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Unmasking Gender Ideology II

Upholding Truth, Defending Families

Presented by The Christian Post

About

For decades, what we have come to know as gender ideology was seemingly confined to esoteric areas of study in niche academic departments while stealthily taking the world by storm, leading to a social eruption in the past decade. Today, the devastating havoc that transgenderism has wrought on countless children, young adults, families, and on society at large is not hidden, and a reckoning is underway at home and abroad.

Here in the U.S., this has taken shape as approximately half of the states have passed laws restricting the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and body-mutilating surgeries on gender-confused youth, as well as laws prohibiting men in women's sports and private spaces. Such laws are now being contested and adjudicated in the courts.

Join Dr. Marty Baker and Burke Community Church as The Christian Post presents “Unmasking Gender Ideology." We will discuss what parents have faced while battling the horrors that this ideology has unleashed on their families and how medical professionals are resisting so-called “gender-affirming care.” Additionally, we'll explore the ongoing threats to conscience rights and religious liberty, the plight of incarcerated women, and state-level legal battles garnering national attention. And we'll encourage you to join us in efforts to support and encourage families who deserve the utmost compassion and grace as they walk this heart-wrenching path.


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Burke Community Church
9900 Old Keene Mill Rd, Burke, VA 22015

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Speakers

  • Jay W. Richards, PhD, is Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation.

    He is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and Editor-at-Large of The Stream.

    Jay is author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013) and Indivisible (2012); The Human Advantage; Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; The Hobbit Party with Jonathan Witt; and Eat, Fast, Feast. His most recent book, with James Robison, is Fight the Good Fight: How an Alliance of Faith and Reason Can Win the Culture War.

    He is also creator and executive producer of several documentaries, including three that have appeared widely on PBS.

    Jay’s articles and essays have been published in The Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Washington Post, The New York Post, Newsweek, Forbes, Fox News, National Review Online, The Hill, Investor’s Business Daily, Washington Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Huffington Post, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, and many other publications.

    His work has been covered widely in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Nature, Science, Astronomy, Physics Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Congressional Quarterly Researcher.

    Jay has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, including Larry King Live (CNN), CBS Evening News, MSNBC, Huckabee, Dayside, Fox and Friends, Studio B with Shepard Smith (Fox News), Glenn Beck TV, PBS, CBN, TBN, and is a regular guest on EWTN.

    An experienced public speaker, he has spoken at academic conferences; college and university campuses in the United States, Europe, and Asia; many think tanks in the U.S. and Europe; public policy meetings; and on several occasions to members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. congressional staff. His 2008 debate at Stanford University with Christopher Hitchens, moderated by Ben Stein, was broadcast live to several hundred churches in North America.

  • Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is the director of the Conscience Project. A Stanford-educated lawyer, she has dedicated her legal career to civil rights and appellate advocacy. Andrea got her start as a trial and appellate attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to leading the Conscience Project, she served as the legal advisor for the Catholic Association, filing amicus briefs with federal courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court in key religious freedom and free speech cases.

    Andrea appears frequently in the media to discuss religious freedom controversies and legal victories, and in 2021 she received First Place for Best Coverage — Religious Liberty Issues from the Catholic Media Association. Andrea is a legal analyst for EWTN News, a weekly guest on Ave Maria in the Afternoon and a regular columnist for the National Catholic Register. Her writing has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, National Review, Fox News, Newsweek, CNN en Español and other well-regarded publications. She has also joined Fox News, Newsmax and a variety of other shows to share expert commentary. Andrea lived in Colombia for more than a decade. She has ten children and lives in the Washington, DC area.

  • Amie Ichikawa is a Christian Conservative and an incarcerated women’s rights advocate. After spending 5 years in Central California Women’s Facility she founded the faith based nonprofit organization Woman II Woman. Woman II Woman is a community providing resources, education, and support services for system-impacted women. They stand in solidarity with their sisters, being a voice for the voiceless and ensuring them that they are not forgotten. They champion the rights and welfare of their sisters through advocacy and education, along with providing services for parole suitability hearings, commutation preparation, and one-on-one re-entry support, welcoming women back into the community with dignity and respect through a team who have lived the experience.

