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A Dad's Transgender Trauma: Why He's Facing 'Family Violence' Accusations for Not Using Male Pronouns

A Dad's Transgender Trauma: Why He's Facing 'Family Violence' Accusations for Not Using Male Pronouns Read Transcript


- A struggle over parentalrights is underway

in Canada, especiallywhen it comes to dealing

with children and gender identity.

Our Wendy Griffith has details on one case

that is spurring protests.

- Laura-Lynn, give us abrief history on this case

of the father and his14-year-old daughter.

- The parents were separatedand they had a daughter

who was struggling withmany and numerous issues.

And one day, the mother called the father.

And she had taken thedaughter, who was saying

that she was strugglingwith gender dysphoria.

And had taken her to adoctor who referred them

to go to Children's Hospital in Vancouver.

On the very first visit,

they wanted to put her on testosterone.

And the mother was concernedand called the father,

and they both agreed at that moment,

"No, no.

"Let's slow down here, stop the process."

And so they stopped that day.

However, the doctorscontinued to talk to the mom

and to say, "Listen, thisis what you need to do.

"She could be suicidal,this could lead to suicide

"if you don't just help herto transition right away."

The father maintained that thisis just a 14-year-old girl.

He wasn't particularly religious,

just a good dad thinkingthat 14 is a little too young

to make the kind of decisionthat will land you up,

having a facial beard forthe rest of your life,

because she could change her mind.

We know 82%-92% of all children

who struggle with gender dysphoria,

can change their mind.

And so he said, "Whoa!

"I'm not in agreement.

"Let's not do this."

Well the mother was in agreement

and so it proceeded to a court case.

The court now, with neithermother nor father willing

to actually give approval,the court has ordered

that the daughter willbe given the hormones

that she would like to take.

It got even worse, Wendy,

because the court told the father

that if you do not refer toher in her chosen pronouns,

which are now he and him,

and if you do not refer toyour daughter in the new name

that she has chosen, then you are subject

to being charged with family violence.

- Tell us about the planned protests

in Vancouver this weekend.

- Well the protests cameabout because the judge said

even more damaging things to this father.

The judge then said,

"That if you speak aboutthis, privately or publicly,

"you are subject toarrest without warrant.

"No warrant, you are not to speak, sir,

"about this situation in your family.

"Canada will never know andyou will not talk about this

"or you will be subject towarrant without arrest."

- Laura-Lynn, what's next in this case?

- Well they're still going back to court,

they have to appeal it.

It's very alarming becausethis precious, young girl,

she is within about 25 days of sterility

for the rest of her life.

Because a court has orderedthat parents have no say.

That there's no wisdom,there's no holding back.

This girl decides she wants to be a boy

and now she can be a boy.

And it doesn't matter what anybody says.

- What are you seeing God do across Canada

as moral issues like these play out?

- Well on the one hand, we'reseeing that some pastors

are beginning to fiercely rise.

There's a group thathave formed, One Accord.

And this is a group muchlike the Nashville Statement.

They have a statement onBiblical sexuality and gender

that they are abiding by.

And they're beginning to be more vocal.

And then on the other hand,we have many churches,

they don't want to talkabout gender issues,

they don't want to talkabout what's going on

because they don't want to offend anyone

and they want to have a presenceof love in their church.

And so while we completelyadvocate for this love,

we have to understand that, in Canada,

we are losing our rights.

We are losing the ability to speak,

to simply speak the truth.

And I'm afraid, I'm very afraid, Wendy,

that if we don't rise up,

and if pastors don't really join together

and begin to say, "No, webelieve in the scriptural,

"the way that the scripturesdefine gender and sexuality."

If we don't rise up, weare going to lose our right

to even speak on this.

Because in Canada, genderrights have been set up

as a human right, and you can be taken

to this human rights tribunal.

It's like a kangaroo court.

- Thanks so much forbringing this issue to light

for us and we look forward to updates

on this important case.

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