The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has produced a video that features Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, a biological man who identifies as a woman, interviewing self-described singer-songwriter and transgender activist Ryan Cassata.
Proponents of radical leftist gender ideology use the phrase "gender-affirming care" to refer to measures such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender-transition surgeries. Levine claimed that the phrase is "important" but that "opponents have weaponized it." He suggested that "gender-affirming care is healthcare," as well as "mental healthcare" and "suicide prevention care."
Levine said much of the "gender-affirming care" is carried out by "outstanding" children's hospitals in the U.S.
Cassata claimed that getting "top surgery" was life-saving. "Top surgery" is a euphemism for a mastectomy.
While Cassata claims to have no regrets about the procedure, other people who have pursued gender transition measures have later voiced regrets.
"I kind of feel a little bit mutilated and like an experiment gone wrong walking through society sometimes," one individual who underwent breast removal and took testosterone said, according to the Telegraph, "I feel, like, sometimes jealous of other people, women, who are biologically female. That they still have their natural voice, their natural characteristics. And I don't anymore," she said.
Levine, who is male, has previously claimed to be the "first female four-star officer of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps."
While Levine and others have been celebrating so-called Pride Month in June, HHS will apparently be celebrating for even longer as it celebrates a "Summer of Pride."
"All summer long we will be celebrating 'Summer of Pride' as HHS works to ensure a healthier future for ALL people living in the United States, during #pridemonth and beyond," HHS noted.
Summer of Pride | Episode 1: Transgender Health with Ryan Cassatawww.youtube.com
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