Four billboards in Ohio and Pennsylvania: What it will take to get Americans talking about child sex reassignment

In the 2017 film “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the always gripping Frances McDormand plays the character Mildred Hayes, a passionate mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter.

Feeling ignored and with no arrests made after seven months, Mildred puts up three signs on the side of the road, urging Police Chief Ebbing to find her daughter’s killer.

As the makers of Deadname, a new documentary film about gender ideology aimed at children, we’re following in Mildred’s footsteps and using four double-sided digital billboards in Pennsylvania and Ohio to promote our community through the end of the year. I promoted the movie.

why? Because we want to be heard. We want the public to think twice when they see this bold question on the street. “Did this happen to your child?” Next are the words “Dead Name” followed by the URL deadnamedocumentary.com.

We know a thing or two about silence. “Dead Name” was first released on the streaming platform Vimeo late last year. After 35 days, Vimeo removed the documentary, appealing to those who don’t want to foster conversations about parents whose children are suffering when they are caught up in the transgender movement.

“Dead Names” received backlash on private viewing platforms, and thanks to censorship, the film’s reputation spread, which should never have happened.

Our film has been widely covered by conservative media through online publications and podcasts. A thoughtful journalist and host examined this issue, providing a compassionate look at an issue that has kidnapped generations and destroyed families.

But mainstream media is too hard-boiled to treat this subject with nuance or candor. they are not allowed.

Traditional media all seem to collectively believe that the transgender generation is a great thing and a true representation of human rights. There is no need to dig deeper, ask critical questions, or analyze what we have been doing medically for generations. No, there’s nothing to see there.

So we’ve had to get creative with how we get heard and seen. In Pennsylvania, electronic billboards promoting “Dead Names” can be found in Harrisburg and the Castle Shannon area near Pittsburgh. In Ohio, there are billboards in Lorain County near Cleveland and the city of Findlay.

In Lorain, drivers passing the sign are on their way to stores, restaurants, hotels, Mercy Health Lorain Hospital, Lorain Community College and Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center. The Findlay sign is located in a busy area near the Flag City Station shopping mall and near the University of Findlay, Blanchard Valley Hospital, the Northwest Ohio Railroad Reserve, and the Findlay Children’s Museum. I expect this will cause some headaches.

The Harrisburg billboard is located less than five miles from the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, and the issue is already being debated among lawmakers. Castle His Shannon sign is located in the heart of Allegheny County, surrounded by stores, restaurants, pubs, and other businesses.

We chose these places because they are in the heart of our great nation, in the testing ground of public opinion. In the movie Dead Names, Amy, one of her three parents who tells an intimate and heartbreaking story, says that unless it’s her child, you won’t know how she feels. say.

That may be true, but the transgender issue is extending its tentacles. Many of us are beginning to realize that with our children, we are dealing with something big, incomprehensible, and irreversible.

If you’re driving by our sign, you might at least wonder what happened to the unnamed child hinted at in the message looming in the driveway. .

It may not be your child, but it may be your niece or nephew, or a friend’s child who is in the throes of gender dysphoria. It’s not because the child truly believes they were born in the wrong body, it’s because the child is going through the delicate stages of adolescence and the body image issues that plague us and sexual Because they suffer from trauma and other anxiety disorders. puberty.

Our hope is that motorists will drive past these provocative signs and ask, “What the hell is this all about?” If they don’t already know.

If they make it to our film, they’ll meet Amy, Helen, and Bill, parents whose children have been blinded by the trans movement. The three have very different stories, but none of them saw it coming. And all three continue to live with the fallout, each for different reasons.

But even if they don’t see “Dead Names,” we’re hoping the phrase “Dead Names” is enough to make people wonder out loud to family and friends.

At the very least, we hope people will ask questions, seek clarity, rack their brains, and consider what they don’t understand. We live in a unique time when children are disproportionately influenced online.

Parents know they are losing agency over their children. Previous generations raised their children knowing that parenthood included the authority to protect them.

This social structure that we have relied on for so long has somehow gotten out of control. Teachers, guidance counselors, and therapists often agree to a child’s new name or gender without the parents’ knowledge or consent.

So we ask, “Did this happen to your child?” We do so because parents are better prepared and more knowledgeable about this scourge that erases a child’s identity, leaves him with a “dead name,” and leaves relatives and other loved ones heartbroken. Because I want it to deepen.

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