Yet ANOTHER large study (n=5k) showing strong correlation between childhood gender nonconformity & later homosexual orientation. Channeling young kids into gender clinics is a form of proactive (even if unintentional) conversion therapy. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331110351_Early_Life_Conditions_and_Adolescent_Sexual_Orientation_A_Prospective_Birth_Cohort_Study …https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1062728942874849280 …
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Other factors besides childhood gender nonconformity are covered in this study (PDF is free to download at above link), but (as in the Hines et al study) "gender nonconforming childhood behavior was a strong predictor of sexual orientation as previously shown."
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Childhood gender nonconformity between ages 2-4 "significantly and persistently predicts" adolescent sexual orientation. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331110351_Early_Life_Conditions_and_Adolescent_Sexual_Orientation_A_Prospective_Birth_Cohort_Study …pic.twitter.com/8c8ryNtoIL
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So how does this square with top US gender psych Ehrensaft's assertion that a toddler girl ripping out hair clips or a toddler boy "making a dress" out of his onesie are sending "gender messages" that the child is maybe actually the opposite sex? https://vimeo.com/185149379
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