Dear New York Times

[mme_hardy]

If you are trying to find an expert on the cons of teenage gender transition, maybe you could find an expert who doesn't insist on referring to Caitlyn Jenner as "he" and "Bruce"?

Dr. Paul McHugh, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University Medical School and its hospital’s former psychiatrist in chief, is skeptical of the use of surgery for a psychological condition, and even more so for children. “Bruce Jenner — who cares?” said Dr. McHugh, who said he played a role in closing a transgender surgery program at Johns Hopkins about 35 years ago. “He’s a wonderfully successful person. He’s got all kinds of social networks. He’s got plenty of money. No one’s objecting to him if he wants to live as a woman. This is America, be my guest."

How kind of the good doctor to give permission.

e from transadvocate.com

McHugh himself admits to directing Meyer to conduct to further his anti-trans agenda in a 2004 article titled “Surgical Sex”. In the same article, McHugh also continues to preach the largely discredited “autogynephilia” theory of Ray Blanchard and J. Michael Bailey. McHugh is also known for filing an amicus curiae brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry, asserting that homosexuality is a choice, as well as for his participation of the campaign against Kansas abortion provider Dr George Tiller- who was murdered in 2009 by a anti-abortion activist.

I shall be writing my usual Strong Letter.

Comments

[recessional]

....*snarl*

[rydra_wong]

Euccch.

[lnhammer]

*bang* *bang* *bang* of my head on my keyboard ...

[askerian]

jeeeesus.

if you really do write a strong letter i kinda want to see it. *hisses at people* >_>

[lilysea]

I shall be writing my usual Strong Letter.

Go you! ^_^

[kore]

Bruce Jenner — who cares?” said Dr. McHugh, who said he played a role in closing a transgender surgery program at Johns Hopkins about 35 years ago. “He’s a wonderfully successful person

CHRIST ALMIGHTY they might have done fucking better having a seance and trying to raise the ghost of John Money (whom I loathe just to be clear)

OT but

[kore]

I saw this and immediately thought of you http://literarytomhardy.tumblr.com/

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I ran across some article on the B/C Jenner transition that seemed to indicate that Bruce was actually asking people to use 'he' and 'him'... but that was perhaps just for the time period before, during, and just after the transition, and not necessarily as a go-forward practice? Also it wasn't clear to me if it was Bruce making this request or Catelyn, and that, too, is probably an important detail?