a label. As one girl identified as pansexual, another called herself polyamorous (open to multiple partners), nonsensically. “Half her Girl Scout troupe came out as transgender,” Friday said. Out came the breast binders. Girly voices suspiciously dropped low overnight. “My daughter picked ‘pansexual,’ she was 11….

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Coming to a Street Corner Near You: Youth Arrested for Handing Out Bibles – The New American

Within four minutes of participating in a rally in Calgary, Canada, supporting a student’s defiance of the woke agenda being promoted in his high school, Josh Alexander was arrested. His alleged crime? Handing out Bibles to the student participants. The real reason? Josh Alexander, for whom the rally was named (the “I Stand with Josh Alexander” International Walkout Protest), has a history of defying the authorities in the name of Jesus Christ. …Kicking Josh out of school for expressing his Christian beliefs regarding sexuality and gender is unlawful religious discrimination.

The application details the shockingly discriminatory conduct of teachers and students at St. Joseph’s, as well as Principal [Derek] Lennox’s retaliatory decisions to suspend and exclude Josh for expressing his beliefs and organizing a student walk-out to protest St. Joseph’s policy of permitting biological males to enter and use the girls’ washrooms.

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Oklahoma Governor Defunds State PBS Station, Citing ‘Over-Sexualization of Our Children’ – Epoch Times

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is defending his decision to cut funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), pointing to the “problematic” sexual content broadcasted that targeted children. Last week, Stitt, a Republican, vetoed a bill that sought to extend funding for OETA—the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for Oklahoma—through 2026. …OETA broadcasted a segment called “Let’s Learn” that involved reading a children’s book that talks about drag queens. A “PBS Newshour” feature talked about parents’ support for various gender treatments for minors including puberty blockers, and a program on PBS Kids had a same-sex wedding while another included LGBT characters. …“Their ‘LGBTQ+Identity Kit’ is clearly a partisan effort to brainwash teachers and students, sowing seeds of division and hatred in an environment that should seek to protect our children, not use them as political pawns,” said CDF Chief Communications Officer Kristen Huber.

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