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‘WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REALIZE YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT BEING TRANS?’

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BY DAN VALENTI

PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY

(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY NOV. 20, 2024) — THE PLANET‘s business of the day isn’t about pronouns, although it’s astounding that any of the eight parts of speech could ever  become a hot political issue. Rather, it’s about prefixes, specifically, “trans.” It means “to move,” as in Trans World Airlines, transportation, translation, and many others. One of those Dreaded Others is “trans” as a stand-alone, referring to “transgender.”

If you ever wanted proof of George Orwell’s predicted demise of the English language (“Politics and the English Language”), that’s it–when grammatical and syntactical issues become political.

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It’s refreshing to see common sense winning and the vast, majority swath of America rejecting the Loon Left’s destructive, selfish agenda.

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Chances are you haven’t heard about Simon Amaya Price. We first did from Lance Reynolds of the Boston Herald. Reynolds reported this week about Price, a 20-year-old Bostonian on target to graduate from the city’s Berklee College of Music in December. One of Price’s courses this semester is “Songwriting and Social Change.” To fulfill a course requirement, Price developed a presentation titled “Born in the Right Body: Desistor and Detransitioner Awareness.”

From Reynolds article: “A desistor is ‘someone who previously identified as transgender but later re-identified with their biological sex before undergoing medical intervention,’ while a detransitioner is ‘someone who was once transgender but no longer identifies as such.'”

Price received funding through Berklee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. College VP Ron Savage congratulated Price writing, “What a tremendous leadership step in organizing this Event.”

Essential background: From ages 14 to 17, Price identified as transgender. Today, he describes himself as a desistor.  As the heart of his presentation, Price dares to ask: “What happens when you realize you were wrong about being trans? Minors can’t consent to a tattoo but can consent to elective, life-altering surgeries.”

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The morning after Berklee posted its announcement of Price’s project, slated for Oct. 20, more than 400 “overwhelmingly negative” and physically threatening comments battered him on social media.” Snowflakes and  accused him of being “transphobic.” They were trying to “cancel” him.

On cue, campus pussy-hats emerged from their “safe spaces”to circulate a petition demanding that school officials cancel the event. The 2,000 signees claimed allowing Price’s presentation would “harm the mental well-being of individuals in the transgender community.”

THE PLANET replies “Too late. Their mental health has already been harmed by ‘correct,’ cultural brainwashing.”

If a younger person identifies after transgender, it means one of two things:

  • S/he/it/they/them has blindly followed a trendy fad, one they will later regret, or
  • S/he/it/they/them truly believes they are “trans,” a condition that common sense and neuropathology that describes as the delusion that one’s biologically assigned gender is false. To actually believe that rather than “down there” plumbing is mental illness.

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Naturally, the Berklee administration caved. They cancelled the Oct. 20 presentation because of “safety concerns.” Damn the First Amendment and damn the prime mission of any institution of higher learning, namely, to encourage free-wheeling on-campus discussion and debate. Higher education is meaningless without commitment to freedom of inquiry and expression.

The good news is that the student outrage backfired. MIT will host Price’s presentation on Nov. 24 through its Open Discourse Society (“An Informed Approach to Gender”).

It’s refreshing to see common sense winning and the vast, majority swath of America rejecting the Loon Left’s destructive, selfish agenda. It gives one hope that the Loons are heading for extinction.

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“‘Trans’ stupidity has a price that always gets paid” — Sir Donald Turpentine, Knight of the Bath.

“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”

LOVE TO ALL.

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ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
15 days ago

When will Pittsfield realize it’s not good to be transgovernment and get back to being a functional government for the people??? Our “leadership” have been pushing the agenda of a few people in select groups instead of taking care of the whole populace!

Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly
15 days ago

I like to believe I stay open-minded and sensitive to others beliefs but this subject is one I believe people are being railroaded. There is a definite movement among our mental health and education community to push this on vulnerable people. It seems like you have some unresolved issues and the answer is you are trans, here start taking hormones and schedule surgery.

