The following is an interview with the eminent Dr. Miriam Grossman, an accomplished child and adolescent psychiatrist, author, and expert on sexual health. Dr. Grossman agreed to take time out from her busy schedule recently to discuss her new book, Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness, and to share some of her thoughts about the incalculable harm being done to young people by the transgender lobby and comprehensive sex education (CSE) in the schools.

Education Reporter: We began by asking Dr. Grossman about some of the key takeaways from Lost in Trans Nation, as we have only recently learned of her new book and have not yet reviewed it Education Reporter Online.

Dr. Grossman: Children are being indoctrinated with false ideas that have no basis in science or medicine; the idea of being born in the “wrong body,” that a person’s identity and feelings are primary, and that biology can be dismissed as irrelevant or immaterial.

A dangerous outgrowth of this propaganda is the idea that it’s “normal” to reject your body, and to avail yourself of medical interventions that will then “align your body with your feelings.” This is a belief system that is not based in science.

Another key takeaway is that there is no evidence these medical interventions benefit young people in the long term. We have evidence that they harm young people, but no evidence that they actually help young people. In fact, a young person’s mental health may get much worse after these so-called transitioning procedures. And we have doctors and surgeons that are performing permanently disfiguring interventions on kids who are not capable of fully understanding what they are doing.

Education Reporter: How do you solve the conundrum of creating parental awareness about this dangerous disregard for science in favor of ideology and how can we encourage the parental involvement that has been increasing in recent years?

Dr. Grossman: It has been very frustrating because I warned parents in 2009 when we published You’re Teaching My Child WHAT?. That’s a long time ago. And the book did not get the attention it deserved. It’s out in paperback now and still not getting the attention it deserves. I’m writing, I’m doing interviews; I’ve participated in lots of documentaries. I’m grateful that the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles are paying attention to my work and helping to publicize it.

I will say that my current book, Lost in Trans Nation, is getting quite a bit of attention from the conservative world. I worked with Jordan Peterson and more than three million people have watched that podcast. I’ve interviewed with Matt Walsh; and Megyn Kelly has been fantastic. These folks have a wide audience, and this [exposure] is saving kids; saving families.

Education Reporter: What is your opinion on the homeschooling movement? Do you think the growth will help stem the tide of leftwing ideology including the transgender madness?

Dr. Grossman: I think homeschooling is really ideal. Parents have a constitutional right to direct the education of their children, and when you send your child to a government school, a public school, and there are also many parochial schools that cannot be trusted, you are often — though not always — putting your child into the hands of activists who are committed to changing society, and sex education itself is about changing society.

Take SIECUS, for example, which changed its name recently and is now called “Sex Ed for Social Change,” so they’re not hiding anything. They’re being perfectly clear that their goal is to change society. And society has changed massively since modern sex education began in 1964 with the creation of SIECUS by Dr. Mary Calderone, who was the president of Planned Parenthood. She had seed money from Hugh Hefner of Playboy Magazine. The goal at that time was the sexualization of society and the rejection of Judeo-Christian values. And they have succeeded.

Education Reporter: The New Jersey NEA chapter held a convention this fall during which one of the highlights was a performance by drag queens. Another feature was an attack on parents whom they accused of “book banning” because parents want pornographic books removed from the schools, as though that’s a bad thing. These people are the teachers who are influencing our kids every day, and this New Jersey group is hardly an outlier. Can you comment on that?

Dr. Grossman: Parents just need to realize that if they don’t wake up to this they are going to pay a price. Sometimes it is an extremely high price. Kids that are recruited into the transgender ideology not infrequently become estranged from their families—completely estranged.

All I can say is that for complacency and ignorance and closing your eyes to these issues — there’s a price to be paid. The kids I see in my office right now who have gender distress; some of them weren’t even born when I wrote my book, You’re Teaching My Child WHAT? with the chapter warning parents about gender ideology. And parents say to me “I didn’t know.”

Parents need to be proactive. I have an entire chapter and appendix in my new book so that parents will understand what’s going on in the schools. Many schools have a policy of keeping secret from the parents the child’s gender issues if that’s what the child wants. The child may be 10 years old and the school puts that child in the driver’s seat, and he or she can pick a new name and new pronouns and can use the opposite-sex bathroom. If the child then comes to the principal or the guidance counselor and says “I don’t want my parents to know,” then the parents are going to be kept in the dark.

Education Reporter: How can we help you?

Dr. Grossman: There is a printable form on my website that parents can download for free, print out, fill out, and give to the principal of their child’s school. This form puts the school on notice that the family prohibits any new name or new pronouns, and that the family does not permit the child to be exposed to these ideas, whether in a class, in an assembly, a club, or through a visitor’s talk. It makes clear that the parents do not allow their child to participate in any of it, and that if the child is exposed, they will hold the school responsible for any damages.

My website offers much in addition that people can learn, and provides easy access to Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist's Guide Out of the Madness and You're Teaching My Child WHAT?: A Physician Exposes the Lies of Sex Ed and How They Harm Your Child. Both books are available as audiobooks, and I narrated Lost in Trans Nation myself.

We are pleased to provide the link to the landing page of Dr. Grossman’s website Miriam Grossman MD. A link to the form she describes is readily available so parents can access it for themselves and pass it on to others. We are also providing a direct link here: Sample Parental Notice.

NOTE: Education Reporter reviewed You’re Teaching My Child WHAT? in its October 2023 issue.

Bio: Miriam Grossman MD is board certified in psychiatry and in the sub-specialty of child and adolescent psychiatry. Her practice currently focuses on gender-distressed young people and their parents. She believes every child is born in the right body, and has been vocal about the capture of her profession by ideologues, leading to dangerous and experimental treatments on children and betrayal of parents.

The author of five books, Dr. Grossman's work has been translated into eleven languages. She has testified in Congress and lectured at the British House of Lords and the United Nations. She is featured in the Daily Wire’s What Is A Woman?, Fox Nation’s The Miseducation of America, and many other documentaries. Her expert psychiatric opinion is sought for witness testimony and court reports.

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