The burgeoning medical scandal that goes by "teen transgender medicine," which I've been investigating for the last year, has changed my view on American exceptionalism. I am, and will always be, extremely proud to be an American. /1

But the UK press has been willing to take a hard look at the evidence of an epidemic of teen girls suddenly transitioning for reasons other than gender dysphoria. The US legacy media has not. /2 https://www.economist.com/international/2020/12/12/an-english-ruling-on-transgender-teens-could-have-global-repercussions

The High Court's decision was a scathing indictment of system of transgender medicine that pushes teens through hasty protocols and highly risky treatments - protocols & treatments identical to our own. Who cares? We're American, we know right from wrong... /3

Unless, of course, a group of activists accuses us of being bigots. Then, we hold our tongues, hide under the covers, and hand over our daughters. Anyone who questions the safety or wisdom of the ideological experiment masquerading as "teen transgender medicine" is vilified /4

Where is our gumption? Where is our basic curiosity? Few Americans actually believe that letting a 16 year old remove her healthy breasts without parental permission or a therapist's note can be good for her. And here we are, Land of the Brave... /5

intimidated into silence by a generation of brats who fling around terms like "transphobe" and "bigot," turning our genuine abhorrence at those things against us. Time to point out: their claims are shoddy, their evidence is poor. /6

We Americans have the blessing of a First Amendment. We really need to remember that. And we need to start using it. /7