Too many people are having this jammed down their throat and then regretting it later one. If you want an example do a little reading about this Navy SEAL that was pushed by the VA and the regrets he has and is transitioned back.

https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/ex-navy-seal-who-came-out-as-trans-says-hes-again-identifying-as-male/article_4d88657f-aad9-5b2d-8298-42b33e8ef946.html

Mr. Fritz
Mr. Fritz
Reply to  Flogging Molly
14 days ago

I don’t usually agree with your viewpoints, Molly, but on this issue you are spot on!

Hell Toupee
Hell Toupee
14 days ago

At Saint Joe high school one of the sitters was Trans, She was a transistor.

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Hell Toupee
14 days ago

They had doosh ball coaches there also. Carm types.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
14 days ago

60 years from now in nursing homes, men and women with Alzheimer’s, will be screaming, where’s my dick! where’s my tits!, respectively.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
14 days ago

In keeping with this topic, could you imagine having a high school aged daughter whose field hockey team made it to the state championship game, only to get beaten by a team with a boy on it?

It happened here in MA. The Somerset Berkley Girls Field Hockey Team beat Norwood Girls team, after a boy scored the two (winning) goals.

Boy Scores Both Goals As Somerset Berkley Girls’ Field Hockey Wins State Championship Game – NewBostonPost | NewBostonPost

Take a look at the link below, only a picture or two of male player Ryan Cook. He’s scored the winning goal. You’d think his picture would be displayed more frequently in the group of photos. After all, he is the “hero” on the girl’s team.

Somerset Berkley field hockey defeats Norwood in MIAA Div. 2 final

What’s next in the world of mental illness and make believe, Pete “Wimpy” White will start dressing like Chewbacca at clowncil meetings and make taxpayers’ foot the bill for a new restroom in CH to accommodate those that identify as a Wookie?

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
14 days ago

Smelly smoke coming into neighborhoods on the west side.

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
14 days ago

Yes of warning over the phone would be helpful stuff stinks

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
14 days ago

Biden is getting us in a real quagmire. Do you think Putin is going to stand still? Way up Planites.

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
14 days ago

Why has Biden waited this long for Ukrainian l r m?.. Trump needs to tell him and Congress to cool it. This is insane.

Jonathan A. Melle
Jonathan A. Melle
14 days ago

November 20, 2024

Hello blogger Dan Valenti,

Donald Trump wants to: (a) abolish the U.S. Dept. of Education; (b) eliminate DEI programs in public education (& elsewhere); (c) stop the transgender movement in the federal government (& elsewhere); (d) eliminate women’s studies programs in public education (& elsewhere).

I view the never-ending cultural conflicts in politics as pointless because it never has a resolution; and it once led to the tragedy of Hitler’s Holocaust . Donald Trump’s cultural wars in The White House will not work because it has never worked in the around 300,000 years of human history of human nature and human behavior(s).

Donald Trump is a MORAL HYPOCRITE! He openly cheated on all 3 of his wives, paid hush money to his mistresses, was caught on a hot mic saying that he likes to grab women by their genitals, etc.

It is always a 78-year-old Orange Jesus MORAL HYPOCRITE like Donald Trump who is delusional in his beliefs that his cultural values and vision(s) will bring a resolution to the U.S.A.’s multi-cultural society’s cultural conflicts. He will fail in his WEIRD cultural quests. He will be viewed unfavorably in the future when his would-be political actions become historical studies.

Jon Melle

Jon Melle
Jon Melle
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

(e) Donald Trump is a buffoon!

Joetaxpayer
Joetaxpayer
Reply to  Jon Melle
13 days ago

Look in the mirror Johnny.

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Joetaxpayer
13 days ago

He would know.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

I’ll throw in a second vote for Trump to get rid of (a), (b), (c), and (d) also.

JM, instead of reposting the same exact post we’ve read from you for the past few months, how about explaining to us (The Planet) why you support all of those programs.

I ask, because:

(A) you’ve written about the poor performing level 5 schools in Bitchfield many times on here. Eliminating the federal DOE would make THEM accountable and maybe start actually teaching and not indoctrinating and become a level 3 or 4 district.

