Last week, a children’s book reading commemorating the Transgender Day of Remembrance in a Denton, Texas, library was canceled due to safety concerns following public backlash. In response, the mother of a trans-identified child organized a “transgender story time” at a new location, with hundreds of people reportedly in attendance.

While seeming benign due to their celebratory nature, these types of “inclusive” events are not innocuous. All of the research literature shows that the majority of gender dysphoric children will outgrow their dysphoria by puberty. Because gender has become a fashionable accessory, children quickly learn that deciding to identify as anything but their birth sex will increase their popularity and foster adults’ attention and adulation.