REFERENCES

  1. Please visit FORSA’s website, https://forsa.org za/resources and look for their concerned submission to the Western Cape Education Department on its Draft Guidelines on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Policy.
  2. The Collapse of the UK’s Gender Identity Clinic – an interview with Hanna Barnes, an investigative journalist at the BBC and an author on the Podcast “Modern Wisdom” presented by Chris Williamson on YouTube.
  3. WCED draft “Guidelines on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Policy” can be downloaded from FORSA website https://forsa.org.za/articles as well as FORSA’s submission in this regard.
  4. De Vries et al. was the first control study done with 70 young people over the age of 16 and GIDS is the Gender Identity Development Service @ Tavistock Clinic that used the De Vries protocol but later changed it to include children as young as 9 and 10 year old as well.
  5. Jennifer Bilek, Feminist Investigative Journalist “who is behind the Transgender Agenda?” Also note that the South African National Aids Council states on its website that it costs “hundreds of thousands of Rands” for gender transitioning treatment.
  6. “The Trans Train and Teenage Girls”, a Swedish public service television show representing investigative journalism. The two-part documentary series was aired in Sweden in April 2019 and October 2019 respectively. The result was a 30% drop in referral rates to gender identity clinics.” Taken from “Referrals to Gender Clinics in Sweden Drop After Media Coverage”, an article by Becky McCall and Lisa Nainggolan, February 3, 2022.
  7. The Christian Post, September 18, 2018.
  8. Jamie Reed, an experienced and degreed clinician became concerned at what she saw at the clinic and was told to “shut up or get out”. What she saw and experienced have been made public in 2023 and can be found on YouTube channels, such as A Wider Lens (recommended) and Triggernometry.
  9. Such as Reddit, Tumbler, Instagram, Tik-Tok, YouTube, Facebook etcetera.
  10. CSE was introduced in 2019 in SA Schools amid a backlash from parents. So it was changed to “Guidelines”, which means that SGBs at schools could decide what to include and what not. Parents should note that they have a right to know what their children are taught re CSE and to take steps if not satisfied. It is not a law. It is a Guideline.
  11. Erin Friday’s story on “The Daily Signal” YouTube channel “Mom Explains What it Took to Rescue daughter from Transgenderism.”
  12. Shanna Swan Ph.D a leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist, Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City.
  13. Shanna Swan Ph.D. on Konkrete channel on YouTube “The #1 reason Humans are Suddenly being born Genderless.” This study was done in collaborations with European scientists covering cities in Europe and the USA.
  14. SSRIs – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors prescribed as antidepressant and is supposed to increases the serotonin (happy hormones) levels in the brain. However, it has side effects ranging from insomnia, agitation and even suicidal tendencies.
  15. The Foundation United gives information about this. Visit their website https://thefoundationunited.org. They are Christian based and have programs for parents and children online.
  16. “Hell is systematically coming after our children – Dangers of pornography”, an interview with Elizabeth Fisher Good, founder of The Foundation United.
  17. “1 out of 3 little girls are sexually abused and 1 out of 5 boys, carrying it as secrets for years and years…” – Elizabeth Fisher Good, founder of Foundation United
  18. The Collapse of the UK’s Gender Identity Clinic: an interview with Hannah Barnes – Chris Williamson’s YouTube channel. Hannah Barnes is an award winning investigative journalist at the BBC and an author. This 1:31:59 length interview with her is really very insightful and I recommend listening to it.
  19. Dr Stephen Levine, Prof of Clinical Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University during testimony in early 2023 at the Florida House Health & Human Services Committee, Florida USA hearings. He spoke of “13 Untruths found behind gender affirming therapy for children in the literature for gender dysphoria.”
  20. Leo, was a biologically female child experiencing gender dysphoria at age 10 and was socially transitioned to a boy. Leo was put on puberty blockers and maintained for years without adequate monitoring of the known complication of bone density loss and pathologic fractures. Her mother was a “proud trans supportive mother” but is now devastated and angry when they discovered that Leo’s growth stopped, suffered severe bodily pains and was diagnosed with osteoporosis… Sweden’s U-Turn on Trans Kids: The Trans Train Part 4.
  21. Dr Michael Biggs Ph.D. Sociology Professor at Oxford University, UK giving testimony to the Florida House Health & Human Services Committee, Florida USA. It is worth listening to his testimony regarding his research on puberty blockers. https://thefloridachannel.org/videos
  22. GnRHA – Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Agonist – a puberty blocker.
  23. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/testosterone–what-it-does-and-doesnt-do Howard E. LeWine, MD, Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing.
  24. (a) Prisha Mosley, 24 years old suffered from a slew of mental illnesses as a teen. Listen to her story on YouTube: Identity Crisis: Detransitioner Betrayed by Health Professionals Who Left Her “Mutilated” on Independent Women’s Forum Channel.
    (b) Also listen to Jordan B Peterson’s interview with Detransitioner Chloe Cole on his YouTube channel Jordan B Peterson “The Wounds That Won’t Heal.”
    (c) Soren Aldaco’s Story on Independent Women’s Forum YouTube Channel is a harrowing one and she is now a vocal advocate against transitioning.
  25. Cleveland Clinic website https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments…
  26. TulipR/Richie “The Real Story Behind the “Trans” Movement will shock you” – on Viva Frei Interviews on YouTube. I recommend listening to this 1:52:09 interview especially from around 0:47:00
  27. Conversion Therapy defined as “a pseudoscientific practice attempting to cure children of homosexuality and is still rife in SA”. Malan van der Walt, a psychologist specializing in treatment of LGBGQ+ patients, says conversion therapy on children is “highly controversial, ethically questionable and generally discredited process.” From The South African National Aids Council website.
  28. Statement by Jesus Christ in the Bible, New Testament book of Matthew, chapter 18, verse 7.
  29. Conversion Therapy defined as “a pseudoscientific practice attempting to cure children of homosexuality and is still rife in SA”. Malan van der Walt, a psychologist specializing in treatment of LGBGQ+ patients, says conversion therapy on children is “highly controversial, ethically questionable and generally discredited process.” From The South African National Aids Council website.