Rosa was a smart, happy 14-year-old when she met her first boyfriend.

I found my forever, she told everyone, until he suddenly ended it.

Rosa was devastated and the COVID lockdowns made things worse.

She was isolated in her room all day, surfing the net.

As the lockdowns dragged on, Rosa became sullen, irritable, and withdrawn.

Her tank tops and shorts were replaced by oversized hoodies and baggy sweatpants.

One day, Rosa came home with a buzz cut. Shortly after she

declared she was a boy and demanded testosterone. During my medical training

Rose's condition now called gender dysphoria, was so rare

I never imagined I would see even one case in my lifetime.

But over the past decade, the incidence of gender dysphoria has increased 5,000%.

What changed? Why did Rosa believe she was in the wrong body

and that without pharmaceuticals and operations she'd never be happy.

Why do the American Academy of Pediatrics,

the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

and many other medical associations claim that Rosa's delusion is normal.

Why do they recommend treatment that will disfigure and possibly sterilize her healthy body?

Before I answer that, let me tell you what hasn't changed.

Sex is established at the moment of conception.

Sex is permanent.

While Rose's body can be modified, she will never be a boy, never. But my profession

has been hijacked by a political crusade determined to erase the very notion of male and female. Medical associations

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