    Amie is also honored to be an ambassador at the Independent Women’s Forum with other women across the country—and world—who are accomplishing amazing things. The media too often ignores their stories, but the Independent Women’s Forum doesn’t. They are the leading national women’s organization dedicated to developing and advancing policies that are more than just well-intended, but enhance people’s freedom, opportunities, and well-being. IWF celebrates women, like Amie’s accomplishments and fights to expand women’s options and opportunities. They support policies that reduce government red tape and return resources and control to people, so that we have healthy communities and people can pursue their own visions of happiness.

    Amie has authored op-eds published in The Christian Post and The New York Post. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, featured on Fox News, California Insider, and the Epoch Times.

  • Rep. Robin Lundstrum is serving her fifth term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She represents District 18 which includes a portion of Benton and Washington County. Her bill, the SAFE Act, which prohibited hormonal and surgical gender transitions on minors, was the first-ever state-level legislation in the nation to become law in 2021.

    For the 94th General Assembly, Rep. Lundstrum serves on the House Revenue and Taxation Committee and the House Insurance and Commerce Committee. Rep. Lundstrum also serves on the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.

    Rep. Lundstrum earned a Doctorate in Health Science from the University of Arkansas. She is currently a Property Manager at Cypress Investments LLC. She is a member of the Springdale Rotary, Siloam Springs American Legion Auxiliary, FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association Member, Siloam Springs Chamber, and Springdale Chamber. She is a mother of two and resides in Springdale with her husband, Tom.

  • Dr. Ashton-Lazaroae has practiced general pediatrics since 1996. She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a general pediatrics residency at Vanderbilt University Children's Hospital. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Northern Virginia Pediatric Society and the Christian Medical and Dental Society. She recently joined the American College of Pediatricians and assisted with launching the Biological Integrity website. She was commissioned as a Colson Fellow in 2022, after completing a teaching practicum "Transgenderism: Unraveling the Confusion."

  • Brandon Mark Showalter is an Evangelical Press Association award-winning journalist and podcaster with The Christian Post, where he has been covering issues of theological interest to the Church since 2016. He has placed a particular emphasis on the growth of gender ideology in the USA and throughout the world. In the Fall of 2022, he co-produced "Generation Indoctrination: Inside the Transgender Battle," a documentary-style investigative podcast series from The Christian Post. He has also made appearances in a number of documentaries, including Broken Hearted Films’ "Dead Name," and the Tucker Carlson Originals film "Transgressive: The Cult of Confusion" on FOX Nation.

    He has a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Spanish from Bridgewater College of Virginia and a Master of Arts from the human rights program at The Catholic University of America. He is also a fellow of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, & Law.

  • Bill Mahoney has been active as a parent resisting the affirmation-only model of gender medicalization after his cancer-stricken son became ensnared in the trans contagion while in college. He was among the parents profiled in the indie documentary film "Dead Name" (released in December 2022) which explores how gender ideology upends families.

  • Dr. Marty Baker (B.A. in Religion from Azusa Pacific University; Th. M. in Old Testament from Dallas Theological Seminary; D. Min. in Apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary) has been a pastor for over 30 years. He serves as the Senior Pastor of Burke Community Church in Burke, Virginia, near Washington DC. Burke Community Church currently ministers to 2,500 parishioners weekly, with many government and military leaders attending. Prior to his arrival in Burke, Virginia in 2008, Pastor Baker successfully shepherded a church plant in California for 19 years. He and his wife, Liz, have been married since 1980. They have two adult children and three energetic grandchildren.

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  2. Doors open
  3. Event kick-off
  4. Prayer
  5. Closing remarks

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Burke Community Church is conveniently located at the corner of the Fairfax County Parkway (286) and Old Keene Mill Road in Burke, Virginia. Enter our property from Old Keene Mill.

Driving into the Burke Community Church parking lot you will find guest parking immediately to your left in front of the main building.

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