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Key resources from "Public Discourse"

Public Discourse is an online journal of the Witherspoon Institute, a 501(c)3 research center located in Princeton, New Jersey. Public Discourse seeks to “enhance public understanding of the moral foundations of free societies” and unite under the idea that, “truth exists, is knowable, and should inform politics and culture.”


Sex Change: Physically Impossible, Psychosocially Unhelpful, and Philosophically Misguided

Modern medicine can’t reassign sex physically and attempting to do so doesn’t produce good outcomes psychosocially. Here is the evidence.

Sex Change: Physically Impossible, Psychosocially Unhelpful, and Philosophically Misguided - Public Discourse (thepublicdiscourse.com)


“Sex Change” Surgery: What Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, and You Should Know

The dark and troubling history of the contemporary transgender movement, with its enthusiastic approval of gender-reassignment surgery, has left a trail of misery in its wake.

"Sex Change" Surgery: What Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, and You Should Know - Public Discourse (thepublicdiscourse.com)


Physical Interventions on the Bodies of Children to “Affirm” their “Gender Identity” Violate Sound Medial Ethics and Should be Prohibited

Rather than teaching children to identify based on how well they fit prevailing cultural expectations on sex, we should be teaching them that the truth of their sexual identity is based on their bodies, and that sometimes cultural associations attached to the sexes are misguided or simply too narrow. There is a wonderfully rich array of ways of expressing one’s embodiment as male or female.

Physical Interventions on the Bodies of Children to “Affirm” their “Gender Identity” Violate Sound Medical Ethics and Should be Prohibited - Public Discourse (thepublicdiscourse.com)


Suicidal Sweet Sixteen: A Reflection on Trans Youth Medicine

Today, white-coated professionals tell parents of children with gender dysphoria: affirm your child’s trans identity right away or prepare for suicide. Are those really the only two options? For a movement that decries the binary, its commitment to this false dichotomy is relentless.

Suicidal Sweet Sixteen: A Reflection on Trans Youth Medicine - Public Discourse (thepublicdiscourse.com)


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