A Christian nurse got fired after she took a stand against the woke “gender ideology deception” that she saw firsthand in the medical field, making her even more determined to stand her ground and call out the woke left and their “pronoun game,” which she described as mocking God’s intended design.
For context, on August 12, 2024, registered nurse Ivonne Rivera Newberry wrote an article for The Daily Wire recounting what she described as “lunacy” in the medical field, explaining that she had had firsthand experience with medical professionals denying science and going against traditional values to perform “surgical and other forms of medical transitioning” and offering a scathing critique of so-called “gender-affirming care.”
In addition, according to John Stonestreet of The Colson Center, Newberry was fired less than 48 hours after the piece was published. In a piece for the Christian news site Crosswalk, Stonestreet explained that at the time, Newberry was studying “worldview and culture” as part of the Colson Fellows Program, which “equips believers to live courageously from a Biblical foundation of truth and calling.”
Using her Biblical, traditional worldview, Newberry recounted her firsthand experience of the bizarre nature of “gender-affirming care,” saying that in one instance, a medical professional “suggested we stop using the term “women’s clinic” and begin asking patients if they are comfortable with using anatomical terms like ‘vagina’ or if they prefer made-up terms like ‘front-hole.'”
Furthermore, Newberry explained that while working in the medical field, she saw that “Surgical and other forms of medical transitioning lead to permanent health complications and a life-long patient status.” Moreover, Newberry said that the gender-affirming care ideology “sells lies to our youth,” adding, “No amount of surgery or hormones will ever make a male a female or vice versa.”
Continuing, Newberry used a powerful metaphor for her stance towards gender-affirming care, saying, “As caretakers for those struggling with dementia know, you never affirm the ‘worms they see crawling on the wall,’ but you respond with compassion and reorient them to reality and the truth.” She added, “Affirming lies only furthers their confusion and does more harm than good.”
In addition, Newberry explained that a major wake-up call about the dangers of gender-affirming care came when she “found Independent Women’s Forum (IWF).” She added that through IWF, she saw testimonials from “detransitioners Prisha Mosley, Isabelle Ayala, and Soren Aldaco completely exposed the dangerous sequelae of gender ideology.” Moreover, Newberry said that after hearing of the pain that detransitioners went through, she asked herself, “Why aren’t the young ladies’ parents being told the truth?”
Concluding, Newberry resolved to “not play the pronoun game or any gender-neutralizing tactic to mock a perfect design.” She added, “I will not apologize for using the word ‘woman.’ I am a woman.” After her firing, Newberry explained that the prayers and support of fellow Christians “carried me and grounded me,” saying, “My solace was knowing that I finally spoke truth in a very public way, and it cost me my job, but the glory goes to Jesus.”
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