By Kerby Anderson

While politicians and critics debate the merits of so-called “bathroom bills,” it might be worth considering what medical experts are saying about gender and sexuality. The American College of Pediatricians issued a temporary statement in March and will follow up with a full statement this summer. You can’t say they were guilty of burying their lead. The title of their statement was: “Gender Ideology Harms Children.”

Here are some of the eight points they make in their statement. Number 1: “Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait: XY and XX are genetic markers of health, not genetic markers of a disorder.

Number 2: “No one is born with a gender: Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender (an awareness and sense of oneself as male or female) is a sociological and psychological concept; not an objective biological one.”

Number 3: “A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking.” Number 4: “Puberty is not a disease and puberty-blocking hormones can be dangerous.”

Number 5: “According to the DSM-V, as many as 98% of gender confused boys and 88% of gender confused girls eventually accept their biological sex after naturally passing through puberty.”

Number 6: “Conditioning children into believing that a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse.”

This is strong stuff, especially when you consider that one of the authors is Dr. Paul McHugh (former psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital) who I have quoted in previous commentaries about transgender children. Before governors, legislators, and corporate heads debate these issues, perhaps they should consult what these medical experts are saying.