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Nailed it.

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Yes, parents who haven't got on the affirmation train, tweeting out pictures of their son in a bikini like that judge in California who ruled against the dad saying he just wanted his son to slow down and get proper treatment for some other issues, are erased. Also the ex-wives. I just found out a new trans widow memoir will come out on Oct. 6; 18 Months by Shannon Thrace. The DARVO narrative is so obvious: deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. The fact that you recognize how brittle and breakable your daughter's art and self-expression are will help you to focus on your own well-being. Women's Declaration International YouTube channel just put up an interview with me, in which I outline the DARVO involvement of the mental health practitioners, who claimed that I broke up our family, by not trying to change my sexual orientation (btw, lesbians don't find these guys attractive either) and I was unwilling to live in a sexless marriage after the years of deceit. The asks from this cult are just so outrageous. Keep strong, Denton! The YT video title is the same as I sign here.

Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (simply google this)

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Thanks Ute, just watched your interview piece on YouTube, well done to you for keeping it together so well and so clearly what you've been through. I was also struck by your phrase "by not trying to change my sexual orientation" which is obscenely arrogant and absurd (on the part of the mental health practitioners) and simultaneously shows how grown adults - not just the blue-haired teens - seem to conflate sexual orientation with gender identity. As if you can just choose on a daily basis what/who you are like that. As if switching sexual orientation for someone else "benefit" was as easy as simply declaring yourself genderfluid and deciding what gender you felt like you were today. I see DARVO played out daily, through every tier of the cult. They use it spectacularly well and it always anchors my understanding of the gender "movement" as a male abusers charter, worldwide

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We're seeing progress, which I find heartening, though it may not result in reunion in our own situations with offspring. I also recommend the hour long interview, A Fun and Friendly Chat with Dr. Az Hakeem on Arty Morty YT channel. Notable quote from the doctor, who conducts joint therapy groups with detransitioners and those who think they want the surgeries (independently, and at risk to his professional life) and often the detransitioners convince the neophytes that its not what they advertise. Our voices of experience, reason and logic in the face of indoctrination and coercion, do matter. Hakeem once asked me to write a chapter for his new book, but can't find a publisher. For analysis of the above listed interview,

uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com

Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)

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Correction: Shannon Thrace's memoir, 18 Months, will be out on Oct. 16.

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Your daughter is in a classic double bind, and that place is deeply disturbing. How can she back down when she is held by the cult? What a psychologically damaging state, and so unnecessary. I know you exist. I know you are her parent. I know you love her deeply. I see you as you are, and you are good. Dx

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Thanks Dave <3

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The more of us who tell the truth, the quicker our loved ones can return to their own minds.

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