The man who's had TWO sex changes:
Incredible story of Walt, who became Laura, then REVERSED the
operation because he believes surgeons in US and Europe are too
quick to operate
Walt Heyer had sex change to become a
woman when he was 42 years old
After eight years living as Laura
Jensen, he reverted back to being a man
He believes the desire to change gender
stems from psychological trauma
Heyer controversially disputes that
Gender Dysphoria is a genetic disorder
Now 74, he shares his experience with
those considering a sex change surgery
Psychological vetting of patients
before operation is inadequate, he claims
Walt Heyer is an author and public speaker with a
passion to help others who regret gender change. Through his
website,
SexChangeRegret.com, and his blog,
WaltHeyer.com, Heyer
raises public awareness about the incidence of regret and
the tragic consequences suffered as a result.
When a 9-year-old boy who
identifies as Stormi, a transgender girl, started
selling Girl Scout cookies, one neighbor was not
amused, according to
Buzzfeed.
The neighbor rebuffed him,
reportedly saying, “Nobody wants to buy Girl Scout
cookies from a boy in a dress.”
The neighbor is being
called transphobic—but perhaps the neighbor thought
he was being pranked by a boy and reacted
accordingly. Not everyone assumes that a boy in a
dress selling Girl Scout cookies is transgender.
People Can Be Genderphobic
Stormi looked like a boy to
the neighbor because he really is a boy. Transgender
people may deceive themselves, but they do not
deceive others.
Life in
society is not some fantasy world where a boy should pretend
he has magically transformed himself into a girl simply by
uttering the words “I am a girl” and changing how he
presents himself.
The people
who strongly object to the honest reaction from a man
saying, “Nobody wants to buy Girl Scout cookies from a boy
in a dress” are perhaps gender-phobic, rejecting and
ridiculing the reality of male and female genders. The people
who encourage very young kids to act out, switch genders,
and live a life of pretend need to understand that Stormi
could be suffering from a dissociative disorder, just as
happened with me. My feelings of not wanting to be a boy
started in early childhood as result of cross-dressing at
the hands of my grandma.
Stormi
could be in need of psychotherapy, not a dress.
Caregivers
all too often collaborate with a mental disorder instead of
treating it. Telling a psychologically troubled boy he has
changed genders is not compassion, but can become reckless
parenting. By withholding psychotherapy, parents could be
abusing the kid.
My Transgender
Story
Living in
a self-made gender fantasy world void of reality is not
psychologically or emotionally healthy.
I know that to be true. I was transgender kid at the age of
4. For decades, as I tried to live in my male birth gender,
the feelings of being a woman only grew stronger.
I sought help from a renowned gender specialist who told me
that mine was a clear-cut case of
gender dysphoria—strong, persistent feelings of
identification with the opposite gender and discomfort with
one’s own assigned sex. He said the only way to get relief
was to surgically change genders.
I lived as a transgender,
Laura Jensen, female, for eight years. While studying
psychology in a university program, I discovered that trans
kids most often are suffering from a variety of disorders,
starting with depression—the result of personal loss, broken
families, sexual abuse, and unstable homes. Deep depression
leads kids to want to be someone other than who they are.
I only wish that when I went to the gender counselor for
help he would have told me I couldn’t really change genders,
that it is biologically impossible. Instead, he approved me
for gender reassignment surgery, a surgery that, if I had
been provided proper psychotherapy, would never have been
necessary or appropriate.
The Role Trauma and Psychological Disorders Can Play
The transgender life is often the direct result of early
childhood difficulty or trauma. Assisting a young child into
the fabricated ideology of a transgender life is not helping
the child sort out what is real and what is fiction.
The likelihood that the child
known as Stormi is suffering from separation anxiety or
some other psychological disorder cannot be ignored.
Stormi is living in a foster home. While it may be safe
and necessary, foster care is intended to separate the
child from the birth parent. This can lead to
psychological disorders like separation anxiety
disorder.
Separation anxiety occurs as the result of loss or
separation from the birth parent. Disruption in a
child’s home environment can lead to stress, depression,
and anxiety. Living in a foster home even under the best
conditions can be stressful to a young person.
Separation anxiety disorder and other psychological
disorders can masquerade as gender dysphoria, leading
caregivers and medical practitioners to misdiagnose and
not provide proper or effective psychotherapies.
Stormi’s life will evolve as maturity unfolds. Most
likely in 15 or 20 years, reality will set in that he
really never changed genders. This is often a turning
point where the trans life is not looking as good as it
once did.
Thankfully, like me, many transgender persons return to
the gender they once shed. Slowly they restore the life
that was lost.
The neighbor man was correct about one thing: The Girl
Scout at his door was really a boy in a dress—just like
I was as a young boy who thought I was a girl.
Hour 2: "First Amendment Victory" with
Mario H. Lopez, President of the Hispanic
Leadership Fundy
Mario Lopez, an advocacy organization dedicated to
promoting limited government, individual liberty,
and free enterprise, where he brings extensive
experience in media and public relations, political
campaigns, and the public policy process. Lopez has
appeared in a number of English and Spanish language
print, television, radio, and online outlets, and
has contributed written work to several
publications. Lopez is a recent guest lecturer for
the Leadership Institute’s Campaign Manager School.
