Our Position on The Transgender GAC Issue
We believe that there are only two sexes, male and female; that the transgender affirming care issue is a mental health issue with underlying causes that need to be explored, identified, and treated.
We do not accept or believe the argument that "inclusion" means we have to accept historically recognized mental illness as a normal manifestation of personal choice. A condition's classification should be built upon peer-reviewed, scientific observation and data, not ideology and feelings. Additional drugs and surgery should never be the first line of treatment for mental health issues and doing so is nothing less than an attempt to make the physical presentation match the mental delusion.
We are not without compassion or understanding for pre-pubescent children with questions or confusion about their sexual identity, or post-puberty teens and young adults still experiencing issues with sexual identity. We have all experienced that to some degree.
And finally, we believe that viewing gender dysphoria as a treatable condition should not subject any clinician to potentially libelous/slanderous assaults from anyone especially other professional colleagues. The use of destructive language including, but not limited to, terms like "judgmental", "racist", "homophobe", "misogynist", "hate-(anything)" or any other derogatory pejorative is childish, unprofessional, and does nothing to advance our profession in the public mind.
About the Author
Kathleen Mills is a fire-breathing, 33+ year veteran of the counseling world. People react in one of two ways when evil touches their lives: some retreat in fear, and some advance without pause to engage it. Kathleen falls firmly in the latter group. She owns and operates Life Tree Counseling in Frisco, TX, possesses a tireless work-ethic, and eagerly awaits your arrival into her growing army of warriors.
