Reposted by pixie riot
[concert]
singer: (shouting) i can’t hear you
me: (shouting back) it’s because of the music
pixie riot
@mspixieriot.bsky.social
507 followers 591 following 178 posts
they/them queer neurodivergent ttrpg illustrator & maker of things. nebulous gender miasma, mythical creature, and emotional support dungeon master. mspixieriot.com
![Excerpt from Them.us article by the author, linked in first post in this thread:
Casting a shadow over the document’s release is Brian Christine, an Alabama urologist nominated last month to become HHS’ assistant secretary of health — the position formerly held by Dr. Rachel Levine. As the Washington Post reported this week, Christine has been an advocate of “corrective care” for trans youth for years, pushing against medical care in favor of talk therapy and “pastoral care,” a type of religious Christian counseling.
“Give them good counsel and pastoral care, and the vast majority of these kids are happy in their skin by their late teens,” Christine, a Catholic, said during a podcast appearance in 2023, apparently referencing long-debunked claims that a large number of trans youth will later “desist” and regret medically transitioning.
Christine is also a COVID-19 conspiracist who, per the Post, pushed against COVID vaccine mandates and claimed that the pandemic was “weaponized” by the government to destroy small businesses. His nomination for HHS has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, but a hearing had not been scheduled at time of writing.
[Inset: a link to another article, with an image of speakers at a rally standing behind a trans flag printed with the words "Protect trans kids." Headline: "Trump Administration Announces Special Investigative Team to Root Out Trans Athletes" Subhed: "The Title IX Special Investigations Team is a collaboration between the Departments of Education and Justice."]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w4jrt437icvztjsl42oh46mt/bafkreibcwwsfmz3m3zip6zyvovcqqxdtaimq54ws34ybx7mdwu6ptd57dq)