Prior to founding the Hispanic Leadership Fund,
Lopez was tapped to serve in the U.S. House of
Representatives as Executive Director of the
Congressional Hispanic Conference—a group of between
8-16 Hispanic and non-Hispanic Members of Congress
who together promoted legislation and policy that
sought to foster Hispanic prosperity through free
enterprise and traditional values. He implemented
communication and political strategies, focused
heavily on coalition building, messaging, and issue
management. He worked on issues like trade with
Latin America, Social Security, and immigration, as
well as topics pertaining to small businesses,
health care, tax reform, and education. He served as
liaison to the White House, executive branch
agencies, the private sector, and the public policy
communities. Lopez previously served on the Hispanic
Advisory Board for the Republican National
Committee, and was a presidential appointee for
George W. Bush. In his first post on Capitol Hill,
Lopez served as Deputy Director of Coalitions and
Outreach for House Republican Conference Chairman
J.C. Watts. He has been involved in campaigns in
California and Virginia. Born and raised in San
Diego, Lopez earned a bachelor’s degree in Political
Science with a minor in Philosophy the University of
San Diego. He is a graduate of The Fund for American
Studies’ Institute on Political Journalism, and
performed graduate work at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles in both Political
Science and the highly-regarded Master of
Professional Writing programs.
Mario Lopez will be
discussing crucial 1st Amendment victory for all
Americans. A U.S. District Court “ruled in favor of
Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s lawsuit
against California Attorney General Kamala Harris,
ruling that her demands for the Foundation to hand
over its list of members and supporters is
unconstitutional.”
As
Politico reports: “U.S. District Court Judge
Manuel Real issued a permanent injunction Thursday
barring Harris' office from requiring AFP to submit
the donor list.”
Mario Lopez: “This ruling is a triumph for the First
Amendment rights of all Americans, regardless of
political persuasion or party affiliation. Every
American has a Constitutional right to support and
associate with organizations free from threats or
reprisals by government.”
Mario Lopez and the Hispanic Leadership Fund
recently defended First Amendment freedoms in the
landmark election law case, Van Hollen v. Federal
Election Commission. The U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled
against attempts by U.S. Representative Chris Van
Hollen to force the Federal Election Commission to
unilaterally change its donor disclosure rules…The
Hispanic Leadership Fund previously filed, and the
court accepted, its motion to intervene as a
defendant in the case.
Mario Lopez: “We are glad that the Hispanic
Leadership Fund can be at the forefront of
protecting the First Amendment rights of our members
and all who seek to inform the American public about
political candidates and their positions on issues.
HLF will continue to oppose liberal attempts to
force federal courts to impose rules restricting
free speech.”
Koch-linked group scores legal victory over
California AG
A federal judge in Los Angeles has again shut down
California Attorney General Kamala Harris' drive to
obtain the donor list for Americans for Prosperity, an
influential political group funded by Charles and David
Koch.
U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real issued a permanent
injunction Thursday barring Harris' office from
requiring AFP to submit the donor list. And AFP may not
be considered deficient or delinquent in its filings
because it won't turn over the form, the judge said.
In
his ruling, Real said the California attorney
general's claims that she needed the information for
investigative purposes were dubious since officials
"virtually never" looked at donor information when
investigating nonprofit groups. The judge also said the
Kochs and other donors faced a real threat of harm
because of nearly 1,800 instances where the state
inadvertently disclosed donor lists, also known as
"Schedule B" filings, on a public website designed to
host other registration forms filed by charities and
other nonprofit organizations.
"The pervasive, recurring pattern of uncontained
Schedule B disclosures — a pattern that has persisted
even during this trial — is irreconcilable with the
Attorney General’s assurances and contentions as to the
confidentiality of Schedule Bs collected by the
Registry," Real wrote. "While the Attorney General will
have this Court believe that proper procedures are now
in place to prevent negligent disclosures of Schedule
Bs, the Court is unconvinced."
Harris' office quickly said it plans to appeal the
ruling.
"We are disappointed in Judge Real's ruling and intend
to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals," said
Kristen Ford, a spokeswoman for the attorney general.
"The filing of the Schedule B is a long-standing
requirement that has helped Attorneys General for more
than a decade protect taxpayers against fraud.”
The requirement for non-profit groups to submit their
donor lists to the state, just as they do to the
Internal Revenue Service, has been on the books for
years.
However, Real said it had not been consistently
enforced. The judge also said that during a six-day
bench trial held in February and March he heard
extensive testimony about threats of violence against
the Kochs, their families and others associated with AFP
— threats the judge said would be fueled by collection
and release of the donor information.
"The Court ... heard from Mark Holden, General Counsel
for Koch Industries, who testified that Charles and
David Koch, two of AFP’s most high-profile associates,
have faced threats, attacks, and harassment, including
death threats. ... Not only have these threats been made
to the Koch brothers because of their ties with AFP, but
death threats have also been made against their
families, including their grandchildren," the judge
wrote. "Although the Attorney General correctly points
out that such abuses are not as violent or pervasive as
those encountered in NAACP v. Alabama or other cases
from that era, this Court is not prepared to wait until
an AFP opponent carries out one of the numerous death
threats made against its members."
Real's ruling comes about four months after a federal
appeals court
overturned earlier, preliminary injunctions in the
case. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals said the judge was correct to have issued a
preliminary order barring disclosure of the donor
information by the state, but should not have barred the
state from collecting the information in the first
place. The appeals court ruling technically applied only
to Real's preliminary orders, so it did not directly
prohibit him from issuing the order he released
Thursday.
Real said that decision and
an earlier one from the 9th Circuit let stand the
general policy requiring submission of donor lists, but
left the door open to challenges from individual groups
able to show that their donors would be intimidated or
chilled by the process. The judge said AFP had done just
that.
Real was nominated to the bench by President Lyndon
Johnson in 1966 and confirmed that year.
UPDATE (Thursday, 5:39 P.M.): This post has been updated
with comment from the AG's office and more background on
the California filing requirements.
