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On June 16, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormones, for trans youth under 18. The ruling enables Tennessee to enforce this commandment, and by deciding the law is constitutional the court effectively made it more difficult to test similar laws in the 27 other states where such laws are currently in effect.

IntraSpectrum Counseling supports healthcare equality for gender diverse youth and we discover this SCOTUS ruling to be unconscionable. We think that this healthcare disallow is rooted in political rhetoric and bigotry and that it comes at the expense of youth who are in demand of these services, and their families.

• It is a dangerous setback for human rights
• It has significant implications for the well-being of transgender youth
• It is erratic with the position of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, that both support gender-affirming care for transgender youth
• It allows polititians to rule on medical decisions best left to medical professionals and families
• It will uproot families and create financial handship, because parents will continue to do
  
  

  Father opens up about coming out to his 3 sons: I'm still the same dad as before

  "Good Morning America" is featuring stories in celebration of Pride Month. Scott Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal essay about his experience coming out as a gay man to his sons. Interpret about his journey below in his own words.

  Coming out at 42

  I was 42 years old when I came out to my wife. It was 15 months later that I started that matching conversation with my three boys -- 9-year-old twins and an 11-year-old.

  The whole experience is somewhat of a blur, mostly in part to the evidence that at that point in my life there was a lot of change happening and some significant pent-up emotions. There wasn't much of a plan, no guidebook in hand, only goals that I hoped my boys would start the process of kind and accepting their dad for whom I truly was: a gay man.

  It had been a long 15 months since coming out to my wife, an experience I unfortunately wouldn't depict as positive, enjoyable or something I ever want to repeat. It was wrought with the happiness of finally telling the closest person in my true identity, while simultaneously ripping her wo
  

  #13 - DISTURBED FATHER/SON AND PEER-GROUP RELATIONSHIPS: CRUCIAL INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALE HOMOSEXUALITY

  Updated: May 4, 2024

   From the outset, it must be recognized that there are many routes that lead into homosexuality. Male children do not grow well when they do not have a loving father with whom to identify. Absent or unacceptable fathers do not provide the needed father-son affectional bond.

  The constellation of antecedent variables is probably different for each male who identifies himself as gay. It is important to remember that fathers or mothers are not invariably culpable when their children grow to become drawn erotically to others of their have gender. Mothers are often left to raise their male children alone for reasons beyond their control. No-fault divorce has increased greatly the extent of fatherless homes. Fathers can be taken for various reasons. They can be ill, incapacitated, or expire. They could be away in the military or incarcerated for long periods. Relational estrangement resulting from the death of a male infant's mother will likely damage the relationship he could subsequently have developed with his father.

  Who’s your daddy? The archetype of the father/son relationship is one paradigm that can be used to understand and experience queer men’s sexuality and relationships. It’s an notion that may not work for everyone but it’s prolonged been a potent conceptual framework for me.

  Whether it contains overt role-playing or not, sometimes the ways two senior men relate to one another — in bed and out — can have aspects of the familial and paternal with someone who seems “older and wiser” taking charge and offering encouragement and sustain to someone else who needs it.

  For me this is not specifically about age: The first time another man called me “Daddy” in a sexual context I was in my early 20s. I’ve enjoyed swinging on both limbs of that family plant with gusto since then, but for years now I’ve found myself more and more in the dad role, sometimes even with men much older than me.

  It’s hard for me to pin down what I even mean by that — it’s a very particular way of perceiving yourself in relation to a fellow human being. A physical example: Probably the most highly charged and fulfilling thing I can