I have a friend who did a month of 'rehab' at Lifeline in Vancouver. He was threatened with dismissal because i had loaned him my copy of Material Girls, and that was 'transphobic'. He was also told to comply with the pronoun demands of an employee who wished to be considered a 'man'. Now, he's been blacklisted by Cascade Aids Project and denied housing assistance as a gay man with HIV - they are focusing almost exclusively on trans cases and half the office is trans.
The harm that is being done in the name of inclusiveness, especially in regards to transgender, is mind boggling. It has slithered its tentacles into every institution. Protecting the vulnerable has gone out the window.
As a teacher, I am really alarmed by the promotion of transgender in the schools. Yes, it's important to be inclusive, but it seems -- at least in Los Angeles -- there is an agenda to almost encourage kids to be trans or bi with all kinds of books on the shelves that speak about this (meanwhile we are not allowed to teach To Kill a Mockingbird).
I sent a copy of your article to Hazelden asking them "is this true?". I'll be happy to share if I get a response. I had a college class in 1980 that required several trips to Hazelden, Center City.. I think the second location in CA was just started/starting? I think Betty would roll over in her grave if she knew this was what Hazelden was now.
Iris, another great and humorous article from you about the serious matter of safeguarding girls and women in what is supposed to be a health residential program!
How can this even be legal, even if it is privately run. I would sure file a complaint with whatever public agency licenses private residential programs, as I'm sure there must be some regulatory body that oversees private programs. If not, i hope you will let your members of Congress know this private program is endangering to girls, providing the Loudon County high school bathroom rapist as an example.
There may be other examples on Facebook's "This Never Happens" page, that its owner could direct you to.
There was the news story of the young man who raped a young deaf woman at a Vancouver(?) homeless shelter around 15-20 years ago, that the This Never Happens page owner could direct you to.
It is shocking how an organization as strict as Hazelden was with you has now done such a dangerous about-face regarding protecting girl's and women's safety to such an extreme degree. Do their website statement mean that males and females might end up in the same bedroom, even, within their suite?
Finally, I would like to offer info about a wonderful online support group that I saw many people struggling with addictions do well with and rave about. Perhaps the girl in your life would find it helpful until she can find a more intensive program. Or maybe this would be enough, with the help of private counseling. It's called Unity Recovery. It's free, and it also has a youth-only group (adult-facilitated.) It welcomes people who attend all kinds of programs or none. In the adult groups, there are many 12-steppers, and also people unaffiliated with any other program. They have a simple format I found exceptionally cathartic and helpful, as did many others. Many people spoke in awe of how much more help they got from the Unity groups than any other support groups or programs they'd attended.
I'll go grab the link and post it below.
I'm so glad you are looking out for her, and knew to check the Hazelden website for living arrangement safety details, which it turned out aren't safe at all!
So,what does everyone suggest for changing things? The longer we wait the worse it will get. I already write letters to companies, to Representatives, to anyone and everyone I can. Emails and physical letters. I demand responses. I talk with people I know...BUT...
I have 6 grandchildren and I am so upset to think that someone like Dylan Mukvany getting a hold of them. How does one protect children? How does one make sure they grow into their best? I talk to them, I discuss things on their level...6mos to 14½. But now you have California saying to bring or send children to CA and they'll make sure they'll get the surgery they "need". HELP.
I have a friend who did a month of 'rehab' at Lifeline in Vancouver. He was threatened with dismissal because i had loaned him my copy of Material Girls, and that was 'transphobic'. He was also told to comply with the pronoun demands of an employee who wished to be considered a 'man'. Now, he's been blacklisted by Cascade Aids Project and denied housing assistance as a gay man with HIV - they are focusing almost exclusively on trans cases and half the office is trans.
The harm that is being done in the name of inclusiveness, especially in regards to transgender, is mind boggling. It has slithered its tentacles into every institution. Protecting the vulnerable has gone out the window.
As a teacher, I am really alarmed by the promotion of transgender in the schools. Yes, it's important to be inclusive, but it seems -- at least in Los Angeles -- there is an agenda to almost encourage kids to be trans or bi with all kinds of books on the shelves that speak about this (meanwhile we are not allowed to teach To Kill a Mockingbird).
I sent a copy of your article to Hazelden asking them "is this true?". I'll be happy to share if I get a response. I had a college class in 1980 that required several trips to Hazelden, Center City.. I think the second location in CA was just started/starting? I think Betty would roll over in her grave if she knew this was what Hazelden was now.
Iris, another great and humorous article from you about the serious matter of safeguarding girls and women in what is supposed to be a health residential program!
How can this even be legal, even if it is privately run. I would sure file a complaint with whatever public agency licenses private residential programs, as I'm sure there must be some regulatory body that oversees private programs. If not, i hope you will let your members of Congress know this private program is endangering to girls, providing the Loudon County high school bathroom rapist as an example.
There may be other examples on Facebook's "This Never Happens" page, that its owner could direct you to.
There was the news story of the young man who raped a young deaf woman at a Vancouver(?) homeless shelter around 15-20 years ago, that the This Never Happens page owner could direct you to.
It is shocking how an organization as strict as Hazelden was with you has now done such a dangerous about-face regarding protecting girl's and women's safety to such an extreme degree. Do their website statement mean that males and females might end up in the same bedroom, even, within their suite?
Finally, I would like to offer info about a wonderful online support group that I saw many people struggling with addictions do well with and rave about. Perhaps the girl in your life would find it helpful until she can find a more intensive program. Or maybe this would be enough, with the help of private counseling. It's called Unity Recovery. It's free, and it also has a youth-only group (adult-facilitated.) It welcomes people who attend all kinds of programs or none. In the adult groups, there are many 12-steppers, and also people unaffiliated with any other program. They have a simple format I found exceptionally cathartic and helpful, as did many others. Many people spoke in awe of how much more help they got from the Unity groups than any other support groups or programs they'd attended.
I'll go grab the link and post it below.
I'm so glad you are looking out for her, and knew to check the Hazelden website for living arrangement safety details, which it turned out aren't safe at all!
Edit: It turns out their isn't a youth group, or their isn't one anymore. They have a family group. I don't know if it allows youth. Here's the link: https://unityrecovery.org/digital-recovery-meetings
So,what does everyone suggest for changing things? The longer we wait the worse it will get. I already write letters to companies, to Representatives, to anyone and everyone I can. Emails and physical letters. I demand responses. I talk with people I know...BUT...
I have 6 grandchildren and I am so upset to think that someone like Dylan Mukvany getting a hold of them. How does one protect children? How does one make sure they grow into their best? I talk to them, I discuss things on their level...6mos to 14½. But now you have California saying to bring or send children to CA and they'll make sure they'll get the surgery they "need". HELP.