In July 2025, this family ‘fled’ to New Zealand as they had ‘done their research’ and felt NZ was a better place to raise their son as a daughter, than Colorado.
Let’s be clear. Colorado is one of the most liberal states in the US, and they do not appear to be heeding President Trump’s Presidential Action on ‘Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation’. See below a list of alarming laws in Colorado that harm children.
“The day that Donald Trump returned to the White House and signed an executive order declaring there are only two genders, their fears crystallized into action.” - explain parents of the 9-year-old child they claim to be protecting.
Media: Weapon of mass mind-control
Did you notice at the end of the 9News story above, the presenters faces? And throughout the video, how many times the boy ‘son/he/him’ was called ‘daughter/she/her’?
Language changes when lies are spread through the media. It’s all a fabrication. If the media did not push the trans lie, we would not have the issues we’re facing.
Incorrect pronouns affirm lies. Don’t use them.
Tell a lie often enough, people will believe it to be the truth. Much news media is merely propaganda. The people who have not fallen for the TQ industry lies, usually stopped watching TV and mainstream news a long time ago.
What is ‘Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy’
“Imagine being a parent, caregiver, or loved one who does everything possible to ensure a child’s wellbeing. Now, imagine someone intentionally harming that child for attention, sympathy, or praise. This is Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP).
This mental health disorder leads caregivers to harm their child or exaggerate symptoms for personal gain deliberately. It’s not only dangerous but also incredibly difficult to detect, often hidden beneath a veil of love and devotion.” - Mum Central AU
Is this story about the child, or is it about the mother? Watch the video again. Decide for yourself.
She UPROOTED THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY from one of the most liberal states in the USA, to come to NZ.
At the end of the story, the reporter says the child “carried a lot of emotions about moving - (he) knew the family moved because of (him).” That’s one heck of an emotional load to burden a child with.
Tip for this mum - please research the most important topic
Mum Candace said she had ‘done a lot of research’ before they decided to move to NZ. Meaning, she thought that NZ would give her the best chance of medicating and changing her boy into a girl (or pretending to), without the community making her feel bad for it. She likely had been in touch with agencies like InsideOut and Gender Minorities Aotearoa (who help with USA migration applications by the way).
If this mum had done her research into THE BEST HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR HER SON, she would know that the best way to parent him is to love and support him through his apparent identity crisis, to not hyper focus on it, to encourage him to look around him and enjoy his childhood, allow him to grow naturally into his perfectly male body and encourage him to be the boy he is. Effeminate or masculine, he is a boy. No medication, name change, or surgery will change this.
Research tip 1: Look to credible studies
The USA Govt Human Health Services Report on Treatment For Paediatric Gender Dysphoria was first published in May this year, 2 months prior to this family arriving in NZ. The final version was released last week.
“The “gender-affirming” model of care includes irreversible endocrine and surgical interventions on minors with no physical pathology. These interventions carry risk of significant harms including infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret, and there has been inadequate research into the frequency and severity of these harms. Meanwhile, systematic reviews of the evidence have revealed deep uncertainty about the purported benefits of these interventions. - HHS Report: Treatment For Paediatric Gender Dysphoria
If she had done her research she would have be relieved to read this report and stop catastrophising. Nothing needs to be done!
She would have found out the her son’s distress (if he is in distress, the news stories don’t focus on that) is likely a phase he’ll grow out of. No medication or surgeries, are required. She would have realised that he can live a healthy life with his body in tact. Her son may grow to be heterosexual or homosexual, but he’s a male and no intervention can change that. If she had done her homework, she’d be so relieved. And she’d probably feel a bit silly for ‘fleeing’ to New Zealand, and head back home to their network in Colorado.
Research tip 2: Listen to detransitioners and save your son from a world of pain
Family First recently shared the first two detransitioner stories to go public in NZ. Watch Issy and Zara. There are many worldwide. Their voices are very important and parents considering sending their child through the ‘gender affirming care’ route must look.
The background - see our earlier story on this family
Protect Kids Colorado
We are truly disturbed that this family thinks NZ is better than Colorado for getting access to puberty blockers and funnelling their son down the path of irreversible harm - that will not turn him into a girl.
Protect Kids Colorado is a grassroots parent-led organisation like Let Kids Be Kids, who are working tirelessly to protect children. Founder Erin Lee has listed all of the current Colorado laws that strip parental rights and harm children here.
Penny Marie on puberty blockers: The Platform
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