text: Ruth,
  
  Don't be fooled by the official sounding name, The American College of Pediatricians is not a "large body", it is a fringe group of about 200 arch conservatives that split off from the 66,000 member American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP).
  
  https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/11/13/meet-anti-lgbt-hate-group-filed-amicus-brief-alabama-supreme-court
  
  The AAP has a much more reasonable, thoughtful, and appropriate viewpoint regarding transgendered youth.
  
  https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/AAP-Statement-on-Protecting-Transgender-Youth.aspx
  
  So back to you then.....