The Witness: True Stories of Children and Gender Identity

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Conversations about gender identity are happening in homes and hospitals, therapy offices and classrooms. This podcast invites you to bear witness to how gender identity impacts children and families. All of the testimonies that you will hear have been anonymously shared with Partners for Ethical Care. These stories have been shared by Individuals who have agreed to have their experiences published in order to bring awareness and to document what is happening. We invite you to listen and bear witness

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    • Oct 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 13m AVG DURATION
    • 34 EPISODES


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    Episode 34 - Pivotal Moments by StoicMom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 19:30


    Follow this mom's reflections on her journey with her trans-identifying daughter. She finds meaning and tries to "savor and appreciate the moments of closeness." You can find StoicMom's written piece and more from her here: https://stoicmom.substack.com/p/pivotal-moments Most episodes for The Witness are read and recorded by voice actors. This episode was done with the voice of the author, StoicMom.

    Episode 33 - Girlhood Interrupted

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 16:00


    A mother details her daughter's pathway to a "trans" identification and the inconsistencies and maladaptive strategies she observes along the way. 

    Episode 32 - A Break From my Usual Protocol: Father/ROGD Daughter 5/5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 7:18


    This father takes a turn in his strategy with his ROGD daughter as they navigate the ramifications of a "transgender" identity. This is part 5 in a 5 part series.

    Episode 31 - The Backfire Effect: Father/Daughter 4/5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 7:42


    Loving father continues to have impactful conversations with daughter and navigate how to handle an ROGD adoption.

    Episode 30 - ROGD Parent Survival Guide: Father/Daughter Part 3/5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 9:09


    Father continues the long process of loving discussion with his ROGD daughter and offers guidance and reassurance for other parents.

    Episode 29 - Laughing Juries Don't Convict: Father ROGD Daughter 2/5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 16:54


    Conversations between a father and ROGD daughter. Part 2 of a 5 part series.

    Episode 28 - Father Jokes with ROGD Daughter 1/5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 8:25


    Listen to this father have lighthearted conversation while discussing trans-identification with his ROGD daughter in this 5 part series.

    Episode 27 - Mom Loses Custody; Daughter Loses Mom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 27:17


    A mother chronicles how the courts and other adults facilitate the loss of her young adolescent daughter and the breakdown of the bonds they once had.

    Episode 26 - Dear Daughter, from PITT (Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 11:28


    In this love letter a parent holds steadfast and nurtures the relationship with her daughter with truth and reality. Link to article on the PITT substack https://pitt.substack.com/p/dear-daughter?utm_source=url.  

    Episode 25 - 10 Things I Believe Helped Our Daughter to Desist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 6:35


    This parent of a 13 year old daughter lays out her 10 part strategy that helped her child to desist.

    Episode 24 - Path to Desistance: Conversations Between a Mother and Daughter Part 4/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 14:10


    Tune in to this loving conversation between a mother and daughter who examine the many misguided reasons behind adopting a gender identity. This is part 4 of a 4 part series.

    Episode 23 - Path to Desistance: Conversations Between a Mother and Daughter Part 3/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 21:35


    The conversation continues between this mother and daughter. Fostering mutual respect and understanding, they continue to navigate the murky waters of gender identities. This is part 3 of a 4 part series.

    Episode 22 - Path to Desistance: Conversations Between a Mother and Daughter Part 2/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 19:13


    Listen to how this mother and daughter continue to navigate and examine the murky waters of gender identity ideology. This is part two of a 4 part series.

    Episode 21 - Path to Desistance: Conversations Between a Mother and Daughter Part 1/4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 10:32


    Listen to how this mother and daughter maintain a loving relationship while navigating and examining the murky waters of gender identity ideology. This is part one of a 4 part series.

    Episode 20 - Daughter Convinced by College Friends she is Transgender

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 6:54


    Daughter identified as female her whole life until dealing with anxiety and depression in her first year at college and decided she was “transgender.”

    Episode 19 - Mother Asks Affirming Ex-Husband Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 31:53


    Mother asks a series of important, exploratory questions to her ex-husband who affirms their daughter in a new gender identity.

    Episode 18 - 3 Stories of Sons Who Are Encouraged to Transition with no Regard to Pre-existing Medical Conditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 8:19


    3 Stories from Gendermapper.org : 1. Dr. refuses to look into mental health issues before prescribing hormones. 2. Female hormones suspected to cause stroke in 24 year old son. 3. Endocrinologist at Gender Clinic Recommends Medical Transition of 11 Year Old son with no Mention of Therapy or Side Effects.

    Episode 17 - Interview with a 16 Year Old Desistor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 13:48


    In this interview a 16 year old desistor gives insight into the reasons she became attracted to the trans identity she adopted and why she eventually realized her ideas seemed to have some logical fallacies and she desisted.

    Episode - 16 Our Daughter's Desistance with the Help of a Therapist Who Focused on Our Family as a Unit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 15:23


    Mother tells the story of how a therapist used cognitive mindfulness therapy to help her daughter become comfortable with her body and heal the entire family by treating them as the cohesive team they were meant to be.

