Social Media is Spreading Trans Ideology
By Kallie Fell
In less than two months, people from across the United States will gather on Capitol Hill to recognize Detrans Awareness Day. I imagine it will be a victory-celebration. A celebration of lives saved that were once captured by dangerous ideology. A celebration of victories in the White House with the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump. However, I also imagine that it will be a sober reminder that there are still boys and girls trapped in the gender cult, still in the grips of “medicine” that has departed from its oath to heal and restore, with cell phones in their pockets keeping them dangerously engaged in online grooming and exposed to the worst social contagion the world has ever known.
We are finally waking up as a nation. We are finally making incremental progress to protect children in America from the gender industry, but what about the continued dangers of social media and online engagement? It is widely recognized that social media has played a dangerous and substantial role in the surge of gender dysphoria in developed nations around the world. In my work at the Center for Bioethics and Culture, through filming and writing, I have had the opportunity to speak with detransitioners around the globe. I have found, like others, that social media and online communities bear the responsibility of introducing children to the false and harmful idea that they are born in the wrong body and need “medical treatment” to fix their problems. Helena featured in the film, Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters, shared how early exposure to pornography harmed her views about herself, marriage, and sex and subsequent online engagement introduced her to a new belief system- one that encouraged her to believe she was a boy, not a girl. Chloe Cole, featured in our book The Detransition Diaries, was also captured by an online community that devalued being female and minimized women.
Now that laptops, tablets, and phones are readily available and in the hands of our children, the gender industry has used them mightily. Children are exposed more than ever to social media apps, influencers, celebrities, message boards, and more. With a click of a button, young children and adolescents can be exposed to transgender ideology. As I wrote in my book, The Detransition Diaries, “After a quick internet search children and young adults everywhere can access “gender affirming” videos, games, and online communities that try to convince young minds that medically transitioning will fix all their problems.” So, what is the next step in protecting our children? How do we keep our children safe from online grooming? What role do parents, educators, and policy makers play in keeping children away from harmful content and dangerous ideology online?
I will be on Capitol Hill helping you answer these questions. I will be there not only celebrating with colleagues, parents, educators, lawmakers and detransitioners from around the globe, but to help those around the nation understand the role social media has played in capturing our nation’s children and what we can do to protect them now. I have the honor of hosting a panel discussion featuring Chloe Cole, Tiffany Justice, and Clare Morell where we will explore how to safeguard our youth in an age so enamored with social media.
Kallie Fell, MS, BSN, RN is the executive director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, the program director of the Paul Ramsey Institute, and a perinatal nurse. She produced three documentary films exploring the dangers of “transgender medicine” and recently co-authored the book The Detransition Diaries.
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