Transgender Kid, Parent & Pediatrician Speak Out | Van Meter, Brewer, Keffler | The Dr J Show ep 133
May 20, 2022
Maria Keffler is a co-founder of International Partners for Ethical Care, which seeks to halt the unethical medicalization of children for profit. She is also a co-founder of the Arlington Parent Coalition, a watchdog group in Arlington, VA, which works to safeguard parents’ rights and children’s safety in public education. An author, speaker, and teacher with a background in educational psychology, Ms. Keffler has fought to protect children from unethical activism and dangerous policies around sexuality and transgender ideology since 2018. She lives in Arlington, Virginia (USA), with her husband and three teenage children.
Erin Brewer developed a trans identity in first grade. She did everything she could to be a boy. Her teacher sent her to the school psychologist for assessment because her behavior was concerning. Thankfully the school psychologist did not affirm her, instead she came up with a plan for her mother and teacher to help Erin manage her difficult feelings. It took years for Erin’s trans identity to resolve but she is thankful that she got the help she needed to address the underlying cause of her trans identity rather than being told she was born in the wrong body and inherently flawed.
Erin grew up in Salt Lake City and earned a B.S. from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has a Doctorate in Instructional Technology and Learning Science from Utah State University. Erin shares her deeply personal story to help others understand the damage that is being done to our children by the transgender movement.
Quentin Van Meter, MD, FCP, President of the American College of Pediatricians, served 20 years in the Navy Medical Corps, including serving as Pediatric Department Chairman at the Naval Hospital in Oakland. After the Navy, he joined a multi-specialty private practice as a pediatrician. Since 2003, he has been practicing pediatric endocrinology and is actively involved in clinical research with growth hormone, novel insulins, and GnRH agonists. Dr. Van Meter has a long history of advocacy for children through his leadership in the American Academy of Pediatrics. He grew continually frustrated by the political bent of the National AAP and has continued his advocacy role with the American College of Pediatricians as an organization that actually works for children and their families by strengthening the role of the family. He has spoken around the world on the subject of transgender children. His experience began at Johns Hopkins in the 1970’s with Dr. John Money and he has seen the travesty of continued experimentation on children evolve since then.
Additional Resources
American College of Pediatricians
Advocates Protecting Children Blog
APC’s Common Sense Care
Erin’s YouTube channel
Maria Keffler’s book “Desist, Detrans, & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of The Gender Cult“
Erin Brewer’s book “Always Erin“
K-5th grade curriculum, “God Created Them Male and Female” free download
Maria Keffler previously on the Dr J Show
Erin Brewer previously on the Dr J Show, One and Two
Dr. Quentin Van Meter previously on The Dr J Show
Fr. Paul Sullins talks about SOCE research on the Dr J Show
About the Ruth Institute
The Ruth Institute is a global non-profit organization, leading an international interfaith coalition to defend the family and build a civilization of love.
Jennifer Roback Morse has a Ph.D. in economics and has taught at Yale and George Mason University. She is the author of The Sexual State and Love and Economics – It Takes a Family to Raise a Village.
To get more information or schedule an interview with Dr. Morse, contact media@ruthinstitute.org.
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