IN THE NEWS--YOUTH GENDER TRANSITION IS PUSHED WITHOUT EVIDENCE--LETTER SIGNED BY 21 CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS FROM 9 COUNTRIES

Youth Gender Transition Is Pushed Without Evidence----This is the full text of the editorial; link to the publication is below:

As experienced professionals involved in direct care for the rapidly growing numbers of gender-diverse youth, the evaluation of medical evidence or both, we were surprised by the Endocrine Society’s claims about the state of evidence for gender-affirming care for youth (Letters, July 5). Stephen Hammes, president of the Endocrine Society, writes, “More than 2,000 studies published since 1975 form a clear picture: Gender-affirming care improves the well-being of transgender and gender-diverse people and reduces the risk of suicide.” This claim is not supported by the best available evidence.

Every systematic review of evidence to date, including one published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, has found the evidence for mental-health benefits of hormonal interventions for minors to be of low or very low certainty. By contrast, the risks are significant and include sterility, lifelong dependence on medication and the anguish of regret. For this reason, more and more European countries and international professional organizations now recommend psychotherapy rather than hormones and surgeries as the first line of treatment for gender-dysphoric youth.

Dr. Hammes’s claim that gender transition reduces suicides is contradicted by every systematic review, including the review published by the Endocrine Society, which states, “We could not draw any conclusions about death by suicide.” There is no reliable evidence to suggest that hormonal transition is an effective suicide-prevention measure.

This letter is signed by 21 clinicians and researchers from nine countries.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trans-gender-affirming-care-transition-hormone-surgery-evidence-c1961e27

THOSE CLIMATE ACTIVISTS AGAIN---GLUED THEMSELVES TO RUNWAYS, FLIGHTS CANCELLED

Flights cancelled at German airports after climate activists glue themselves to runways--Story by James Jackson • 9h ago-----Protesters broke through a security fence and glued their hands to the tarmac - Social media© Provided by The Telegraph--Climate activists glued themselves to runways in major German airports on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights. MORE AT Flights cancelled at German airports after climate activists glue themselves to runways (msn.com)

NO BAMBOO PLANTING! BANNED IN THIS WESTCHESTER TOWN

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Bamboo Planting Banned In This Westchester Town After Complaints From Residents

If you were looking to add bamboo to your backyard, you may be flat out of luck if you live in the Westchester town that just banned residents from doing so following several complaints.

READ MORE AT Bamboo Planting Banned In This Westchester Town After Complaints From Residents | Cortlandt Daily Voice

CONGRATULATIONS ALEX MASHENKO

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Congratulations to Alex Mashenko, this year’s recipient of the Charles J Ellison Memorial Scholarship! Charles passed away in 2017 at the age of 20, after an 8-month battle with brain cancer

By Croton On Hudson Emergency Medical Services
July 9, 2023Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

Charles was passionate about volunteering for Croton EMS and we established this Scholarship to honor Charles and to reward graduating seniors who show similar passion and dedication toward Croton EMS.

Alex joined Croton EMS about a year ago and has volunteered over 125 hours through his active participation in our training sessions, rig checks, parades, and other events. He will be attending the University of Hartford in the Fall, pursuing a degree in Nursing. We look forward to having him volunteer with us during breaks and summer vacations.  SEE PHOTO AT Congratulations to Alex Mashenko, this year’s recipient of the Charles J Ellison Memorial Scholarship! Charles passed away in 2017 at the age of 20, after an 8-month battle with brain cancer - Croton On Hudson Volunteer EMS (crotonemsinc.org)

JUNE 1927 GLORIA SWANSON LEAVES CROTON FOR HOLLYWOOD

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JUNE 1927 GLORIA SWANSON LEAVES CROTON FOR HOLLYWOOD---CLICK ON THE IMAGE FROM SCREENLAND

For those who don't know, Swanson was one of the village's most notable residents; click here.

EXAMINER NEWS----PUTNAM LEGISLATURE SUPPORTS PROHIBITING TEMPORARY SHELTERS

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Putnam Legislature Supports Prohibiting Temporary Shelters--July 13, 2023--Rick Pezzullo--The Putnam County Legislature last week overwhelmingly supported expanding a current homeless shelters law that would prohibit the temporary housing of asylum seekers.

The 7-1 vote on July 5 expectedly followed a June 21 thumbs up from the Legislature’s Rules, Enactments and Intergovernmental Relations Committee that backed the proposal made by County Executive Kevin Byrne.

On May 22, Byrne issued State of Emergency Declaration and Corresponding Executive Orders in response to New York City’s efforts to relocate asylum seekers to Hudson Valley counties without proper coordination with local municipalities.

The executive orders attached to Byrne’s emergency declaration gave Putnam the flexibility to re-direct county resources to enforce sanitary code, as well as directs hotels, motels and those with temporary residency permits not to accept migrants and asylum seekers from New York City, essentially transforming them into homeless shelters absent a shared services agreement with Putnam County. MORE AT Putnam Legislature Supports Prohibiting Temporary Shelters | The Examiner News

W. EUGENE SMITH, THE LIFE AND WORK OF AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER

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Just finished reading a very thorough book by Jim Hughes about Croton photographer W. Eugene Smith. (AVAILABLE ON AMAZON)

For those who don't know----
FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM E.SMITH A.K.A. W. EUGENE SMITH--lived in Croton in the late 1950's....he was an American photojournalist and has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay."[ His major photo essays include World War II photographs, the dedication of an American country doctor and a nurse midwife, the clinic of Albert Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa, the city of Pittsburgh, etc.  Here's an interesting article from 2012: Reminiscences of W. Eugene Smith, 1956---read more at https://www.haroldfeinstein.com/reminiscences-of-w-eugene-smith/

YOU MAY MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: CONTINUING OUR VERY POPULAR SERIES--THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER---#15

NEWSWEEK---THERE IS ONLY MALE AND FEMALE---WOMEN PAY THE PRICE WHEN WE PRETEND OTHERWISE

There Is Only Male and Female. Women Pay the Price When We Pretend Otherwise | Opinion--Opinion by Carrie Lukas • Yesterday 5:25 PM

What is a "woman"? That question, the title of a now well-known documentary, has stumped Supreme Court justices and prime ministers alike. The reason for the confusion stems, perhaps, from society's conflation of the terms "sex" and "gender." MORE AT There Is Only Male and Female. Women Pay the Price When We Pretend Otherwise | Opinion (msn.com)

FOR THOSE WITH AN INTEREST THE WOMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS PETITION IS AT The Women's Bill of Rights (womensbillofrights.com)

BUBBIES KOSHER DILL PICKLES AT SUPER FOODTOWN OF CROTON

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THE BEST KOSHER DILL PICKLES EVER---a taste of the Bronx and the Lower East Side! Bubbies---click on the photo. Available at SUPER FOODTOWN.