A May 2022 video of Admiral Rachel Levine of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps has recently gained renewed attention due to its calls to combat “misinformation” on social media platforms concerning transgender “medical interventions,” such as transgender hormone usage and surgery.
Levine spoke to the Federation of State Medical Boards through Zoom, which was recorded at the time.
“Now, I’d like to talk about misinformation,” Levine commented at the outset of the speech.
Levine then laid out the alleged “widespread harm” that so-called “misinformation” on COVID had on public health during the pandemic “enabled in part by technology and social media.”
However, Levine, a transgender female, then quickly shifted the conversation “beyond COVID-19” to advocacy for the availability and utilization of medical interventions for individuals who are transgender or have gender dysphoria.
“There is substantial misinformation about gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals,” Levine said. “We are in this nation facing an onslaught of anti-LGBTQI+ actions at the state levels across the United States.”
Calling these state actions “dangerous to the public health,” Levine claimed that state lawmakers are targeting and politicizing “evidenced-based treatments that should be considered the standard of care” for minors with gender dysphoria seeking medical interventions.
Levine then proclaimed that the “positive value” of these interventions is not in “scientific or medical dispute.”
The health official then called for physicians of all stripes to “work together to get our voices out in the front line” to defend these procedures.
Citing the power of the professional medical community’s advocacy to shape narratives and culture, Levine pressed for those in attendance to “use our clinicians’ voice to collectively advocate for our tech companies to create a healthier, cleaner information environment.”
In light of the recent release of internal Twitter company records and documents by new owner Elon Musk, which has highlighted how the social media giant allegedly censored and manipulated numerous public debates, Levine’s call for action has been met with derision.
Senior editor for the American Conservative, Rod Dreher, retweeted the video, commenting, “When fascism comes to America, it will be under the guises of Health and Safety.”
Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute, remarked, “Protip: what the government labels ‘misinformation’ you can generally just call ‘information.'”
Republican officeholders also weighed in on the video of Levine.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) chided that Levine’s calls for social media censorship were tantamount to government-controlled speech, tweeting, “Admiral [Levine] asserts ‘need’ for Ministry of Truth.”
The congressman then went on to argue that no medical intervention changes the sex chromosomes of a human.
“Nothing changes reality. Embrace the science,” declared Davidson.
I’m not sure if it is more harmful to society to have so-called ‘misinformation’ turn into censorship (freedom of speech across any platform that can be controlled in such a way), or the part where our younger generations are being enticed to join this LGBTQI++ rather than to figure it out for themselves what ‘gender’ they are. We’re all human, and everyone needs some help and guidance in life. Best of luck to all whom need to find out the truth about themselves!
The truth is there are two genders male and female. Check the science on that. It has not changed. The rest is supposition or feelings.
We need to treat mental illness early and this guy has severe mental problems.
Absolutely he has
the REAL MISINFORMATION is that “gender-affirming care” is [“evidenced-based]…. [not in “scientific or medical dispute.”]—- this is the lie, the propaganda of the activists. As a result, many children are being either MIS-DIAGNOSED and not receiving REAL CARE for their REAL needs.
Children and adults need to understand just because you feel a certain way having a sex change is not a cure x chromosomes will always be x it doesn’t change, we need to have more resource to assist them
Remember when Liberals were the champions of free speech ?
Gender dysphoria is a mental disorder.
The leftists and the lgbtq+ community’s response to fix a mental health issue is to throw medical solutions medicine meant for castration and surgery at it. The logical solution is to provide mental health care mental medicine and therapy.
If I have a mental illness like suicidal thoughts depression anxiety disorder eating disorder trauma addiction i dont feel like a girl or boy, the obvious solution is to find help therapy 12 step support groups almighty GOD and walk through the issues not just justify the feelings, find the root causes absolutely. You don’t just tell people with mental disorders hey, just go with those feelings go eat shoot yourself drink drug go punch someone. That’s the dumbest thing we can say. I don’t “feel” like a boy o ok let’s put you on hormones and cut off your privates. Those ideas are “a danger to public health” illogical and just plain ole Stupid!
He talked about misinformation. There is no scientific evidence that hormone blockers or gender mutilation of our children has “positive value” that’s his opinion. In fact there are dozens and dozens of people coming out stating that they went to a “clinician” talked about how they feel and within hours were prescribed hormone treatments. I’m sure there are many many more. That’s not helping in any way to solve the major mental health crisis of this nation.
Don’t stand there pretending to be a woman when you are not. Preaching teaching me or my children that it’s ok when you feel something and tell us it’s ok just run with it. When in fact you yourself have mental illness. I can prove it hey everyone look at me I’m a woman now, it’s called narcissisim.
What about the kid who looks like he’s going to max out at 5’4” and 125lbs but he identifies as a linebacker who’s 6’4” 245 lbs? Should he not be able to occupy the body he identifies with and start on massive quantities of growth hormone and testosterone?
At the end of the day there’s only two ways to solve this dilemma 1) medically intervene and allow all of our children access to plastic surgery and hormone therapy so they don’t have any lingering trauma from their childhood or 2) do what’s been done since the beginning of time and teach them to suck it up and play the hand they were dealt.
I was born on July 19th 1978. I was an infant male at birth, and now I’m a grown man at 44 years of age! If these people want you to believe that they are a different sex other than the one they were at birth. Then I want them to believe that I have a pet Unicorn, and that I party with Leprechauns on Saturday nights! This is nothing but a big embarrassment, associated by foolishness, and mental incompetence!
Maybe we can start using the word gender to mean a social construct for masculine and feminine behavior – and sex to mean male or female. That clarification might start narrowing and focusing the issue and make it clearer for discussion purposes. Gender is not sex.
It’s just like the Biden administration to hire a mental defective to an important position. Our government is now riddled with these people.