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Breakpoint

New AP Language Supports Trans Ideology

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Just in time for "pride" month, the Associated Press (AP) joined the ranks of activist organizations telling Americans to embrace transgenderism. Recent updates to AP's style guide insist that reporters use individuals' "preferred" pronouns, avoid terms like "biological sex" and "both sexes," call sex "assigned at birth," and refer to controversial surgical and chemical "transition" interventions as "gender-affirming care."

The AP justifies the new rules, claiming to follow the science. However, "the science" is far from settled on the subject. Declaring that puberty blockers are "fully reversible" or that chemical and surgical "transition" interventions are backed by evidence betrays actual truth-seeking. More and more studies indicate that these controversial interventions are detrimental to the physical health and mental wellbeing of children.

Peddling ideas that are basically dangerous pseudoscience in order to get some cultural brownie points is cowardly. The AP should stick to journalism that seeks the truth, rather than promotes harm.

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0:00.0

With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point.

0:04.5

Just in time for Pride Month, the Associated Press joined the ranks of activist organizations

0:08.8

telling Americans to embrace transgenderism.

0:11.1

Recent updates to the APH-style guide insisted that reporters use individuals' preferred

0:15.5

pronouns.

0:16.5

Avoid terms like biological sex, call sex assigned at birth, and refer to controversial,

0:21.2

surgical, and chemical transition interventions as so-called gender-affirming care.

0:25.2

Well, the AP claims that these new rules amount to following the science, but nothing could

0:28.6

be further from the truth.

0:29.9

Science, such as puberty blockers, are reversible, or that chemical and surgical transition

0:34.2

interventions are backed by evidence, is simply not true.

0:37.0

It betrays their lack of expertise.

0:39.0

The science here so far from settled, and what we know so far actually indicates that

0:42.8

these interventions are detrimental to the physical health and mental well-being of kids.

0:47.2

Pelling ideas that are basically dangerous pseudoscience in order to get cultural brownie

0:51.6

points is simply cowardice.

0:53.2

The AP should stick to journalists and that seeks the truth, rather than promote

0:56.5

harm.

0:57.5

I'm John Stone Street.

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