I have a 22-year-old son, high functioning on the spectrum. He’s always been quirky and socially awkward but also a kind, loving and sweet boy. He attended Catholic schools through high school, then attended community college for two years. He also worked throughout his time high school and community college. In high school he came out as gay which we fully accepted. We decided to let him go to university to finish his last two years of college.

Unfortunately, this is when the downfall started. He found a group of LBGTQ furries, found his so-called friends and now has told us he’s transgender. We found out he has been taking black market HRT for the past four months. We were able to get this away from him but who knows what was actually in the meds he was using. They were coming from other countries. He basically had a psychotic episode, which was horrific. He ended up in a high-level psychiatric hospital for a week, then we sent him to a recovery facility which was supposed to be for five weeks. They did help him work through some emotional distress; however, they were affirming of his gender identity. After three weeks at this facility, we pulled him out as it seemed the facility was blaming us, his parents, for his mental health issues.

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I believe the indoctrination into trans-ideology starts online with the so-called innocent gaming and YouTube, all infiltrated with manipulative evil. We are currently $75,000 into treatment and there’s been no change in his trans-identitfication.

I don’t know how much more my husband and I can take of this emotionally. The devastation and depression have gripped us. The fact that our son is 22 years also complicates matter as he is legally an adult.