(B) (D)idn’t (E)arn (I)t speaks for itself. When you were in school JM, did your school have a “cultural competency coach” teaching you that being born a white male made you inherently racist, simply for being born a white male? If not, why not?

(C) I’ve asked you to bring your parents to a drag show for kids and take pictures and send them to Dan for verification. I’d love to see the reaction of your father’s face when Vernoika Bakked gyrated his groin inches from face, under the guise of “arts and entertainment.”

(D) Post a link to verify this. I don’t believe it. But, to play devil’s advocate, name me three career paths a person can take with an AA/BA from “women’s studies.”

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Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

I know it’s an exercise in futility to try and get any of these left-loon posters to post their actual opinion and not worn out Obamala talking points.

JM is still standing in the rain by himself waiting on the short bus, that has flown south by way of the Byrd Scooters.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

A) Dept of Ed has transformed American education from #1 in the world to below most industrialized nations, approaching the third world, rated in the ~30s worldwide.

In general school Administrations/Administrators sucking the Dept of Ed teat are: overpaid, under worked, and incompetent. They have lost the vision and goal, that education is their business, not (leftist) personal ideologies and politics. This is true for primary, secondary, and colleges/universities.

Every Administrator, must have a vice Administrator, who in turn have assistant vice Administrators. They in turn have a network of Peons who actually do their superiors work.

PSD is a prime example, under preforming and vastly over compensated.

Eliminate Dept of ED? Maybe not. But it’s personnel need a flushing from top to bottom, it’s bloated budget slashed to only true educational purposes, and control of primary and secondary education given back to local and state entities.

Although in mASSachsetts, the state has proven to be worse than DOE. Remember “Fistgate”? It was pushing sexual agendas in schools to children, at least, 20 years ago

https://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/fistgate/index.html

Hopefully Misters Musk and Ramaswamy’s new DOGE will clean house at DOE and other pork barrel federal agencies.

B) DEI is a means to replaced qualified people regardless of race/color/creed, with those of Leftist ideologies. Another abject failure. An example would be the Biden/Harris cabinet and appointments. An incompetent freak show better housed in an insane asylum than the White House. Another example? Ms Harris herself, chosen/Selected because she has teats and darker skin than Europeans.

C) See B above. It’s a mental illness.

D) What is the purpose of Women’s Studies? It seems to be a sexist course of study, that denigrates Men and glorifies Women. A degree might land you a good paying job because of B above. That job will do nothing productive.

Mr. Fritz
Mr. Fritz
Reply to  Jonathan A. Melle
13 days ago
Tt2
Tt2
14 days ago

It simple if you have penis down there your a man. If you take meds to grow boobs your a freak. Even if you get your dick cut off your still a man by dna. If you have a taco down stairs your a women. So if you get your boobs cut off your still a woman. You cant change your dna nor can you get an operation call ADD A Dick To Me.

Joetaxpayer
Joetaxpayer
Reply to  Tt2
13 days ago

Not to mention, even if you had all of the latest and greatest procedures , to look the part, your Pelvic Bone will give you away. Be who you want to be, leave our children alone.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
14 days ago

Gender ideation (contrived thinking about gender) is not age appropriate for small children, and probably unusual for teenagers except for the small percentage who are not straight. They are behaving appropriately.

When children, especially those whose height is below a grownup’s waistline, is claiming incorrect genders they are exhibiting flags for sexual abuse. The schools are obligated as mandatory reporters to report suspicion of abuse. Instead, they provide cover for the worst sort of crime – physical and sexual abuse of a child. Your next school committee, 5 new people with common sense and morals, needs to stop dead in its tracks the celebration of transgender ideation in first graders and find out what is going on at the homes causing it.

Until that day comes, a morally inclined school committee sensitive to that which is universal – concern for children – steps on the stage, take your children out of the schools and home school. Families may need to work together, but the schools are incredibly dangerous places for children,

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Wilson
Wilson
Reply to  Sir Chaz
14 days ago

Isn’t it part of the curriculum? Schools don’t really have any normal staff these days, not in a Democrat state. Taxes are so high people can’t afford homeschooling, but if they did start taking kids out there would a law making it illegal.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Wilson
13 days ago

Many are homeschooling. Not very affluent, but they manage. You can fit an entire days curriculum into about three hours at home (no recess, empty time).

