Heartbreaking Testimony: California Mother Explains How Daughter Was 'Murdered by Gender Ideology'By Jeff Charles
July 06, 2023
This mother’s story is the reason why folks like myself fight so hard against the effort to push transgender ideology on children. Despite the lies told by folks on the hard left, foisting “gender-affirming care” on kids and compelling their parents to go along with it has devastating and often irreversible consequences, including death.
Abigail Martinez, a grieving mother, shared her heart-wrenching testimony in front of a California Judiciary Senate hearing on Tuesday about the tragic loss of her daughter, Yaeli, who she believes was “murdered by gender ideology.” Martinez told the story about how Child Protective Services (CPS) took her daughter at the age of 16, with the support of her school counselor and an LGBTQ group, claiming she was abusive for not affirming Yaeli’s transgender identity:
My daughter was murdered by a gender ideology. CPS took my daughter when she was 16 years old. It was helped by her public school counselor and LGBTQ group [inaudible] and another trans-identified girl.
My daughter was taken from her loving home because the state of California claim I was abusive for not affirming her trans identity. I lost my daughter over a name and pronouns. Even after I promised to call her a male name, it wasn’t enough.
My daughter was not a boy trapped in a girl’s body. She had mental health issues. Against my consent, my daughter was given testosterone instead of therapy. The LGBTQ group used her to raise money for them. “Look at the poor reject trans boy,” they said.
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Martinez explained that the abuse claim against her was eventually dropped. Tragically, it came too late. “The damage was done. By then my daughter was in horrible mental and physical pain. My daughter knelt down in front of a train. She was murdered by gender ideology,” she said.
The mother then begged California lawmakers to “stop pushing gender ideology” and said she doesn’t “want any parent to feel what I feel every day.”
With stories like these, it is important that we use accurate language to describe what happened. The state of California did not simply “take” Martinez’s child. Agents of the state, likely with guns and badges, came to her home and kidnapped her child with the implied threat of physical violence, preventing her from doing anything about it.
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Source:
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/07/06/heartbreaking-testimony-california-mother-explains-how-daughter-was-murdered-by-gender-ideology-n772308
