Younger Family Transgender Child Controversy
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Overview
Younger Family Transgender Child Controversy is a controversy surrounding the gender identity of a 7-year-old child, whose mother, Anne Georgulas, claims is transgender and prefers the name Luna. The father has disputed the claim, stating that the child wants to be a boy and is named James.
Background
On July 2nd, 2018, Dallas resident Anne Georgulas filed a petition to modify the parent-child relationship against her ex-husband Jeffrey Damon Younger. The requested modification concerned a 5-year-old, who Georgulas was convinced was transgender. Georgulas required consent from the child's father, Jeffrey Younger, who believed the child's gender identity was their assigned sex at birth.[1]
Before November 7th, 2018, Jeffrey Younger launched the Save James website to share certain details of the case, claimed that Georgulas was intending for the child to undergo "chemical castration at age 8" and requested support.[20] On August 6th, Save James YouTube channel uploaded a video in which the child responded to several gender-related questions.
On November 26th, 2016, the conservative online magazine The Federalist[2] reported on the legal battle between Younger and Georgulas, with additional media outlets reporting on the case in the following days.[3][4]
On October 21st, 2019, following several days of hearings, a Dallas jury ruled 11-1 against the father, granting sole authority of the 7-year-old to Georgulas, including any medical and psychological decisions concerning the child. On the same day, The Texan and several other news outlets reported on the decision.[5]
Online Reactions
Following the coverage of the case in November 2018, a number of discussions of the case were started online, with some users also posting memes about the case. For example, a November 28th, 2018, tweet by @ChristusPatriot gained over 3,700 retweets and 3,300 likes in three days (shown below, left).[6] A December 5th I'll Take Your Entire Stock meme referencing Younger's claims that Georgulas intended the child to undergo irreversible procedures received over 2,400 likes on Instagram in one month (shown below, right).[7]
Following reports on the jury ruling on October 21st, multiple deep iFunny made posts about the case and the decision, with some calling for review bombing Anne Gourgalas' pediatrician practice on Google (examples shown below).[8][9][10][11] As of October 24th, Gourgalas' practice was rated at 1.7 out of 5 stars, although the recent reviews were unavailable.[12]
On October 24th, 2019, The Washington Post reported on the case,[19] with the article stating that Jeffrey Younger's claims about "chemical castration" were false and that a decision to use puberty blockers might be made between ages 10 and 13.
#ProtectJamesYounger
On October 22nd, The Daily Wire writer Matt Walsh launched #ProtectJamesYounger hashtag, calling for the attention of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the US Senator Ted Cruz.[13][14] In the following days, the hashtag reached trends on Twitter, with Ted Cruz,[15] Donald Trump Jr.[16] and political commentator Steven Crowder[17] using the hashtag in their tweets.
On October 23rd, 2019, Greg Abbott tweeted that the case was being looked into the Texas Attorney General's Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.[18]
Search Interest
External References
[1] Save James – Younger vs. Georgulas
[2] The Federalist – Mom Dresses Six-Year-Old Son As Girl, Threatens Dad With Losing His Son For Disagreeing
[3] The Daily Wire – Mom Says 6-Year-Old Son Is Transgender. Dad Disagrees. Now He Might Lose His Son.
[4] Townhall – Mother Claims Son Identifies as a Girl, Father Disagrees in Texas Custody Battle
[5] The Texan – UPDATED: Dallas Jury Grants Mother Sole Custody of Purported Transgender Child
[6] Twitter – @ChristusPatriot's Tweet
[7] Instagram – humanity.gone24's Tweet
[8] iFunny – Cavalier's Post
[9] iFunny – Creative_Codes' Post
[10] iFunny – BoomerThor's Post
[11] iFunny – Zaoist's Post
[12] Google – Dr. Anne Georgulas MD,,,
[13] Twitter – @MattWalshBlog's Tweet
[14] Twitter – @MattWalshBlog's Tweet
[15] Twitter – @SenTedCruz' Tweet
[16] Twitter – @DonaldJTrumpJr's Tweet
[17] Twitter – @scrowder's Tweet
[18] Twitter – @GregAbbott_TX' Tweet
[19] Washington Post – A Texas man says his 7-year-old isn’t transgender. Now his custody fight has reached the governor’s office.
[20] Save James (via Wayback Machine) – Father fights Chemical Castration and Sex-change of His Seven-year-old Son
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