    Episode 15 - Mother Talks of Family's Journey through Daughter's Onset of Dysphoria to Desistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 12:54


    Mother tells the tale of how her family navigated her daughter's gender dysphoria and "transgender" identification from onset until her daughter desisted. This mother hopes that sharing their experience will help other families who are going through similar difficulties with gender identification.              

    Episode 14 - My Child Was Kidnapped by a Sadistic Cult

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 9:10


    Mother watches, horrified and heartbroken while her daughter does irreversible harm to herself with the help and encouragement from her community and the gender identity industry.

    Episode 13 - 11 Year Old ROGD Daughter is Influenced by Adults in Online Game Roblox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 10:40


    Parents are concerned that same-sex attracted daughter is being influenced by adults and online influences to believe she is born in the wrong body. They worry that her potential for joy in her own body and her fertility will be compromised by irreversible and harmful medical procedures when she is too young to comprehend the full implications of these losses.

    Episode 12 - Part 3 of a 3 part series, Letters to my Son

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 10:37


    A mother processes the pain and confusion of parenting a son who is trans-identified by writing letters she will never send.

    Episode 11 - Part 2 of a 3 part series, Letters to my Son

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 9:57


    A mother processes the pain and confusion of parenting a son who is trans-identified by writing letters she will never send.

    Episode 10 - Part 1 of a 3 part series, Letters to my Son

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 9:32


    A mother processes the pain and confusion of parenting a son who is trans-identified by writing letters she will never send.

    Episode 9 - The Power of Mothers. The unmitigated grooming of our children by the gender-identity industry.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 15:28


    Mothers around the world are rising up to fight back. This army of mothers is powerful and determined to change the tide against the harms being done to our children by the gender identity industry. These mothers won't give up.

    Episode 8 - Our Desistance Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 17:07


    A parent tells the story of how her efforts were counteracted by the school, medical and mental health professionals. She realizes she has no voice in the matters of her child in the public school and decides to take things into her own hands and homeschool. She finds success teaching her daughter to be comfortable with her body and who she is when taken away from the influences in the school and on the internet.

    Episode 7 - Parent challenges the suicidal claim of her child and finds it to be false.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 11:52


    Mother challenges daughters pronouncement of suicide and finds it to be merely a threat and means of control. Parents pull her from public school where teachers and administration were socially transitioning her without the parents consent or knowledge.  They fight to keep their daughter safe from the prospect of medical harm.

    Episode 6 - When Children Are Ghosted by a Trans-Identified Parent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 15:42


    What happens when a parent decides they are "trans." While the trans-identified parent is celebrated and catered to the family he left behind are treated with scorn, isolation and abuse. Children struggle to mourn the father they lost who completely changed personality and even became abusive. They suffer from extreme, lasting mental health issues.

    Episode 5 - Parents Find Courage to Fight Transgender Agenda that threatens to Harm their Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 17:22


    2 stories: 1. Mother fights to save daughter who experiences dysphoria due to sexual assault and daughter gets coached by trans activists online to lie in order to get harmful medical treatments.  2. Mother loses her daughter to the transgender cult. Daughter takes harmful drugs and has irreversible surgeries. Mother speaks up and fights to bring awareness to these atrocities.

    Episode 4 - Professionals Decide Treatment in 1 Session with no Mental Health History

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 13:08


    Two stories: 1st Story - Planned Parenthood prescribes hormones in one-half hour visit without any mental health history. 2nd Story - Son with depression diagnoses himself with dysphoria and therapist agrees with the self diagnosis in a one-hour session with no consideration of past mental health issues.

    Episode 3 - Undermining Parents with Gender Affirmation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 8:41


    Two stories of duplicity and gender identity. 1st story: Michigan clinic offers testosterone to 13 year old girl at first visit. 2nd story: Schools, therapists and doctors undermine a parent's efforts to find out the true reasons for her child's gender confusion. This episode features stories from kesleycoalition.com and music from Kevin McLeod.

    Episode 2 - Professionals Lead Parents Toward Harms to their Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 10:50


    2 stories of professionals leading parents toward harms to their Children. 1st story: Parent makes plea to state legislators after a therapist misleads her disabled daughter into believing she was born in the wrong body. 2nd story: Medicaid pays for a 17 year old's mastectomy and hysterectomy without parent's consent. This episode features stories from kesleycoalition.com and music from Kevin McLeod.

    Episode 1 - Parents Worry About Children's Gender Confusion Leading to Medicalization.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 9:45


    3 Stories of gender confusion and parent's concerns about medicalization. Story 1 - A parent's concern over daughter who struggles with anxiety and depression and longs to medically alter her body. Story 2 - Parent tells of a daughter who has struggled with anxiety from a young age and decided her problems were because she was transgender and was advised by Endocrinologists to prescribe puberty blockers in one visit. Story 3 - "Gender Specialist" prescribes puberty blocking drugs to minor in one half hour visit. Stories provided by gendermapper.com with some music by Kevin McLeod.

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