It is your only hope to prevent them from bullying your child into something they don’t want to be.

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Sir Chaz
13 days ago

Sounds like a riddler. Chaz the Riddler. So it is stated and shall be written.

ShirleyKnutz
ShirleyKnutz
14 days ago

The freaky bike people are back at with with trying to make our streets “calming”! Maybe if they stayed in the breakdown lanes or bike paths the streets would be more calm. I would also suggest the city stop looking at Northampton for all their idiotic ideas they push on us. This trend started with the new city charter and continues with the jump ramps they are placing in the streets! Neighbors are telling me cars are speeding up before the bump to see how high in the air they can get their vehicles! My suggestion for the speeding is to put cruisers out there and instead of warnings start ticketing, you would be amazed how “calm” the streets will become!

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

Dan, why did Ricky Rumpis build a JUMP across Holmes Rd at the intersection of Dawes Av?

A dirt bike might be able to get 150″ of air off that obstruction.

Joetaxpayer
Joetaxpayer
Reply to  ShirleyKnutz
13 days ago

Also suggest, start ticketing the majority of bikers in our area, travel the wrong direction, going through Stop signs and Red Lights , weaving in and out of the road and sidewalks and riding across crosswalks. The Police do nothing about it. Calming or narrowing roads, only lead to more head on collisions. To many Stoned and distracted drivers.

Blame it on the rain
Blame it on the rain
13 days ago

Prepubescence: the period of development in a child’s life before they begin to develop adult sexual characteristics.

Prepubertal: Before puberty, the period during which secondary sex characteristics start to develop and the capability for sexual reproduction is attained.

Peripheral precocious puberty
Environmental Exposure

Pesticides: Chemicals like DDT, DDE, and other organochlorine pesticides can act as endocrine disruptors.

Industrial Chemicals: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, and phthalates found in plastics can mimic or disrupt hormones.

Bisphenol A (BPA): A common chemical in plastics and food packaging that mimics estrogen.

Heavy Metals: Lead, cadmium, and mercury have been linked to endocrine disruption.

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are substances that can interfere with the body’s hormonal (endocrine) system. They mimic, block, or alter the normal functioning of hormones, potentially leading to developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune problems. EDCs are found in a variety of everyday products and environmental sources.

Common EDCs and Their Sources

1. Plastics and Food Packaging

Bisphenol A (BPA): Found in polycarbonate plastics, canned food linings, and some water bottles.

Phthalates: Used to soften plastics, found in products like vinyl flooring, food wraps, and children’s toys.

2. Pesticides and Herbicides

DDT and its breakdown product DDE: Banned in many countries but still persists in the environment.

Atrazine: A widely used herbicide.

Glyphosate: Found in some weed killers.

3. Personal Care Products

Parabens: Preservatives in cosmetics, shampoos, and lotions.

Triclosan: Found in some antibacterial soaps and toothpaste.

4. Industrial Chemicals

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Used in electrical equipment, banned but still lingering in the environment.

Dioxins: By-products of industrial processes, such as waste incineration.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Found in non-stick cookware, water-resistant fabrics, and firefighting foam.

5. Heavy Metals

Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic: Can interfere with hormone signaling and are found in contaminated water, industrial sites, or old paint.

6. Dietary Sources

Phytoestrogens: Naturally occurring in soy and flaxseeds (less harmful than synthetic EDCs but may still influence hormone activity in high quantities).

Hormone-treated Meat and Dairy: Residues of growth hormones in livestock.

7. Household Products

Flame Retardants (PBDEs): Found in furniture, electronics, and textiles.

Cleaning Products: May contain alkylphenols, which disrupt hormones.

8. Pharmaceuticals

Synthetic Hormones: Found in birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy, which can enter water supplies.

Health Impacts of EDCs

Reproductive Disorders: Infertility, early puberty, and hormonal imbalances.

