Had to look that up; Tolkien isn’t my particular fandom.
That said, the description tracks…
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I was thinking of Ungoliant, in fact, but didn’t want to assume everyone knew the Silmarillion. 
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Let’s not forget that Tennessee’s governor and legislature continue to ignore a real crisis in the Department of Children’s Services because they’re more interested in attacking LGBTQ people.
And with their silence they offer support for violence.
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Ironically, from about the same time period:
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[ETA] I missed this when it aired, but one of the local news shows covered Senate Bill 140:
Part 2 will air tomorrow and I will post it here when it is up.
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The dilemma is more acute if the person seeking care is a child or adolescent. This is the complex and difficult challenge that specialists in gender dysphoria must master to provide the best possible care to young people. John Launer describes the hostility and criticism that colleagues experienced at London’s Tavistock Clinic in striving “to make the best decisions they could in a situation where evidence was thin and the politics noisy” (doi:10.1136/bmj.p477).1
I am going to disagree with this part of the statement. It is almost never “experts” who deal with these issues on the front end, it is the PCPs who are hassled, harried and overscheduled. I have had to make myself familiar with the ins and outs of embryology as it affects sexual development, psychology and politics of trans as well as anti-trans folks, and resources available for this population in a not-too-terribly trans friendly area. I would point out that this is an area that was not even brought up when I was in training other than a brief mention when talking about psychiatric disorders. By the time most of my patients get to a specialist, they have already had to navigate a significant maze of social and medical hurdles. As complex as the author portrays the situation, the reality is much more so.
. An investigation by The BMJ finds that more and more young people are being offered medical and surgical intervention for gender transition, sometimes bypassing any psychological support (doi:10.1136/bmj.p382).5
This also sticks out to me. Psychological support is always the first thing we do. Medical transitioning and, even more so, surgical transitioning, without psychological support is verging on malpractice.
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The making of a detransitioner
Elisa Rae Shupe was a weapon in the hands of TERFs and Christian conservatives. Now, over 2,600 pages of leaked emails help tell her story
https://xtramagazine.com/power/detransition-terf-movement-elisa-shupe-247592
Good article about how vulnerable people are used and harmed.
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Brianna Ghey Memorial
Brianna Ghey Memorial Page
Including all messages left at the London Vigil.
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Gross story with happy ending (buh-bye!).
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