Like so many toxic movements, gender ideology relies on fear to control people. Its activists have convinced our institutions that anything but full-blown acceptance of transgenderism will lead to a number of adverse effects, including increased suicide rates among children and young adults who weren’t “affirmed.”

This is how they’re able to justify giving puberty blockers to children and performing irreversible “gender reassignment” procedures on adolescents who are too young to know any better. They claim such experimental treatments are the only way to save a gender-confused teenager’s life, and they can cite several scientific studies that seemingly support their case.