Developmental Issues: Impacts on brain and organ development in fetuses and children.

Cancer: Increased risks of hormone-related cancers, such as breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers.

Metabolic Disorders: Obesity, diabetes, and thyroid dysfunction.

Reducing Exposure to EDCs

1. Limit Plastic Use: Avoid heating food in plastic containers; use glass or stainless steel instead.

2. Check Product Labels: Avoid products with parabens, phthalates, and triclosan.

3. Filter Water: Use a high-quality water filter to remove potential contaminants.

4. Eat Organic: Minimize pesticide residues by consuming organic produce.

5. Avoid Processed Foods: Reduce exposure to food additives and packaging chemicals.

6. Ventilate Your Home: Reduce indoor chemical exposure by improving airflow.

Musket Ed
Musket Ed
Reply to  Blame it on the rain
13 days ago

The water pipe to your homes might be a lead pipe. City should be responsible for replacing it if needed because the health department never told us this ..Aside. An assessment of a Home should be lowered because of a lead pipe significantly, now,as home purchasers don’t want a lead pipe for water consumption? Start at 10 thousand per home. It would be like a bad roof if you purchased a home,you want a newer roof.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
13 days ago

Meanwhile, FJB Junta’s green light to allow Ukraine the use of USA/NATO missiles to strike Russia is well on it’s way to WWIII.

These cannot be intercepted, and can reach the interior of the USA.

https://x.com/Intel_Slava/status/1859564381094261060
https://ruamupr.com/wc/3601/13529/20769/20873,20835,20769.html

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1859561766771916890

“The dramatic video shows flashes lighting up the sky – believed to be six separate warheads of a R-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile.”

This is the very first time that a R-26 Rubezh has ever been used.

The conventional attack is believed to be paving the way for a potential tactical nuclear strike by Russian Federation forces.

“The suspected attack on the Yuzhmash defense plant is believed to be payback for Ukraine’s first ever use of British-French-made Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory.” ” -TGP

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
13 days ago

Dan, breaking topic for a minute, I found a post on Twitter (X) very disturbing for multiple reasons.

Was anyone aware that two illegal aliens were arrested in Great Barrington for forcibly sexual assaulting a child? In one case, the Great Barrington Police Department allowed the pedophile-animal to walk free, despite an ICE detainer.

Mynor De Paz-Munoz was charged with forcible sexual assault of a child in Great Barrington, in October 2023. De Paz-Munoz had an active ICE (arrest) detainer out for him for this crime but was ALLOWED TO WALK FREE BY GREAT BARRINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, DESPITE THE ICE DETAINER.

Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos was charged with forcible sexual assault of a child in Great Barrington and had an active ICE detainer out for him. Sheriff Tom Bowler COOPERATED with federal ICE Agents and allowed ICE to take Buitrago-Bustos into federal custody.

Thank you, Sheriff Bowler!

I guess the Eagle didn’t deem this newsworthy. Were children in danger? These are only two reported cases; how many cases are currently under investigation for similar crimes of illegal aliens in the Berkshires?

JM, you really deem Maura Healey a hero for standing up to a “bully like Trump” for not assisting in deporting illegal aliens? I’m sure if you were a father and had children, you’d feel different. Maybe?

https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1859355760133820894

Jonathan A. Melle
Jonathan A. Melle
Reply to  danvalenti
13 days ago

Someone wrote on the PlanetValenti.com blog: “JM, you really deem Maura Healey a hero for standing up to a “bully like Trump” for not assisting in deporting illegal aliens? I’m sure if you were a father and had children, you’d feel different. Maybe?”

My reply to Governor Maura Healey is that I am a supporter of Maura Healey in Massachusetts state government and politics. I do NOT like to read that any child is abused in any way, shape or form.

As a disabled Veteran myself, I believe that you have done good work as the Governor of Massachusetts for Veterans in Massachusetts. I hope that Maura Healey may be a future U.S. President.

Thank you.

Mr. Fritz
Mr. Fritz
13 days ago

Obama at root of Ukraine disaster….

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/obamas-ukraine-cover